It’s just not worth running the game at Ultra settings across the board. Overall, my recommended settings improved performance by 33%. There are differences in image quality, but you’ll rarely notice them while playing the game. You can see the difference (or lack thereof) in the comparison screenshot below. The Min setting looks rough - like individual plumes of smoke - but the Original setting is excellent. Even better, this setting doesn’t hurt image quality that badly. When turned down to the lowest setting, it brought an 11% increase in my average frame rate. Outside of shadows, the atmospherics quality gave me the largest performance increase. I recommend keeping this setting on High for the best balance of image quality and performance but consider bumping down to Original if you’re running into issues. The shadows wash out into a blurry mess, and it’s distracting. Shadows provided a big performance increase - around 9% compared to baseline - but it also looked the worst. Ultra settings don’t look much better than High ones, and many of the Original options still look great.
The differences in image quality are most stark between Original and High. This preset looks great, and a combination of options from it with higher settings is the key to a higher frame rate. I leaned heavily on the Original preset to gauge performance. Here are the best settings for God of War: Thankfully, there aren’t too many options to tweak. However, I referenced the presets several times during testing at different resolutions to make sure the performance would scale. My testing was originally done at 4K, focusing solely on the graphics card. I tested the individual graphics options in God of War to find the best settings.
Although there are still some issues with the PC port - keyboard and mouse controls chief among them - the performance is solid. I tested each setting, upscaling mode, and resolution to find the optimal settings for God of War on PC, and in this guide, I’m going to run you through the performance you can expect.
DLSS and FSR image quality in God of War PC.DLSS and FSR performance in God of War PC.