Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a highly technical role-playing game where gamers must venture into a vast fantasy world and hunt down the dragon that has chosen them as Arisen. As they explore the world, players will find themselves fighting dangerous enemies while being caught up in the geopolitical conflict between the kingdoms of Vermund and Battahl.
Powered by Capcom’s internally developed RE engine, Dragon’s Dogma 2 features visually stunning graphics and detailed environments. However, players will soon notice that the game’s performance is lacking, even when running it on a powerful gaming PC. Luckily, this guide can help players adjust some settings for the optimal Dragon’s Dogma 2 experience.
How to change graphics settings in Dragon’s Dogma 2
Graphics settings are exclusive to the PC version of Dragon’s Dogma 2. People can change these settings by following the steps below.
- Click Options from the title screen.
- Select Graphics from the menu on the left.
- Click the setting people want to edit and change it.
Best PC Settings for Dragon’s Dogma 2
Performance in Dragon’s Dogma 2 can spike in open areas of the world but drops significantly when in the main city, surrounded by NPCs. As a result, frame times and frame rates may not be consistent across regions, and people won’t be able to maintain a consistent 60 FPS frame rate throughout the game.
Thankfully, these graphics settings can be optimized with just a few tweaks depending on the system. The best PC settings for DD2 are mentioned in the table below.
Setting | Low-end PC | Mid-level PC | High-end PC |
Expected Frame Rate | 30 – 40 FPS | 50 – 60 FPS | 70 – 90 FPS |
Resolution | 1080p | 1440p | 2160p |
Vertical Synchronization | Off | Off | Off |
Dynamic Resolution | Off | Off | Off |
FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 | Quality | Off | Off |
DLSS Super Resolution | auto | Off | Off |
DLSS Nvidia Reflex Low Latency | On | On | On |
Upscale Sharpness | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Image Quality | Standard | Standard | Standard |
Ray Tracing | Off | Off | Off |
Ambient Occlusion | SSAO | SSAO | SDFAO |
Anti Aliasing | TAA | FXAA + TAA | FXAA + TAA |
Screen Space Reflections | Off | On | On |
Mesh Quality | Low | Mid | High |
Texture Filtering | High (ANSIO x2) | High (ANSIO x4) | High (ANSIO x16) |
Texture Quality | High (0.5GB) | High (1GB) | High (3GB) |
Resource-Intensive Effects Quality | Low | Low | High |
Shadow Quality | Mid | Mid | Max |
Shadow Cache | On | On | On |
Contact Shadows | On | On | On |
Motion Blur | Off | Off | Off |
Motion Quality | High | High | High |
Bloom | On | On | On |
Depth of Field | On | On | On |
Lens Flare | On | On | On |
Lens Distortion | On | On | On |
Subsurface Scattering | Off | On | On |