Horizon Forbidden West | Performance Optimization Guide + Optimized Settings

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  • @pranay107
    @pranay107 10 місяців тому +144

    for me, your video upload is the actual release rather than the steam countdown lol, the massive difference proper optimization makes is worth the wait and thank you.

  • @hagen9027
    @hagen9027 10 місяців тому +53

    first performance vid I found 2 days after release and damn its high quality!
    thanks for your work mate

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому +2

      I appreciate the feedback, worked really hard on it to deliver it as soon as possible. Glad you enjoyed it.

    • @UnR3W1FTW
      @UnR3W1FTW 8 місяців тому

      it's honestly not that hard, work your way from the top and lower each settings and see what options give u the best fps :),nonetheless this guys does a great job , keep it up buddy :) i have a rx 6700 non xt and play it with locked 60,no need for higher fps anyway :)

  • @Vyache17
    @Vyache17 10 місяців тому +37

    Nice thumbnail
    Very appreciate optimized settings

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому +5

      Glad you liked it, spent a long time on it!

  • @theblight2818
    @theblight2818 10 місяців тому +8

    Wow! This is so well done, how am i just coming across your channel 😭

  • @animeshgupta6200
    @animeshgupta6200 10 місяців тому +2

    Excellent video! The side by side comparisons really helped. I copied your optimised settings and now the game looks AND runs better! Thanks a ton!

  • @Zenox7948
    @Zenox7948 10 місяців тому +8

    I was waiting for this, thank you ❤

  • @Astraben
    @Astraben 10 місяців тому +10

    One note on Shadoe Quality, there are cave areas and outdoor locations that don't get correct lighting on Medium. If you can spare the FPS, bump Shadows up to High.

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому

      I really wish I had the spare fps to do that!

    • @Intrinsic16
      @Intrinsic16 10 місяців тому

      I am gonna fsr 3 frame gen mod on 3060 before pumping shadows back to high

    • @evanwiger
      @evanwiger 10 місяців тому +3

      The mod doesn't work. Gonna have to wait till either the mod gets updated or the game supports fsr 3.1​@@Intrinsic16

    • @Intrinsic16
      @Intrinsic16 10 місяців тому

      @@evanwiger fsr 3.1 coming in June july

    • @CahyoPrabowo
      @CahyoPrabowo 10 місяців тому

      @@evanwiger which mod (lukefx or nukem)? im using lukefz 0.10.4 and it work great (from 70 fps to 110) with my 3060ti. And by using mode "replace_dlss_fg" so it can use dlss+fsr3 framegen without waiting dfor fsr 3.1 to release.

  • @thevoidembrace
    @thevoidembrace 10 місяців тому +14

    I got one of the FC6 copies, thank you for the video and my new game

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому +3

      You're very welcome, and enjoy both games!!!!

    • @hastesoldat
      @hastesoldat 10 місяців тому +4

      yay. I got one too!

    • @abhiramcs5513
      @abhiramcs5513 10 місяців тому +2

      where was the key i searched so much couldnt find it

    • @GREENWOLFxAURORA
      @GREENWOLFxAURORA 10 місяців тому

      I just found all 3 but they've all been claimed already 😂

  • @joeg6385
    @joeg6385 10 місяців тому +2

    You did a great job showing the differences between settings and made quantifiable recommendations. While the game owns the responsibility of providing such a robust suite for settings management, you were able to take advantage of this feature to make great content. Subscribed.

  • @dennis-i2t
    @dennis-i2t 10 місяців тому +5

    This game seems to be extremely well optimized. I've only played it for two hours, but I haven't had a single micro-stutter in that time.

  • @IranJr13
    @IranJr13 9 місяців тому +1

    Mais um inscrito, devido a excelente qualidade do vídeo e pela dedicação em testar todas as configurações possíveis pra trazer um conteúdo completo!

  • @EverFallDown
    @EverFallDown 10 місяців тому +2

    Thank you for the guide and going over the settings in detail. I was worried having a 3060ti using 1440p monitor would be an issue when their recommended is 3070 for 1080p. These changes have me consistently at 60fps (bless dlss)

  • @DexterMullen
    @DexterMullen 10 місяців тому +4

    Great work, l think every dev studio should do this as their job. But we have you :)

  • @Proxaria
    @Proxaria 10 місяців тому +4

    thanks for making this video I have a rtx 2080 and i was hoping for the past 2 days that someone on youtube to make a video on the setting for pc

  • @XMG3
    @XMG3 10 місяців тому +2

    excellent guide, no one else did it better, you are the GOAT

  • @TanuxtrTanu-th8lc
    @TanuxtrTanu-th8lc 10 місяців тому +10

    I was waiting for this ❤

  • @real0mar
    @real0mar 10 місяців тому +3

    Thanks for putting in the work to get this out

  • @ingya_
    @ingya_ 10 місяців тому +3

    감사합니다! 덕분에 더욱 높은 프레임과 해상도로 게임을 즐길 수 있게 되었습니다!! RTX2060도 무리없네요

  • @samarjitmallick2077
    @samarjitmallick2077 10 місяців тому +4

    Keep these videos coming buddy! Thanks!

  • @siyanfarhan7350
    @siyanfarhan7350 10 місяців тому +5

    Was waiting for the optimization guide!

  • @AchmadRuchimat
    @AchmadRuchimat 9 місяців тому +1

    After playing for 100 hours i found your setting and make game run smoother thank you.

  • @leealipranky
    @leealipranky 3 місяці тому

    Thank you so much, I was able to run this on my GTX 1650 laptop with 45-60 fps. That aspect ratio option was the game changer.

  • @NotReallyLaraCroft
    @NotReallyLaraCroft 10 місяців тому +2

    You absolutely have to set x16 aniso filtering in every single game cuz it has zero performance impact while x16 makes distant textures more detailed.Can be hard to notice,but there's a difference.Aniso filtering usually costs a few mb of VRAM

  • @DoctorHades
    @DoctorHades 10 місяців тому +1

    Very good video, going through each of the graphics settings and sub-settings with clear comparisons.

  • @Multivitamin02
    @Multivitamin02 10 місяців тому +2

    You are amazing. Thank you. I will replicate the settings once i get the game. Also thank you for runnning the game on "reasonable" hardware as i`m running an RTX 4060 backed up by a R7 5700X3D and i guess i can expect comparable results, maybe +10 FPS even

  • @tosciktv8645
    @tosciktv8645 10 місяців тому +1

    My game was stuttering badly which was weird cause I have a pretty decent PC, then I used your optimized settings and it's SO smooth now. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! YOU'RE AWESOME ❤

  • @whitemoses7913
    @whitemoses7913 10 місяців тому +6

    Hi, I've just discovered your channel... I really appreciate what you do to help people with modest systems figure out how to run their games better... Dragon's Dogma 2 seems to be a new problematic one... would be nice if you can look into that game at some point... although the game is also plagued by more issues other than the pc performance itself... but I'm hopeful that this could be improved in the upcoming patches.

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому +8

      Hello and welcome to a hopefully fruitfull journey with the channel, as for Dragon's Dogma 2, because of it's current state, an optimization guide will not help at all, the game needs to be fixed by the developers first, maybe in the future things will change.

  • @vv730
    @vv730 8 місяців тому +2

    You are fucking amazing man. Thank you.I got from 40 fps to 50-55 without noticing any difference on my graphics!!

  • @formidability
    @formidability 10 місяців тому +2

    Take my thumbs-up you beautiful human being!

  • @NostalgicMem0ries
    @NostalgicMem0ries 10 місяців тому +1

    most important for low and mid cards to set shadow to medium, with my rx 6800 it let me play at 4k 60 fps with fsr dynamic at stable 60 fps on all settings high except shadows, dynamic upscaling is also better than focusing on quality or performance since some scenes need more and some less power, and dynamic setting works amazing

  • @iitzfizz
    @iitzfizz 10 місяців тому +3

    Thanks dude, I am going to play some today!

  • @Moleroonie
    @Moleroonie 10 місяців тому +1

    Not sure what I missed on my own. But you saved me dude lol. I was getting 30 fps dips and it was very jarring. But I implemented your settings, and it worked like a charm. Thanks dude!

  • @capoeragames2081
    @capoeragames2081 10 місяців тому +1

    amazing work mate! thank you for your efforts

  • @Domynus187
    @Domynus187 9 місяців тому +1

    Im writing this bc probably someone have same parts as i do. So i have ryzen 5 5600x, rtx 3060 12gb, 32gb ram. Ive set my resolution to 2K and ive used his settings from the video, but ive changed my dlss to performance (bc youll get fps and there is literally no difference even comparing to quality setting) and i can say im pretty happy with how my game runs, bc i get over 60 fps, even over 70 in areas like jungles and forests, in deserts probably even more i didnt check. So if any of you are trying to setup ur settings with same or similar components, heres a tip. Hope it works out for you too. 🙂

  • @AntiGrieferGames
    @AntiGrieferGames 10 місяців тому +2

    That thumbnail, i like it. Instant like

  • @sebastiandavid5910
    @sebastiandavid5910 10 місяців тому +1

    I must say, i'm starting to like the idea of 21:9 apect ratio, it feels way smoother and gives really cool cinema vibes. I have almost same specs as you except cpu and monitor. Thank you and great job. ( i'm patiently waiting for your optimized settings for ghost of tsushima when it drops on pc :) )

  • @eben216
    @eben216 10 місяців тому +2

    Noice, I love your optimized settings, I play in 1440p so i will stick with yours

  • @ResidentDante
    @ResidentDante 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for your great work! I’ll be using your settings 👍

  • @doomeduser4048
    @doomeduser4048 10 місяців тому +2

    Very well made, thanks!

  • @ZenTunE-
    @ZenTunE- 10 місяців тому +2

    1:13 Tripping, SMAA at 1440p looks nearly flawless. You either have dynamic res on here, or forgot to disable the sharpness settings when showing off and smaa. It should not look that pixelated. This game barely has any aliasing to begin with, DLAA and TAA are overly strong and destroy details for no reason here.
    Y'all dislike the sharp image, then proceed to slap on heavy sharpening to fix DLSS blurriness, resulting in this 3:22 deepfried, oversharpened mess that looks uglier than any shimmering ever could.
    But besides that, great useful video 👍

  • @ingmatuss4163
    @ingmatuss4163 10 місяців тому +1

    This was THE BEST video I could ask for, even better seeing that I have just a slighty more powerful rig so it should be fine. Thank you for this in depth guide♥️

  • @papa_rambo
    @papa_rambo 8 місяців тому +1

    alloy's face is gorgeous

  • @realmoonknight
    @realmoonknight 10 місяців тому +1

    Running a good old 2070S and your video gives me patience to continue playing on it while waiting for rtx 5000 card release.

  • @rRe1d
    @rRe1d 10 місяців тому +1

    Great as always, you help a loot to improve the perf in games!

  • @Plasros
    @Plasros 10 місяців тому +2

    Thanks as always mate, your work is appreciated.

  • @brzimtrco6142
    @brzimtrco6142 10 місяців тому +4

    Textures on very high can demolish fps on my 6700xt, it feels as the game is using more than 12gb, as the fps halves, gpu power drops, and ram utilization goes up. I recommend to keep it on high, it looks pretty much the same and causes no issues.

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому +2

      It seems that the game needs a bit more VRAM than it should, maybe with updates the VRAM usage will be reduced.

    • @brzimtrco6142
      @brzimtrco6142 10 місяців тому +1

      @ZykopathOfficial yep, during the first opening scenes, when aloy is traveling around the world, when the game is showcasing all these different locations, it crashed on my 6700xt. A minute before the crash, I saw ram usage at 26gb, I have 32, so it probably filled up the ram as well, which indicates to a memory leak. Anyways after switching the textures to high, I had no issues in the intro, went through it with no fps drops, or crashed. It is worth noting that I am playing at 4k with fsr set to target 60fps, so my vram utilization should be a little bigger than what you showed here.

    • @fortunefiderikumo
      @fortunefiderikumo 10 місяців тому

      @@brzimtrco6142 did you fix it? i have a 3080 10gb and I'm not having vram issues at 1440p very-high textures, whats your resolution? 4k?

  • @sidoupearce146
    @sidoupearce146 10 місяців тому +3

    bro this video is underrated !!!!!

  • @CoCo.-_-
    @CoCo.-_- 10 місяців тому +2

    All codes used btw peeps, spotted them all and tried them as i watched and all 3 taken.

  • @danielgonzalez2582
    @danielgonzalez2582 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you, so much effort for us to play the game decently

  • @PauloOliveira-uf3yt
    @PauloOliveira-uf3yt 10 місяців тому +1

    Helped me a lot!!! Thanks for the tips 👍

  • @13attman
    @13attman 10 місяців тому +3

    thanks for the tips my settings are good now all im waiting for is a face change mod

  • @emti29
    @emti29 10 місяців тому +1

    Does your recommendation apply for 1080p?

  • @RandomGaki
    @RandomGaki 10 місяців тому +2

    Great job mate!

  • @gabrielplay6353
    @gabrielplay6353 14 днів тому +1

    I have not DLSS upscale methods, i have AMD FSR 3, is same or not?

  • @adrianogil
    @adrianogil 10 місяців тому +1

    I’m very happy with my new pc, I started HFW, just choose 21:9 and put everything maxed out with DLAA…. Avg 65fps at 4k. This game is so awesome.

  • @wondermuffin9129
    @wondermuffin9129 10 місяців тому +1

    Really nice and helpful video! 👍

  • @carlovaria2
    @carlovaria2 10 місяців тому +1

    2 days playing and tried multiple options , the fps is good but the picture or the game looks kinda blurry after 1 hour playing my eyes start to hurt like hell , any idea what could be? just happen with this game.

  • @condorX2
    @condorX2 10 місяців тому +1

    The best settings for me is playing on medium settings at 1080p with DLSS (balance) and Frame Gen enabled.

  • @stylie473joker5
    @stylie473joker5 10 місяців тому +3

    Welcome back king

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому +3

      Never left, just no new games these past few months.

    • @stylie473joker5
      @stylie473joker5 10 місяців тому

      Good to know i was talking to my friend yesterday about you haha i appreciate how fast you are with these videos keep at it and one day you'll blow up i also suggest you do optimized videos on games that are blowing up this way you'll reach new people faster@@ZykopathOfficial

  • @svenwort2055
    @svenwort2055 10 місяців тому +1

    Well made video, maybe a little rough in the detail analysis, but for the closeness to the release it´s very good/usable.

  • @dansturou
    @dansturou 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video, thanks for that. Subscribed.

  • @lekyybanez6917
    @lekyybanez6917 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you, very useful video!

  • @bloodyysweet
    @bloodyysweet 10 місяців тому +2

    I like this channel and optimization guide videos.

  • @jules5066
    @jules5066 10 місяців тому +3

    3:23 in the game I saw the setting to disable the shadows and I was like "no way, how would that look like?" Well it looks awful.

  • @Furious_Malky
    @Furious_Malky 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you, this helped me getting from laggy 43 fps to 100-120, ufff i was worried game is so badly optimized :")

  • @tankconnors7323
    @tankconnors7323 10 місяців тому +2

    This game is so beautiful man...Damn

  • @chrizzLanc
    @chrizzLanc 10 місяців тому +1

    Great vid, I was looking for this. +1 Like

  • @llxVxll
    @llxVxll 9 місяців тому +1

    I just maxed the shit out of everything and it seems to work fine in most places. rtx3080

  • @MihaiHategan
    @MihaiHategan 10 місяців тому +1

    Such a good and instructing video!! Nice work dude! 👍👍😎😎

  • @Lewis2aRkadia
    @Lewis2aRkadia 10 місяців тому +4

    aspect ratio is giving more fps so you can played it with ultrawide monitor as well

    • @namgunaucao9771
      @namgunaucao9771 10 місяців тому +4

      You right here. This game make me feel like playing ubisoft games. Always skip the whole cutsence and skip the boring storys..... Just playing, running, climb, and killing....and unistall

    • @Jakiyyyyy
      @Jakiyyyyy 10 місяців тому

      Maybe go play something else that's so easy on the VRAM. 🤣 @@namgunaucao9771

  • @MatheusSantos-yb1jf
    @MatheusSantos-yb1jf 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you. I was searching for this for a while now. Followed your settings but addapting to High since I have a 3060Ti.

    • @danielosetromera2090
      @danielosetromera2090 4 місяці тому

      Do you use high textures? I also have a 3060ti but on high textures my game drop frames after a while.

    • @MatheusSantos-yb1jf
      @MatheusSantos-yb1jf 4 місяці тому

      @@danielosetromera2090 yes. in some points of the game it will drop because of the 8gb vram. In my case I always cap in 60fps with afterburner and the range goes to 45~50fps sometimes, but it still pretty smooth

  • @bugatti91111
    @bugatti91111 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this, video is on point!!

  • @harmeetsingh8256
    @harmeetsingh8256 2 місяці тому

    medium shadows disables shadows from indirect light sources

  • @crazzykilla
    @crazzykilla 10 місяців тому +1

    Fantastic video. I also found I was getting stuttering/lag until I turned off the Controler input settings on Steam and turned down the game controller speaker volume setting to 0 in-game. Seems wireless PS controllers current have an issue in this game.

  • @leealipranky
    @leealipranky 3 місяці тому +1

    Awesome presentation.

  • @itz_tipzy5949
    @itz_tipzy5949 10 місяців тому +1

    Superb video mate

  • @viktorzeman5202
    @viktorzeman5202 8 місяців тому +1

    Playing on RTX 4070 ti at 4K 60 FPS. The game runs smooth mostly, but during some heavily cinematic story cutscenes, i'm getting quite high FPS drops. Does anyone knows where is the problem?

  • @DoutorGonzo
    @DoutorGonzo 10 місяців тому +2

    Thanks, my dude!

  • @cybervoid8442
    @cybervoid8442 10 місяців тому +1

    This is damn good work

  • @gamernippel
    @gamernippel 10 місяців тому +2

    when you realize that the awesome thumbnails are made ingame 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @photonboy999
    @photonboy999 10 місяців тому

    RTX4070 user here,
    I have a 2560x1440, 60Hz monitor (no GSync) and found that MAX quality using DLSS (Dynamic) works great. It pretty much locks to 60FPS and I don't notice any visual difference so if the RESOLUTION is dropping it's not enough to notice.
    Your Graphics card FAN NOISE might be pretty high though if you end up close to 100% GPU utilization using Dynamic (or running with no FPS cap). I have a modded card (with Noctua fans) so it's dead silent, but if your fans are noisy then I'd do something like THIS:
    - optimize visuals around 80FPS average
    - then use VSYNC (i.e. for 60Hz monitor) or set a manual FPS cap (if you have VRR/GSync) to hit 60FPS
    That should keep the GPU closer to 75% utilization and much quieter... this is what I was doing to keep the noise down before I modded my stupid Asus RTX4070 Dual OC that was noisy in demanding games.

  • @WillySou
    @WillySou 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks a lot. Good video 👍

  • @felipecorpuz2476
    @felipecorpuz2476 10 місяців тому +1

    I was just looking for this

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому

      And this video was waiting for you to watch it!

  • @egojokes
    @egojokes 10 місяців тому

    Hi! I'm sorry but you didn't cover Dynamic Resolution setting in this game. They've done it pretty incredible, you can use DRS and DLSS at the same time and you won't see unstable frame rate. Thx for your work!

  • @tourmaline07
    @tourmaline07 10 місяців тому +1

    Wow , this game is actually more scalable than I'd have thought!
    Now have a 4080 Super so I have enough GPU power to run 4k60+ maxed with DLAA but it's good to know I'd have had a good experience with my former oc'd 2080ti (which died) at 4k with your tweaks and DLSS Quality.(Im think 50-60+ fps @4k)
    Heck I've even seen someone benching a 1080ti at high settings and getting 60+ at 1080p and 45+ at 1440p native which is absurd for a 2017 card on a 2024 AAA open world game.

  • @conyo985
    @conyo985 10 місяців тому +2

    In my testing the Shadows setting is very taxing. In some parts setting the shadows to very low had a huge FPS boost.

    • @Jakiyyyyy
      @Jakiyyyyy 10 місяців тому +1

      I think I can't live even with Medium shadows. It's the huge part of the graphics in this game though.

    • @conyo985
      @conyo985 10 місяців тому

      @@Jakiyyyyy yup. What's funny is that after restarting my PC the problem went away. So I can happily use medium shadows now. I don't know why it happened. But it's all fixed now.

  • @tourmaline07
    @tourmaline07 10 місяців тому +1

    Another comment - the dynamic res scaling system in this and Horizon Zero Dawn is the best I've come across in PC , so I'd turn this on and let dlss catch the frame drops from 60.

  • @SONIKAO
    @SONIKAO 6 місяців тому +1

    Can i recommend a game that an optimized setting would be great ? Kingdom Come Deliverance...

  • @LagannYT
    @LagannYT 10 місяців тому +1

    ty so much for this vid

  • @denisruskin348
    @denisruskin348 10 місяців тому +5

    This is at the very least Digital Foundry level of quality, if not better. All that within 2 days of release when they can take up even a week or two. Nice work man.

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому +4

      Really appreciate the comment, means a lot, and thanks, I always try my best.
      It's nice when a small channel like mine gets compared to a huge channel like Digital Foundry.

  • @BrooklynBornn
    @BrooklynBornn 10 місяців тому +1

    I’m glad I’m fortunate enough to run everything on max settings 😏 RTX 4080 build . I love it . Still get over 100 fps

  • @alarmgoesding
    @alarmgoesding 10 місяців тому

    Awesome video! Gives me some hope with my 1070.

  • @Damir_Turk
    @Damir_Turk 10 місяців тому +1

    tnx for this video got a good solid 10fps+ boost on ultrawide 3840x1600 res

  • @XBnPC
    @XBnPC 10 місяців тому +1

    Getting Tons of fps at max settings and native 4k on my 7900 XTX. I just hope the game's decent 🙏

  • @davedoc80
    @davedoc80 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for this video 👍

  • @thomashardy4978
    @thomashardy4978 4 місяці тому

    Hello, if like me, despite the fact that you use a rtx 3070, you still trying to play at 4k, you can apply those settings but just drop the textures to medium. Higher, you will have majors drops of fps, regarding our poor 8go of vram 😅

  • @shariarhossain5673
    @shariarhossain5673 10 місяців тому +2

    Seeing a massive drop in performance when using high texture setting as its exceeding 8gb vram.

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому

      Yeah, looks like 8GB VRAM is not enough anymore, 12GB is the new 8GB.

  • @59-FPS
    @59-FPS 10 місяців тому +1

    Как всегда всё по красоте)!

  • @timodelaender5077
    @timodelaender5077 10 місяців тому +2

    could it be possible to play this game with 6G vram on 1080p medium textures? or should I wait this one out till I have a stronger gpu

    • @ZykopathOfficial
      @ZykopathOfficial  10 місяців тому

      As seen in the video, you'll still have trouble with the VRAM, maybe wait for patches to see if VRAM is reduced then, otherwise, I recommend getting a stronger GPU with AT LEAST 12GB VRAM.

    • @timodelaender5077
      @timodelaender5077 10 місяців тому

      @@ZykopathOfficial alright thx for letting me know!

  • @yonislav_9821
    @yonislav_9821 10 місяців тому +1

    medium seems to be the best overall no cut in fps and no so much cut in graphics