The Division 2 is again, swapping the snowy streets and flaming bins of NYC for the sunny wildlife haven of Washington DC. Despite the primary game’s rocky begin, it’s since grown into one of the common ‘always online’ games of current years, with its sequel promising extra of what followers love as a substitute of awkwardly attempting to cater to the newcomer plenty a la Destiny 2.
And that can assist you get The Division 2 wanting its absolute bestest finest on PC, I’ve been taking a more in-depth take a look at its in depth graphics setting choices to see the way it runs, the place you possibly can minimize corners in case your graphics card isn’t fairly as much as snuff, and methods to usually get the very best settings attainable with a view to play at a clean 60fps.
Now, this graphics efficiency information is a bit of bit totally different from the opposite ones I’ve accomplished for games like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Far Cry: New Dawn and Metro Exodus, as thus far I haven’t been in a position to do my standard graphics card-specific assessments that inform you methods to get the very best settings for every particular person card (you possibly can thank this week’s launch of the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 for that).
I can be updating this text with extra GPU-specific settings information as soon as I’ve been in a position to spend a bit extra time with The Division 2, however for now, the extra basic recommendation I’ve put collectively beneath ought to (hopefully) nonetheless present an honest start line for anybody trying to get the game operating as easily as attainable.
The Division 2 PC graphics efficiency: The specs
Before we get began, listed below are the minimal and really useful PC specs Ubisoft’s laid out for The Division 2, which they are saying ought to provide you with 30fps and 60fps at 1920×1080 respectively. They’ve additionally acquired a ‘High End’ spec, which they suggest for 60fps at 2560×1440, in addition to an ‘Elite’ 4K 60fps spec. You’ll discover all of them detailed beneath:
Minimum specs (1080p 30fps):
OS: Windows 7-10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500Ok / AMD FX-6350
RAM: 8GB
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 670 / AMD Radeon R9 270
Video reminiscence: 2GB
Recommended specs (1080p 60fps):
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-4790 / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
RAM: 8GB
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce 970 / AMD Radeon RX 480
Video reminiscence: 4GB
Recommended High End specs (1440p 60fps):
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700Ok / AMD Ryzen 7 1700
RAM: 16GB
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 / AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
Video reminiscence: 8GB
Recommended 4K specs (60fps):
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700Ok / AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
RAM: 16GB
Graphics: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080Ti / AMD Radeon 7
Video reminiscence: 11GB
The Division 2 PC graphics efficiency: How to get the very best settings
The excellent news is that The Division 2 appears to run fairly nicely even on a few of right this moment’s entry-level graphics playing cards, so that you shouldn’t have an excessive amount of hassle hitting that 60fps goal. However, if you happen to discover your graphics card is beginning to drag its heels a bit, there are many settings on provide that can assist you pull the body fee up.
Hop over to the Graphics tab within the Settings menu, for instance, and also you’ll discover dozens of particular person graphics choices you possibly can tweak, from the standard degree of the terrain proper all the way down to the geometric complexity of in-game objects.
One useful factor to strive is to drop the Resolution Scale all the way down to 85%. This successfully lowers the in-game decision a bit and upscales it to your required decision, akin to 1920×1080 or 2560×1440, whereas massively rising efficiency. I attempted it with a 6GB GTX 1060 on Ultra settings at 2560×1440, and whereas earlier than I used to be solely getting a mean of round 39fps in its inner benchmark device with the decision scale on 100%, I managed to bump this as much as 48fps by altering it all the way down to 85%. I couldn’t actually see any considerable drop in sharpness, both, so this could undoubtedly be your first port of name if you happen to want a straightforward, prompt pace enhance.
Another moderately large graphics drain is Volumetric Fog. Now I do know some individuals could be extremely connected to the standard of their rendered fog, however whacking this all the way down to both Medium or Low can claw again some important additional frames. Taking my GTX 1060 once more for instance, switching from Ultra volumetric fog at 2560×1440 all the way down to Medium noticed my common body fee develop up one other 4fps (taking it as much as 43fps) whereas Low pushed it one other body as much as 44fps. I do know 5fps isn’t large within the grand scheme of issues, however mix that with an 85% decision scale and I used to be in a position to get a mean of 54fps – which is a rattling sight higher than 39fps!
Meanwhile, if you happen to’re discovering the body fee is swinging violently from one finish of the spectrum to a different, you then’ll in all probability wish to allow The Division 2’s Frame Rate Limit possibility. This is barely totally different to simply switching on V-Sync, for whereas V-Sync will cap your body fee on the most refresh fee of your monitor, the body fee restrict enables you to cap it wherever from 20fps proper as much as 200fps in increments of 5fps. It must also do away with any undesirable jitter whereas aiming and taking pictures, too, in keeping with Ubisoft. So if you happen to don’t wish to preserve veering between 30-60fps, for instance, you can set a restrict of 45fps, and even lock it at 30fps if you happen to actually needed to be on the secure aspect.
Otherwise, adjusting particular person settings gained’t actually result in an enormous quantity of change except you drop the whole lot down by choosing a decrease preset. I attempted reducing the water high quality, ambient occlusion, terrain high quality and even the extent of object element one after the other, however no single setting other than those I’ve already described above actually made a dent on that common body fee.
Still, gaining an additional 15fps from the information above ought to be sufficient to get you shifting for the time being, and I’ll have extra detailed data on methods to get the very best settings for particular person graphics playing cards someday subsequent week.
In the imply time, ensure to take a look at Dave’s in depth The Division 2 guide for all of your important suggestions and tips on methods to get forward and level up fast.
