Performance Guide 2.0

It's been a while since I last published the original performance guide and a lot of things have changed when it comes to performance in this game. This guide will hopefully be simpler and easier to follow to get better fps.

Part One - Hardware

If you already haven't make sure that your computer setup is similar to the system requirements listed on the store page.

• Do not expect this game to run well if you have anything below a GTX 750
  
  
• Also make sure that you install this game on an SSD, because this helps a lot with stuttering and loading textures.

Part Two - Drivers

If you already haven't update your drivers ASAP. The latest Nvidia driver (417.22) that has been released actually has Sandstorm in mind and has seriously smoothed out performance for me. I don't think there's anything on AMD's side just yet, but it doesn't hurt to update your software to ensure you're getting everything out of your hardware.

• Nvidia drivers page[www.nvidia.com]
  
• AMD drivers page[www.amd.com]

Part Three - Clearing Config Files

Clearing your config files between updates can potentially help performance. I try to clear all my files between each update and hotfix just to ensure I'm getting the best performance.

• To get to these files, hit Windows and R
  
• Type in %appdata%
  
• Navigate out of Roaming and go to the parent AppData folder
  
• Then navigate into C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\Insurgency\Saved\Config\WindowsClient

The folder should look like this:


Delete all the configuration files and launch the game. This will clear all saved settings, but it should hopefully provide some extra frames. This also works on a few other Unreal Engine games like Squad.

Part Four - Game Settings

• The most important settings for that can be messed with for raw FPS numbers

  Anti-aliasing, Effects, Shadow and Post-processing qualities.
  Turn all of these to low if you want the best performance out of the game. I personally use FXAA in coop to get rid of jaggy edges, but otherwise keep shadow and post-processing on low. Shadows can also be further tweaked with the resolutions, set those to 256x256 for best performance.
  
  

• Anisotropic filtering has almost 0 performance impact and makes the game look much better.

  There is no need to set this lower than 16x.
  
  

• Keep texture streaming pool on low unless you have at least 6gb of vram and 16 gb of system ram.

  This is the setting you should be messing with if your game has issues with stuttering. It's a matter of system hardware as well as a million other factors, not all systems will react in the same way as another system. Tinker on your own to figure out the right setting for your machine.

These are all my personal settings that I've tweaked for a ballance of performance and eyecandy.



If your game still has issues with performance, try the file settings and Nvidia console settings found in the old guide (CLICK HERE).

Notes

My system is currently running on an i9-9900k at 5.0 Ghz, 32 gb of ram, RTX 2080ti and I no longer have the game installed. However, this guide was written when I had a 980, 1070, and then later a 1080, all with 16 gigs of ram and an i7-7700k at 4.8 ghz. The 2080ti did not change my performance much since I was still on 1080p when I still played this game, so a lot of this guide still applies. Depending on the mode I would get anywhere between 100-120 fps in crowded pvp situations with my 1070, 100-130 fps in coop and 130-160 fps in competitive 5v5 scenarios.

[appelpie]

my game used to lag every time I moved my mouse. lowering mouse polling rate (Hz) fixed it

[Do Hai]

My FPS drop every time I move my mouse, even when I’m at the menu. Can you help me fix this ?

[RunForRest]

Ryzen 5 5600x | 6700xt and game has fps drops all over the place on max, while imo the grafics are pretty basic and nothing justifies this bad performance. Bad optimized

[Six]

Not bad guide, should be pretty basic stuff for most OG PC gamers.

Though I would like to see if there's any way (If possible) to reduce network stutter. It seems that no matter what server region I play on, it always stutters to hell and back.

[Nate]

@DustinM
I beg to differ, it's been -dx12 since I've been using it.

Shits and giggles I'll try the -D3D12 though and see though, maybe it's changed.

[GunsAhoy]

thats not the command , its -D3D12

[Nate]

If you monitor your settings with something like RTSS or HWinfo or aferburner, you can see that setting graphics settings too low will sometimes offload them onto the cpu, and if the cpu is overloaded, performance degrades. This is my experience on a Xeon based, 3.6GHz cpu. I wouldn't set anything below High settings, except maybe shadows to medium. At 1440p I get between 65-90fps with these settings, and -dx12 option. Also if your drives are slow and you have a gpu with a lot of vram you can use -notexturestreaming. Levels take longer to load but I don't get hiccups anymore and abrput lod switches.

[Lt. Lazlow]

It's been my experience on a Vega 56 with -DX12 param, that Post Processing set to Very High yields higher and smoother FPS than any lower setting.

[markbar]

Whats the in-game setting to turn off what they used to call HDR lighting in source? i.e. big brightness changes from dark to bright environment in game

[John]

awesome work man