Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive Mode trailer lights up Night City

With one week to go till Cyberpunk 2077 Ray Tracing Overdrive Mode arrives on April 11, Nvidia and CD Projekt Pink have launched new footage of the upcoming replace. Naturally, it’s chock-full of fairly path tracing, full with picture comparisons and efficiency metrics.

This graphical glow up is as beautiful as it’s demanding, so it ought to come as no shock that you just’ll want one of many best graphics cards round to run it.

At the moment, we’ve solely seen footage of the Cyberpunk 2077 replace working on the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, each with and with out DLSS 3. Fortunately, we received’t want to attend lengthy to learn the way different pixel pushers just like the RTX 4080 or AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT fare in opposition to the newly path traced streets of Evening Metropolis.

Trying on the trailer, it’s instantly apparent to me how options like RTX Direct Illumination and absolutely ray traced international illumination remodel the look of CD Projket Pink’s RPG game for the higher. Whereas it’s clearly thrilling to easily gawk at, you may be taught extra in regards to the applied sciences in our GDC interview with Cyberpunk 2077’s art director and over on Nvidia’s article.

Simply ensure you preserve any efficiency expectations in verify earlier than turning on the ray tracing preset come April 11. From the seems to be of issues, Nvidia DLSS 3 might be a should to maintain issues playable, however you may count on the official phrase from us shortly after launch.

Don’t neglect to take a look at the newest on the Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty release date, because the growth attracts ever nearer.