An unofficial patch for Cyberpunk 2077 for AMD Ryzen processors provides a performance boost of up to 27%

Written by Boldson on 27 June 2023. Posted in Hardware

AMD Ryzen performance optimization issues in Cyberpunk 2077 continue to be a concern, despite claims from CD Projekt Red that the issue has been resolved in HotFix 1.05. Users report still weak CPU usage, especially with regard to SMT.

However, users have found an unofficial solution that can significantly improve game performance on these processors. With simple HEX editing, you can achieve a performance increase of 27%. Users can download and apply this hotfix themselves.

If your antivirus is signaling a download, you can manually edit the Cyberpunk 2077 executable by replacing the hex value "75 2D 33 C9 B8 01 00 00 00 0F A2 8B C8 C1 F9 08" with "EB 2D 33 C9 B8 01 00 00 00 0F A2 8B C8 C1 F9 08" and save it. Duplicating the old executable and using it with the original hex code will allow you to run the game with and without the AMD Ryzen SMT patch.

Testing PCGameshardware showed that with the application of an unofficial patch, performance improved by up to 27%. For example, the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D processor , an 8-core chip with 3D V-Cache, saw an average FPS increase from 108.3 to 137.9. This confirms that the game is still facing major optimization issues around 8-core AMD Ryzen processors that the developers have not yet resolved.

It's interesting to note that Cyberpunk 2077 continues to be a testing ground for advanced graphics technologies, such as the recently introduced Path Tracing technology in RT-Overdrive mode. However, it would be great if the developers paid attention to such urgent problems that most PC gamers face.

Thoughts on perspective:

On the one hand, the emergence of unofficial patches offered by the community highlights the need for more performance and the desire of players to optimize their gaming experience. However, it also raises questions about the quality of the developers' optimizations and the extent to which the community should take responsibility for fixing problems that should have been fixed during the development phase.

The emergence of these patches highlights the importance of continued support and optimization of games after launch, especially for games as technically challenging and visually impressive as Cyberpunk 2077. It is also a reminder for developers to consider the wide range of hardware players use. Perhaps this will be an incentive for game development companies to pay more attention to performance testing and optimization for various system configurations in the future.