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Dial in these settings while playing Cyberpunk: 2077 and the Phantom Liberty DLC, with RX 9070 XT at 1440p.
The RX 9070 XT is a mid-range gaming GPU from AMD’s RDNA 4 architecture, offering a compelling price-to-performance ratio. 1440p and even 4K native settings with raster are no problem for this GPU.
With the new game updates, AMD has closed the gap between RT performance and is ever so slightly behind in PT (Path Tracing). Cyberpunk 2077’s most recent update now natively supports FSR 4, enabling you to turn on ray tracing, use FSR 4, and experience the game with the settings provided below.
Note: The RX 9070XT requires a CPU pairing of at least Ryzen 5 7600X or higher. A CPU tier lower than this will result in CPU-bound scenarios, particularly in the Phantom Liberty DLC and with Ray Tracing.
RX 9070 XT – Cyberpunk and Phantom Liberty DLC (1440p Optimized)
A few keynotes to consider:
- Native FSR 4 is here, which means even the performance preset will look good.
- The RT settings are set to high, and other settings are adjusted accordingly to compensate.
- For a better image, you can use a quality profile; the FPS results will still be high.
- You can use FSR frame generation if you want to.
- Using Path Tracing with this level of hardware isn’t recommended.
Best Settings Explored
| Setting | RX 9070 XT |
| Display and Scaling | |
| Resolution | 2560 x 1440 |
| Maximum FPS | Off |
| V-sync | Off |
| Resolution Scaling | FSR 4 Performance / Quality |
| On (Optional) | |
| Quality | |
| Texture Quality | High |
| Field of View | 70-85 |
| Depth of Field | (Optional) |
| Improved Facial Lighting Geometry | (Optional) |
| Contact Shadows | Off |
| Anisotropy | 16x |
| Local Shadow Mesh Quality | High |
| Local Shadow Quality | Medium |
| Cascaded Shadow Range | Medium |
| Cascaded Shadow Resolution | Medium |
| Distant Shadows Resolution | High |
| Volumetric Fog Resolution | High |
| Max Dynamic Decals | High |
| Screen Space Reflections Quality | High |
| Subsurface Scattering Quality | Medium |
| Ambient Occlusion | Medium |
| Color Precision | High |
| Mirror Quality | High |
| Level of Detail (LOD) | High |
| Crowd Density | High (Depends on CPU) |
| Ray Tracing | |
| Ray Tracing | On (Optional) |
| Ray-Traced Reflections | High |
| Ray-Traced Sun Shadows | High |
| Ray-Traced Local Shadows | High |
| Ray-Traced Lighting | High |
| Path Tracing | Off |
Verdict
That concludes the recommendation for Cyberpunk and Phantom Liberty DLC with the RX 9070 XT. These settings are best suited as a starting point. As per VRAM headroom, which you can monitor via RTSS or Steam overlay, you can adjust the options as needed.
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