Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.62 official notes - Introduces new Ray Tracing: Overdrive preset, benchmark improvements, and more

A new Cyberpunk 2077 patch 1.62 is now available. The update will be rolled out for PCs, bringing in a technology preview of the new Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode.

This highlight is targeted at high-end systems as CD Projekt Red is looking to push the graphics barrier of the title further.

When talking about the update, the developer said:

“Together with NVIDIA, we’re bringing a completely new, fully ray-traced, aka path-traced, rendering mode to the game with this patch – Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode. We’re proud of it. It pushes the boundaries of what's possible in technology.”

CD Projekt Red added:

“However, because it is so new and fundamentally different from what we've been using so far, we know it's not going to be perfect from the start and players might experience some issues – that’s why we’ve decided to call it a “Technology Preview”. This is a vision of the future that we want to share, and we're committed to continue working on and improving this feature.”

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Cyberpunk 2077 Patch 1.62 official notes

1) 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.

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 grayed 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.

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2) 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.

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3) 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.

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4) Benchmark improvements

Improved the Benchmark to display more information on the results screen, including PC specs, GPU driver version, and selected settings.