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How to increase FPS in ARK Survival Ascended

Boost your overall FPS numbers!

Ark Survival Ascended is the latest installment in the Ark series and also suffers from performance issues like past releases. While it's an annoying problem, I increased my FPS in Ark Survival Ascended by tweaking setting options under the CameraRTX, and Video sections.

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So, if you want to know the settings I turned down to have a smooth combat and overall gameplay experience, read the complete guide until the end.

Best settings for max FPS in Ark Survival Ascended

Though the following settings will improve your overall FPS significantly, you must still understand the optimization problem runs in the veins of the Ark series. Every game in the series, starting from Ark: Survival Evolved, has serious performance problems in the form of sudden FPS drops, stuttering, and crashing issues. So, it's better to accept the fact you will face one or another issue during the game instead of dreaming of a lag-free experience.

The following settings are customized to obtain 60FPS for a 1920 *1080 resolution on old GTX and RTX series cards.

Related: All console commands and cheat codes in ARK Survival Ascended

Video Settings - Panel I

ParameterValue
Resolution1920 *1080
Windows ModeWindowed FullScreen
Graphics PresetsCustom or Medium/Low
Advanced GraphicsMedium
View DistanceMedium
TexturesMedium
Post ProcessingLow
General ShadowsMedium
Global Illumination QualityMedium
Effects QualityMedium
Foliage QualityMedium

Video Settings - Panel II

ParameterValue
Max Frame RateOff
Motion BlurOff
Light BloomOff
Light ShaftsOn
Low-Light EnhancementOff
Enable Foliage & Fluid InteractionOn
Foliage Interaction Distance Multiplier2
Foliage Interaction Distance Limit1.5
Foliage Interaction Quantity Limit1
Enable Footstep ParticlesNo
Enable Footstep DecalsNo
GUI 3D Widget Quality0.5

RTX Settings

ParameterValue
Nvidia DLSSOn
Super ResolutionBalanced
Nvidia Reflex Low LatencyOn

Camera Settings

ParameterValue
Camera View BobOff
Camera FOVAnything less than 50

Related: How to use console commands in ARK Survival Ascended

Other ways to increase FPS in Ark Survival Ascended

Apart from the in-game tweaks, you can also scale your FPS numbers using the following techniques.

  • Updating Graphic Cards: Please install the latest drivers for your graphic cards using applications like GeForce or Radeon.
  • Priority Change: Change the priority of ArkAscended.exe from Normal to High from the Task Manager to allocate more resources than usual.
  • Disable Fullscreen Optimization: Right-click on the ArkAscended.exe file from the installation folder. Under the compatibility section, tick the Disable Fullscreen Optimization. Immediately, press the Change high DPI settings button below it and turn on the Override High Scaling DPI Behaviour performed by Applications in the new menu.

For more information on ARK: Survival Ascended, check out How many GB is ARK Survival Ascended? – Total download size (GB) or How to Craftraft in ARK Survival Ascended on Pro Game Guides.


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Vignesh Raja
Vignesh Raja started as a Freelancer and became a Full-Time Staff writer at Pro Game Guides in March 2024. He has an engineering degree in IT and was previously a Semi-Professional Apex Legends and Paladins eSports player. His passion for multiplayer games made him pursue a career in writing to share his knowledge about competitive gaming. Nowadays, he spends his time writing guides for Valorant, BitLife, and Roblox. Also, he manages and coaches upcoming BGMI players in his free time to help them thrive in India's competitive eSports scene.
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