Video Settings

you might find this useful as a reference when navigating the in game video settings the list of options can be rather intimidating if you are not familiar with them hopefully this helps definitions fps frames per second this determines how smooth your gameplay looks and feels higher fps equals smoother play lower settings often boost fps, but they can reduce visual quality, so balance is key vram virtual ram that’s your gpu’s memory, and it’s shown in the bottom right corner of the settings menu just keep in mind—it’s an estimate and may not always be exact to track fps and vram in real time, press windows + g to open the built in windows game bar or use third party tools like msi afterburner for more detail settings window mode – fullscreen, windowed, or windowed fullscreen fullscreen usually gives better quality while windowed fullscreen may give better performance \&#xnan; impact average resolution – lowering it boosts fps, but things may look less crisp impact high vsync – prevents screen tearing, but can increase input lag turning it off can help fps impact average fps limit – capping your frames can help with heat and power draw, especially on laptops mpact minimum hardware lumen – disabling this can dramatically improve performance impact high presets – choose low, medium, high, or epic a quick way to adjust everything at once impact varies resolution scale – a major performance saver lowering this reduces internal rendering resolution impact high anti aliasing – smooths out jagged edges turning it down can give a decent fps bump impact average post processing – things like bloom and blur can be turned down for more frames impact average shadow quality – very demanding lowering it can give you a solid performance boost impact high global illumination – controls how light bounces great visuals, but expensive to render impact high reflections – lower this for a noticeable fps gain mpact high texture quality – tied to your gpu’s vram lower if you notice stuttering impact average visual effects – reduce for smoother busy scenes impact average foliage – controls grass and trees lower can help in outdoor areas impact average shading – impacts lighting realism lowering helps performance impact high