Cyberpunk 2077 (1.61) || NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, Intel Core i7-7700HQ, 8 GB RAM, No SSD

Let’s give my 6-year old “gaming” laptop with GTX 1050, i7-7700HQ and measly 8 GB RAM (no SSD) a proper challenge – The highly-anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 from 2020, as everyone was totally happy when it released, and there were no refunds whatsoever (right) . Boy, is this an amazing release indeed! Even after 2 years of patches, you can still feel the bugs! I personally noticed some of them while recording, and they are documented in the video aswell, the funniest of which is of course the revolutionary collision detection system. But hey, give CDPR some slack, because they made sure to remove some of them, but most importantly, for the viewers, on PC, they added that AMD FSR upscaling technology, which is a savior for people with a PC/laptop with an old, mid-range GPU. The fact that I can run Cyberglitch 1997 at ULTRA (no RTX, but who needs it anyway) using this technology on my GTX 1050 non-Ti Mobile, as evident in the video, is truly impressive.

I was targeting a minimum of 24 FPS (with the exception at the end).
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HOW TO OPTIMIZE THIS GAME FOR 8 GB RAM AND NO SSD:
Step 0: I strongly recommend using Atlas OS 20H2 or a similar debloated version of Windows.
Step 1: Download Mem Reduct from here: https://www.henrypp.org/product/memreduct . Use it by pressing it’s “Clean memory” button, and you can even make it start minimized from it’s settings.
Step 2: Make sure to close all unnecessary background tasks. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about, you can search on YouTube or Google about the topic.
Step 3: Run the Mem Reduct app just before launching the game.
Step 4: Enjoy!
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🕒 Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro and Specs
01:58 – 1080p, Low settings
05:00 – 1080p + FSR Quality, Low settings
07:19 – 1080p + FSR Performance, Low settings
09:41 – 900p, Low settings
11:57 – 900p + FSR Quality, Low settings
14:20 – 900p + FSR Performance, Low settings
16:50 – 720p, Low settings
19:19 – 720p + FSR Quality, Low settings
21:48 – 720p + FSR Performance, Low settings
24:28 – 1080p + FSR Quality, Medium settings
27:43 – 1080p + FSR Performance, Medium settings
30:08 – 900p, Medium settings
32:36 – 900p + FSR Quality, Medium settings
35:05 – 900p + FSR Performance, Medium settings
37:34 – 720p, Medium settings
40:06 – 720p + FSR Quality, Medium settings
42:27 – 720p + FSR Performance, Medium settings
44:49 – 1080p + FSR Performance, High settings
47:42 – 900p + FSR Quality, High settings
50:10 – 900p + FSR Performance, High settings
52:28 – 720p, High settings
54:58 – 720p + FSR Quality, High settings
57:34 – 720p + FSR Performance, High settings
01:00:00 – 900p + FSR Performance, ULTRA settings
01:03:36 – 720p + FSR Quality, ULTRA settings
01:06:06 – 720p + FSR Performance, ULTRA settings
01:08:24 – 1080p, ULTRA settings (rip)
01:10:34 – Outro
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Program that I use to monitor the FPS and the CPU, “GPU” and RAM usage: MSI Afterburner. Download link: https://www.msi.com/Landing/afterburner/graphics-cards
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Benchmark footage recorded externally from my phone in order to show the actual performance. Desktop and settings footage recorded internally using OBS.
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Laptop 💻 model: Lenovo Legion Y520-15IKBN 80WK 🔥 :
🔵 CPU: Intel Core i7-7700HQ – 4 cores and 8 threads; up to 3.80 GHz, 6 MB L3 Cache; 45 W TDP; Kaby Lake microarchitecture; Undervolted by -100 mV via ThrottleStop
✔️ Dedicated GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile – 4 GB GDDR5 VRAM; 640 CUDA cores; 53 W TDP; DirectX 12.1, OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan support
🔵 Integrated GPU: Intel HD Graphics 630 (we don’t care about it in this video)
🔶 RAM: 8 GB Single-Channel DDR4 2400 MHz
⬛ Boot drive: 1 TB 5400 RPM Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 HDD (it doesn’t have an SSD)
⬛ External drive: 1 TB 5400 RPM Silicon-Power SP PHD U3 HDD
🔷 OS: Atlas OS 20H2

I want to add an SSD and perhaps another stick of 8 GB RAM to it sooner or later, when I have the financial opportunity.
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The video is edited using Sony Vegas Pro 14.
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Intro music: Jingle Bells (instrumental): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1gskElaLNo
Specs part music: Anno Domini Beats – Drop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VVmB7mk8Dk
Outro music: Tomodachi Life – Map (Day): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldLngxz-WHA
Other music used in this video: Dan Henig – Danger Snow: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4KYTFEJuFI (I originally wanted to use that Cyberpunk 2077 meme song, but since it’s copyrighted, I instead went for the closest song to it that isn’t copyrighted)
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Credits to mishalhossin for the Atlas OS wallpaper.