R3vo/Sandbox – User

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Settings

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means a heavy impact on performance

means an average impact

means little to no performance impact.

Category	Setting	CPU	GPU	Additional Details
Presets	Quality Presets			Choose from one of four quality presets. Preset Custom is automatically set once a setting was adjusted manually.
General	Window mode			Defines how the window is displayed. Also influences the Render Scale / Resolution setting.
	Render scale / Resolution			Define the resolution at which the game scene will be rendered. A reduced resolution will drastically improve performance and a very high loss of image quality. It is recommended to use the default monitor resultion.
	FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0			?
	V-Sync			The thing no one uses since Freesync/G-Sync ;)
	FPS limit			Limit your FPS to reduce stuttering and power consumption due to unnecessary high frame rates.
	Draw distance			Overall terrain draw distance.
	Nearby depth of field			Shadows' draw distance - range 50..200m
Post-processing	Post-process anti aliasing			Terrain's view distance
	Depth of field quality			Object's view distance - The CPU killer. Set to about 1/3 to 1/2 of terrain's view distance
	Ambient occlusion (HBAO)			Shadows' draw distance - range 50..200m
	Screen space reflecions			Object's view distance - The CPU killer. Set to about 1/3 to 1/2 of terrain's view distance
	Contact shadows			Shadows' draw distance - range 50..200m
Quality	Hardware anti-aliasing			Terrain's view distance
	Foliage smoothing			Object's view distance - The CPU killer. Set to about 1/3 to 1/2 of terrain's view distance
	Model geometric detail			Shadows' draw distance - range 50..200m
	Object draw distance			Object's view distance - The CPU killer. Set to about 1/3 to 1/2 of terrain's view distance
	Terrain surface detail			Shadows' draw distance - range 50..200m
	Texture detail			Terrain's view distance
	Texture filtering			Object's view distance - The CPU killer. Set to about 1/3 to 1/2 of terrain's view distance
	Grass quality			Shadows' draw distance - range 50..200m
	Grass draw distance			Object's view distance - The CPU killer. Set to about 1/3 to 1/2 of terrain's view distance
	Shadow quality			Shadows' draw distance - range 50..200m
	Distant shadows			Shadows' draw distance - range 50..200m
	Render target format			Object's view distance - The CPU killer. Set to about 1/3 to 1/2 of terrain's view distance
	Environment quality			Shadows' draw distance - range 50..200m