Best Gears of War Reloaded settings to reduce lag and maximize FPS

Gears of War Reloaded is out on PC and console, and you’ll want to run the best possible settings for your device to ensure minimal lag and maximum FPS.

At the end of the day, Gears of War Reloaded is a hardcore shooter. The single player has a beautiful campaign (try it out if you have never played the original version), but the multiplayer version is great for those who prefer to be competitive.

Here are the best settings so far.

Best Gears of War Reloaded tips and tricks to reduce lag

In my first few hours, I didn’t experience too many problems. The performance was smooth, apart from the occasional stutter. Here are a few basics to sort out before we deep dive into the best settings.

• Update your Graphics drivers: Whether using an AMD or Nvidia card, updating your drivers to the latest version is extremely important. If you’re unsure whether your drivers are up to date, it’s best to double-check for available updates.
• Cap the frames: It might seem like a step backwards to cap your FPS when the highest possible number, but the truth is most video games tend to be quite unstable at launch, and improve only once a few post-launch updates roll out. I am quite confident that will be the case with Gears of War Reloaded, but a temporary cap can aid smoothness and save your graphics card from a meltdown. Anywhere from 60 to 120 should work, but it’ll depend on your rig.
• Disable V-Sync: It’s better to disable it until we get a few post-launch patches. However, you can keep this feature permanently turned off.

Best Gears of War Reloaded display settings

Here are the settings that I am currently using in the game. My setup is slightly dated but runs on an AMD 5600G, Nvidia RTX 3060 12GB, and 16 GB of DDR4 RAM.

• Default Settings Options: Medium (set this to High if you have better hardware).
• Anti-Aliasing Option: Nvidia DLSS 3.5.
• Resolution Scaling: Balanced
• Texture Quality: Medium
• Anisotropic Filtering: 4x
• Shadow Quality: Medium
• Ambient Occlusion: Performance
• Motion Blur: Off
• Visual Effects Quality: Medium
• Screen Space Reflections: Off
• Flash Reduction: Off

These settings in the Display tab can help you get better performance.

• Screen Resolution: 1920×1080
• Full Screen: On
• Vsync: Off
• Frame Rate Limit: 60
• HDR: On
• Idle Energy Savings: On
• Inactive Window Energy Savings: On
• Display Adapter: Default