Best PC Settings for ARK: Survival Ascended, Explained

Ark: Survival Ascended is the latest iteration of the beloved series. This time it was created using Unreal Engine 5.

After being showcased at the Xbox Partner Preview, fans are amped to take in the action on the new engine. You’re going to want to know the best settings to take full advantage of the new engine.

ARK: Survival Ascended – Best Settings for FPS

While Unreal Engine 5 is still in its early days, it’ll soon be the foundation a big chunk of future AAA titles. The re-designed ARK: Survival Ascended is one of these titles, and with the game now bolstering some amazing graphics, it may strain some older graphics cards – any maybe even some newer ones, too.

However, there are always handy tips and tricks players will be able to deploy to keep a game chugging along at a steady pace, like as making sure your drivers are up to date and ensuring you don’t have any unnecessary applications such as Google Chrome open while trying to load ARK.

They’re recommending an RTX 3080 or an RX 6800 to run ARK: Survival Ascended at optimal settings, so getting any bit of FPS you can is much needed.

If you do meet these requirements to run ARK, the following settings will optimize your FPS in some way.

• Window Mode – Fullscreen or Windowed Fullscreen
• Resolution – Max
• V-Sync – Disabled for most players
• Nvidia Reflex Low Latency – On + Boost
• Motion Blur – Disabled
• View Distance – Medium/High
• Anti-Aliasing – Low
• Shadows – Low
• Post-Processing – Low
• Texture – Medium
• Effects – Medium
• Foliage – Low
• Shading – Low

I suspect these settings will change as the developers are given more time to optimize the game.

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