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The graphics settings that the game automatically provides you with in Ark Survival Ascended are nothing spectacular. Even with your settings on high, your game’s graphics won’t look great, and your FPS is often unstable. Moreover, when you ride dinosaurs like Pteranodon, your game performance drops much more. This is due to a few specific settings, you will find the best graphics settings for the best-looking visuals and the best-performing graphics settings to boost your FPS in Ark Survival Ascended. Also, the settings you make may be fixed if Ark Survival Ascended keeps crashing constantly.
Best Graphics Settings for Ark: Survival Ascended
There are many unnecessary things in the default graphics settings in Ark Survival Ascended that put a lot of strain on your computer and cause your FPS to drop. These settings can also make your game look clunky.
For example, the Light Bloom setting adds an unnecessary fog in front of you in the game, which not only decreases the performance of the game but also makes you unable to see clearly ahead.
Video Settings
| Graphics Presets | High or Epic |
| Max Frame Rate | Off |
| Motion Blur | Off |
| Light Bloom | Off |
RTX Settings
| Nvidia DLSS | On |
| Super Resolution | Quality or Balanced |
| Nvidia Reflex Low Latency | On |
Camera Settings
| Camera View Bob | Off |
| Camera Shake Scale | 0 |
| Camera FOV | 90 |
Best Settings for Fps Boost in Ark: Survival Ascended
If the Frame Generation feature in the RTX Settings section appears to be grayed out in your game follow these steps:
- Press Windows + I and select System.
- Scroll down to Display and find Graphics Settings.
- Set the Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling setting to “On”.
- Restart your computer, and launch Ark Survival Ascended.
Video Settings
| Graphics Presets | Medium or Low |
| Foliage Quality | Low |
| Max Frame Rate | Off |
| Motion Blur | Off |
| Light Bloom | Off |
| Light Shafts | Off |
| Low-Light Enhancement | Off |
| Enable Foliage & Fluid Interaction | Off |
| Enable Footstep Particles | Off |
| Enable Footstep Decals | Off |
RTX Settings
| Nvidia DLSS | On |
| Super Resolution | Auto |
| Frame Generation | On |
Console Commands To Boost Your Fps
There are some console commands that boost your FPS in Ark Survival Ascended. With these console commands, you can change graphics settings that you can’t access from the settings section of Ark Survival Ascended and thus increase your game performance.
- r.VolumetricCloud 0
- r.VolumetricFog 0
The command “r.VolumetricCloud 0” disables clouds that appear far away and take up too much space. The command “r.VolumetricFog 0” removes dust between trees. It also allows you to see further underwater.
To use console commands in Ark Survival Ascended, first log into the game, and press the (`) key under the “Esc” key. This will open the game’s console, and you can paste the above commands into the console.
If you like an in-depth guide about maximizing your performance in Ark Survival Ascended you can check this YouTube video from TroubleChute:
