How to increase fps on Escape from tarkov

1. Update Drivers

  • NVIDIA: Use NVIDIA Driver Download for Game Ready drivers. Optional: GeForce Experience.
  • AMD: Use official AMD site or Driver Tool.
  • BIOS & Chipset Drivers: Update motherboard BIOS and chipset drivers for stability and performance.

2. In-Game Settings

General

  • Automatic RAM Cleaner: OFF
  • Only Use Physical Cores: OFF
  • FOV: 64 (personal preference)
  • Head bobbing: 0.2
  • Preload Hideout: OFF

Graphics

Setting Recommendation
Texture Quality High
Shadows Quality Low
Object LOD Quality 2.5
Overall Visibility 1500 (lower if struggling)
Anti-Aliasing TAA High
Resampling 1x OFF
NVIDIA DLSS OFF
AMD FSR 1.0 OFF (ON for low-end PCs)
HBAO & SSR High
Anisotropic Filtering Per Texture
NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency ON / ON + Boost
Sharpness 0.2
Lobby FPS Limit 60
Other options OFF

PostFX: Optional; may reduce FPS but improves visibility.


3. Windows & PC Settings

  • Mouse Acceleration: OFF (Settings → Devices → Mouse → Pointer Options → Uncheck Enhance Pointer Precision)
  • Monitor Refresh Rate: Max available (Settings → System → Display → Advanced Display Settings)
  • Power Mode: Balanced (AMD) / High Performance (Intel)
  • Xbox Game Bar: OFF
  • Game Mode: ON
  • Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling: ON (test OFF if stuttering occurs)

4. Enable XMP (RAM Optimization)

  • Check RAM speed in Task Manager.
  • Enable XMP in BIOS to run RAM at advertised speeds.

5. NVIDIA Control Panel Tweaks

  • Power Management Mode: Maximum Performance
  • Low Latency Mode: Ultra
  • Texture Filtering Quality: High Performance
  • Vertical Sync: OFF
  • Threaded Optimization: ON

6. AMD Radeon/Adrenalin Tweaks

  • Radeon Anti-Lag: ON
  • Radeon Boost: ON
  • Image Sharpening: 50%
  • Anisotropic Filtering: Enabled
  • Vertical Sync: OFF

  • ISLC: Frees memory and reduces stutter
  • Process Lasso: Optimizes CPU priority
  • CCleaner: Cleans unnecessary files

8. Audio Settings

  • Master Volume: 100
  • Interface Volume: 30
  • Chat Volume: 100
  • Music / Hideout Sound: 0
  • Music on Raid End: ON
  • Binaural Audio: ON (optional, may reduce FPS)
  • VOIP: ON
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