Cyberpunk 2077: Windows Insider Build 26040 & NVIDIA Beta Driver 550.09 Tested

Testing Windows Insider Build 26040 and NVIDIA beta driver 550.09 in Cyberpunk 2077.

Settings: 4K, max settings, path tracing, DLSS performance mode.

**Ray reconstruction is not supported on the beta 550.09 driver, so ray reconstruction is disabled

00:00 - Intro
00:32 - FG OFF Benchmark
01:51 - FG ON Benchmark
03:10 - Benchmark Results Summary
03:40 - Gameplay
05:11 - Outro

System specs:

➤ MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM X
➤ Ryzen 7 7700X
➤ 32 GB Corsair Vengeance DDR5
➤ ASUS ROG STRIX B650E-F GAMING WiFi
➤ Crucial T700 SSD Gen5
➤ Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus-G SSD Gen4
➤ ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro SSD Gen3
➤ Seasonic Focus GX-1000
➤ Arctic Freezer 34 CO
➤ Phanteks Eclipse P500A DRGB
➤ Windows 11 (23H2)
➤ Windows 11 Insider Build 26040

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[Compusemble]

There are some visual differences between the beta 550.09 driver and the stable 551.23 driver in terms of noise. All tests have ray reconstruction turned off, so this difference comes down to the way each handles the standard denoising. 550.09 looks sharper but noisier, while 551.23 looks blurrier but cleaner. However, with frame generation turned ON, there is also a performance improvement from the Windows insider build 26040, on both the 551.23 and 550.09 driver. You can see this when comparing the two Windows builds on the same driver.

[BadRusMan]

1:12 - path/ray tracing downgrade
1:15 - also visible
and etc
That is where the boost came from

[rubiconlexicon]

The 550.09 version looks much grainier in a lot of spots than the 551.23 version. Could the higher performance be due to a denoising step being skipped because of bugs in driver 550.09?

[JayPat]

By default Cyberpunk PT has
2 Rays
2 Bounces of light

550.09 looks like it only uses 1 bounce of light - im no expert but 1:12 looks just like my game when i change this settings on the stable build - which net me about the same 10-12 fps gain

[svidez]

Disclaimer. Ray reconstruction not being enabled is the reason for the performance uplift.

[hypermatrix]

As many others have mentioned...the denoiser doesn't appear to be working properly in the beta driver, which is why you're getting higher FPS. You can see a lot of excess noise in the image.

[gamingoptimized]

23% performance increase by just a software change? What does the new Driver do?

[Reinhardovich]

Are you sure that you used the EXACT same settings between the different Windows versions/drivers?

[TheGameDealer]

is there any improvment if no raytracing is activated ? or the im provment is only there for raytracing cards ?

[TheFoolTohru]

Mmm...interesting...I appreciate you making a test demonstration like this

[fenixspider]

hey bud did you try it with other cpu intensive titles?? like let's say cs2 or Apex legends?

I read that you tried it on other games but were those like cpu bound too? Cyberpunk is utilizing multi cores better than most games right now so i think this new windows update might have increased cpu performance, no clue tho just a roughn guess.

[MoosePlus]

This isnt applying the ray reconstruction denoiser correctly in the 550.09 version. I use the DLSS ray reconstruction toggle mod, and this is what the game looks like before toggling the mod on, when the game is trying to force ray reconstruction on, but not applying it properly.

[D.Enniss]

Aren't you comparing a Stable more recent version with an older Beta version????
It's *v551 stable Vs v550 Beta* .... Whatever happened between those builds, the Stable one is the most recent and the Beta was bugged

[fabobg]

Definitely a denoiser(s) downgrade/missing. Probably a bug. It's not a magical "improvement coming in the future".

[tristanwegner]

compare the reflections in the puddle. One side uses Ray Reconstruction, one does not. You are comparing two different settings.

[SidorovichJr]

almost unbelievable, so what gives cause thats kinda huge improve from a soft alone

[normanmapson]

550.09 driver is around 11 months old based on build date and around 5 months old since it was first pushed to Windows Insider builds, it's not a new BETA driver at all.

[Slovnoslon]

У меня долго стоял драйвер 550, 09, но потом панель навидиа на автомате его скачала и заменила на новый. Захотел скачать, а уже нету. По твоей ссылке скачал, и что скажу, фпс немного больше, но потребление карты немного вырасло на тех же частотах, это в киберпанке. В принципе всё логично. Видеокарта 3080 10гб, частота 1905 напряжение 0, 950

[ygny]

SSR on the right is a lot more grainy, turning SSR below ultra saves tons of perf in this game.

[UnAssimilated]

Woah, that's amazing. Hope you try some other games just to see if driver brings any additional improvements to them. In any case, thank you for the vid. Interessting about Win insider build improvements