NVIDIA Previews Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode in Cyberpunk 2077, Update Arriving April 11

[chrcoluk]

Cyberpunk effectively a Nvidia showcase product now, its almost the only game carrying the RTX features.

 

[sLowEnd]

This will sell RTX 5000 series cards nicely.

It does look pretty nice though, I'll give them that. Can't wait to see lighting quality like this in more games.

 

[Luminescent]

Nvidia - we need more ray tracing!
Amd - we need more assets to fill up Vram and kill the classic 8gb GPU
Consoles - we sell games and we need great games

 

[Bomby569]

I actually really like Frame generation in this game it's really good

But let's be real it will probably be at least 15fps
and I'm ok with that I'm tired of developers not pushing PC visuals forward I can't remember the last game I looked at and went wow I haven't seen something that looks that good.
Even witcher next gen looks better overall maxed out than the majority of new games to me and the bones of that game are like 8 years old.

I don't give two $h!ts if the average pc gamer with their potato pc can't run it.

probably the 4K was what set us back, most 4k users couldn't even get 30fps at low settings for ages, and are now only seeing 60fps medium in most cases and they throw a party. 1080p master race was rocking ultra settings 120fps and being set back by you guys



edit:
i'm really bad at this kind of stuff, seeing almost imperceptible differences in images, but seeing the video it seems more like what people do with Assetto Corsa, filters, more light less light, hotter or cooler colours. Shadows seem the same to me.

 

[Guwapo77]

Unless you're on a 4090 what's the point? Even then: 16fps? Frame generation is not the solution as it degrades quality. Surely raytracing is about better quality imaging. I guess this is an upsell for future high end RTX GPUs. Looks like Nvidia doesn't see a certain alternative raytracing tech coming...

Gotta start somewhere. Remember when AA crushed GPUs? The same arguments were made way back when. I just hope there will be a serious performance evolution that takes place which greatly enhances the "real" performance where that 16FPS hits at least 60.

 

[Garrus]

Not a huge fan of UE never have been.... The coalition is the only developer that has impressed me with the engine. Gears 4/5 and the matrix awakens demo.

mass effect...

 

[Od1sseas]

Too bad the game is trash. I hope we get full Path Tracing in GTA 6

 

[dgianstefani]

Overdrive mode looks nice, replacing any rasterization lighting left.

 

[ThrashZone]

Yeah I don't know, I strongly prefer the RTX OFF shots in the video to the ON comparison of them, like, every single one.

Hi,
Indeed this was a poor rtx on trailer sell
Only a couple of spots on all looked clearer or more defined everything else looked darker or over lit passed wtf :/

 

[Kapone33]

Frame Generation is amazing.

Really? Using math to guess what the difference is between 2 scenes and making them 3 is 40 Year old technology.

 

[dgianstefani]

Really? Using math to guess what the difference is between 2 scenes and making them 3 is 40 Year old technology.

Crazy that it's apparently that simple!? Yet your AMD GPU can't do it.

Ray tracing is just light right? It's technology that's been around since the big bang!

 

[Kapone33]

Crazy that it's apparently that simple!? Yet your AMD GPU can't do it.

Ray tracing is just light right? It's technology that's been around since the big bang!

I am talking about Fujitsu doublers that have been in TVs since at least 1987.

 

[dgianstefani]

I am talking about Fujitsu doublers that have been in TVs since at least 1987.

Yep, totally the same thing!

 

[gffermari]

A close to path tracing result could be achieved using ray tracing.
The problem is that when CP77 released, the 3000 GPUs were incapable of running the game in decent fps and obviously CD Project wouldn't want their overly hyped game to run as shXt in the latest and greatest 3090.

Now that's the dust has settled, they can release the path tracing version even if the 4090 can actually run it only with every tech trick there is.

 

[dgianstefani]

A close to path tracing result could be achieved using ray tracing.
The problem is that when CP77 released, the 3000 GPUs were incapable of running the game in decent fps and obviously CD Project wouldn't want their overly hyped game to run as shXt in the latest and greatest 3090.

Now that's the dust has settled, they can release the path tracing version even if the 4090 can actually run it only with every tech trick there is.

20 FPS native 4K with settings maxed in real time full RT path tracing is a lot more than the less than 0.1 FPS that was possible in the Pascal/Vega era.

Progress doesn't always go from zero to perfect instantly.

 

[gffermari]

20 FPS native 4K with settings maxed in real time full RT path tracing is a lot more than the less than 0.1 FPS that was possible in the Pascal/Vega era.

Progress doesn't always go from zero to perfect instantly.

of course, i totally agree. I don't know why you quote my post.

do we know when the update is coming?

 

[Kapone33]

Yep, totally the same thing!

They achieve the same Goal.

 

[Dragam1337]

I gotta say, im not super impressed with this... sure, it's an improvement over regular RT (which i was never super impressed by in the first place) but at an INSANE performance penalty.

These are taken at 4k with 58 fps cap.

No RT

Spoiler

Psycho RT

Spoiler

RT overdrive

Spoiler

So RT overdrive is something like 4 times as demanding as no RT, and is without comparison the game that has pushed my 4090 the most... also in terms of watt. And imo RT, and RT overdrive in particular, is not THAT much better looking than regular rasterazation (i actually prefer the non-rt overdrive images in some cases, like below).

Psycho RT

Spoiler

RT overdrive

Spoiler

 

[dgianstefani]

They achieve the same Goal.

Sure bud.

I gotta say, im not super impressed with this... sure, it's an improvement over regular RT (which i was never super impressed by in the first place) but at an INSANE performance penalty.

These are taken at 4k with 58 fps cap.

No RT

Spoiler

Psycho RT

Spoiler

RT overdrive

Spoiler

So RT overdrive is something like 4 times as demanding as no RT, and is without comparison the game that has pushed my 4090 the most... also in terms of watt. And imo RT, and RT overdrive in particular, is not THAT much better looking than regular rasterazation (i actually prefer the non-rt overdrive images in some cases, like below).

Psycho RT

Spoiler

RT overdrive

Spoiler

Looks better in outdoor environments IMO.