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Tweak your in-game settings in such a way that you can enjoy Bethesda’s space RPG with the best possible graphics.
Despite being built on an adapted version of the same Creation engine Bethesda has used for other titles like Fallout 4 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim before it, Starfield can still be configured to look rather beautiful. After all, this is a grand and ambitious Sci-Fi RPG that transports you from planet to planet. And as such you’ll play witness to many gorgeous intergalactic backgrounds and cityscapes.
If you’re playing on PC specifically, however, and have been left wondering what Starfield’s best graphic settings are, there are definitely a couple of tweaks worth making. You’ll obviously be sacrificing frame rate in order to get the game’s graphics looking tip top, but it’ll still look a whole lot better on your budget or high-powered PC than it does on Xbox Series X or Xbox Series S consoles.
Starfield – best graphic settings for PC players
The following best graphic settings aren’t set in stone, and obviously your mileage might very depending on your gaming PC setup. If you’re playing on a gaming laptop, for instance, you might still find it a struggle to up the graphic settings while enjoying decent performance. However, it’s with Bethesda’s own recommended Starfield system requirements in mind that we’ve deemed the following to be Starfield’s best graphic settings on PC:
- Borderless full screen: On
- Window size: 1920 x 1080
- Dynamic Resolution: On
- Render Resolution: 75
- Graphics Preset: Custom
- Shadow Quality: Medium
- Indirect Lighting: High
- Reflections: Medium
- Particle Quality: Low
- Volumetric Lighting: Medium
- Crowd Density: Medium
- Motion Blur: Off
- GTAO Quality: Medium
- Grass Quality: High
- Contact Shadows: Medium
- VSync: On
- Upscaling: FSR2
- Enable VRS: On
- Film Grain: 0
- Depth of Field: On
The above is very much a base for PC players who want to squeeze the very best graphics and performance possible out of Starfield. If you find that, after tweaking the in-game graphics settings above, that performance is still relatively smooth, you can always try upping aspects like Crowd Density, Contact Shadows and Volumetric Lighting up from Medium to High. If the fps takes an absolute dive after making any of these changes, you’ll soon know what your PC setup is capable of.
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Always be sure to update your graphics drivers if you want to achieve the best possible graphics in not just Starfield, but really any game on PC. Both NVIDIA and AMD feature dedicated PC software that allows you to do this relatively easily, depending on the specific age and type of graphics card you’re using. There you have it in terms of Starfield’s best graphic settings. Now get out there and enjoy the galaxy in the best possible light.