Here is a list of texture quality mods for Cyberpunk that I used from Nexus Mods Collections and Nexus Mods. They improve the game graphics quality quite a bit.

NOTE: DLSS, FSR and XeSS were only used with their highest quality profiles e.g. "Quality" and "Ultra Quality", because we want maximum image quality!



Here is the list as a text file with URLs.


Here you can see the gaming power consumption on my UPS, just the PC (Zotac Gaming RTX 4090 Trinity, a 1TB Samsung 970 Evo, 2x Kingston 16 GB DDR5 6000 RAM, Corsair HX1000 PSU, a Intel i7-127000 with disabled internal GPU and a Gigabyte Z690 UD Mainboard, no overclocking, running Windows 11 Pro.



Lets start with some performance numbers, including memory consumption of the different configurations that I tested along with the testing system specifications.


4K native


DLAA (Anti-Aliasing only, no image up scaling)


DLAA (Anti-Aliasing only, no image up scaling) + DLSS Frame Generation (DLSS 3.x)


DLSS 2.x ( Anti-Aliasing + image up scaling ) + DLSS Frame Generation (DLSS 3.x)


FSR ( Anti-Aliasing + image up scaling ) + DLSS Frame Generation (DLSS 3.x)


XeSS ( Anti-Aliasing + image up scaling ) + DLSS Frame Generation (DLSS 3.x)

Lets have a look at the image quality.

NOTE: Those are HVEC + HDR (REC.2020) videos, please use a browser with HDR support e.g. Chrome, Edge or watch them on Youtube in lower quality!
I strongly recommend running the videos in full screen with the highest quality to see every pixel!

HVEC (REC.2020) MP4 file		Youtube (HDR)
4K native		4K native
4K DLAA		4K DLAA
4K DLSS 2.x		4K DLSS 2.x
4K DLSS 2.x + DLSS Frame Generation		4K DLSS 2.x + DLSS Frame Generation
4K FSR		4K FSR
4K XeSS		4K XeSS

  I skipped DLSS Frame Generation, because it has no noticeable impact on the image quality, when there is no rapid moving content on screen.
We can clearly see that DLSS 2.x and FSR are introducing rendering artifacts on the metal pipe and only the native resolution, DLAA only and XeSS provide nearly no errors.



Lets move to a different, more complex scene.

HVEC (REC.2020) MP4 file		Youtube (HDR)
4K native		4K native
4K DLAA		4K DLAA
4K DLSS 2.x		4K DLSS 2.x
4K FSR		4K FSR
4K XeSS		4K XeSS

  I skipped DLSS Frame Generation, because it has no noticeable impact on the image quality, when there is no rapid moving content on screen.
We can clearly see that at the native resolution a lot of aliasing is killing the image quality. DLAA provides the best quality. XeSS and DLSS 2.x are doing a good job as well, but FSR shows some artifacts and aliasing.


XeSS Edge Case

HVEC (REC.2020) MP4 file		Youtube (HDR)
4K XeSS		4K XeSS

Here you can clearly see the XeSS is producing strange flickering after a few seconds (less time until the flickering occurs, if the XeSS quality is set to a lower value!) staring at the wall in the background. DLSS and FSR are not showing this behavior. Seems like a precision error that accumulates over time. The flickering is not caused by Path Tracing, which is shown in the video as well.

Conclusion

For the current RTX 4090 hardware at 4K, the best compromise seems to be XeSS or DLSS + DLSS Frame Generation, this gives acceptable performance (above 30 fps!) and great image quality without too many artifacts.