Gears 5 is already well optimized and runs quite smoothly on most medium end graphics cards. But is it possible to make this game run on low end graphics cards as well by tweaking the in-game video or graphics settings? Let’s find out.
Best graphics or video settings for Gears 5
It is always recommended to run a game on a medium end gaming rig if you want to find out the best combination of graphics settings for the game. There is no point in running benchmarks on gaming rigs with high or enthusiast level graphics cards. Because lets be honest, everything will run smoothly on a RTX 2080 ti.
Though the system requirements of Gears 5 are slightly on the higher side, we still went ahead and ran it on a very basic and mediocre gaming PC. Here are the full specifications of our rig:
- CPU : Intel i3 8100
- GPU : Zotac GTX 1050
- RAM : 8GB DDR4 2400mhz
- HDD : 1 TB 7200 rpm
The graphics or display settings we decided to go with :
Go to Options > Video
Vertical Sync : Off
Minimum Frame Rate : 60
Maximum Frame Rate : Unlimited
Cinematic Frame Rate Limit : Unlimited
Cinematic Scaling Mode : Fill
Field of View : 80
Ultra Textures : Not Installed
Character Texture Detail : High
World Texture Detail : High
Effects Texture Detail : High
Cone Step Mapping : High
Texture Filtering : 8X Anisotropic
Character Level of Detail : High
World Level of Detail : High
Foliage Level of Detail : High
Animation Quality : Auto
Dynamic Shadow Quality : Medium
Capsule Shadow Quality : Medium
Ambient Occlusion Quality : Medium
Ambient Occlusion Intensity : 7
Tessellation Quality : Medium
Volumetric Fog Quality : Low
Screen Space Reflections : Medium
Refractions : On
Particle Spawn Rate : 10
Bloom Style : Standard
Bloom Quality : Medium
Lens Flare Quality : Medium
Light Shaft Quality : Medium
Depth of Field : Medium
Sub Surface Scattering : On
Motion Blur : Off
Motion Blur Intensity : 2
Sharpening : 7
GPU : Auto
Tiled Resources : On
Diagnostic Mode : Off
We managed to run Gears 5 easily at 50-60 fps with the given settings. The Frame Rate did drop to 48 in one or two instances, but that was due to a high number of particles flying around on the screen.
That’s all, folks!
Last Updated on March 17, 2024
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