Star Citizen Best PC Settings - Double FPS Quality and Performance

Do you have bad experience in star citizen because of low fps, stuttering and bad performance? Well look no more, this video is for you. Today I will show you how to double your FPS and have smooth quality performance in game.
Follow this tutorial and you will have silky gameplay.
Have fun Citizens.
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[@PRIMEVAL543]

I can recommend setting the brightness somewhere around 45-48 and contrast to 55-58 for players that don’t want to use any extra software or hdr.

[@infinitespace239]

Nice tip mate. Thanks.

[@INFJ-ThaneTr]

Can literally use windows settings

[@mlwg9317]

It varies monitor to monitor...

[@adamu6941]

nice tip Primeval, its better on mine,!

[@WarHawkAU24]

Over the past few days, my 3080 has been struggling in game. It ran well before the weekend, so I'll give this a try. Perfect timing!

[@infinitespace239]

Glad it serves you. Hope everything is fine.

[@INFJ-ThaneTr]

Lol you think it's graphics card

[@WarHawkAU24]

@@INFJ-ThaneTr please share almighty one

[@qritical743]

@@WarHawkAU24 open world and physics is CPU based

[@AndyTheDriverFools]

Sorry bud I tell it how it is and that's the worst settings video I've ever seen nice try though. no DLSS ? & everything on high & chromatic aberration turned to 0 gets rid of blurring from DLSS I believe you basically put stock settings in & called video double performance? lol cool story.....

[@infinitespace239]

Mate this was settings for the old version of the game . You have the new video for 3.23. o7

[@paytonic1742]

Can I just say I’ve been watching you for a while now and you inspired me to purchase the 400i and honestly it was worth every penny because the sheer beauty of it is something otherworldly🤩 I also just wanted to say keep up the great work and hope to bump into you in game sometime o7

[@infinitespace239]

Thanks mate. Glad that it served you. Enjoy your new ship. I LL put the link on the community page of KZbin of our discord group today so you can join.

[@stevieC11Hanworth]

Fantastic choice sir Happy Exploring or doing bunkers on a bike xD

[@jinz0]

basically you said leave everything the same and it doesnt make a difference

[@infinitespace239]

Nope, some things have to be left at max but other can be changed, check my new video for 3.23 this was for 3.22

[@scottgust9709]

that wide fov looks terrible though

[@infinitespace239]

Yeah, but it is the bird eye look lol

[@TimDH0252]

i got a 3080 gpu but not the cache option available in settings :(

[@Patryk3461]

i have rtx 4070 ti and i dont have this option...

[@MarcWeavers]

ok that doesnt help me with my GTX980 :D (ive got a used 2070 coming)

[@infinitespace239]

For every GPU, as long as you use appropriate resolution. For 980 use full HD. With your new GPU it will be amazing.

[@MarcWeavers]

1920x1080 is way too much for this GTX980, though i havent tried it since doing a lot more reductions in the custom USER.cfg - gonna give that a try later...

[@infinitespace239]

@@MarcWeavers Just turn off Clouds.

[@MarcWeavers]

done ages ago, it certainly wasnt enough, hence the custom user.cfg

[@MrFogdood]

This is a terrible video. I f you don't know what you are talking about just stay silent. Picking just one thing off the top of my head. Turning Vsync off is not universal advice. If you game on a TV without variable refresh rate you very much want Vsync on. I appreciate that you are putting yourself out there and trying to do something good but if you're just adding to misinformation then it's not helping anyone.

[@infinitespace239]

Mate, test the settings than speak. What works for other games does not work in SC. Game is still in alpha. o7

[@MrFogdood]

@@infinitespace239 I was not criticising the game i was criticising you. Vsync is the same alpha or not. You should learn exactly what some of theses settings do before commenting publicly on them.

[@infinitespace239]

@@MrFogdood I know, and I say to you test it first with Vsnc on and G-sync on, than without. Also if you play star citizen on old TV, I have nothing to write to you use what ever you like. I am playing on oled c2 42 with G-syinc and Vsncy enabled in desktop; in game disabled. Test and you will see. o7

[@MrFogdood]

@@infinitespace239 Bro you don't understand. In my case if i turn off Vsync i will get screen tearing because the frames rendered wont be in sync with the TV panels 60hz refresh rate. That's what Vsync does. Turn off Vsync IS NOT UNIVERSAL ADVICE YOU SHOULD BE GIVING TO PEOPLE.

[@k-9633]

Infinite space is definitely in the right here. If v sync is causing screen tearing you have more serious problems. I recommend taking your computer to a reputable tech to have it looked at.

[@timjeffrey764]

Do you not enable full gpu sync in the console menu? I found this also gives 10/15 fps boost (hit the button above tab) then type r_ (hit tab 3 times) then set enable full gpu sync to 0.. also I found to fix micro stutters I use a program called process lasso (it’s free) I run a 2060 laptop and game works well enough to enjoy and play

[@infinitespace239]

I did try that, but did not gain any FPS, maybe depending on GPU. Thanks for the tips anyway. Program, I did not try , will take a look at.

[@timjeffrey764]

Did you try the control panel setting to 1? As I have had fellow citizens who said it was already on 0 but when they changed it to 1 it also has a gain .. I just tried it on both settings to see if there was any difference and for me 0 gave me about 10/15 fps boost .. as for process lasso it basically disables all the cores running for the same process(you can do the same thing in windows ) but I’m not technically minded so process lasso was easier to do (with the help of a YT video) 😂

[@infinitespace239]

@@timjeffrey764 Not shore but will definitely take look at it and report. Thanks mate.

[@Nipeno]

Most of the information in the video might work for you, but it not actually a way to double your FPS like stated in the title. It would rather reduce your FPS. A quick search for a reddit optimization guide would probably help more. - Keep Volumetric Clouds on Off / Medium, any higher setting lowers FPS quickly on planets - Low Latency Mode in NVIDIA Control Panel causes issues for some players, leave it off - Also set your Power Management Mode in the NVIDIA CP to Prefer maximum performance, unless you are on a Laptop that is not plugged in. - Optimizing your windows would probably help a lot too, but please don't touch anything in your registry unless you know what you are doing. Windows optimization would be things like enabling Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, Using the correct Power Plan, Turning Game Bar off, Turning Game Mode on, Disabling not needed startup apps Putting the Shader Cache to 10GB is correct and will help.

[@infinitespace239]

For the love of God don't turn game mode on, google it and you will see difference in tests when it is turned off. Everything else is for lower power machines.

[@Nipeno]

​ @infinitespace239 Game Mode just pauses Windows updates, restart notifications and prioritizes CPU and GPU resources more for games and takes them away from background tasks. Some games get better 1% lows with it on, some games have slighty lower Avg FPS, it depends on the System and the game. If your CPU can't handle the game and background tasks at once, prioritizing the game will help. Apart from the 10GB Shader Cache, anything in the NVIDIA control panel doesn't make a huge difference as long as its using the standard config. Anything mentioned in your video won't help if people are running their System on the "Power saver" power plan, which was not mentioned in the video. I'm not trying to come at you, I'm just trying to help people improve their experience in the game.

[@infinitespace239]

@@Nipeno Nope, max power will do nothing except for using more power. I have done benchmarks. Try it. Other games yes.

[@Patryk3461]

hi, I have an Rtx 4070 ti graphics card, why don't I have the shader cache size option in panel nvidia?

[@infinitespace239]

You have to search for it a little more.

[@desertbum8]

I'm pretty sure you don't want Vsync enabled at the same time Gsync is...

[@infinitespace239]

Yes ,you do Google gysnc vsync combo very good stuff. Try it.

[@skullhqx]

@@infinitespace239Yes, you are correct. The important thing to remember is to have Vsync enabled in the NVidia control panel, but not in-game. o7

[@infinitespace239]

@@skullhqx o7

[@mlwg9317]

Gsync lowers performance for Star Citizen.....

[@skullhqx]

@@mlwg9317 It will, but you won’t have screen tearing and a smoother experience. The fps cost is very little, at least with my system and monitor (LG 42” 4K @120 Hz C2 OLED).

[@sarpo99]

To be honest yes your settings are helpful but you are already playing with a top spec pc. Even you can affrod a 4k monitor. so why dont you focus on lover spec pc's so how to get better fps on lower spec computers. I would easily get smooth fps if I had 4090 and 4k too.

[@infinitespace239]

Actually you would not. Game is still in development and you will have same experience with 1080 and 3090 full of stuttering if you don't do this what I just did. If you have low spec Pc do everything that I did just disable planet volumetric clouds and lower resolution to your native. You will see difference. Test it and report back.

[@skullhqx]

@@infinitespace239I run a 4090 and I can confirm what you say that SC doesn’t really benefit from it that much. My rig runs slightly faster (@4K) than yours I think. Usually up to ~100 fps during quantum jump. Lowest is 30-50 at say New Babbage. Gsync does help a bit, but it will stutter from time to time. Atm SC just can’t really be stutter free. As SC isn’t graphically optimized yet, a 4090 isn’t a sound investment atm. Then again, I also play other games like MS FS and DCS World in VR and in such case the 4090 is a lot faster compared to my previous 3080Ti. Cheers o7

[@infinitespace239]

@@skullhqx Exactly, 4090 is a beast for other things :D But it helps to SC too but it is not stutter free.

[@plmokm33]

@@infinitespace239 I think SC is more processor heavy than GPU, I noticed a large performance increase once I installed a really beefy CPU. Of course probably the single most important thing for SC to run right is a SSD.

[@sarpo99]

@@infinitespace239 ı am running on a 3060 laptop so 60 at max

[@AshotArista]

Do you speak Farsi? I hear accent 👍

[@infinitespace239]

Sorry no, Croatian :D

[@tropicnight3166]

Would RTX 3070 8gb I7-12700K with 32 gbs of ram on SSD work good on this game man? Thinking about buying it bc patch 3.23 looking good so far.

[@infinitespace239]

Depending on what resolution you will play , 4 k you would suffer, everything else will be ok. If you desire to buy use my code : STAR-WN52-45MV You will get extra money in game and a free ship. Good luck Citizen o7

[@tropicnight3166]

@infinitespace239 will do man if I buy. I was gonna run it at 1440p at 60 FPS limt locked. I heard for the Intel core Processors u have to disable e-cores to get the game to run better idk.

[@infinitespace239]

@@tropicnight3166 i would not disable anything, you would be fine with 2k I have 3090 and run everything on 4k and ryzen 5800x 32 gb

[@KhulX]

@@tropicnight3166 you should be fine. There are some simple guides for e-core issue. The biggest thing for the 12700k is undervolting it for more stability and better thermals. You can also wait till the free fly week on the 17th if you don't want to commit, and test performance tweaks all you want while its free.

[@KhulX]

@@tropicnight3166 for 12700k, right click the RSI launcher, click on the target field. In front of the path to "..\RSI Launcher.exe" copy and paste this line (add a space at the end): %ComSpec% /C Start "RSI Launcher" /High /Affinity FFFF

[@maximillianiv9452]

That was a awesome ship you had there! What are the minimum PC req.ments besides 32 GB Ram?

[@infinitespace239]

Thanks it is Drake Corsair. Minimum PC req. Quad Core CPU - Intel: Sandy Bridge or later, AMD: Bulldozer or laterGPUDirectX 11.1 compatible Graphics Card with 3 GB VRamMemory16 GBStorage83 GB

[@Drgadjet]

@@infinitespace239 those requirements were from 12 years ago. Minimum for now (from what i can tell from own use) for a 1080p resolution: cpu 4/6 core + 16Gb of memory + and a card (nvidia 2060 or amd 3600 maybe) with at least 6/8 gb of vram and this is without testing so mileage may vary.

[@weibrot8324]

@@infinitespace239 @Drgadjet Yep these min specs for SC are a joke.

[@stevieC11Hanworth]

Some good tips. I have no issues with performance max settings 1440p 60fps locked my pc cost 6800 dollars. I recommend 1440 wide screen 3440 or wider. 4k and star citizen aren't compatible for stable FPS. Thanks for the video

[@infinitespace239]

Nice have fun mate.

[@stevieC11Hanworth]

@@infinitespace239 thank you. The key difference is I'm running 1440p to your 4k with a very similar gpu I have the 3090oc strix. If I was to run 4k I wouldn't have 60fps stable

[@stevieC11Hanworth]

@@infinitespace239 I drop frames at lorville to 40 however thats optimization issues the settings wouldn't help.

[@ЕвгенийТ-ы2ж]

Спасибо!

[@jotunheim5302]

Set power management mode to: Prefer maximum performance.

[@infinitespace239]

No, dont do that, it will only push you card all the time to max without giving anything. I have done the benchmarks no difference what so ever, better keep it as normal. Test it for yourself.

[@skullhqx]

@@infinitespace239 Max performance can indeed be set in the NVidia control panel, but you are correct it is less optimal if you have that in the global setting. However I would recommend setting it in the NVidia control panel for the SC executable itself. That way, after you quit, the system will switch back to the global setting = less power draw and less heat/noise.

[@infinitespace239]

@@skullhqx You could do that, but still it does not do anything for game, at least in my case. How about your 4090 ?

[@skullhqx]

@@infinitespace239 It won’t do anything with your GPU, max performance is something for the CPU, where it is forced to have as little downclocks as possible, busses are kept to the maximum speed, etc. When the CPU load is highly variable, this should give a noticeable performance increase. If the load is already high, but not variable, it won’t make much difference. So, in effect this setting doesn’t ‘cost’ much effort, as you can make it application specific in the NVidia control panel. When playing a game, you want max performance and if the game is already ‘flat out’, it won’t make a difference for wattage and heat anyway. But if the game has a variable CPU load, it will give you always the best performance possible. I’m all for saving power, but not when I need my system to run at peak performance. This setting takes care of that, while if it is not needed (when not playing a game), it can be made to switch back to the global default, saving power.

[@LeBikerdesiles23]

I have not this option in menu :S