Pragmata | OPTIMIZATION GUIDE | Every Setting Tested | Best Settings

⏰Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:19 RE Engine shines once again 00:46 A frustrating user interface experience 01:38 Ray Tracing 02:59 Path Tracing 05:06 Global Illumination Quality 05:42 Anti-Aliasing and Upscaling (DLSS,FSR3,FSR1 and TAA+FXAA) 06:20 Hair Quality 07:10 Texture Quality and Texture Filtering 08:12 Mesh Quality 08:41 Shadow Quality and Shadow Cache 09:48 Contact Shadows 10:24 Effects Quality 10:50 Ambient Occlusion 11:13 Volumetric Lighting 11:36 Screen Space Reflections 12:05 Subsurface Scattering 12:27 Optimized Settings 12:45 Optimized vs Max Settings 13:31 Path Tracing on the 4070 Super 14:36 Support the channel (Patreon) 14:52 Outro ►Optimized Settings: -Ray Tracing: On (much better lighting, but adds noise) -Path Tracing: Off (unless your GPU can handle it) -Global Illumination Quality: Medium or High -Hair Quality: Low or Medium (Low disables Strand-Based Hair) -Texture Quality: Medium or Lowest (if the game stutters) -Texture Filtering: High (ANISO x16) -Mesh Quality: Medium -Shadow Quality: Medium or High (Lowest with PT) -Shadow Cache: On -Contact Shadows: On (adds noise when RT is off) -Effects Quality: High (lower if perf drops in combat) -Ambient Occlusion: SSAO -Volumetric Lighting: Medium or High -Screen Space Reflections: On (adds noise) -Subsurface Scattering: On -Depth Of Field: On (Personal Preference) •Low Texture Quality is currently bugged and can hurt performance stability with frequent frame time spikes. •Hair, Mesh, Shadows, Texture Quality, and RT/PT heavily impact VRAM usage ,avoid maxing them all if VRAM-limited. •If you’re using Path Tracing, set Shadow Quality to Lowest, this saves a lot of VRAM with no noticeable visual impact. ✨Support the channel by: 🔴 Subscribing and watching my videos 🔴 Using the Super Thanks Button under the video 🔴 Buying me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/benchmarking 🔴 Or support via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/bench... ✨Become a Patron to get early access to my optimized settings and download my latest videos in the highest possible quality free from Youtube's compression: https://www.patreon.com/BenchmarKing ►Follow Me on X (Twitter): https://x.com/BMKing23 ►Follow Me on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/gamesbenchmarking.bsky.social ►Check out more optimization guides: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoW6k48APmp37pvrrbMVrUNeOArhCFG60 ►Join the channel to get early access to my optimized settings: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEL03vxCWzPzXcarexAIFHg/join ►Full Specs: ●Capture Card: Elgato 4K60 Pro MK.2 (With dedicated recording PC) ●CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D. ●Motherboard: MSI B550 A Pro ●GPU1: ASUS DUAL GeForce RTX 3060 Ti V2 MINI. ●GPU2: GIGABYTE GeForce GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER WINDFORCE OC 12G. ●RAM: G.Skill Trident Z Neo 32 GB (2x16 GB) 3600 MHz DDR4 CL16. ●SSD: Samsung 980 pro 1TB + WD Black SN770 1TB. ●PSU: Corsair RM750 80PLUS Gold 750W ●Case: Lian Li LANCOOL 215. ●Windows 11 Pro 25H2.