Best Settings For Shadow of the Tomb Raider [Increase FPS Instantly] (2024)

Started playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, but don't know what the optimal settings for performance are? Or how you can boost your FPS? Find out here!

Shadow of the Tomb Raider has been released, and just like all other major games, there will be lots of people who experience a sub-optimal gaming experience due to lag.

We want you to have the best possible gaming experience, which is why we make these game optimization guides.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider has received good reviews so far and seems to be optimized well, but there’s always something that can be done better.

This is especially true if you have an AMD GPU since the PC version of the game is specifically optimized for NVIDIA GPUs.

If you want to higher FPS while playing Shadow of the Tomb Raider, simply follow our guide below. We have not only included specific optimizations related to Shadow of the Tomb Raider but also some general PC optimizations.

First, you need to ensure that you meet the minimum system requirements for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and preferably the recommended system requirements.

PC Settings

If you’re using a laptop, ensure that the battery mode is set to “High Performance” instead of “Balanced.” Furthermore, ensure that your GPU drivers are up to date as new releases often come with a patch from NVIDIA and/or AMD the same day or a couple of days before.

If you have an NVIDIA GPU, follow the steps below to optimize your NVIDIA settings.

1. Open the NVIDIA control panel and navigate toManage 3D settings.
2. Select the tabProgram settings and find Shadow of the Tomb Raider. If you can’t find it, click on Add and try to find it here (try running the game first and close it down again if you can’t find it).
3. SetMaximum pre-rendered frames to 1.
4. SetMonitor technology to G-SYNC (if applicable).
5. SetMulti-Display/Mixed GPU acceleration to Single display performance mode.
6. Set Power management mode to Prefer maximum performance.
7. SetTexture filtering – Quality toPerformance.
8. DisableVertical sync.
9. EnableThreaded optimization.
10. Set Preferred refresh rate to Highest available.
11. Apply the changes and navigate toAdjust desktop size and position.
12. Check the checkboxOverride the scaling mode set by games and programs and click on Apply.

Optimizing Game Settings

Let’s now optimize the actual game settings in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. We’re aiming for a stable 60 FPS with a GTX 1060 on 1080p. Feel free to adjust accordingly.

1. Launch Shadow of the Tomb Raider and click onOptions.
2. Now click onDisplay and Graphics.
3. Set DirectX 12 toOn (if it’s available)
4. Set Resolution to yourmonitor’s native resolution.
5. Set Fullscreen toOn.
6. Set Exclusive Fullscreen toOn. This will make alt-tabbing slower, but it’s worth it.
7. Set Monitor Refresh Rate to the highest value possible.
8. Set VSync toOff.
9. Set HDR toOn (if it’s available)
10. Set Anti-aliasing toTAA.
11. SetStereoscopic to Off.

Switch to the Graphics tab now. Here are our recommended graphics settings for Shadow of the Tomb Raider.

1. SetPreset toCustom.
2. Set Texture Quality toHighor Medium.
3. Set Texture Filtering to Anisotropic.
4. SetShadow Quality toNormal.
5. Set Ambient Occlusion toBTAO.
6. Set Depth of Field toNormal.
7. Set Level of Detail toNormal.
8. Set Tessellation toOff.
9. Set Bloom toOn.
10. Set Motion Blur toOn.
11. Set Screen Space Reflections toOn.
12. Set Screen Space Contact Shadows toOff.
13. Set Pure Hair toNormal.
14. SetVolumetric LightingtoOn.
15. Set Lens Flares toOn.
16. Set Screen Effects toOn.

Disable Windows Update Delivery Optimization

Let’s try to disable Windows Update Delivery Optimization now. Follow these steps:

1. Open the Windows start menu, enterWindows update settings and click on the search result for it.
2. Click onAdvanced options.
3. Click onDelivery optimization.
4. Ensure thatAllow downloads from other PCs is off.

Disable OneDrive

We recommend that you disable OneDrive if you’re not using it. Right-click on the OneDrive icon on your taskbar and click onExit.

Optimizing Discord

If you happen to use Discord, ensure that you optimize it as well to boost your FPS in all games while Discord is running.

1. Open Discord and go to the User settings page.
2. Open the Appearance tab and uncheckHardware acceleration.

Optimizing Google Chrome

You can also turn off hardware acceleration in Google Chrome so that background applications executed by Chrome do not consume too many resources when you’re playing.

1. Open Google Chrome and go to the Settings page.
2. Scroll all the way down and click on the Advanced tab.
3. Again, scroll all the way down and make sure thatUse hardware acceleration when available is turned off.
4. Relaunch Google Chrome and close it again.

Clean Your Temporary Files

1. Press start, search after%localappdata% and press Enter.
2. Open the Temp folder.
3. Press CTRL + A to select all files in the folder.
4. Press the Delete button on your keyboard to delete these temporary files. Skip the ones it can’t delete.
5. Now empty your recycle bin.

You can also use CCleaner – the free version will do the trick.

Now restart your PC to ensure that your PC and Shadow of the Tomb Raider is well optimized.

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