For the first time, PC players can access the Beta version of Call of Duty: Vanguard. As cross-play has become the standard in COD, many players are preferring to play this game on PC. It offers higher frame rates, several options for tweaking, and improved visuals. If you are also planning to play this game on PC, and want to enhance the gaming experience, you will need to apply some best settings. It doesn’t matter what hardware the system has, these settings we discuss will help you improve the performance of the game. Keep reading and we will show the best settings to boost FPS in COD: Vanguard.
How to Improve FPS in CoD Vanguard
A higher frame rate provides a smoother gaming experience. Also, low frame rates can have the game stutter and lag, so it makes sense that you optimize the game settings for the best FPS and visuals. But, before you go ahead with the solutions it’s vital that you meet the minimum requirements to play the game. Here are the system requirements for the game.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements |
| OS: Win 10 64 Bit (1909 or later) | OS: Win 10 64 Bit (Latest pack) |
| RAM: 8 GB | RAM: 16 GB |
| HDD: 45 GB Space HD | HDD: 45 GB Space HD |
| CPU: Intel Core i5-2500k or AMD Ryzen 5 1600 X | CPU: Intel Core i7 – 4770k or AMD Ryzen 7 1800 X |
| GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 2GB / GTX 1050Ti 4 GB or AMD Radeon R9 380 | GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8GB / GTX 1660 6 GB or AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 |
Best PC Settings to Boost FPS in Call of Duty: Vanguard
Most of the game settings should be kept at default as the game does a pretty good job at optimizing the settings of the game based on your system configuration. We will only mention the specific settings you need to change besides the default settings.
Display
- Display Mode: Fullscreen
- Monitor: Default
- Refresh Rate: Default
- Sync every frame (V-Sync): Off
- Framerate Limit: Set to match your monitor’s refresh rate
- Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: Enabled
- Display Resolution: Native resolution, which your monitor or TV supports
- Display Gamma: 2.2 (sRGB)
- Focused Mode: Off
- Focused Mode Opacity: 1
- Display Adapter: Default GPU
Quality
- Render Resolution: 100
- VRAM Usage Target: 85%
- Texture Resolution: Medium
- Texture Filet Anisotropic: High
- Particle Quality Level: High
- Particle Resolution: Low
- Bullet Impacts and Sprays: On
- Tessellation: Off
- Level of Detail: Low
- Level of Detail Distance Quality: Low
- Volumetric Quality Level: Low
- Shadow Map Resolution: Low
- Sun Shadow Cascades: Low
- Cache Spot Shadows: On
- Spot Cache Size: Off
- Cache Sun Shadows: On
- Spot Shadow Quality: Low
- Particle Lighting: Low
- Ambient Occlusion: Off
- GTAO: Low
- Screen Space Reflection: Off
- Anti-Aliasing: SMAA T2X
- Filmic Strength: 0
PC Settings Change to Improve FPS and Reduce Stutter in Vanguard
- Don’t use overlays
- GeForece, Discord, or other overlays can cause all sorts of problems with games especially stuttering.
- Enable the Game Mode from WIndows Settings.
- Press WIndows Key + I, go to Gaming > Game Mode
- Unless you have a very powerful PC, don’t use the Capture section of the Gaming section on your PC to record games. If you don’t need it, don’t record games at all. It has a significant impact on perforamnce and FPS.
- From the Gaming section, also disable the Xbox Game Bar.
- Enable Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling
- Windows Key + I > System > Display > Graphics > click on Change default graphic settings > turn on Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling
So, there are the best settings to boost FPS and visibility in Call of Duty: Vanguard.
