Best Diablo 4 PC settings for performance & graphics

❘ Updated: 2024-08-06T15:37:56

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Diablo 4 Season 5 has arrived, and to experience the new content in its most visually appealing form, check out these best PC settings for Diablo 4 that grant high FPS, amazing graphics, and more.

While console players have a fixed graphics mode, PC players can tweak the graphics settings of their game to boost performance, visuals, and other aspects of gameplay.

Best PC settings for graphics in Diablo 4

Screen

Display: Windowed Fullscreen
Adapter: Your GPU
Monitor: Your desired monitor
Resolution: Default
HDR: On
Verticle Sync: Off
Limit Cutscene FPS: Yes
Lock Cursor: Off
Peripheral Lighting: On

Performance

Resolution Scaling: On
NVIDIA DLSS: Off (Balanced if using an NVIDIA GPU)
Quality Mode: Quality
Sharpen Image: 90
NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Enabled + Boost (if available)
Max Foreground FPS: 400
Max Background FPS: 8

Quality

Texture Quality: High
Anisotropic Filtering: 16x
Geometric Complexity: Medium
Terrain Geometry Detail: High
Clutter: High
Fog Quality: High
Fur Quality: High
Dynamic Shadows: On
Soft Shadows: On
Shader Quality: High
SSAO Quality: High
Clutter Quality: High
Water Simulation Quality: High
Anti-Aliasing Quality: High
Physics Quality: High
Particle Quality: High
Reflection Quality: High
Screen Space Reflections: On
Distortion: On
Low FX: Off

Ray Tracing

Ray Traced Shadows Quality: High
Ray Traced Reflections Quality: High
Ray Traced Foliage: On
Ray Traced Particles: On

You can tweak your screen settings to your liking.

Each system is different, so even though we found these were the best settings for high graphics, it’s a good idea to experiment with what works best for your rig.

This goes doubly for settings like Font and Cursor Scale, as well as Color Blind settings, which are very much about personal preference rather than what is best.

Best settings for performance in Diablo 4

Screen

Display: Windowed (Fullscreen)
Adapter: Your GPU
Monitor: Your desired monitor
Resolution: Default
Sharpen Image: 6
Limit Cutscene FPS: Yes
Lock Cursor: Off
Peripheral Lighting: On

Performance

Resolution Percentage: 100%
NVIDIA DLSS: Off (Performance if using an NVIDIA GPU)
Frame Generation: On (if available)
Max Foreground FPS: 120/60
Max Background FPS: 8
NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency: Enabled + Boost

Quality

Texture Quality: Low
Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
Shadow Quality: Low
Dynamic Shadows: Off
Soft Shadows: Off
Shader Quality: Low
SSAO Quality: Low
Fog Quality: Low
Clutter Quality: Medium
Fur Quality: Low
Water Simulation Quality: Low
Anti-Aliasing Quality: Low
Physics Quality: Low
Particle Quality: Low
Reflection Quality: Low
Geometric Complexity: Low
Terrain Geometry Detail: Low
Screen Space Reflections: Off
Distortion: Off
Low FX: On

Ray Tracing

Ray Traced Shadows Quality: Off
Ray Traced Reflections Quality: Low
Ray Traced Foliage: Off
Ray Traced Particles: Off

On lower-end PCs, you may want to use lower settings for better performance.

These settings are best for performance purposes, but they’re also the ideal settings if you are running a lower-end PC that just meets the minimum specs for Diablo 4. As with high graphics settings, make sure to experiment with what works for your specific setup.

Diablo 4 ray tracing explained

Just like in every other game, ray tracing in Diablo 4 aims to improve the overall quality of shadows and reflections, driving a bit toward realism. However, using ray tracing will significantly reduce the overall performance of the game and you will get subsequently lesser FPS than before.

If you have a beefy GPU like an RTX 4090 that can ensure 200+ FPS at 4K resolution, feel free to experiment with ray tracing in Diablo 4. But if you have a mid-range card, you’ll likely get massive performance hits whenever you enable ray tracing on high settings.

Minimum System Requirements for ray tracing

OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700K or AMD Ryzen 7 2700X
RAM: 16 GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 2060 with DLSS Super Resolution or AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT or Intel Arc A770
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 90 GB available space (SSD)

Recommended System Requirements for ray tracing

OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i7-10700 or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
RAM: 8 GB
Graphics Card: Any 8 GB Nvidia GeForce RTX card compatible with Direct X 12, AMD RDNA 2 or Intel Arc 7 Graphics
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 90 GB available space (SSD)

You can change ray tracing in the settings menu.

How to update graphics drivers

If you’re still struggling with performance issues, you may need to update your graphics drivers. Here’s how to do it for NVIDIA and AMD cards:

How to update NVIDIA graphics driver

Download GeForce Experience through NVIDIA.com.
Open GeForce Experience.
Select the ‘Drivers’ tab.
Click ‘check for updates’ in the upper right corner.
If an update is available, follow the steps.

How to update AMD graphics driver

Right-click on your desktop.
Select AMD Radeon Settings.
Click on the Home icon.
Click ‘New Updates’ on the bottom left.
Select ‘check for update’.
If an update is available, follow the steps.

System requirements

Lastly, if you’re still not finding joy with performance in Diablo 4, you may want to double check if you meet the system requirements for the game:

Minimum System Requirements:

OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-8350
RAM: 8 GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 2GB or AMD Radeon R9 280 or Intel Arc A380
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 90 GB available space (SSD)

Recommended System Requirements:

OS: Windows 10 (64 bit)
Processor: Intel Core i5-4670K or AMD R3-1300X
RAM: 16 GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 6GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 8GB or Intel Arc A380
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 90 GB available space (SSD)

Once you’ve got your settings sorted for Season 5, you should be ready to take on the new endgame mode Infernal Hordes and the new Hellbreach dungeons. The season is also bringing 50 new Uniques and Legendary Aspects, so make sure your PC is in its best shape to start the grind.