Graphic Settings for my PC

[Remax]

Hello all,

i have issues with the performance of X4 7.01 and would like to ask you all for the best graphics settings for my PC configuration. actual the framerate are between 30-40 fps. and this is really bothering.

My Specs are:
Ryzen 5600
Ndvidia 3060 Ti
32 GB RAM
1TB Nvme
1440p screen

[db48x]

Turning off antialiasing will help. Turning off volumetric fog will help in some sectors, but not ever sector uses volumetric fog. Lowering the resolution will help a lot.

But ultimately the game is CPU bound. Turning off map filters (especially various things in the “Other” category, like ship orders and paths) can help tremendously, at least while in the map view.

[DrunkenOrca]

İlk olarak db48x tarafından gönderildi:

Turning off antialiasing will help. Turning off volumetric fog will help in some sectors, but not ever sector uses volumetric fog. Lowering the resolution will help a lot.

But ultimately the game is CPU bound. Turning off map filters (especially various things in the “Other” category, like ship orders and paths) can help tremendously, at least while in the map view.

+ disable map transparency

[Captain Canard]

Are you bothered because you're not getting a fluid 60 fps, or because a game that drifts between 30-40 fps is stuttery and / or tearing? I ask because you can use vsync to lock your framerate to 30 fps, and it'll look alot smoother than unlocked (unless your monitor has adaptive vysnc).

As for settings, the best thing to do is play around with them. Different cards have different "sensitivities". There are a lot of settings that I find have minimal influence on visuals and yet can help with performance. Of course you will have your own preference. For example, I personally will sacrifice texture quality before I sacrifice shadow quality, if I can.

And there are some settings hidden in config files, like the civilian traffic (those little bumper cars that fly around in circles) and number of pedestrians at stations. Reducing these can also help.

[Vault Traveler]

Disable SSAO its not worth the crazy cost.
UI Glow also tanks performance for no reason. (The normal glow aswell)
Screen space Reflections are also crazy.
Disable Reflection Probes its pointless.
Volumetric Fog you need to choose for yourself if its really worth the cost.

I too have a RTX 3060 ti and my settings are 5120x1440, TAA, High Textures, high shadows, smooth, SSAO off.

It runs mostly at 60 fps on stations and space combat.

[Ruiner]

Press ALT+R to turn on the Nvidia FPS overlay. Pay attention to your framerate and GPU load percentage. Because the game is so heavy on the CPU, it's very likely you can bump up graphical settings without losing framerate.

[0x41414141]

If you're on Linux play native instead of via Proton (although you are going to have headaches handling save files if you want to play on a different machine that runs windows or if you want to carry over your files from your proton save. the game does not handle this automatically for you). Also I found the performance on WIndows is much better; I think it is using DX11 on Windows vs Vulkan on Linux and it seems better optimized on Windows.

[db48x]

İlk olarak DrunkenOrca tarafından gönderildi:

+ disable map transparency

I do that just for readability. Bright text should be on a dark background, not a background filled with flak and occasional explosions.

[Pinch Cactus]

lowering the radar settings has a dramatic effect for me.

[Captain Canard]

What radar settings?

[Remax]

Thanks guys for all the Tipps! With reducing my graphic settings i have now a framerate between 65 and 80 fps in the game. In the map menu it look much worse, with only 35 fps. The menu layout is not the best and i dont find the settings for the map. Where is it?

[db48x]

There are three big buttons on the top–left corner. They are the Trade, Mining, and Other buttons, with the default key bindings of 1, 2, and 3. Turning them all off will improve your frame rate considerably, as will zooming in. There is also a smaller button up there that opens a window that has all of the settings for what the filters do. It's mostly utilitarian, but some of the options enable or disable certain visual information, and can thus improve (or worsen) your frame rate.

[Set-115689]

In map disable the tabs (mining, trade, etc...) when not in use. Can turn off stuff like show allies orders.

[0x41414141]

İlk olarak Remax tarafından gönderildi:

Thanks guys for all the Tipps! With reducing my graphic settings i have now a framerate between 65 and 80 fps in the game. In the map menu it look much worse, with only 35 fps. The menu layout is not the best and i dont find the settings for the map. Where is it?

map is running the simulation, its CPU dependant and is not relevant to have 60fps. it will be slow.

[Pinch Cactus]

İlk olarak Captain Canard tarafından gönderildi:

What radar settings?

graphics>radar>low

[Captain Canard]

İlk olarak 0x41414141 tarafından gönderildi:

map is running the simulation, its CPU dependant and is not relevant to have 60fps. it will be slow.

I know exactly what you are talking about, and I agree. However there is something to the "slow framerate" when using the map, which is different that the update speed of the ship icons. I feel it when I click on a menu and it doesn't respond, making me have to "hold the click" to get it to register, which is annoying.

This is not all the time, usually just when there's a lot happening (like a giant battle IS). It would be nice if there was an option to switch IS to OOS when in map view for those times.

What's weird is that you would think pausing the game would give increase performance in the map, menu-wise, but it doesn't seem to. I need to experiment with this more and pay proper attention to fps and processor utilization (usually if I'm paused, it's because 10,000 are happening and I need time to focus on the map).