Warhammer 40K: Space Marine 2 | OPTIMIZATION GUIDE | Every Setting Tested | Best Settings

[@benchmarking4386]

Patch 3 was released yesterday and introduced two new CPU settings, Physics Quality and Background Swarm Size. It seems that these settings don't significantly impact visuals but may offer a small boost to CPU performance. And Since the game is often CPU-limited, I recommend lowering them, similar to Cloth Simulation. I might release a video to demonstrate how these settings affect performance and visuals, but I'll wait until DLSS and FSR are updated and Frame Generation is added.

[@eirsilvermoon4911]

If you have never played it before and are interested in Warhammer, 40k Darktide just got a big update and its super fun right now, would love to see an optimization video from you because apparently they optimized the game a bit :D

[@KiLLaCaM607]

Pretty sure DLSS was also updated in that same patch. If you check the files, it seems the .dll file is now version 3.7. They also added a sharpness slider into the game as well which reduces the blurriness a bit from upscaling. Though I found around 30-50% seems to be the sweet spot at DLSS Quality. Also to note, I have preset E forced via nvidiaProfileInspector. Seems DLSS is worth revisiting now

[@AddamsFactory69]

Came here to check in after updates, looking forward to your next video on this title :)

[@MoNages2022]

I downloaded the game again. The new CPU settings make this game playable for me. It can still drop just below 60fps but I think I'm going to turn DRS on. You're right, you really can't tell the difference with the background swarm size, but it's possible they may run at half frame-rate to save on CPU usage.

[@mateusmenezes1748]

Obrigado

[@Charless4141]

My go-to channel for game optimization. No one does it better.

[@HankBaxter]

He really is awesome.

[@mori_a.Wolfboi]

Glad I'm here then

[@AvgSpice]

It's ridiculous how good this intro was! Like you can talk so well, it's great to listen to.

[@Z0011-]

Your optimized videos are more organized than digital foundry, best channel for this

[@ImStillWoody]

When it comes to optimized settings he's better than Digital Foundry. If you compare this video to Digital Foundry's you'll see that Digital Foundry left out important details about each setting.

[@asdtyuv]

DF has been going downhill and getting really lazy. a lot of their optimized settings videos come out over a week late

[@Z0011-]

@@ImStillWoody Yes, I noticed because digital foundry was using a RTX 4070 and their optimal settings were Cinematic and high on Wukong, and not considering mid range GPUs or CPUs, for me was a super lazy video hahahha this man takes is time to compare all settings at once, and we can get a better idea on wich setting is best for our GPU

[@FDx8500]

they are getting paid bro point blank period.

[@crescentmoon256]

digital foundry has a lot of bloat, they talk a lot now a days, of you go to their first videos you just have comparisions and nothing else now a days they just talk, talk and more talking

[@warren2336]

Thanks, man. Been waiting for this one. Still surprised an AMD sponsored title didn't launch with FSR 3 or 3.1.

[@AlfredBundy]

I know right. The devs said in a blog post they're adding it down the road though which is good.

[@geronimo5537]

everything about this game screams rushed on pc

[@costasachilleos9808]

No one will ever do it as plainly, and as detailed without spending too long, other than the necessary, explaining each setting. Thank you for your contribution. The Emperor commends you.

[@tangomango0308]

I was wondering why my game was running like shit. This channel is a gem

[@Kruckshanks]

Best channel on KZbin when it comes to optimizing games. Great work, been waiting for this

[@mice2dice]

Wow, very detailed explanation, even going into how different settings might affect each other, which updates are planned and showing clearly how the settings change. The emperor is pleased, brother.

[@braindeadgenius2143]

I can tell a tremendous amount of effort went into this guide. Thank you.

[@gontzalcaig]

This dude has the word king in his username for a reason 👑 🎉

[@3KPK3]

How the heck does this dude not have more subscribers? Stellar content.

[@benchmarking4386]

FOR THE EMPEROR 🔥🔥

[@s2wuolf508]

For a rtx 3070 ti, would you use dlss, fsr or taa for the upscaling?

[@benchmarking4386]

@@s2wuolf508 For upscaling, FSR2 is currently the best option IMO. DLSS is a blurry mess but if you don't mind the softness, it will offer the most stable image. TAA just uses FSR1, which doesn't look good.

[@UnskippableAD0]

Even in death, I still serve. FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!!!

[@cdproductions4865]

@@benchmarking4386 what does taa use when ur using native resolution

[@benchmarking4386]

​@@cdproductions4865It uses the game's default TAA, FSR1 is only used when upscaling.

[@ImStillWoody]

I'd kill for a Sharpening filter in this game, At 1080p sharpening filters can make games look SOOO much better.

[@1GTX1]

Try Luma sharpen with reshade

[@ImStillWoody]

@@1GTX1 The problem with using ReShade is that it can get you banned in Multiplayer games which Space Marine 2 does offer so its risky to use it.

[@aidanmills7188]

sharpen via geforce ...

[@ImStillWoody]

@@aidanmills7188 Tried that but sadly doesn't work with this game, Unless I use Image Scaling but that lowers the resolution which at 1080p just makes the game look terrible.

[@lunokhod3937]

This game's the first time my 10700k hit a wall, this video is very useful, cheers.

[@jonathanmora8208]

Wait for day one patch

[@d.ink3d]

theres something wrong with cpu usage, my 7800x3d always gets hot, even if i limit fps to 30 temps dont go down hahah, doesnt make any sense and never seen that before in any game.

[@carlosfred8673]

My liege! Thank you for blessing us with this glorious guide. The Emperor Protects.

[@rigsta]

Much appreciated, I must admit I'm just resigned to the "DLSS or slideshow" reality of current games, but the blur is so bad in this game I started looking for a solution. As a bonus your 3060 Ti rig is near identical to mine :D

[@a4.d47]

thank you man i completed the game with your sitting and it was amazing

[@tristancampbell5090]

Always come here for my game optimization vids. Thank you for the awesome video, as always!

[@MooTaters]

Great video, appreciate all the work put into it. I would note my personal experience though, Dynamic resolution on FSR seemed to cause some FPS choppiness and lighting issues(bright reflections from the floor texture) for me in some spots. Easily repeated by standing looking at an angle at the floor and walking around near the ship to leave for a mission. Switching to a set resolution(quality for me) fixed it. Core i9 9900K, RTX 3080(12GB) on latest drivers 565.90 for anyone who's curious.

[@lewisjones284]

7800X3D/4070s. Went from averaging 80fps to 120fps in the hub. Thanks a lot man 👍

[@TrueWarriorify]

Subscribed! You ARE AMAZING MY DUDE!, I just build a new pc with 7800xt and I was so frustrated because of the shivering, I was like "damn that s why no one buys Amd gpus", I even wanted to retour the card, I am not the type of guy that understands all the settings and likes to play the game with default settings the game establishes for me.

[@moabd7575]

i love your content. Thanks i recommend testing the CPU usage for every setting, especially for CPU demanding games like this

[@gorinpean]

This is easily the best optimization vid ive seen. love ur work lad

[@penguins0301]

After Helldiver 2 optimization guide. I'm already hooked to this channel

[@zanardo_m]

Thank you for always bringing quality videos. When I see a game that I want to play and I feel that my PC will struggle to run it, I come here and look for help in your videos. May your channel always grow!

[@gibster9624]

Always appreciate your optimization videos. Makes me feel.way more confident getting the settings right than I could do on my own.

[@dariuszkolka9553]

Thanks to Your channel I can play starfield with great FPS without loosing much of graphics quality. And now Space Marine 2. Thank you so much SIR!. FOR THE EMPEROR!!

[@gwynbleidd8723]

what a great guide, follow it with my 4060 laptop and it runs great. ALWAYS the best benchmarks

[@PeterClute-xp7he]

What fps are you getting on that laptop? I’m running a 3080 laptop and am having some problems

[@gwynbleidd8723]

@@PeterClute-xp7he 60 fps 80% of the time with those presets, lowest being 45fps. I am at the beginning of the game , probably

[@mategido]

Wow this was such a game changer, my game was looking bad and struggling, now it looks amazing and its smooth asf edit: specs are ryzen 5600g, 2060ti 8gb, 16ram, nvme. it really was struggling on low, the dynamic FSR and having some of the less taxing settings on high/ultra made it really look awesome and run super good

[@jmgonzales7701]

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti CPU AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics RAM: 16 Im trying to optimize it so it can run. Mostly dont care about graphics

[@JL-fd5pu]

Thank you for your optimization guides, always very helpful, well explained, comparison between all options. Results working like a charm, thanks!

[@obtains]

I think the out of video memory you get when using ultra is a bug because I get it too using a 4070 at 1080p.

[@miniwarriorsdo]

I got 3060 TI.and tho it's not the strongest GPU, it's still pretty decent, and SM2 was the only game to complain about memory on max settings. But the game isn't that poorly optimized, especially when you compare it to the recent releases. I guess it just needs a bit more time

[@captain_0860]

Just use v sync with dynamic resolution in this game and it works perfectly without v sync it doesn't really work as you want it to

[@GrindingMadness]

My go to for optimizing my newly acquired games. Thanks a bunch.

[@dbzy_cjk]

Thank you so much for the thorough guide! I hope we get more performance improvements from the devs in time.

[@George20757]

Since I discover ur channel, I never miss ur videos again, nice work

[@horizoncore451]

for better DLAA/DLSS you need to apply image sharpening in nvcp and force DLSS preset E with DLSS tweaks

[@xSabinx1]

So would that make it better than fsr2? Have a 3080 so wondering which to use after this video

[@horizoncore451]

​@@xSabinx1 yep, it has realy great image quality with additional sharpening

[@glue2065]

how did you get dlss tweak working it keeps crashing the game for me

[@horizoncore451]

​@@glue2065 I use GlobalForcedPreset and GlobalHudOverride to check current preset

[@Mrhandyhitman]

Yea but DLAA gave lower performance compared to the other tools for sharpening. At least that is what he pointed out. But I could be wrong

[@Igloomemes]

My life now is depending on this channel so keep going ❤

[@zumair6957]

Bro dropped a banger and thought we wouldn't notice.

[@stealthhunter6998]

@@zumair6957 luckily (in a way) for this game dlss is kinda useless for a lot of ppl anyway and dynamic FSR is easier to put on to stabilise framerate to whatever ur cpu can handle like he was saying cause it sucks when the cpu bottleneck happens and upscaling is making u gpu get 90 fos then suddenly it drops to 70/65.

[@conpico]

TY for this! Any chance of getting an optimization guide for Hunt: Showdown after the newest update? Love the videos!!

[@argusy3866]

Never start a game without Benchmarking recommendations 😁

[@lilouub779]

So good that i always came to watch your video even if i dont play the game. ❤

[@icantcallit2826]

Oh man just found your video i have a 3060ti also and about to upgrade my cpu to 5700X3D with this guide it will be playable my poor 5600g is struggling. Just Subscribed and hit the like button. About to go and check out your other videos. Awesome job my guy.

[@manuelhernandez771]

Hello, thanks for the videos, will you do one for Final Fantasy XVI?

[@diggles27]

first time I've seen a video from you. It was a superb breakdown and explanation.

[@sylnz97]

I prefer listening to troublechute's voice but benchmarking's breakdown and entire process of optimization is way better imo

[@racoonchief]

Can turn on image sharpening from nvidia control panel. follow the path in reg editor Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services vlddmkm\FTS and Set EnableGR535 to 0.

[@Ochirip]

High quality and thorough, 10/10.

[@maks230698]

I literally love you and your channel. Great optimization video AS ALWAYS!

[@BigDavos]

Great video this was straight to the point and not 1 hour long

[@Erowid13]

thanks for the vid. i decided to fart around and just put ultra on everything(turned off motion blur obviously) and never experienced any dropped frames. awesome to see how well optimized the game is, but i'll be using your recommendations now.

[@snowleopard8986]

It’s optimized decently but not very well ngl , still having a blast tho

[@Mc_Jordan2000]

For anyone wondering they just added a sharpness slider so dlaa is much better now as u can crank up the sharpness and it doesnt look soft anymore, it seems like fsr 2 was using a higher sharpness settings than dlss was originally.

[@hapticrus8540]

How much sharpening bruh ?

[@cooperlittlehales6268]

Very high quality video! You deserve more views

[@Chzbrgrlulz]

Skipped to the end so here's a comment and a like for the algorithm.

[@Fullmetalobiwan]

This was so useful I watched it twice.

[@TrollDenied]

Despite going from a 3070 to a 3090. i still like these videos because alot of settings just arent needed to be cranked to max

[@supEnoc]

Are you gonna take a look at the new Jedi Survivor patch?

[@ctsixthsense3828]

Best optimization game channel site out there! someone who knows his stuff❤

[@Olivotec]

New graphics options are available since the last patch, could you please update this?

[@galaxy-0175]

Budy you got new subscriber incredible fast work 🙌🏻🔥

[@Jadfisk]

Impressive breakdown. Really helpful mate

[@Nappy47]

Love your channel man. Keep doing what your doing

[@ncpomns4945]

Thank-you men for this video . This settings so confusing

[@viktoremil5428]

King, will there be a new video but optimizing Jedi Survivor? There's a new patch out that tightens up the optimization

[@Stardomplay]

The Goat of optimization back with another one 🗿

[@007chandradeep]

My man, can always put my trust in you to come out with the good shiz on time.

[@chrisanthony144]

Thanks bro as i've been waiting for this!

[@FateXO]

Can you make an optimized settings video for Jedi Survivor, it has recently gotten rid of denuvo and the performance is much better.

[@plas101]

been waiting for ya the past 3 days haha, thank you benchking, FOR THE EMPEROR!

[@tutiloco6749]

U are the Best man the only one that makes this type of videos ! Thanks

[@SuperLayercake]

Great job as always m8. Hope you can make a revised jedi survivor guide after the last patch. Thanks.

[@asadyousuf2940]

I can't wait for Ragnarok Optimization Guide (Pls make first Ragnarok Optimization Guid Then Final Fantasy XVI)

[@MrChickenD]

Thank you! I was getting 50Fps now I get 60 and it looks better

[@NPurvis7622]

Love your breakdowns, thank you so much.

[@jamesendelfrederic9690]

Best channel for optimizing my pc Games great Job!🎉

[@trollgaming6813]

Thanks for this. I can hit about 80-100fps, but I set these settings and locked it to 60 gsync on or off and the game feels great. I prefer GS as I don't like screen tear, but that's a personal pref. KUDOS

[@siteks536]

Thanks for the work dude for real. Perfect test, no bullshit...

[@DaimlerStool]

Hello Benchmark King, I like your optimization videos the best. There's a big free update coming to Warhammer 40K Darktide at the end of this month. Would you ever consider doing an optimization video for that game? As it's notoriously heavy to run. Thanks!

[@alexgoldbar]

Thank you for these amazing videos! Keep up the good work

[@henrikw377]

Super video, thanks for testing and sharing!

[@izidor]

Nice was waiting for this. Finally a game without raytracing marketing shit.

[@arifnurabidin2509]

Yes true....

[@clamatac]

thanks as always, your settings are law for my gaming

[@OliWinchester]

thank you very much! can't wait for the launch of the video!

[@SirBlicks]

If anyone is having problems with the game looking grainy. Use your desired upscaler or TAA if thats what you prefer and put the sharpness between 0.5 and 0.6 as it’s automatically at 1.0.

[@zacaritest]

I just discovered your channel and I think it's great! What do you think about making a video about Total War Warhammer 3? I can never get the balance right in that game 😬

[@whatssupersayin2591]

Well done on this video brother!

[@Tristan.Raymond]

I was awaiting this video so much !

[@ogxcoleman]

Thank you so much! You're a true BenchmarKING

[@iconic4609]

Now I can buy the game. Seriously, I was worried on my low end pc. I got an I7 with a 1080ti. I never play max settings. I always shoot for 1440p 60fps , with low-mid settings, but I don’t even know with this game.

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

Game is more cpu intensive, but the 1080ti is getting pretty old there

[@mybuddyscience]

@@sturmmagnunstein1008 it is equivalent to a RTX 4060

[@MrJupi]

This helps a ton, thanks man!

[@Doc_Valeri]

Thanks a lot man, this is going to same me plenty headaches

[@Aplayz42]

BenchmarKing drops another Banger! keep them coming!

[@gabrielochea6219]

no one: literally no one benchmarking: with all that being said 😩😩😩😩😩😩 best part

[@saadmalik6224]

Hi! Been watching your vids sinces spider-man remastered. Can you please make a optimization guide for "Star Wars: Jedi Survivor" Patch 9? Your testing and explaination is always the best out of all others in the same space of optimizing games.

[@Bintzzz]

Thanks you so much, from France ! ^^

[@EaugeneGusak]

Thank you very much! You helped me so many times!

[@seigneurduquebec7337]

hey everyone, buying lossless scaling is a must for games like this that doesn’t have FG.

[@K9VENOM]

Thank you so much. I am running a Rx580 and dam the game is smoother now.

[@stealthhunter6998]

My 5700X3D went to the 50s in the defend the antenna area while spinning the wheels for the gun. That’s the worst I saw. Did u have that too? Side note, had some minor traversal stutter and shader comp stutter too (like digital foundary said the shader comp was suprisingly to see at all and happened quite a few times especially in cutscenes making them stutter).

[@benchmarking4386]

The lowest frame rate from the footage I showed in the video was around 68 fps for just a moment (with FSR2 ultra performance). and Yes I did notice some slight hitches, but nothing game breaking, which is why I didn't mention it in the video.

[@stealthhunter6998]

@@benchmarking4386 Yeah it is by far a much smoother experience than anything UE5 has put out but it still isnt Horizon forbidden west smooth for example if u know what I mean. Just wasnt expecting shader comp issues at all given lots of games r getting that right atm. They were very infrequent and not massive hitches either. I have been using DLSS dynamic at 70FPS but now that uve mentioned it Ill use FSR 2 till DLSS patch happens. Side note dynamic resolution is by far the best upscaling setting wish every game had that. Use it in forbidden west too and use RTSS to cap it so it’s just always a flat 75FPS.

[@snowleopard8986]

@@stealthhunter6998horizon also doesn’t have hundreds of enemies being tossed at you at once , not including the amount of gore .

[@stealthhunter6998]

@@snowleopard8986 That’s not what I was referring to. Usually when the stutters do happen it’s during traversal or a shader comp stutter which has absolutely nothing to do with enemy density and usually occurs when there’s none actually.

[@ReginDeRivia]

THE EMPEROR PROTECTS! BenchmarKing honors the Imperium with this video! Saber just need to add a Sharpness slider like the one we have in The First Descendant, and we are good to go.