Starfield best graphics settings
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Starfield is one of the most visually appealing games to be released this year, so it’s a good idea to have the best graphics settings to really enjoy the game. We have gone through Starfield and found the best settings to have to achieve high-level detail in the game.
If you’re trying to get the most out of Starfield, make sure to check out our list of all of the skills in the game, what the Day One patch includes, and why the Creation Engine 2 is such a huge change. We’ve got the most comprehensive coverage of Starfield around.
Back to the graphics settings, below you’ll find everything you need for the best quality gameplay. We’ve made sure to test different settings to see how they run and our table below has the best we’ve found. For more Starfield tips and tricks, check out Videogamer’s Starfield guides.
Best graphic Settings for Starfield
You can look at the image above or at our table below, both say the same thing but we wanted to make it easy on everyone.
| Display Setting | What to set it to |
|---|---|
| Borderless Full Screen | On |
| Window Size | Set it to your monitor |
| Select Monitor | Your Monitor |
| Dynamic Resolution | On |
| Render Resolution Scale | 25% |
| Graphics Preset | Custom |
| Shadow Quality | High |
| Indirect Lighting | High |
| Reflections | High |
| Particle Quality | High |
| Volumetric Lighting | High |
| Crowd Density | High |
| Motion Blur | Off |
| GTA0 Quality | High |
| Grass Quality | High |
| Contact Shadows | High |
| VSync | Off |
| Upscaling | FSR2 |
| Sharpening | about 75% |
| Enable VRS | On |
| Film Grain Intensity | 0% |
| Enable Depth of Field | On |
Those with a percentage work on a slider, so you’ll have to get as close as you can on the slider. You can also view the image above the table to see where our slider landed on if that’s easier.
Bethesda has gone out of their way to make Starfield run with high frame rates, so if your PC can’t run it well, then it may be more than the game. Remember that poor quality can be a result of not having SSDS or a poor graphics card. Our recommendation is to get Nvidia Geforce RTX, AMD Radeon RX, or AMD Ryzen.
Remember to check our recommended Specs, because you could also have the wrong GPU, CPU, Processor, RAM, or a single Intel Core. There are also times when your storage is too low or you can only meet the minimum requirements of the Starfield System Requirements.
Another reason you may not be able to benefit is that you’re using Game Pass on your Xbox Series X or S. If you don’t download the game then you will be using the cloud, which tends not to favor the higher resolution over the FPS. So better to download the game this September on the Starfield release date.
For a more detailed look and breakdown of Starfield’s graphics options, for those struggling with FPS issues, make sure to check out Videogamer’s best Starfield graphics settings for PC.
