{
"post": {
"title": "PC Helldivers: What are your graphics settings? Share with me!",
"selftext": "Basically, i can run the game on max settings,usually above 100fps and in heated situations (it drops to 80, since this game is cpu intensive) i get a little drops, but i'm playing at a high resolution (3440x1440p)...\n\nthat being said, even if the game is gorgeous at high settings, doesn't mean it's good to have all things cranked up...\n\nso, what settings are you guys using where we can get good frames and good graphics? I'm mainly looking for visibility, but not with ugly graphics....",
"url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/Helldivers/comments/1av3o18/pc_helldivers_what_are_your_graphics_settings/"
},
"comments": [
{
"body": "I have my settings set to “Full Democracy” runs great and is liberating."
},
{
"body": "RTX 3080 and Ryzen 5600x @3440x1440. \n\nLow/medium most of the time I’ll hit 60-70fps. The further along I get into a mission the worse it gets with extracts usually being 38-50fps on helldive difficulty",
"replies": [
{
"body": "So I don’t know if I’m missing something but I have 3080ti and 5600x. I’m playing 1440p everything on ultra and am averaging over 120fps gpu temps around 67-70? Would a ti really make that much of a difference in fps I think that is unlikely",
"replies": [
{
"body": "You're not averaging 120 fps during a mission",
"replies": [
{
"body": "For real. I got the 3080ti and a 5800x. On ultra graphics I get about 60fps in mission. ",
"replies": [
{
"body": "I have the same setup, played last night for the first time, didn't pay attention to fps but saw very little frame drop even when shit hit the fan. Is this game cpu heavy? I'm still running process lasso being a tarkov player.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Are you disabling SMT with Lasso? I'm doing that on Darktide....haven't tried on HD2...\nBut I can say that anything above tier 6, it will drop to 100 fps and even lower, won't matter the graphic settings, even tho I'm on 3440x1440 res",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Im getting around 60FPS at 4K with a 3080 and a 5600x so I think I can belive it (in a mission to) when it gets really chaotic I might dip for a little bit but it it stays between 80-50 (settings high not ultra with a few things tweaked) I normally find ultra not worth."
},
{
"body": "Yes. Hate that more games can't take advantage of smt. I've gotten consistently better fps using it.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "cool, will try using here too, never tried...\n\non Darktide i've got better fps consistency"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "I don't think it's super CPU heavy. But a old cpu will bottleneck the GPU. My frames are really stable. I went into settings and turned off things like ambient occlusion. They make the scene look slightly better but not really needed. Now I'm hovering around 80-90 in missions. I prefer smooth shooters",
"replies": [
{
"body": "It is CPU heavy, it's been confirmed, [According to Johan Pilestedt](https://twitter.com/Pilestedt/status/1761985130061549773), CEO of Arrowhead Games, upscaling tools like DLSS and FSR wouldn’t help much in *Helldivers 2* due to the fact that “most of the performance load is on the CPU since we simulate everything.”",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Thanks for the info. It must be a pretty intensive game. My CPU sits at about 50 degrees. While my GPU is at 80",
"replies": [
{
"body": "It definitely is, no problem glad to help"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "Do you have their TAA turned on? and if not how do you deal with jaggies?",
"replies": [
{
"body": "I'll have to look at what I have it at at again. I think I maxed out anti aliesing"
},
{
"body": "TAA makes a game look alot more shit than some aliasing"
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "I have a 2070 super and I’m getting solid 80-60 in 1440p I think the game engine is just all over the place in terms of optimisation"
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "i'm yet to go on a helldive diff...gonna be prepared! thanks for the feedback",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Enemy density on those difficulties makes my cpu hurt, the 5600x struggles a lot. 100% utilization and only 60-70% on the gpu",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Yep. I had a crash I think because of this. Very pleased with the 5600x until this game came out.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Nah this games optimization is utterly fucked. Just give it a month"
}
]
},
{
"body": "Ya it was mentioned recently: \" [According to Johan Pilestedt](https://twitter.com/Pilestedt/status/1761985130061549773), CEO of Arrowhead Games, upscaling tools like DLSS and FSR wouldn’t help much in *Helldivers 2* due to the fact that “most of the performance load is on the CPU since we simulate everything.” , I have a 3080 and a 13600k and I can confirm as I play at around 62 - 67 fps at 4k medium to high settings"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "Rtx 3060 and Ryzen 5 3600, 16gb of ram. 2560x1440\n\n Ultra settings but medium fog and particles. I average 56 fps, and the lowest I've seen in intense gameplay is 48 fps.\n\nI think maybe something is wrong?\n\nEdit: motion blur and depth of field are also turned off and im on a fov of 78",
"replies": [
{
"body": "3440x1440 is more demanding in general so my fps is lower than just normal 1440p. No matter what settings I use besides a select few have nearly no impact on my fps, it just doesn’t stay above 60 when I’m playing with more than one other player at 7+. Maybe something is wrong, but I’ve tried a lot of troubleshooting and a lot of workarounds but nothing really seems to do anything. Intense gameplay can bring me all the way down to the mid-high 30s but my average is in the 50s and around 48 on really demanding planets with lots of environmental effects. \n\nMotion blur and depth of field also off for me, fov 75",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Absolutely more demanding, not arguing that, but I feel like on low you should definitely be getting more frames than you are. \n\nI just ran a mission at the highest in game resolution all other settings are the same as before, frames down by 10 on average so about 48 fps. \n\nYou have a problem somewhere I think because my 3060 and ryzen 5 3600 should not be out preforming yours on higher settings. If you do cross play I've heard that there is a cpu issue but don't quote me on that.\n\nI hope you get things fixed we need all helldivers at the ready."
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "I got ASUS Rog Zephyrus g16. I put it 2 clicks down on GeForce optimal towards performance. What do you guys think? I also upgraded the ram to 32gb "
},
{
"body": "1080p So I have everything maxxed and I get 80 fps seemingly no matter what's going on. \n\n​\n\nI need a better monitor.."
},
{
"body": "any one know a steam launch setting for immediately decreasing graphics/ intense aspects that are on by default? (friend plays on their laptop and ends up with the whole application freezing on the opening trailers with the encrypted message prompt.....)",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Nothing you can do about that changing settings ain’t gonna fix that",
"replies": [
{
"body": "it would but oh well, i just don't know the launch command oh well though"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "any one know a steam launch setting for immediately decreasing graphics/ intense aspects that are on by default? (friend plays on their laptop and ends up with the whole application freezing on the opening trailers with the encrypted message prompt.....)"
},
{
"body": "any one know a steam launch setting for immediately decreasing graphics/ intense aspects that are on by default? (friend plays on their laptop and ends up with the whole application freezing on the opening trailers with the encrypted message prompt.....)"
},
{
"body": "I had to resize my display output to a lower number then suddenly I was getting 60+FPS on a 3080 and a 5950x."
},
{
"body": "I don’t understand these results, I got a rx 6750 xt and r5 7600x, settings says 2k ultra and I get 104 fps average according to the amd adrenaline software. How is that possible?",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Probably estimates around level 1-3",
"replies": [
{
"body": " Is the level and npc count affects the performance that much? Yeah I’m at level 4",
"replies": [
{
"body": "It dies, since it's cpu calculated, the higher density (that comes with higher difficulty)and smaller the map, it gets worse",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Thanks for the info mate. Appreciated."
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "Ryzen 7950x 4080 Super - 4K max everything at native 80-110 fps. Pretty surprised at the visuals and performance. This game *chefs kiss*",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Essa 4080s ai ta com performance melhor que 4090 hein? Provavelmente jogou ate nivel 5?",
"replies": [
{
"body": "The game is pretty heavy on cpu too so that’s probably helping my frames. Yeh the higher difficulties 7 and up when it’s very busy on screen the frames will drop to 70 max"
}
]
}
]
},
{
"body": "on a 14900k 4090 tuf, maximum settings with the ultrasampling on getting around 70-90 fps 1440p"
},
{
"body": "How well would 4090 i9 32gig ram run this game?",
"replies": [
{
"body": "not good enough im afraid, need to upgrade",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Sadly that's the case barely pumps 4k at 60 to 80 fps on maxed settings."
}
]
},
{
"body": "My ps5 could run the game 120 fps. Unless there's something wrong with your cooling, your pc will run great.",
"replies": [
{
"body": "Ps5 barely touches 60fps on 1080p 💀"
},
{
"body": "xD PS5 could run this in 120 fps using 320x240 resolution",
"replies": [
{
"body": "yeah made a typo, I meant 60. But 60 is great for me."
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}