Ghost of Tsushima is acclaimed for its stunning visuals, but this makes it pretty demanding on your hardware, and as such, you might not be able to run it at a high framerate, especially on low-end PCs. This guide will tell you the best graphics settings to get the most FPS out of Ghost of Tsushima.
Ghost of Tsushima best graphics settings
Ghost of Tsushima is highly optimized out of the box, so it runs well on medium-end PCs at 1080p, but there are issues when you are gaming on a lower-end PC or want to run it at a higher resolution. In those cases, you need to go to the Graphics Settings from the main menu and set them to the following to achiever higher framerates.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Preset | Custom |
| Motion Blur Strength | 0 |
| Field of View | 10 |
| Texture Quality | Medium (Set it to higher if you have a VRam left) |
| Texture Filtering | Trilinear |
| Shadow Quality | Low |
| Level of Detail | Low |
| Terrain Detail | Low |
| Volumetric Fog | Low |
| Depth of Field | Off |
| Screen Space Reflections | Off (Enable if you don't mind losing a few FPS) |
| Screen Space Shadows | Off |
| Ambient Occlusion | Off |
| Bloom | Off |
| Vignette | Off |
| Water Caustics | Off |
In addition to the Graphics settings, go to the Display settings menu from the main menu and change the following settings.
| Setting | Value |
|---|---|
| Aspect Ratio | Auto |
| Refresh Rate | Set close to the amount of average FPS you are getting. |
| VSync | Off |
| Brightness | Up to you |
| Contrast | Up to you |
| HDR | Up to you |
| HDR Max Luminance | Up to you |
| HDR Paper White | Up to you |
| Upscale Method | DLSS (Or AMD FSR if you are not using an RTX card) |
| Upscale Quality | Nill |
| Dynamic Resolution Scaling | 60 |
| Anti-Aliasing | Nill |
| NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency | On |
| Frame Generation | AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation |
Results for the best Ghost of Tsushima graphics settings
Before applying the settings, I got around 60 to 70 FPS on Ultra Present with RTX 3060, I5-11400f, and PNY XLR8 3600mhz clocked at 2133mhz. After applying the above settings, I got a massive boost to around 140 to 150 average FPS, as seen in the before and after images.
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Published: May 20, 2024 02:08 am