Stalker 2 | OPTIMIZATION GUIDE | Every Setting Tested | Best Settings

⏰Timestamps :
00:00 Intro
02:00 Upscaling (TAA,TSR,DLSS,FSR3 and XeSS)
02:46 Anti-Aliasing
03:12 Frame Generation
04:13 Texture Quality
04:56 Hair
05:14 Object Details
05:35 Effects Quality
05:52 Materials
06:17 Post Processing
06:37 Light Shafts
06:51 Shading Quality
07:13 Global Illumination
07:32 Reflections
07:52 Shadow Quality
08:18 Clouds
08:39 Fog
09:06 Sky
09:28 Foliage
10:08 Environmental Draw Distance
10:27 Field Of View
10:45 Optimized Settings
11:01 Epic Preset vs Optimized Settings
12:08 Outro

►Optimized Settings :
-Texture Quality : Medium or High (For 8GB GPUs)
-Hair : Medium
-Object Details : Epic
-Effects Quality : High or Epic
-Materials : High or Epic
-Post Processing : Low (Personal Preference)
-Light Shafts : Enabled
-Shading Quality : Medium
-Global Illumination : High
-Reflections : High or Epic
-Shadow Quality : High
-Clouds : Medium
-Fog : Epic
-Sky : High or higher
-Foliage : Low or Medium
-Environmental Draw Distance : Epic

*For now, take advantage of Frame Generation to maintain high and stable performance in CPU-intensive areas.

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●CPU : AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D.
●Cooler : Enermax LIQFUSION 240mm Liquid Cooler.
●Motherboard : Asus Prime B550m-k.
●GPU1 : ASUS DUAL GeForce RTX 3060 Ti V2 MINI.
●GPU2 : GIGABYTE GeForce GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER WINDFORCE OC 12G.
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●Case : Lian Li LANCOOL 215.
●Windows 11 Pro Version 23H2.

[benchmarking]

I’m not praising Frame Generation and I hate CPU-limited games with no settings to adjust or scale CPU performance.
But right now, there’s no other way to maintain high performance. Even with Low settings, upscaling, and a good CPU, you’ll still drop below 60 fps in populated areas.
Let’s hope GSC Game World addresses the CPU performance issue soon.
*In the Optimized Settings section, Clouds should be at Epic instead of Medium.

[MrSouthSioux]

I'm middle aged and have zero interest in deep diving settings. You good sir are doing valued work. Thank you for letting me make the most of my time.

[LightTrack-]

This is what i imagine everybody has been waiting for - you to upload.

The golden standard of benchmarking settings.

[ryunotestified]

What we've been waiting for!!!! Thank you BenchmarKing!

[stubz]

Really helps new players jump in and get a better first impression.

[arcta]

The king of optimizing games is back, I don't even own this and I'm gonna watch it

[jgem]

The metro music was a nice touch. I did my best to dial in my settings but I didn’t have the patience to find the locations or scenarios to test them all so this guide helped a lot, nice video.

[tsunderemerc]

You're always a lifesaver in pointing out what settings actually impact performance and which ones are safe to turn up. Besides GSC patching the game, there are also several mods out by now on Nexus that additionally tweak the engine or lower some effects you can't change in the menu that also give a big help to performance, and they've helped me get a smoother game

[Ipowa]

Song from Metro Exodus at 2:00 did hit well. For you to know a lot of Metro series developers are former devs of old Stalker games

[AlmightyBlight]

Only channel I wait for when it comes to these videos, you always break down the impacts seperate and then do a full breakdown at the end. Thanks for always putting in the time and effort

[perkzy]

There is almost zero scaling with the graphic settings in this game, actually most UE5 games. GREAT!!!

[ArcticWarfareMagnu]

Finally the King! Game's getting an update next week, might want to revisit this guide later.

[leandrozanchin]

Just a small comment on the sentence "This is why using Frame Generation is crucial to consistently maintain high and stable performance." You're not maintaining a high performance, you're maintaining the fluidity and overall smoothness of the image. Responsiveness should drop when in those high demanding areas, even though the fluidity is high.

[JorisWeerts]

ENVIRONMENTAL DRAW DISTANCE controls the distant light sources being active (mainly visible at night). Appreciate the vid!

[aety_aeterna]

There's not a single channel/content creator that's better than you when it comes to optimized settings. Great work

[giorgosmetalheart]

Nice. This is the best settings comparison video I found so far.

Bonus tip for the people: Limiting your FPS with RTSS will MASSIVELY fix your frametimes and reduce stuttering.

[grandam.]

been playing at medium settings just waiting for this video to come out

[nathan]

i have been waiting for a video like this, to my knowledge theres no proper graphics optimization guides for this game that compares all of the visual quality and performance impacts of every setting, you're the only one who's done the work, much appreciated man

[jacksonoliveira]

Your videos are excellent, even better for using the RTX 3060Ti, if someone has a 3070Ti, 4070S or more powerful card and wants to play in QHD, QHD+ or UHD natively, you can still follow your videos to optimize the game.

[JonanTS]

Really appreciated, turning on FSR frame generation is what fixed everything for me, everything goes smoothly anywhere on the map.