(OLD) Find Out What Settings You NEED to Change This Wipe! | Escape From Tarkov 0.14 Settings Guide

[@klemintime1452]

All the videos mentioned are linked in the video description, along with the discord (which you should join!) If any updates to my recommendations come in the near future, I'll make sure to add them to this description. Thank you so much for watching my stuff!

[@smizmar8]

Thank for explaining what the settings do specific for tarkov, very helpful! I'm not sure if I can speak for everyone, but at least according to various hardware surveys/ benchmarks, and it's def the case for me, a lot of people are cpu bound. It would be great to hear your thoughts on what settings, or min specs you'd recommend. User benchmark has some great info, but it's still hard to tell. I just know I need to update lol.

[@klemintime1452]

​@@smizmar8 Lucky for you I have videos on both of those things! The CPU-Bound settings guide (though its last wipe rn) is linked in the desc., and my thoughts on PC builds can be found here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnqxYpiho9mWj5o Feel free to ask any other questions in the discord or here and Im glad it helped :)

[@Jason32Bourne]

How much of a difference would you say in BSG fixes/optimization as compared to .13?

[@klemintime1452]

@@Jason32Bourne There was a TON of fixes, but I didn't note much difference in performance yet from last wipe on my system.

[@Jason32Bourne]

@@klemintime1452 Thank you.

[@ZyfLa]

Not only a great guide, but great breakdowns of how things work without talking in circles, and right after the wipe no less. Keep it up!

[@klemintime1452]

Thank you, will do! o7

[@mtnation2923]

Been watching you for a while. I don’t understand how you don’t have more subscribers. You don’t BS your audience into “get +150 FPS with this ONE TRICK”. You explain everything and you make sense of the complexities of the game’s design. Thanks.

[@klemintime1452]

That means a lot, man. Thank you. I'll keep on keeping on as long as I can o7

[@wety789]

Thanks for making this! So well done and in depth

[@klemintime1452]

Thank you so much, dude. Your support goes a very long way 💙💙💙

[@K1NGJMZ]

Probably the best guide out for tarkov right now thank you

[@klemintime1452]

Thank *you* for watching them dude

[@K1NGJMZ]

No worries dude. I have a quick question what's the main difference between TAA HIGH vs regular TAA? like does the blurryness get reduced while moving with TAA HIGH? @@klemintime1452

[@inarinakana]

@@klemintime1452 not in the slightest, guy takes about an hour each time to tell me just to turn everything low while speaking in the same cadence as an AI

[@PsyTranceKaitia]

@@inarinakana Did you forget to breathe, get some oxygen into your brain, when you made this comment?

[@klemintime1452]

@@inarinakana bro found me out Im secretly ChatGPT 😭

[@dr.onehit]

This video helped me a lot. I love how it's not a typical "this is the best setting, use this"-video but an actual guide with breakdowns of each individual setting to have a better understanding on how these work. One thing i don't understand though is the binaural audio. Some told me it is better to have it enabled, some said it's better to have it off as it may conflict with the razer 7.1 surround sound that i have. I would love a video about this as well or if anyone in the comments could help me understand this, i would really appreciate it

[@machonugget]

fantastic explanations, not the best rig ryzen 2070s but now have nearly 100 fps on the majority of maps after the update! 50 on streets, marvelous stuff thanks!

[@cummrs]

Dude idk what my issue is I have a high end pc and struggle to even run factory

[@nolanbeerollin1756]

@@cummrseven on lowest settings 1080p? what are your specs? I have an old i5 and a 1060 and i get almost 200 fps on factory.

[@kylewest4212]

@@cummrsis it installed on ssd?

[@yogato1070]

@@nolanbeerollin1756thats UNBELIEVABLE! I have a gtx 1660 and I only hit low 100s on maps like factory, customs, woods, but thats without ai scavs in offline mode. In an online raid if I see high 70s on customs or woods im happy… factory I would probably get closer to 90 something but I only play that map if I absolutely have to for a quest

[@yogato1070]

@@nolanbeerollin1756And I also have an old I5 (9th gen 9400F) and play on 1080p

[@DraxTheDestroyer]

This is the most accurate, explained and showcased EFT settings guide on youtube atm. (I checked most, they are either outdated or they don't know what they are talking about).

[@klemintime1452]

Thank you, man. That's really my goal. Trust me, I've seen some of them too, and I just couldn't let that slide.

[@jlGuitarGuy7]

Didn't know about the performance hit with Clarity and Adaptive Sharpening.. Thank you!

[@araragikoyomi99]

Highly underrated channel. Here's hoping you get more of the attention you deserve

[@SpeedyNoDoubtYT]

this might be the best breakdown I've personally seen... I've seen a "this setting is broken and doesn't work, or this setting works better turned on" like the nvidia reflex I've heard turning it completely off makes the game just run better, I've also heard that postfx alone just makes the game run worse, knowing that clarity and the adaptive one affecting performance I may fiddle with this setting. I play with a 3070ti and a ryzen 5800x3d and I avg 144 on most maps besides reserve and what I would assume streets on high low settings. so I may try some of this stuff out along with the on+boost for higher clocks great informational video

[@atomickrispies]

This video is outstanding. Thank you for it. I still have unacceptable performance drops which Im gonna chalk it up as unoptimization. 5800x3d 7900xtx 32gb @3600mhz And installed on my M.2 drive But streets still struggles at like sub-75fps. Other maps though I saw massive performance gains disabling Mipstreaming and a lot of other steps you suggested. Thanks again.

[@jay-d8g3v]

75 on streets? Look at your settings and setup.. lol i get more on a 6900xt.. failed to mention i game at 1080p

[@inreisen]

9:08 you can only try Shadow Quality differences in Factory map I guess because time is constant in Factory.

[@klemintime1452]

Are there actual sunrays in factory? I never though to try it out because its all indoors- that's huge if that's true

[@inreisen]

@@klemintime1452 I think there are some spots where sunrays are coming down from the ceiling.

[@KillerBoy777_]

@@klemintime1452 Was going to suggest the same as this other fellow. If there are no rays on daytime, perhaps some of the lights they have setup at night could work for demonstration. Just food for thought. Great Vid!

[@MakkilanTV]

Shadows on factory are static not dynamic, so you won't see that difference

[@daydream3rr]

I just installed tarkov and followed your guide along with process lasso and ISLC memory cleaner I unchecked ram cleaner in game and nvidia reflex was on (without boost) After a 4-5 of raids my fps dropped significantly, from 80-90 on woods to 55-60 I enabled ram cleaner and it didn’t help so I decided to disable nvidia reflex and everything was back to normal Since then I have disabled Ingame ram cleaner and disabled nvidia reflex and everything stable so far (8-9 raids) Idk if it was reflex but looks like it I am playing on a laptop also Thanks for your videos, its not regular pc optimization placebo I admire your testing and that you encourage to test everything yourself and factcheck with other creators ❤

[@klemintime1452]

I'm glad it helped, but not so glad that you had the reflex bug again. I'll watch for more reports and see if I need to not recommend that again. Ensure your drivers are up to date and if you get that happening again, please report it to BSG.

[@George-qs1nh]

As always, awesome video my dude! Really appreciate the non bias and well rounded approach. Helped me learn what each setting was.. rather than just setting things based on someone else's and hoping for the best. Thank you!

[@klemintime1452]

Thanks! Glad I could help :)

[@-TRiiX-]

imagine watching a video and then understanding exactly how to tune your graphics i really cant believe how far i can see and how clear it is i used to have problems spotting items when fast looting threw stuff, facts iv spotted more stuff thanks for the vid bro keep it up

[@klemintime1452]

So happy it helped! An arena video coming soon (though it will follow a lot of the same points) and then more in-depth videos on specific settings. Stay tuned :D

[@RushStriker9]

Between this and Veritas’ setting vid, I feel like it’s super clear and helpful! Ty!

[@klemintime1452]

Hearing me even comapred to Veritas blows me away. Thank you so much! :D

[@BlindxSide]

11:05 - just a note, if you want to run Anti-Aliasing off, you should turn off all sharpness settings, or have them to a very low amount.

[@klemintime1452]

Good call as sharpness will just highlight the jagged-ness of the image.

[@zome631]

Bought game in in january of 2020 and with each year it was harder and harder to run this game on my 3GB 1060, 16GB of RAM and Xeon 2470v2. But last patch is pretty playable and your video helped me to tune the settings more to my liking, gaining some visual improvment. As for what I would like to suggest, well, getting yourself a second setup like mine or something similar and making tests on those machines. It's nice to see people jumping from 60 FPS to 90, but seeing change from average 35 to 50 would be even more epic (and useful). I think people that are watching those types of videos are running low budget hardware.

[@TacticalScheme]

Damn man.... 3GB of Vram is crazy.

[@nickfitz9800]

Thanks!

[@klemintime1452]

Thank *you* for watching! :D

[@sentinowl9207]

Thank you sir! I'm returning from Alpha and it's nice to see a breakdown of settings

[@klemintime1452]

Welcome back! Its my pleasure and hope it helps at least a little! :)

[@bgmx74]

I don't comment often, but legendary breakdown. Love the detail, thank you.

[@glurzoh]

most underrated tarkov youtuber.

[@BelladonnaHell]

Garand thumbs first born helps me with my settings once more

[@Hydra-et8oo]

Insane Guide and great explanation, thumbs up ma g

[@max_Mustermann161]

Love ur Videos! Learned alot trough them! Thank u so much! Sadly cant catch alot of streams, stupid timezones :P

[@dundium]

Awesome video and amazing that ur explaining what they do, I do have a tip which might make it easier for other players. You could make it compare by using a multi screen, so when you're comparing between 2 things split the screen so its easier to see what the difference is instead of going into settings and swapping the settings

[@klemintime1452]

Yep- that would've been good. The *only* issue I see with that is that there is not the same image on both sides, but I might just center them both so that you see the same image. Good tip :)

[@DaganKay]

Oh baby thank u I've been waiting for this

[@iiNaStYiii]

1. Ram cleaner and Physical cores does not work but only for the first raid you play. After that it stops. You have to close the game out and reopen it after each raid. It’s been this way for 2-3 wipes now. Rengwar done a video on it 2-3 wipes ago. Recommend using ISLC intelligent standby list Cleaner with Process lasso to manage ya cores. 2. Using Vsync unlocks the FPS cap of 144 fps. 3. Haven’t used mip streaming as I’ve heard it causes more issues than it helps.

[@klemintime1452]

1. I'll try to test what you mentioned on stream tonight as I've noticed at least ARC continuing to work on my end. Only Use Physical Cores is something I have yet to ensure, and that's why I recommend using Process Lasso to force that if that setting doesn't work correctly (it wouldn't be the first time). 2. Vsync has to be combined with it being disabled in NVCP, correct? 3. MIP Streaming is definitely... tricky. I should probably make a full revisit video soon enough so more people can learn about how it's working this wipe.

[@litdav]

I own the game since 2019 and just found out because of you that vsync will unlock framerate in the menus :D

[@alfnoks]

what a great video dude, thanks for taking the time to breakdown each "why" behind the settings. New subscriber over here!

[@klemintime1452]

Thanks, man! Glad you enjoyed it :D

[@jordonpetrak3976]

Subbed, great guide. Improved my FPS by a good chunk and visibility is a lot better!

[@klemintime1452]

Thank you! A lot of people follow guides that can absolutely hurt that visibility, so I'm really happy to hear that :D

[@mcdank3147]

Beautiful, love your work, very thorough but still concise. Thank you bud!

[@EmreG94]

great video mate - i really like your way of explaining! (and you a calm voice as well!) Thanks ;-)

[@greenmountain3117]

best guide I saw ! Thank you man for every info wish you Happy New year!

[@klemintime1452]

You too dude, thanks! 🥳

[@capysins]

Great in depth video! Keep it up buddy, you'll get many subs in future

[@klemintime1452]

Thank you man, I'll be trying my best o7

[@21ninpo]

klemintime never fails to fill me up with happiness ( i now know what settings to use, hence the happiness )

[@K1NGJMZ]

Also just to note borderless is running better for me compared to fullscreen - Feels a lot smoother when flicking the mouse around and its the same fps

[@rosefromgrave8358]

? makes no logic , fullscreen is the way to go i huess you dont notice any differences cause you monitor or slow pc

[@yarincool1237]

5:20 the 16:10 aspect ratio is a nice way to stretch it out a bit but not crazy.

[@Lendercl]

Thank you so much, been looking for one of these videos

[@FactFrenzyy2024]

A tip for you, try to make a custom resolution like 2560x1439 in your nvidia control panel, idk why playing with this make the game 10x more smooth in my end... it's been a thing since alpha and i don't think bsg work on it to fix.

[@nate8489]

It balances the load well

[@K1NGJMZ]

That's still a thing? I'll try that thanks

[@Sucharek22]

if am playing full hd, i need to set 1920x1079 right?

[@FactFrenzyy2024]

@@Sucharek22 correct

[@Sucharek22]

@@FactFrenzyy2024 only in nvidia control panel resolution? or i need to set it in game confing files too?

[@MoonLiteNite]

@4:15 correction on this,,, FOV can affect performance. And quite a bit if you have lower vram or slower GPU in general

[@androbourne]

Earned my sub, great video. Finally someone that took the time to break down each setting and exactly what it does. Thanks man.

[@yoloman3607]

SSR ultra gang...it isn’t pretty all the time but when it hits it’s glorious

[@blooddef]

Klemintime seems like a great guy, his videos help a ton, keep it up!

[@klemintime1452]

Thanks dude, I'll be trying to 🙏

[@FlannelPrime]

Definitive guide. Thanks!

[@enice6518]

The guide we didnt know we needed good video

[@jobothecute]

best video, other settings videos literally made my fps worse, ur the goat

[@stoneheart7482]

what a great video. Best settings guide for tarkov ive seen or read for sure

[@klemintime1452]

Means the world dude, seriously 💙

[@Timep3]

Thank you for this guide and and overload of information!

[@Solid_Dude]

The old texture streaming was way better. I miss it. Had so much fps back then

[@ComradYeltsin]

I appreciate you tickling the aspect ratio shenanigans in this. Personally, if you need to cheese your ratio to be able to hit a target, you're already admitting you need a handicap vs a normal opponent, and the attitudes of most of those "pro" guys when they lose any fights basically screams the same issues.

[@klemintime1452]

That's exactly what I was thinking, but don't tell anyone or else they'll get pissy xD

[@MackieLevyn]

mip streaming my beloved 🥺

[@ER1CxF]

thanks for the tip Mike Rowe

[@klemintime1452]

LMAO haven't got that one before; thank YOU for watching dude :)

[@alpha_knugen8335]

to show shadow quality you could go factory as its constant levels of light

[@hax0r4]

thank you so much man. thanks to you I was able to raise my FPS so the game is actually playable for me now.

[@klemintime1452]

Awesome to hear, dude. Glad I could help :)

[@narwhalguy3829]

Happy to know reflex is fixed cause I gave up on spamming offline raids to check my settings a while ago

[@klemintime1452]

I spam them for you lmao

[@TabooVector]

i appricate the "dumb" downed explination to ppl that are not IT tech guru's , i always liked tech stuff but things has become so complex that i've just get lost. however i struggling with most games with a ryz 9 3900x cpu rx 7800 gpu 16gb 32gb ddr4 ram and a very good .nmve 2 ssd why i have no idea . ive have more issues with this then back when i had aq 980gti wich says quite alot, however not come half way tru you're video so i'æll coninue watching but i appicate you taking the time making it. subbed and a

[@hypervision25]

will try these with my 4080 and 7800x3d combo, nice video, keep up the good work !

[@yogato1070]

Very glad I saw this comment. I have the same cpu but I need a new motherboard with an AM5 socket, and I plan to upgrade to a 3080 ti or a 4070 ti. Can I ask- what motherboard do you use? I have 2 or 3 that im interested in, ones not too expensive-the other 2 are a decent amount. Very curious as I do NOT want to use an AMD gpu, i’d rather stay with nvidia. Thanks man

[@yogato1070]

also, hows the performance?

[@hypervision25]

I have asrock b650e Taichi Lite, performance is great, u wont regret it!

[@Blixizm]

wow, soothing voice, great explanations while keeping it simple, I bet you also make a mean meatloaf. good vid! I have the same card, glad I came across this.

[@Accuracy158]

I have a 4090 and 5800x3d at 1440p. No matter what settings I change it's a little random how the game will respond and you likely still be within two 2 or 3 from lowest to highest of any setting. I also think you can see a slight benefit to super sampling in this game which is okay if your resolution and GPU mismatch this much in a highly CPU bound game but it does currently bug out the hide out. Dropping down to a 11GB 2080ti it super sampling caused noticeable framerate drops. And keep in mind (especially if you are a streamer) Nikita hates you turning down the settings and will have scavs one shot you more if you do. 😏

[@yaboyomax]

if you feel like taa is too blurry at any setting, try off at a 0.3 sharpness in game, i like my jagged edges though

[@hunterdavis6907]

Great video and great explanations! Its much appreciated

[@spektor25]

Thanks for the awesome vid and the time stamps

[@Oreo_Flouz]

I waitet for this Video since the wipe Thank u bruv

[@MrTheBDW]

thank you for explaining the functions and where it all applies

[@klemintime1452]

My pleasure :D

[@dakotawitt5886]

What’s the program you use to monitor your performance?

[@klemintime1452]

MSI Afterburner! There's a bunch of guides on YT about it and its fairly easy to setup.

[@ThaLeske]

Hello there! Thanks for your voice and your clear yet precise approach. I'm pretty sure you're gonna get big! I have been trying to figure out an upgrade path for my rig to better enjoy EFT .14, but the farther I get, the more questions I have. I've been using MSI Afterburner and Rivatuner too, but I stumbled upon posts that claimed that the numbers shown for VRAM are actually showing allocated memory, not dedicated. As far as I know, it's not possible to monitor this using Afterburner because of BattleEye, but supposedly, EFT's fps 3 mode shows this. The thing is I'm not sure I trust what I see there, because that would indicate my meager 6GB VRAM is more than enough to handle EFT. I'd like to know your take on this. Have you ever used fps 3? Would you trust those numbers? Is my interpretation bad? Thanks in advance Klem!

[@echo5827]

mip streaming still worth it on streets sometimes because it gets rid of a lot of the stutters, has a ton of bugs this wipe but

[@xMROHNZx]

Would love to see a guide for the Nvidia Driver settings especially for tarkov as a Programm ❤

[@klemintime1452]

I have a whole guide on the Nvidia Control Panel that you can see here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJPWipZsndyMmtE

[@SoftCocoa12]

I honestly prefer to have my settings all cranked up to max (not view distance or lod tho) and having all the bottom options turned on aswell, while leaving post fx off. Pairing it with dlss set to quality just for extra fps and it looks uber cinematic for me. Personally I feel like dlss looks smoother and cleaner than taa does even if its somewhat blurrer still. And the insane visuals make up for that as well so I cannot complain. I honestly recommend you do this at least for a scav run at one point or something klemintime just to gaze at what I see! XD

[@BasegFarmer]

i had on+boost for the start of the wipe and it absolutely trashed my frames, ill try it on just "on" and test it out ty

[@Rapacity_313]

That left hand shot filthy

[@klemintime1452]

We style on them a little bit

[@laca6499]

Great video!

[@127twilson]

Great Video. I am surprised you did not talk about NVIDIA Control Panel and the settings in there as well. Do you think they do not making much of a difference overall?

[@klemintime1452]

I haven't been able to see too much of a difference on my end with most settings, but I need to do a thorough retest. For now, I explained all of the settings in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJPWipZsndyMmtE

[@tycho600]

Just the video I needed, thanks bub

[@klemintime1452]

Glad I could help man! :)

[@ImPTDuck]

Thanks for your work as always ❤❤

[@DatsWutsUp]

Thx bro just subbed 👍🏼

[@eliaselhaddad5166]

If I play in Borderless, what are the best property settings? Like enabling full-screen optimizations, etc

[@APPLECAKEPIE3477]

One of the issues i'm having with this patch is that i'm getting these micro stutters that cut my sound for like a second, if i use any scope with magnification it will give me more stutters on top of the double render issue the game has with scopes, my settings had no issues last patch, and i even got a brand new M2 drive, i've tried many settings but nothing so far, my PC specs are: GPU: RTX 3070 TI FE 8GB (updated to the last version) CPU: AMD RYZEN 7 5700G RAM: 2 sticks of 16 gb each 3600 mhz with XMP profile on Disk: Kingston M.2 drive 1TB gen 4 (brand new) Windows 10 updated to the last version and as a side note, this Stutters are only happening with tarkov, i play War thunder, fallout 76, and many other games with no issues.

[@nickfitz9800]

Thanks you. Very well done video.

[@nonyabiz3874]

what programs best to be running for performance info bcuz using nvidia overlay crap atm and wondering whats best, thnx for the vids

[@klemintime1452]

MSI Afterburner or Intel Presentmon are the two I recommend most frequently. (Afterburner is the one I use)

[@kylepienaar3193]

This might seem dumb, guys, but, my bios for reason was clocking my 3600mhz ram at 2120mhz. I fixed it and literally doubled my fps. TL;DR check you RAM clock speed and use xmp in bios to fix it if its set slower than it's made to be.

[@127twilson]

Or D.O.C.P. if you have an AMD motherboard

[@kylepienaar3193]

@127twilson it's a-xmp on my amd board

[@walkman7073]

the fight in the beginning tho

[@shakerr]

Just want to add a note on mip streaming: I get severely increased loading screen times (2-10x), as well as frequent crashes (30-50% of the time) on raid end/ extract when I have mip streaming enabled.

[@goobsock8571]

Yup same and it is 100% mip streaming causing the end of raid auth errors

[@game-rlife2571]

Very good video thank you for the information 👍

[@gamble185]

What was this first clip I saw during the intro O.O I can't even get a kill when I'm full kitted and homie is just out there with a pistol clapping cheeks. Also very great video

[@Blobertbigly]

More videos regarding performance need to be like this. Thanks for all the good info

[@lilpullout]

im pretty sure in 99% of every other tarkov guide video you will see the exact same settings

[@exitusino]

Klem, thanks for this video. Whats about your nvidia control panel settings? Thanks for answer.

[@klemintime1452]

I have a video on that! It's right here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJPWipZsndyMmtE

[@Jason32Bourne]

How much of a difference would you say in BSG fixes/optimization as compared to .13?

[@hajduistvan12]

Hi Klemi love your content can you recomand me a texture resolution for a 16GB video card whit 16 GBs of ram? specs: R7 7700x RX 7900GRE 16GB DDR5 5600MHz thank you!

[@klemintime1452]

Try medium and see how you fair. If you aren't overflowing VRAM or RAM, try high for a scav raid.

[@briand6036]

Excellent video! One question how do you unlock refresh rate now? I remember it being a problem before where it was stuck at 60hz even if windows settings was set to 144hz or whatever. Thanks.

[@klemintime1452]

For me, all that was needed was to enable Nvidia Reflex. If you are on AMD though, I believe there is a trick in the AMD panel but I am not sure.

[@briand6036]

@@klemintime1452 I have an Nvidia GPU where is this setting in game or in nvidia control panel?

[@LeftNoobKiller]

Perfect video🎉

[@echo5827]

Ram cleaner had cpu bound stutters in online raids previously especially streets, haven't tested enough to want to enable that again just to use less memory

[@alanalbegatti8839]

Good day, KlemInTime! Thank you for your job, friend. How do you think why i have much more FPS (+20-30) in borderless than in fullscreen?

[@klemintime1452]

If I had to take a shot in the dark, it might be to do with the "disable fullscreen optimizations" tweak that was floating around, though I am not sure, honestly. That's extremely odd.

[@Annathroy]

I only got 4 gb of vram I think that might be destroying my performancw

[@b-ranthatway8066]

Thank you! I was wondering why my objects in raid looked like playdoh, so I disabled MIP streaming 😩

[@rtrezclap]

10900x cpu and a 3080. getting like 30% usage on my cpu and gpu respectively. Any suggestions? basic things have been done like ddr speed being enabled and toggling nvidia settings. Thanks

[@themythicx8735]

How do you get near 100% gpu usage? i can barely make it to 40%. I have a rtx 2080s and a i9-9900k and I struggle to get a consistent 90 fps in custom

[@OxideFour]

i have same CPU (13600k) and 3060ti and get about 110 fps on woods on medium/low. 1080p. Does this seem normal?

[@Lbgn97]

I would say so, but I would still recommend you experiment with higher settings, you might gain some fps even

[@IceBreakBottle]

VSYNC unlocks framerate.. sounds wrong, but Tarkov is the exception lol Pretty much only useful in raid if you have a 4090.. But I like having unlocked fps in the menus as it's super smooth navigating and moving things around