For the most part, Hogwarts Legacy looks excellent, and its open world is beautiful. As it should be, given its high demands. Many users were quick to point out the recreation of the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the level of detail in the costumes and scenery, the magical effects, and even the fact that virtually every door you see can be opened. . However, this may leave some PC gamers confused by the game’s poor performance at launch. FPS drops and a dark map mean you might not get the most out of its specs. To get the most out of your computer, let’s take a look at the best PC requirements for Hogwarts Legacy.
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What is the best setting to play Hogwarts Legacy on PC?
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A good computer with a powerful graphics card is usually enough to enjoy most video games without problems. Hogwarts Legacy includes a benchmarking tool that recommends a graphics configuration based on your PC type. However, this does not guarantee a 100% smooth experience. The best settings to avoid clutter are:
Set the best display options
- Windowed mode: full screen with window. This will set the default resolution.
- Upgrade Option A: Cleaner Look
- Exclusive type: NVIDIA DLSS (for NVIDIA card)
- Exclusive mode: NVIDIA DLSS quality
- Deluxe Sharpness: 0.6
- Upgrade Option B: Cleaner Appearance
- Exclusive Type: AMD FSR 2
- Exclusive mode: AMD FSR2 quality
- Deluxe Sharpness: 1
- NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Enabled + Boost (if possible)
- VSYNC: disabled
- Frame Rate: Depends on the refresh rate of your monitor.
- ADVICE: If you are recording or streaming, go for a lower FPS. 60 is a good bet.
- Field of view: 20
- Motion Blur: Off
- Depth of Field: On
- Chromatic Aberration: Off
- Film Grain: Off
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Set the best graphics options
- Effect quality: high
- Material quality: high
- Fog Quality: Low
- Sky quality: Low
- Foliage quality: High
- Post-processing quality: Low
- Shadow quality: medium
- Texture quality: Ultra
- Viewing distance quality: average
- Inventory quality: high
- Ray Tracing Reflections: Disabled
- Ray-traced shadows: off
- Ray Tracing Ambient Occlusion: Off
- Ray Tracing Quality: Disabled
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