What are the best Monster Hunter Wilds settings? Capcom is once against seeing a new release struggle massively with performance on PC. Attempts to cover this up with upscaling and frame generation have failed, and PCs at all performance levels are seeing issues stack up. We've compiled some temporary fixes below, alongside our recommended settings, but Capcom is under pressure to release a fix sooner rather than later as things stand.
While Monster Hunter Wilds system requirements also highlight that older rigs will have to rely on aggressive upscaling to hit 60fps even at 1080p with low settings.
What are the best Monster Hunter Wilds settings for PC?
Here are the best Monster Hunter Wilds settings for PC s:
- Upscaling: Nvidia DLSS
- Frame Generation: Enable (if possible)
- Upscaling Mode: Quality
- Ray Tracing: Off
- Texture Quality: High
- Texture Filtering Quality: High (ANISO x8)
- Fur Quality: High
- Sky/Cloud Quality: High
- Grass/Tree Quality: High
- Grass/Tree Sway: Enable
- Wind Simulation Quality: High
- Surface Quality: High
- Sand/Snow Quality: High
- Water Effects: Enable
- Render Distance: High
- Shadow Quality: High
- Distant Shadow Quality: High
- Shadow Distance: Medium
- Ambient Light Quality: High
- Shadows: Enable
- Ambient Occlusion: Medium
- Bloom: High
- Motion Blur: On
- Vignette Effect: On
- Screen Space Reflection: On
- Scattering: On
- Depth of Field: On
- Volumetric Fog: High
- Variable Rate Shading: Off
With the above settings, I was able to play Monster Hunter Wilds at an average frame rate of 99fps with 1% lows of 51fps at 2,560 x 1,440, using an RTX 4070. At face value, these numbers suggest the game is quite smooth, but there's more to this than meets the eye.
Without frame generation, average performance is almost halved to just 53fps, with the 1% lows dropping to 32fps. I was constantly at odds with whether to keep frame generation enabled because the screen tearing would become intolerable in densely packed areas with multiple NPCs or during intense combat situations. Without frame gen enabled, these scenes are more visually stable, but you're losing a good deal of performance.
It may be worth dropping the settings to the medium preset with DLSS and no frame generation, and then capping the frame rate to reduce visual instability and input delay issues.
Monster Hunter Wilds reminds me of another Capcom game, Dragon's Dogma 2, in that it suffers from challenging optimization issues at launch. Capcom eventually worked to improve the U-bottlenecked DD2, but it took months.
How to improve frame rate in Monster Hunter Wilds
Monster Hunter Wilds is currently a mess on PC, with performance issues being reported across a range of areas, but primarily with frame rates. We have some advice to help you get the best out of the game while these issues are being fixed by Capcom.
Frame Generation
Monster Hunter Wilds confusingly recommends frame generation without doing any kind of system benchmark, and AMD has advised that low-performance systems avoid the tool.
Frame generation is best used when already achieving solid performance of around 60fps in a game, so if your system can't achieve this, disable frame generation for now and see if this helps with the visuals and stability of your on-screen image. Sometimes a lower frame rate is better provided it is more stable, the image quality is better, and input lag is reduced.
Enable resizable BAR
Resizable BAR gives you access to your GPUs entire frame buffer, rather than breaking it up into smaller chunks. This can result in better gaming performance if a game s the feature, although it isn't typically a feature listed in the game settings. Instead, a game will this at a deeper level, but having it enabled cannot harm game performance if uned.
You can follow our how to enable resizable BAR guide to find out how to turn this feature on.
Disable VBS
You can disable Virtualization Based Security, or VBS, in Windows 10 or 11 to potentially increase game performance by up to 15%. If you're willing to start the rather drawn-out process, you can follow this guide which will take you through disabling VBS in Windows.
Uninstall the high-resolution textures
The high-res textures pack is being reported as a major contributing factor to frame rate drops, latency issues, and frame spikes. Given that the quality of the textures is inconsistent with or without the pack, this is a relatively small sacrifice to make right now for a big return.
To disable the pack on Steam, you can right-click your install of Monster Hunter Wilds, select Properties, then DLC, and untick the high-resolution texture pack.
What are the best Monster Hunter Wilds Steam Deck settings?
Here are the best Monster Hunter Wilds settings for Steam Deck s:
- Upscaling: AMD FSR
- Frame Generation: Off
- Upscaling Mode: Ultra Performance
- Ray Tracing: Off
- Texture Quality: Low
- Texture Filtering Quality: Low
- Fur Quality: Low
- Sky/Cloud Quality: Low
- Grass/Tree Quality: Low
- Grass/Tree Sway: Off
- Wind Simulation Quality: Low
- Surface Quality: Low
- Sand/Snow Quality: Low
- Water Effects: Enable
- Render Distance: Low
- Shadow Quality: Low
- Distant Shadow Quality: Low
- Shadow Distance: Low
- Ambient Light Quality: Low
- Shadows: Off
- Ambient Occlusion: Low
- Bloom: Low
- Motion Blur: Off
- Vignette Effect: On
- Screen Space Reflection: Off
- Scattering: Off
- Depth of Field: Off
- Volumetric Fog: Low
- Variable Rate Shading: Off
I would not advise trying to play Monster Hunter Wilds on Steam Deck unless Capcom releases an optimization patch or a Proton hotfix arrives to improve performance.
At the time of launch, even with all the above settings turned down to their lowest, and AMD FSR on Ultra Performance mode, you will rarely climb above 20fps. Given the issues I've already mentioned for PC s, I wouldn't expect this game to receive a 'Playable' rating for Valve's handheld, and I've already outlined this in my Monster Hunter Steam Deck compatibility guide.
Monster Hunter Wilds accessibility settings
Monster Hunter Wilds lacks accessibility features right now with no colorblind mode and limited key or controller rebinding. Expected features such as subtitles (with extended customization options for text size, speaker names, and backgrounds) are available.
I do appreciate the motion sickness setting. This allows you to change the camera sway, lateral camera movement, auto-centering, motion blur, and camera distance. It will be useful for players who suffer from even light motion sickness as the game can be harsh on your eyes, especially in extended combat sequences or during fast-moving cinematics.
How we test Monster Hunter Wilds
At PCGamesN, we use dedicated gaming rigs to test the best settings for performance and gameplay in the latest releases. The test rig used for Monster Hunter Wilds includes the following components: Intel Core i7 11700F, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 12GB, 32GB of DDR4 3200MHz RAM, and MSI B560 motherboard. We also test using Windows 11 64-bit.
We always run our testing first at 1,920 x 1,080 to identify the best settings, then again at 2,560 x 1,440 using the same setup to gauge the difference in performance. We use CapFrameX to capture frame data and compare testing sessions. Due to the issues I've highlighted with PC performance, there isn't much to be gained from dropping the native resolution.
Does Monster Hunter Wilds need an SSD?
Yes, Monster Hunter Wilds does require an SSD, which is mentioned in the game's official system requirements. As such, you may need to one of the best gaming SSD options to ensure you're not left with long loading times.
How to monitor performance in Monster Hunter Wilds
If you want to keep an eye on performance in Monster Hunter Wilds on PC, we have an easy method that works whether you're using an Nvidia or AMD graphics card.
For Nvidia cards, ensure you have GeForce Experience or the Nvidia App installed and the in-game overlay enabled. Then hit Alt + R in-game to bring up your performance monitor. With AMD cards, you can enable performance monitoring via the Radeon overlay using the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + O.
Alternatively, you can free software such as CapFrameX or Nvidia FrameView to get a cleaner, more simplified benchmarking tool that works with any graphics card.
For Steam Deck or other handhelds, you can enable performance monitoring in your quick menu and cycle through various levels of detail, from frame rates to GPU and U usage as well as power draw.
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