[SOLVED] Can I max out Cyberpunk 2077 with an RTX 3080?

[fordongreeman]

Can I max out Cyberpunk 2077 at 1920x1080 with an RTX 3080? Or do I need to enable DLSS quality?

 

[Karadjgne]

No. DLSS is an fps boost, not a picture quality boost. So generally it should be permanently enabled.

Maxed out is speculative. Cpu sets the fps limit, the gpu lives upto that limit or fails according to graphics details and resolution. But not all in-game settings are graphical, some are cpu bound, so the differences between ultra and high make a fps limit difference.

This is why ppl assume to get fps higher they need to drop settings to low, when in reality that includes setting cpu settings to liw, which raises the fps limit. If you leave those settings low and change the graphical settings to ultra, you start out with maximum available fps. Whether the gpu can put it all on screen is a different story.

Cpu settings include grass detail, viewing distance, shadows, name tags, floating damage markers etc.

So 'Maxing out' means tailoring the settings for maximum fps from cpu, then manually changing graphical details upwards until it impacts the fps on screen.

A Ryzen 5600x with a 3060ti gets the exact same fps as a Ryzen 5600x with a 3080, since the cpu is the same. The difference is the 3080 has greater potential to raise the eye candy higher before that impacts the fps. So if the 3060ti gets max with graphical settings at medium, the 3080 will get the same fps with the settings at very high-epic.

Just as using the preset Medium will lower the 3060ti fps since the cpu values are now also medium, and setting the preset to Very-High will drop them even further. Not because the gpu, but because cpu fps is affected.