Horizon Forbidden West launched with many performance issues on the PC, especially if you are on lower-mid-tier hardware. However, setting up the graphics settings properly eradicated a lot of these performance issues. The settings we have suggested here are perfect for fetching you that sweet 60FPS you aim for.
So, in this article, we will talk about the best Graphics Settings you can use in Horizon Forbidden West PC Edition to get a constant 60FPS.
Best Graphics Settings to get 60 FPS in Horizon Forbidden West PC
These are our suggested best Graphics Settings that you can use in Horizon Forbidden West PC.
Best Display Settings HFW
- Monitor – *Your default monitor will be selected*
- Window Mode – Exclusive Full Screen
- Display Resolution – 2560x1440p
- Aspect Ratio – 16:9
- Refresh Rate – 144Hz
- V-Sync – Off
- Nvidia Reflex Low Latency – On
- Dynamic Resolution Scaling – Off
- Upscale Method – DLSS
- Upscale Quality – Medium
Best Graphics Settings HFW
- Preset – Custom
- Texture Quality – Medium
- Texture Filtering – 8x Anisotropic
- Shadow Quality – Medium
- Screen Space Shadows – On
- Ambient Occlusion – SSAO
- Screen Space Reflections – High
- Level of detail – Medium
- Hair Quality – High
- Crowd Quality – High
- Terrain Quality – High
- Water Quality – Medium
- Clouds Quality – High
- Translucency Quality – Default
- Parallax Occlusion Mapping – On
- Field of View – 0
- Depth of Field – High
- Bloom – On
- Motion Blur Strength – 0
- Sharpness – 2
- Lens Flare – On
- Vignette – Off
- Radial Blur – Off
- Chromatic Aberration – Off
Specifications of our Test Rig
- CPU – Intel Core i5-13600K Processor
- GPU – Nvidia RTX 3060Ti GPU
- RAM – 16GB DDR4 3000Mhz
- Operating System – Windows 11 64-Bit OS
- SSD – Adata 1TB Gen4 NVMe SSD
- Monitor Resolution – 2560×1440
- Driver – v551.86
Running the game on low to medium settings is always recommended to get the best of both worlds, i.e., graphics and performance. And there is no point in running these AAA titles on the highest-end hardware because every game released will run smoothly on an RTX 4000 Series or AMD Radeon RX 7000 Series GPU. We understand that not all of us are sitting with a high-end rig, so we tested this game on an intermediate-level Gaming PC. Here is a quick overview of the performance you might expect if you run this game on a similar specced hardware with the graphics settings we suggested.
Benchmark Test Results
Tool Used – MSI Afterburner
| Lowest FPS | Average FPS | Maximum FPS |
| 44 FPS | 68 FPS | 72 FPS |
So that was all about the best graphics settings you can use to get 60FPS constant in Horizon Forbidden West PC.
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Last Updated on March 22, 2024
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