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Best Settings for Cyberpunk: 2077 – RTX 5090

By / Cyberpunk 2077, Tech / July 25, 2025

Here are the optimal settings for playing Cyberpunk and the Phantom Liberty DLC, with an RTX 5090 at 1440p and 4K resolutions.

Cyberpunk 2077
An image from within the game (Image via CD Project Red)

The RTX 5090 is currently the fastest consumer-grade GPU available. Well, it’s not the outright fastest in every aspect. The Quadro variant of the 5090 is approximately 15% quicker and more efficient, albeit at a $10,000 premium. That said, playing Cyberpunk: 2077 with the 5090 means you’ll want to try out path tracing right out of the box, because the card can efficiently run path tracing at 1440p. These settings, alongside a few mod-related suggestions, will drastically improve your gaming experience in both the base game and the Phantom Liberty DLC.

Note: Anything lower than the Ryzen 9 9900X3D or Ryzen 9 9950X3D will result in a CPU bottleneck with the 5090, as path tracing is both CPU- and GPU-intensive.

RTX 5090 – Cyberpunk: 2077 and Phantom Liberty DLC (1440p and 4K Optimized)

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

A few keynotes to consider:

  • Crowd density is reduced to conserve CPU resources. When path tracing is enabled, there are more objects on screen, more characters, and NPCs. The light rays bouncing off the count will decrease, saving both GPU and CPU headroom.
  • Use the Ultra Plus Engine Control Panel & Hotfix mods. With this, you can get around 30-40% more FPS without changing how the game looks and feels.
  • If you are satisfied with the performance after applying Ultra Plus, you can try the DramPunk 3.1.1 mod for cinematic lighting. Please note that this mod will alter the game’s appearance.
  • Path Tracing mods significantly reduce the light bounce count, and DLSS Ray Reconstruction, together with the transformer model, seamlessly removes the resulting noise.

Best Settings Explored

SettingRTX 5090 (1440p)RTX 5090 (4K)
Display and Scaling  
Resolution2560 x 14403840 x 2160
Maximum FPSOffOff
V-syncOff Off 
DLSSNative AA (DLAA)Quality (Transformer Model)
DLSS Frame Generation(Optional)(Optional)
DLSS Ray ReconstructionOnOn
NVIDIA DLAAOn On 
Quality  
Texture QualityHighHigh
Field of View70-8570-85
Depth of Field(Optional)(Optional)
Improved Facial Lighting Geometry(Optional)(Optional)
Contact ShadowsOffOff
Anisotropy16x16x
Local Shadow Mesh QualityHighHigh
Local Shadow QualityHighHigh
Cascaded Shadow RangeHighHigh
Cascaded Shadow ResolutionHighHigh
Distant Shadows ResolutionHighHigh
Volumetric Fog ResolutionHighHigh
Max Dynamic DecalsHighHigh
Screen Space Reflections QualityHighHigh
Subsurface Scattering QualityHighHigh
Ambient OcclusionHighHigh
Color PrecisionHighHigh
Mirror QualityHighHigh
Level of Detail (LOD)HighHigh
Crowd DensityMedium (Lowered to save CPU headroom)Medium (Lowered to save CPU headroom)
Ray Tracing  
Ray TracingOn (Optional)On (Optional)
Ray-Traced ReflectionsSet to max by defaultSet to max by default
Ray-Traced Sun ShadowsSet to max by defaultSet to max by default
Ray-Traced Local ShadowsSet to max by defaultSet to max by default
Ray-Traced LightingSet to max by defaultSet to max by default
Path TracingOnOn

Verdict

That concludes the recommendation for Cyberpunk: 2077 and Phantom Liberty DLC with the RTX 5090. Using these settings, along with the mods for your 5090, does guarantee better path-tracing visuals, and with substantial improvement to framerates as well. Since you have a huge VRAM buffer, you can also try Cyberpunk HD Reworked Project or XilaMonstrr’s 4K Texture Packs alongside.

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