Watch Dogs Legion Graphics Settings – One of the most anticipated titles of this year, which is probably also one of the best open-world games of this year, Watch Dogs Legion has finally made its way to the launch day. Considering how much hype this game managed to create since the trailer came out, I can only imagine the sheer amount of people who are going to play this game.
Now, Watch Dogs Legion is a fairly demanding title and even with the latest drivers there is not much you can do if you have a high-end gaming rig. And considering how big the world is, bad fps might really worsen the experience.
Watch Dogs Legion – Graphics Settings Guide
Tweaking in-game graphics or video settings not only gives you a smoother experience, but also gets rid of performance issues like fps drops. The same is the case with this title. Let’s see if it is possible to make Watch Dogs Legion run for people with high-end hardware by tweaking the in-game video or graphics settings.
Graphics Settings
Display
- Window Mode : Fullscreen
- Resolution : 1920×1080
- Monitor Refresh Rate : Auto
- V-Sync : Off
- FPS Limit : Off
- Field of View : 75
- Menu Position : Auto
- Multimonitor HUD : Auto
Quality
- DirectX : 12
- Graphics Quality : Custom
- Geometry : High
- Environment : Medium
- Texture Resolution : Medium
- Texture Filtering : Low
- Shadows : Low
- Headlight Shadows : Your Car
- Reflections : Low
- Depth of Field : Off
- Motion Blur : Off
- Bloom : Off
- Ambient Occlusion : On
- Post-Process Anti-Aliasing : TAA
- Subsurface Scattering : Low
- Ray Traced Reflections : Off
- DLSS : Performance
- Extra Details : 0%
- Temporal Upscaling : Off
Turn on DLSS and set DLSS Mode to “Performance”, only if you have a really under-powered system, and you desperately need to squeeze out some extra performance.
Image
- Sharpness : 7%
Specifications of our Test Rig
It is always recommended running 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, let’s be honest, every single game will run smoothly on a RTX 3080 or a RX 5700 XT.
Though the system requirements of Watch Dogs Legion are 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 9100F
- GPU : Zotac GTX 1060 6GB
- RAM : 16GB DDR4 3000mhz
- OS : Windows 10 64-bit (Latest Update)
- SSD : 256GB (Game installed on HDD)
- HDD : 1 TB 7200 rpm
- Monitor Resolution : 1920×1080
- Driver : GeForce Game Ready Driver v456.71
Benchmark Results
Utility used : In-game Benchmark tool
| Minimum FPS | Average FPS | Maximum FPS |
| 37 FPS | 59 FPS | 68 FPS |
I am still testing the game and will continue to do so for the next few days. For now, all I can say that is game stutters a lot. Especially in situations where the vegetation is heavy or where the number of pedestrians is high. But that doesn’t mean the game is unplayable. If you have a GTX 1060 or even a 1650, you would be able to enjoy smooth frame rates in Watch Dogs Legion.
If you think this guide had helped you, then let us know in the comment section below. Also, if you have any addition to make regarding this topic, then also you can comment below. And for more Watch Dogs Legion guides keep an eye on Frondtech. Happy Gaming!
That’s all folks!
Last Updated on July 7, 2021
Shoaib, 30, is a simple guy who loves to play video games, and enjoys new cuisines sporadically. He has been gaming since he was 7 years old, and with an experience of 22 years, under his belt, there is not a single AAA game in this world, that he hasn’t played. Despite being a MBA Graduate he decided to follow his passion. And because of his love for gaming, Frondtech came into existence.
How about the 1060 3 GB Version? It runs so bad but when I turn everything lower the game looks so bad..i need good setting.. it’s not fun playing like that.
Also how to I get the game colourful? It seems pretty too bright but also too dark at some spots..
The game looks bad in almost every setting, unless you set everything to ultra and turn Ray Tracing on. DLSS makes the situation only worse. You can tweak the Image settings (Located next to Quality Settings) to tweak things like Contrast, Sharpness, etc. But they won’t help much.