The First Descendant’s best PC settings: high FPS, graphics…

The First Descendant is the new looter shooter experience developed by Nexon Games. Although its minimum and maximum requirements are not exorbitant, you can get better performance from your PC by tweaking the settings a little of the game.

So here are the best PC settings for high FPS in The First Descendant, including mouse settings and more.

PC settings for high FPS

• Ray tracing : Without
• Additional options : NVIDIA
• DSLL (NVIDIA) : Performance
• Vertical synchronization : Without
• NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency Mode : With
• Image generation : Without
• Max FPS : 144
• Visibility : Average
• Antialiasing : Low
• Post-processing : AVERAGE
• Shadows : AVERAGE
• General lighting : Low
• Reflections : Fаіblе
• Textures : Pupil
• Effect : AVERAGE
• Vegetation : AVERAGE
• Shader quality : AVERAGE
• Objects : AVERAGE
• Physical : AVERAGE
• Motion blur : Without

If you want to avoid stuttering without completely losing graphics quality, you can try the Max FPS settings in The First Descendant. These options allow you to enjoy certain game details, while cutting out unnecessary textures or shaders that can slow down your experience.

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You can try changing other options to improve the graphics quality.

Balanced PC Settings

• Ray tracing : Without
• Additional options : NVIDIA
• DSLL (NVIDIA) : Balance
• Vertical synchronization : Without
• NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency Mode : Enable Boost
• Image generation : unlimited
• Visibility : Fаіblе
• Antialiasing : AVERAGE
• Post-processing : AVERAGE
• Shadows : Low or Medium
• General lighting : Low
• Reflections : Low
• Textures : AVERAGE
• Effect : AVERAGE
• Vegetation : Weak
• Shader quality : Low or Medium
• Objects : AVERAGE
• Physical : AVERAGE
• Motion blur : Without

If you don’t care about losing a bit of graphical fidelity in The First Descendant and want to prioritize smooth gameplay, focus on setting most settings to Medium or Low.

It’s best to keep options like Items, Physics, and Textures on Medium to allow you to focus on some small details in the middle of battle. However, you can lower settings such as General Lighting, Reflections and Vegetation.

You can also disable Vertical Sync and Motion Blur, which can significantly improve your performance in fights with high enemy density.

Mouse Settings

You can change your mouse sensitivity and key settings in the “Options” tab of the main menu. While these will vary depending on your playstyle, we recommend increasing normal and aiming sensitivity between 35 and 40.

Keep in mind that you can also choose the sensitivity for each individual weapon. To do this, focus on the type of weapons your main character uses and adjust them accordingly.

If you’re having FPS issues, make sure you have the latest versions of your graphics drivers. Here’s how to update NVIDIA and AMD graphics drivers:

If you have an NVIDIA graphics card:

1. Download GeForce Experience at NVIDIA.com.
2. Open GeForce Experience.
3. Click on the “Drivers” tab.
4. Select “check for updates” in the upper right corner.
5. Follow the steps if an update is available.

If you have an AMD GPU:

1. Right-click on your desktop.
2. Select AMD Radeon Settings.
3. Click the Home icon.
4. Select “New Updates” at the bottom left.
5. Click “check for updates”.
6. Follow the steps if an update is available.

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