Cyberpunk 2077 OVERDRIVE Mode - Ray Tracing ON vs OFF Comparison

Cyberpunk 2077 Overdrive Mode - Ray Tracing Comparison
Ultra, Psycho and Overdrive Settings, with a variety of Balanced, Performance and Ultra Performance DLSS at 1440p. Lens Flare and Chromatic Abberation turned of in some scenes.
Even with real-time ray tracing still being in its infancy, I believe RT will become more important with current and coming generation hardware, so I created this channel with the intention of covering ray-traced games. There are plenty of channels doing mainly performance comparisons, my intention is to focus on the visual aspect and make the differences more obvious to viewers through my videos.
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Specs:
RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 3700x
32GB RAM
Music:
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - Lose Control
Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio - Vendetta

[@RayTracingRevolution]

Even if the video is uploaded in 60 fps, I did not magically get 60 fps with a 3080 in path traced Cyberpunk. It was hard maintaining 30 on anything but performance/ ultra performance in more complex scenes. Good enough for static comparisons though.

[@apexsosapex1014]

u will upgrade ur gpu for such heavy future games?

[@RayTracingRevolution]

@@apexsosapex1014 Eventually. Though the 40xx cards are so expensive, I’ll try to cruise along with the 3080 as long as I can

[@apexsosapex1014]

@@RayTracingRevolution yeah u should buy at least 4080 for reasonable upgrade

[@p0lar83]

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[@SameBasicRiff]

I have a 3080 (though a 12 gb version) and am getting 60+ avg on 1080p ultra, RTO, DLSS Quality. Though I play at 2k DLSS balanced ~40 fps (with a gsync specific monitor though too).

[@AdiusOmega]

Best real time raytracing/pathtracing youtuber out there for comparisons. Knows exactly what scenes benefit the upgrade from rasterization and showcases those scenes beautifully. If you haven't subscribed then DO IT!

[@mateusbarao1761]

In some of these the jump from Psycho to Overdrive is like going from low/medium to ultra, wasn't expecting it to be that significant. Especially liked that segment that starts at around 2:50. For the brave souls out there, someone made a mod that lets you increase the amount of light bounces and rays per pixel for even greater visual fidelity(with diminishing returns in some cases) and it butchers the framerate even further.

[@schumachersbatman5094]

Besides a few artefacts I've seen on stuff like fences here and there, it's basically a lighting model that works for everything... indoors and outdoors. Geometry compression like Nanite recently also seems to handle foliage and transparencies... If lighting, geometry, and material all gets close enough to 'solved' on PC during this generation, then the PS6/Xbox Series Y generation will finally be all about pushing physics and AI

[@MIchaelSybi]

I wish they would make a good skin shader, not that plastic lowpoly characters with normal maps, instead of displacement geometry shadows. Normal maps can't cast shadows, hence characters look like 2010 games

[@alegzzis]

artifacts are mostly caused by DLSS performance/ultra performance. Lower resolution = less rays = more artifacts

[@thegratelucky]

Was waiting for a video from you on this! Love your work, liking the transitions

[@CrayWing]

Even though it looks amazing with path tracing and I'm very glad that a complex geometry game like CP2077 has received a feature like this (unlike Q2 RTX / MC RTX path traced which lacks complex geometry... although still looks incredible), I still think that devs had done a great job with faking GI in some scenes so that the difference between no raytracing and overdrive isn't that much in some environments. But one can clearly see that it really depends on the situation. That shopping cart loaded with trash looks just phenomenal in overdrive. Thanks for the comparison.

[@PeterPauls]

I ran into very great scenes. For example when I went to Judy’s the sun shined on my back and I saw my shadow in front of me as the light came through the door. I tried with Psycho and there was no shadow casting. There are very great surprises what that game capable of with Path Tracing, sometimes just feels “right”. Edit: RTX 4080

[@ArchieGamez]

Thank you for the vid!

[@JagsP95]

Exciting times for real time rendering ahead!

[@keikei2185]

Once again, bringing the best RT comparisons on the web.

[@viktortheslickster5824]

Some times the difference is subtle, other times it is night and day. However, the overdrive mode brings a kind of visual consistency which is transformative and really increases immersion and believability of the world.

[@419chris419]

It's not exactly an "upgrade" if you need a NASA pc to run it at 40 average FPS. I miss the days where games were optimized and beautiful for its time.

[@ThatguyFalcone]

Fantastic comparisons here. Simple and to the point. Path Tracing is really transformative in some scenes, even when compared to Psycho RT. Crazy stuff! Hopefully this will be the norm in another 5-10 years!

[@kadoferusuraimu]

Great comparison, it shows the difference can both subtle or dramatic depending on the scene. I only have a 2080ti but I’m playing at 1080p dlss performance mode with 40 fps to use overdrive. I prefer blurry good graphics to sharp bad graphics and overdrive looks amazing.

[@1GTX1]

Damn, that's the same as my rtx3060

[@NotBorno]

the blending of shadows and light is so realistic in overdrive RT

[@DTunezOfficial]

yess I was waiting for this! Upload more of this please! especially indirect lighting in daylight

[@RicochetForce]

It is INCREDIBLY promising for the future to see CP2077 improve this much from what's essentially a bolted-on implementation of pathtraced lighting. It grants the game a shockingly realistic look. There's quite a few phots that could easily have been a photo of some dingy city somewhere.

[@ruok3351]

The thing about realistic lighting is that it makes all the other janky parts of the game like low res geometry, textures, and bad NPCs stand out way more

[@Cptraktorn]

@@ruok3351 hard disagree.

[@declanrex9435]

@@ruok3351 Wrong, it makes the other stuff fit into the scene way better.

[@ruok3351]

@@declanrex9435 Your logic make no sense when playing in real time

[@ruok3351]

@@Cptraktorn Only blind fanboys disagree

[@redtro8678]

Hey have you ever considered making a discord? I know theres already others like that out there but a discord around graphically good games / raytracing / how to achieve good graphics seems like it'd be cool!

[@ClarkWasHere1]

Was waiting for this one. Thanks again RTR!

[@ravebourg]

Suggestion for expanding this channel into the ArchViz world: Twinmotion Path tracing vs. D5 Render RT vs. Lumion RT

[@existentialselkath1264]

Nanite effectively solves geometry. Path tracing solves lighting. Its heavy rn but visual quality might actually be entirely art driven soon enough! Hopefully we can move onto higher framerates, cleaning up artifacts, and physics/ai

[@sermerlin1]

Well the more GPUs get ray tracing cores the more capable performance will be for ray tracing. It's just a matter of time when they decide to shrink raster performance and increase ray tracing performance. It's gonna be cross gen waging in next few years until raster is totally phased out.

[@chenoir]

Dude, your videos still are about the best comparison videos for RT out there. Your work is excellent! THe only downside I see to ray tracing, and path tracing, is that somehow the picture seems a bit blurry. But that's normal, as light tend to be more realistic, and thus object's edges are a bit less bruntly defined.

[@kraxonkooper]

These are so satisfying to watch. Love your videos, man 😎

[@GerrusEdits]

damn i was waiting this video from you :D awesome work again thanks for your work my dude! also really good choice on the music , love these tracks especially on cyberpunk , it fits so perfectly :D this game keeps continuing to amaze me , RIP my 3080TI , this will be a though one for ya' x_x

[@VideoGameKillCounts]

I’ve been waiting for this! More than happy to provide footage from my 4090 as I’m currently recording it for my kill count - and even then I’m only getting 4k60 with DLSS performance. 1080p with DLAA only gets me 55…!! Crazy.

[@darkstalker5966]

bro, where are the new videos?

[@nikolaivii5766]

Thank you for this. Hope your 3080 can keep this channel going for as long as needed.

[@RayTracingRevolution]

Will have to accept limiting framerate to 30fps and more agressive DLSS upscaling on demanding stuff like pathtraced Cyperpunk. But if people like this video, it works I guess :p A 4070 might be worth it just for higher VRAM and DLSS3 frame generation.

[@VideoGameKillCounts]

DLSS3 is a game changer for offline play, but when I have to record at a locked 60 for my external ProRes recorder (BMD Video Assist 12G HDR) then I can’t use DLSS3… so performance mode at 4K it is, and even then I’m dropping into the low 50s in the city. However, it looks phenomenal! What will the 5000 series hold I wonder!

[@Phil_529]

@@RayTracingRevolution That would definitely help if you wanted to play the game yourself. Otherwise I wouldn't worry about it. DLSS frame generation degrades picture quality slightly so this actually works out better for just watching a KZbin video.

[@MartinBrunswick]

Cool man! As an artist I think the intracacies of shadows and reflections are really beautiful. I hope enough new games come out and the tech keeps developing fast enough for your channel to blow up

[@MementoMori_2070]

My brain can process the comparisons now. I see there is a huge difference between no ray tracing and the overdrive

[@jamesmuking]

Where you at sir, miss your videos T.T

[@AdamMi1]

Were local RT shadows on in the psycho setting? In some scenes it looks like it would be off

[@RayTracingRevolution]

Was enabled, local RT shadows is part of psycho settings by default

[@asdfjklo234]

Overdrive looks very natural and realistic, but only in a camera sort of way, with stark contrasts. I mean even if you correctly trace the path of light, albeit backwards, you still have to decide in the algorithm the reflectivity of surfaces as well as maximum bounces - both will impact the contrast of the scene. We're still living in an SDR era that's trying to look like HDR. Our own eyes would adjust much better to different brightness levels than cameras, anyway. Whenever I have capable hardware and Cyberpunk 2077, I will try to turn down the bloom and reduce the dark corners somewhat to further enhance faithfulness to reality.

[@viking9442]

I hope you are doing well, I love your videos and look forward to the next one!

[@johngalactus4014]

It's a monumental achievement to reach this level (we had it in Quake RTX, Minecraft RTX, then Portal RTX = all of which I think were not as huge as a triple A modern title like CP2077). What surprised me the most is how well it ran on my 11900k + 3090 (DLSS Performance). Path Tracing is extremely taxing and to have it in a game this size is a huge milestone. It's still a "Tech Preview", there are some oddities (yet to watch the Digital Foundry analysis) but I spent a fair bit of time just wandering around Night City at night admiring the sceneries and how the objects are lit. Daytime though, I would say unless you have side-by-side comparison, it is not as huge of a difference in darker areas/night time.

[@blakefantasy2600]

If it surprised you that it worked on a 3090, I can’t imagine it working well with older series gpus like the 20 series

[@RoulyzasionZasion]

I like your channel very much, I wish you would post more videos.

[@jamesmuking]

4:24 Damn his hands legit went from human to demon to alien

[@boroda985]

Buddy, are you okay? It's been 9 months no video, hope you're doing well.

[@irish7460]

A lot of these comparisons are impressive. But they really make you appreciate how good the OG lighting is.

[@MDxGano]

and how well it runs when you turn down the gpu killing settings like fog and clouds. You can get 100+ fps with dlss quality at 1440p on a 3060ti just by tweaking a few of the poorly optimized settings (lots of videos around for tutorials).

[@Rjey45ForteFev]

Nice update but random crashing when opening the map few times.

[@2wcp]

it's surprising how much Overdrive mode improves on the already ray traced Psycho settings.

[@squirrelsinjacket1804]

I hope Nvidia spends this much effort working with Rockstar on GTA 6 and implementing ray+path tracing.

[@8Paul7]

What happened? Where are you?

[@sldpsu]

you're back!

[@amiththomas3884]

The most jarring issue for me is the bloom on lighting. Even during broad daylight, emissives and streetlights and neon signs bloom like crazy, infact even more so than without path tracing, despite the fact that the overall scene is already brighter from sunlight. Hopefully CDPR can fix this, because I felt it was really distracting.

[@RayTracingRevolution]

Agree, the bloom is distracting.

[@MIchaelSybi]

Ya don't all understand, it's additional RTX rays hitting into the lens

[@tunatuna4710]

there are mods fixing that

[@amiththomas3884]

@@tunatuna4710 any idea what those are ?

[@tunatuna4710]

@@amiththomas3884 i didnt download them but I saw some mods titled something like lightning fix for rt overdrive or smth

[@HiLoMusic]

this was a fantastic comparison video

[@Jamgcy]

4:34 Gotta verify the changes of quality on these trashes

[@RayTracingRevolution]

accurately lit trash 🔥🔥🔥

[@spaceteapot]

are you using ultra performance for the path traced mode? PT brings me down to 30-45fps in most places even with a 3080, kinda sad. looks great though

[@YouBeeBeeWhy]

I miss your videos 😭

[@HJ-bd6mb]

What's going on with the Psycho RT at 4:20? The interior looks way different from no raytracing and Overdrive RT, and the skin texture is very strange.

[@RayTracingRevolution]

I wasn't sure either, I double checked the setting.

[@anttijarvela77]

I would like to see a version with only RT Off, and RT Overdrive. No "old" RT at all.

[@Deerpoo22]

Great comparison. I actully had to turn off OD after awhile on my 4090 1440. It makes all the neon stuff too bright, and gets tiresome after awhile.

[@SylphidUndine]

your channel has a good future. ray tracing is still too early for current GPUs even for the 4090. and especially 30 series and older cards.

[@fahimahsan3603]

Overdrive RT would look excellent , even in Mini LED panels.

[@oldlifeorig5028]

Is it raytracing dead, or just your channel?)

[@AVenged13m]

I need one thats from raytracing completely off straight to overdrive

[@Cocker_Spaniel]

Do I need to have all the other ray tracing settings on for overdrive to take full effect? Or the overdrive is enough on it own and can provide reflections shadows etc?

[@puddingtopf]

I was waiting for your video on this, and I knew you wouldn't disappoint. Very nice compilation. I'm surprised how much better Overdrive looks even compared to Psycho because I never realized how flawed the basic ray tracing implementation was compared to full path tracing - but man, does it look good. CP2077 is not a great game, but a great tech demo for graphics, lol.

[@NobuoSensei]

I have a 3070 and a 5800x and it is impossible to hit 60fps stable with those settings, I know that the uploader used a 3080, but still, why the hell do I get such lousy performance?

[@K2Orcus]

The game sometimes works disgustingly with RT in terms of metal and glass textures, sometimes it does something that is not necessary. I suppose it's too lazy for developers to break textures for the needs of lighting each surface, now everything works one size fits all

[@Evil_Xuevil]

on which driver was the comparison recorded? New 531.61 released

[@ascerta]

Nice soundtrack you used

[@ajfgaming7387]

I honestly can't play without now. It makes such a huge difference, and it's amazing. CDPR really outdid themselves here

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

I think the Psycho Ray Tracing is pretty good. If I actually playing the game to play it that's what I probably go with.

[@kiwiasian]

I was convinced just 30 seconds into the video

[@retrofizz727]

even after that people keep saying ray/path tracing are gimmicks... wtf

[@fapnawb]

I can't get over how insane overdrive setting looks. Destroys pretty much any PC except 4090 and 4080 with frame generation.

[@kingx1180]

I miss you

[@D-generon]

Path tracing is what RTX technology initially should have been. Everybody was rushing to deliver ray tracing to gaming before hardware was able to handle it, so the first implementation turned out to be a half-arsed parody.

[@MIchaelSybi]

How on earth it's possible they released a next-gen game without shadows? Wow, in 2023 you can play a game with shadows just for 1799$!

[@mot8862]

For real, it’s a fcking scam, shit even games in 2005 have more shadows than this

[@arashairshiraz1046]

wow its so immersive .the lighting makes sense at last .nonsensical lighting really messed with gamers brains and eyes for years.its eye candy just wowww its hard to go back to ray tracing after experiencing this game with path tracing .its a real deal .thanks for video .more plzz

[@chspg_alvis]

Path Tracing is hard to run lol, 25-35 FPS on my 12gb 3060

[@mr.phileo9699]

where da vids at

[@johnny_duke]

Never has ray traced trash looked so good.

[@_thevuefinder]

Ngl I'm impressed.

[@brucendolf]

i honestly see a small difference but not worth that FPS cut especially with a 3000 gen card....

[@OkaySoShit]

Where are you??

[@Cptraktorn]

Insane people will still say they can't see the difference lmao

[@ARealPain]

Side by sides would have been nice.

[@echo5827]

3080ti wants to kill itself without dlss 20fps max in some places. With it a laggy 45. 40 series upgrade or wait for 50 hmmm

[@Notacet]

Throwing my PS5 in a garbage compressor as we speak

[@jetsp]

Awesome chanel. +1

[@drunkensailor775]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/r4WZkK1mfZtgabc hm, did they move local shadows to overdrive only? It's like they are missing from Psycho RT now, maybe it's just the scenes in the video. That sucks if so, they didn't take much performance.

[@ManuelOrbeaOtaola]

Amaxing

[@Caoke]

It is REALLY revolution. Amazing. Shadows and refractions are very realistic

[@Breaking_Beard]

Barely 80fps with my 4090 at 1440p. Can't wait to see the framerate when my 49" ultrawide gets here :D

[@yam_rodriguez4942]

Overdrive RT ZZZZZZZZZZ

[@pushaktysak9124]

finally we have new Crysis😊😊😊 But can it run RT Overdrive without upscale?😮 Surprisingly for me, the game looks much more realistic.

[@Ruski-Nemez]

Running path tracing without upsacle is just to heavy we need 50 series cards

[@ismael6864]

The game is still a let down

[@Ruski-Nemez]

No, i gave it another chance and its one of my Favorite games now

[@linezgames3893]

again the 1440p.... i feel good to play 4k Ray tracing on. Im not even a utuber making videos for quality. sad.

[@irrelevantdumbass5307]

Some scenes look better with no ray tracing

[@paullawson3558]

You can see the clear difference between RT and non-RT but nothing changes from RT and path tracing The 4000 series can stay on the shelf Nvidia clowns No thanks

[@jakeola10]

massive cope lol

[@Ruski-Nemez]

A little reminder to you AMD Clown Raytracing looks better on nvidia, the next thing is that this new Raytracing tech is only a tech demo it will only get better.