Apex Legends on PC has a well-featured graphics menu. Getting settings right gives a meaningful frame rate improvement without losing anything that matters for gameplay.
Display
Display Mode — Fullscreen Exclusive where available. Reduces compositor overhead.
Resolution — Native for best visibility. Dropping resolution in Apex hurts player model clarity more than in some other shooters due to the game's character design.
Field of View — 90–104 is the competitive range. Higher FOV shows more of the environment but makes distant targets smaller.
VSync — Off. Use adaptive sync through your GPU driver instead.
Adaptive Resolution FPS Target — 0 (disabled). This setting dynamically lowers resolution to hit a frame target — disable it and control resolution manually.
Graphics Quality
Texture Streaming Budget — Set to match your VRAM. None/Low if you have under 4GB, Medium for 6–8GB, High for 10GB+.
Texture Filtering — Anisotropic 8x. Minimal performance cost.
Ambient Occlusion Quality — Disabled. Measurable FPS improvement, no gameplay impact.
Sun Shadow Coverage — Low.
Sun Shadow Detail — Low.
Spot Shadow Detail — Low.
Volumetric Lighting — Disabled. One of the bigger FPS savings available.
Dynamic Spot Shadows — Disabled.
Model Detail — Medium. Low reduces character model quality in ways that can affect readability at distance.
Effects Detail — Low.
Impact Marks — Low.
Ragdolls — Low.
Anti-Aliasing — TSAA. Apex's temporal anti-aliasing is well implemented. NONE makes the game noticeably jagged at 1080p.
Color Blind Mode
Even without color blindness, some color blind modes increase contrast between teammates, enemies, and the environment. Tritanopia mode in particular makes enemy outlines more distinct for some players — worth testing.
What Moves the Needle Most
- Volumetric Lighting off — consistent large FPS gain
- Ambient Occlusion off
- Shadow settings to Low across the board
These three alone typically recover 20–40 FPS on mid-range hardware.
Monitor Settings
Apex benefits from fast overdrive and a well-tuned response time setting. Community gaming presets for your specific monitor at BestSettingsFor.com.
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