Best Graphics Settings for PC Games

General Setup

• Target Audience: PC players
• Goal: Show the best graphics settings.
• Importance: Optimize performance without sacrificing quality.

Display and Graphics Settings

Window Mode

• Recommendation: Borderless
  • Reason: Easier alt-tabbing, prevents memory leaks

Resolution

• Recommendation: Native resolution of your monitor

VSync

• Recommendation: Adaptive (optional)

FPS

• Recommendation: Set to desired or monitor's refresh rate

GPU

• Note: Only matters if using multiple GPUs (rare)

Graphical Quality Settings

Texture Quality

• Recommendation: High
  • Reason: No significant difference between High and Ultra, saves VRAM

Animation Quality

• Recommendation: Enhanced
  • Reason: Same quality as Ultra but more CPU-efficient

Shadow Quality

• Recommendation: Enhanced
  • Reason: Screen space shadows add realism and save GPU performance

Postprocessing

• Recommendation: High
  • Reason: Ensure Sun shafts are enabled

Reflections

• Recommendation: High
  • Reason: Screen space reflections; minimal difference to Ultra

Volumetric Effects

• Recommendation: Enhanced
  • Reason: Best balance between quality and performance with updated assets

Terrain Tessellation

• Recommendation: High
  • Reason: Minimal visual benefit from going Ultra, saves performance

Planet Quality

• Recommendation: High
  • Reason: Affects draw distance of entities, minimal difference to Ultra

Water Quality

• Recommendation: High
  • Reason: Best balance; Ultra demands excessive GPU performance

Base Complexity

• Recommendation: High
  • Reason: Improved loading and performance management

Anisotropic Filtering

• Recommendation: 16
  • Reason: Modern standard, improves texture crispness from distance

Ground Truth Ambient Occlusion (GTAO)

• Recommendation: Enhanced
  • Reason: No visible difference from higher settings

Nvidia Reflex

• Recommendation: Enable if available
  • Note: Only available for Nvidia GPU users

Anti-Aliasing

• Recommendations:
  • With Nvidia GPU: Use DLSS
  • Without Nvidia GPU: Use FSR 2.0 (quality mode)
  • General: FSR better than FXAA, TAA in this particular game

HDR and Motion Blur

• HDR: Subjective, optional
• Motion Blur: Typically recommended off, especially for video recordings

Conclusion

• Visuals and Performance: Optimized settings preserve high quality visuals such as textures, shadows, and reflections while improving performance.
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