Settings Wrap-Up
If you read our
Destiny 2 GPU recommendations at the start of this guide, you'll know that Bungie's shooter runs extremely well on the complete range of GeForce GTX 10-Series GPUs, and previous-generation GPUs of equivalent speed.
If, however, you wish to improve performance, our interactive comparisons and benchmarks reveal that you can dial down several settings without affecting image quality too significantly:
- Depth of Field: A few scenes and cinematics will look less stylish with High DoF, but during gameplay you'll save nearly 4 FPS
- Field of View: Using a FoV of 95 degrees, instead of 105 degrees, will save you 2.4 FPS
- Foliage Detail Distance: Dropping to Medium from High recoups 4.1 frames per second
- Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Using the less-impressive HDAO improves performance by a sizeable 5.4 FPS
- Shadow Quality: High shadows still look pretty good, and save you 4.1 FPS
Making those five changes will improve your performance by 20 FPS, and in the heat of battle you're unlikely to notice the difference. Alternatively, try our one-click
GeForce Experience Optimal Playable Settings to immediately discover optimum settings for your system.