Cyberpunk 2077’s patch 1.62 is now live on PC, bringing with it the technological preview for the game’s awaited Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode.
Targeting high-end hardware, Cyberpunk 2077’s newest graphical setting adds a “fully ray-traced, aka path-traced, rendering mode to the game.”
Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.62 Notes
Available for Nvidia 40-series graphics cards and the Nvidia RTX 3090 (1080p, 30 fps) Cyberpunk 2077’s Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode is first available via what developer CD Projekt Red calls a technology preview.
The developer took this approach because it knows the feature will “be perfect from the start and players might experience some issues.”
Owners of other ray-tracing-capable GPUs that come equipped with at least 8GB VRAM can sample the new technology by taking render path-traced screenshots while in Photo Mode.
Here are the full Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.62 notes, as detailed by the developer:
Path Tracing: Technology Preview
- Added a Ray Tracing: Overdrive preset which includes the Path Tracing technology. You can enable the Ray Tracing: Overdrive preset in Settings > Graphics > Quick Preset, or just Path Tracing separately in Settings > Graphics in the Ray Tracing section. To make sure Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode works correctly on your PC, update your NVIDIA Game Ready Driver to version 531.41 at minimum.
- Additionally, we included an option to render path-traced screenshots in Photo Mode for other Ray-Tracing-capable graphics cards with at least 8GB VRAM. If your graphics card has more than 8GB VRAM and this option is still greyed out, it means you need to lower your in-game resolution. Note that the higher the resolution and the less powerful the GPU is, the longer it will take to take a screenshot (between a few seconds to several minutes). You can enable Path Tracing for Photo Mode in Settings > Graphics in the Ray Tracing section.
DLAA
- Added NVIDIA DLAA, an AI-based anti-aliasing mode designed to improve image quality. DLAA requires a NVIDIA RTX graphics card. It can be enabled in Settings > Graphics in the NVIDIA DLSS section.
Intel XeSS
- Added support for Intel Xe Super Sampling 1.1, an upscaling technology using machine learning to provide improved performance with high image quality. It can be enabled in Settings > Graphics in the Resolution Scaling section.
Benchmark improvements
- Improved the Benchmark to display more information in the results screen, including PC specs, GPU driver version and selected settings.
For more on Cyberpunk 2077, here is what we know about a potential patch 1.7 release date alongside when the RPG’s first expansion is set to launch.
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