Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive: how is path tracing possible on a high-end triple-A game?

From a path-traced Quake 2 to Cyberpunk 2077 in just four years - this is how it was done.

Cyberpunk 2077 Ray Tracing: Overdrive Technology Preview - Full Ray Tracing Deep Dive

Cyberpunk 2077 players blown away by the Overdrive Mode

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Cyberpunk 2077 Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode - CD PROJEKT RED, RTX Inside The Game Interview, GeForce News

Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive Update Goes Live With NVIDIA DLAA And Intel XeSS Support

Cyberpunk 2077 - Path Tracing & DLSS 3 Benchmarks & Comparison Screenshots

I've tested Nvidia's latest ray tracing magic in Cyberpunk 2077 and it's a no-brainer. At worst it's just better-looking, at best it's that and a whole lot more performance : r/nvidia

Cyberpunk 2077 With NVIDIA RT Overdrive Mode & Path Tracing To Be 30-40% More GPU Intensive, DLSS 3 Allows Over 100 FPS on RTX 4090

Path Tracing? Overdrive? Again? 20 Comparison Pics, Enjoy. : r/LowSodiumCyberpunk

This MOD Fixes Path Tracing OVERDRIVE in Cyberpunk 2077

CDPR Estimates Up to 40% Performance Hit When Cyberpunk 2077's Ray Tracing: Overdrive Mode Is Enabled without NVIDIA DLSS 3: It's Pretty Expensive

Cyberpunk 2077 RTX Overdrive Mode vs Original RT Ultra 4K Ray Tracing On Early Graphics Comparison

Even the GeForce RTX 4090 struggles with native Cyberpunk 2077 RT Overdrive Mode

Cyberpunk 2077 With NVIDIA RT Overdrive Mode & Path Tracing To Be 30-40% More GPU Intensive, DLSS 3 Allows Over 100 FPS on RTX 4090