The Warhammer 40,000: Darktide beta begins at 10 am PT/1 pm ET on November 17-for the start times in other regions, have a look at our complete Darktide preorder beta release time (opens in new tab) post.

DLSS / FSR options are the easiest way to increase GPU performance.

If GPU constrained, turn down Max Weapon Impact Decals and Max Blood Decals.

If you're CPU constrained, turn down Max Ragdolls and Scatter Density.

But after all that, there's information on what each individual graphical setting does, and how it will impact Darktide's CPU and GPU usage. It's pretty dense as these things go, explaining (very basically, obviously) the roles of the CPU and GPU, lighting technology, 'parallelization,' and what a game has to do in order to render a frame in 16.7 milliseconds or less-the time required to achieve a 60 fps framerate. The specs above give everyone a pretty simple breakdown of what they can expect from their systems, but for those who want to go deep-I mean, deep-into what it all means, Fatshark co-founder and chief technical officer Rikard Blomberg did just that in a blog post (opens in new tab) on how players can maximize the Darktide's performance. Tips for maximizing performance in Darktide

Ray Tracing Settings: Global illumination high, reflections high.

Ray tracing high (4K, high settings, 100 fps)

Ray Tracing Settings: Global illumination high, reflections low.Ray tracing medium (1080p/1440p, high settings, 60-70 fps) Ray Tracing Settings: Global illumination off, reflections low.

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