Best Elden Ring PC settings: High FPS, performance, stability & more

James Busby
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When playing on consoles, there are a few things players can do to improve a game’s performance, however, PC owners can toggle plenty of options to fully customize their experience. Here are the best settings you can use in Elden Ring for high FPS, stability, crisp graphics, and more. 

Using the best Elden Ring graphics settings will enable you to maximize your FPS, which is incredibly important during boss fights and the game’s multiplayer. After all, any sudden stutters or input lag can lead to an incredibly frustrating death. This is especially true when facing particularly tough foes. 

While the Elden Ring day one patch eliminated a number of FPS issues for PC and console players on its release, there are plenty of settings that can alleviate performance problems even further.

Whether you wish to reach the 60 FPS sweet spot or want to have the best gameplay experience possible, then our best Elden Ring PC settings guide has you covered. 


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These Elden Ring PC settings are the best ones to use to help improve your FPS.

Best PC settings for high FPS & performance in Elden Ring

The best Elden Ring graphics settings for PC are those that boost the game’s FPS settings, while also maintaining decent visuals. If you’re having issues with sudden frame rate drops in Elden Ring, then lowering texture quality, shadows, lighting effects, and overall game details can greatly improve your performance. 

There are a lot more options to adjust in the PC version of Elden Ring, so be sure to tweak these options and tailor them to your own preferences. Once you’ve used these settings for Elden Ring on PC, you should see an instant improvement in your FPS. 

Graphics settings for Elden Ring

  • Screen Mode: Fullscreen
  • Resolution: Same as monitor 
  • Auto-Detect Best Rendering Settings: On
  • Quality Settings: Medium

Advanced Graphics settings for Elden Ring

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Tweaking Elden Ring’s Advanced Graphics options will also improve your performance.
  • Texture Quality: Medium
  • Antialiasing Quality: Low
  • SSAO: Medium
  • Depth of Field: Off
  • Motion Blur: Off
  • Shadow Quality: Medium
  • Lighting Quality: Medium
  • Effects Quality: Medium
  • Volumetric Quality: Low
  • Reflection Quality: Low
  • Water Surface Quality: Low
  • Shader Quality: Low
  • Global Illumination Quality: Low
  • Grass Quality: Medium

While changing these options won’t work for everyone, they should make for a noticeable FPS improvement.

Additionally, don’t forget to check the PC system requirements to make sure you’re in condition to run Elden Ring on your machine. 


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About The Author

James is Dexerto's Associate Games Editor who joined the website in 2020. He graduated from university with a degree in Journalism, before spending four years freelancing for GamesRadar+, PCGamesN, RPS, LoL Esports, Red Bull Gaming, and many more. You can find him covering everything from CoD, Apex Legends, Genshin Impact, and Monster Hunter. Need to get in touch? Email James at james.busby@dexerto.com.