Ghost of Tsushima PC: Best Graphics Settings for High FPS

If your Ghost of Tsushima performance is stuttering or dipping into unplayable frame rates, your graphics settings are likely pushing your hardware too hard. Most presets bury a few heavy-hitting options that kill your FPS, but we can usually double your frame rate just by tuning those specific values.

Why performance drops

Settings like 'Level of Detail' and using unstable upscalers like FSR3 often cause heavy frame time spikes and crashes. Dropping these settings off their maximum values keeps your VRAM usage in check.

Steps

1. 01
   Open the game options menu and navigate to the Display tab
2. 02
   Disable VSync and set the Upscale Method to DLSS at Quality mode
3. 03
   Turn off Dynamic Resolution Scaling
4. 04
   Set Frame Generation to DLSS only, avoiding FSR3 to prevent crashes and UI artifacts
5. 05
   Navigate to the Graphics options menu
6. 06
   Set Texture Quality to High for 8 GB VRAM cards or Very High for 10 GB plus
7. 07
   Set Texture Filtering to 16x
8. 08
   Set Level of Detail to High, as Very High can cost up to 36% of your frame rate
9. 09
   Set Shadow Quality, Rain Detail, Volumetric Fog, Screen Space Reflections, and Screen Space Shadows to High
10. 10
    Apply all changes and monitor your performance using an overlay like MSI Afterburner