Best PC Settings for Dragon’s Dogma 2

Dragon’s Dogma 2’s open world can be a challenge to run. So today, we’re taking a look at the game’s settings and figuring out whatthe best PC settings are for Dragon’s Dogma 2.

Best PC Settings to Use in Dragon’s Dogma 2

Being the sequel to a 12-year-oldopen world RPGmeansDragon’s Dogma 2is going to be quite the generational leap in terms of visuals. Sadly, the current Triple-A game development culture doesn’t always take as much time as they should on optimizing. Instead, some rely on engine optimization shortcuts like temporal up-scaling (DLSS/FSR) to get the job done.

I’m not saying that Capcom hasn’t at all optimized Dragon’s Dogma 2. But there is little reason for the game to run so poorly when it’s not any more visually impressive than titles likeElden Ring and it’s upcoming expansion. With that said, here are the best settings for a decently consistent performance in mind:

A horizon showing destroyed buildings in Dragon’s Dogma 2.

These visual settings seem to be a good balance between visuals and performance. This is especially true for settings like Ambient Occlusion, Reflections, Shadow Quality, and Contact Shadows. Even If you want to try to squeak out a few more frames per second, you will still be heavily limited by your CPU from the NPCs and enemies that eat away at your CPU cores and threads. Thankfully, the developers are aware of the framerate issues and are looking into fixing them.

For more articles like this, check outour review of Dragon’s Dogma 2!

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