Optimize Graphics for best visuals, FPS: Horizon Forbidden West

In this post, we've put together a list of some of the best Horizon Forbidden West (HFW) in-game graphics settings to improve PC performance, FPS, and visual appeal.

In- game graphics settings

Display

Window Mode - Fullscreen

Display Resolution - Native

Refresh Rate - Should match your monitor’s refresh rate

VSync - Off

Naidia Reflex Low Latency - On

Dynamic Resolution Scaling - Off

Anti Aliasing - SMAA

Upscaling Methods - (DLSS for RTX cards or AMD FSR 2.2 for AMD Cards)

Upscale Quality - Quality 

DLSS Frame Generation - On 

   

Graphics

Texture Quality - Very High (depends on the amount of your Vram) 

Texture Filtering - 16x Anisotropic 

Shadow Quality - Low

Screen Space Shadows - Off

Ambient Occlusions - Low

Screen Space Reflections - Low

Level of Detail - Medium 

Hair Quality - Medium

Crowd Quality - Medium

Terrain Quality - Medium

Water Quality - Medium

Clouds Quality - Low

Field of View - Set the bar to medium / default

Depth of Field - Off

Bloom - Off

Motion Blur Strength - 0

Sharpness - 5

Lens Flares - Off

Vignette - Off

Radial Blur - Off

Chromatic Aberration - Off

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