Best Settings for Cyberpunk: 2077 – RX 7700 XT

Use these settings with your RX 7700 XT while playing Cyberpunk: 2077 and the Phantom Liberty DLC, at 1440p.

Use these settings with your RX 7700 XT while playing Cyberpunk: 2077 and the Phantom Liberty DLC, at 1440p.
An image from within the game (Image via CD Projekt Red)

The RX 7700 XT is a 12GB RDNA 3-powered mid-range budget GPU from the RDNA 3 era. It’s a worthy upgrade from the 6700 XT and matches the performance of the RX 6800. In Cyberpunk: 2077 and the Phantom Liberty DLC, you can use the settings below to play the game at native 1440p and stay above 60FPS.

Note: The RX 7700 XT requires a CPU within the Core i5 12400F or Ryzen 5 5600X performance territory to run without CPU bottlenecks.

RX 7700 XT – Cyberpunk and Phantom Liberty DLC (1440p Optimized)

Cyberpunk Settings page
An image showing Cyberpunk Settings page (Image via CD Projekt Red)

A few keynotes to consider:

  • Do not enable RT with the RX 7700 XT, as using it will severely hamper performance. Even with upscaling (FSR 2.1 or with Optiscaler mod), the image quality and framerate on offer won’t be worth it.
  • Frame Generation is there and can be enabled, but for the best results, you should use the Optiscaler mod to do it.
  • With these settings, you should have sufficient headroom to add in cinematic lighting mods from Nexus Mods.

Best Settings Explored

SettingRX 7700 XT
Display and Scaling 
Resolution2560 x 1440
Maximum FPSOff
V-syncOff 
Resolution ScalingFSR 2.1 or Optiscaler mod
Quality 
Texture QualityHigh
Field of View70-85
Depth of Field(Optional)
Improved Facial Lighting Geometry(Optional)
Contact ShadowsOff
Anisotropy16x
Local Shadow Mesh QualityHigh
Local Shadow QualityLow
Cascaded Shadow RangeLow
Cascaded Shadow ResolutionLow
Distant Shadows ResolutionHigh
Volumetric Fog ResolutionMedium
Max Dynamic DecalsMedium
Screen Space Reflections QualityMedium
Subsurface Scattering QualityMedium
Ambient OcclusionMedium
Color PrecisionMedium
Mirror QualityMedium
Level of Detail (LOD)Medium
Crowd DensityHigh (Depends on CPU)
Ray Tracing 
Ray TracingOff (Not recommended)
Ray-Traced ReflectionsN/A
Ray-Traced Sun ShadowsN/A
Ray-Traced Local ShadowsN/A
Ray-Traced LightingN/A
Path TracingOff

Verdict

That concludes the recommendation for Cyberpunk and Phantom Liberty DLC with the RTX RX 7700 XT. The 7700 XT offers performance around the RTX 3080 (10GB) mark, and comes with 12GB of VRAM. It’s an excellent choice for raster workloads. For RT, not only in Cyberpunk, but even for other games, the performance just falls off the cliff.


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