Tips and Tricks: How to Change Resolution in Escape from Tarkov

In first-person shooters for PC, getting the right settings is vital to success. This is because it determines your game’s performance, which in turn is an important factor that determines your gameplay. It’s true for almost all titles, including Escape from Tarkov. To fine-tune your game so you can have a smooth game time, follow this guide.

Checking the Files

Let’s begin with the small yet helpful things that can give your game a performance boost. For the first one, do the following:

•        Open the location where you installed Escape from Tarkov. This is often in the Program Files.
•       Right-click BsgLauncher, then proceed to Compatibility Settings.
•    Under settings, make sure that the checkboxes for ‘Override high DPI scaling behavior’ and ‘disable full-screen optimizations’ are ticked.

Next would be the following settings:

For V-Sync, make sure this is off, as it causes lag. Why? Because if your GPU doesn’t churn out a frame rate that matches your monitor’s refresh rate, V-Sync will cut your frame rate to half. Plus, it’s not really a requirement anyway.

As for the whole “Limit to 60 FPS” option, don’t. If you have a good GPU, you won’t be able to make the most out of it if you turn this off.

Then there’s SSAO. For the not-so-tech-savvy, this means Screen Space Ambient Occlusion, which renders shadows that surround certain objects. They’re called ‘fake shadows’, and they can only be seen from your perspective. It’s better for this to be turned off, as it lowers your FPS. Do the same thing with Contact SSAO, which determines the amount of light that scatters shadows created when a light source hits a particular area. Unless you want prettier graphics, then you should turn it on.

All About Quality

Now it’s time for the more generic quality settings. First is Overall Graphics Quality. It’s preferable to set this to Medium. This is about having a smoother performance so you can get those Escape from Tarkov items (which you can later sell through Escape from Tarkov trading), not a higher definition of graphics, so just make do. If you don’t want to compromise, you can choose to set it to High. There is little difference between High and Ultra, so there’s practically nothing to gain in choosing the latter.

On the other hand, if you want to see your enemies better, set it to Low. It’s going to make the game a lot less aesthetically pleasing, but hey, you get a leg-up against your opponents.

As for Texture Quality, have this set to either Medium or High. While the former is better if you strictly prefer performance, having it on High won’t cause much of a slowdown. Now when it comes to Shadow Quality, it’s a tricky choice. If you increase Shadow Quality, the shadows are going to be a lot darker, making players hiding in these areas more difficult to find. If you want some sort of “fairness” and balance, keep it in Medium. But if you want a full competitive advantage and don’t care what people will say, put it on Low.

Detail and Clarity

For Object LOD Quality, keep it at 2. LOD means level of detail, and it determines how dense an object’s mesh is when the object in question is far from the player. Regardless of what your PC specs are, it’s better off at 2, as increasing it doesn’t make a significant amount difference.

Last, but definitely not least is Overall Visibility, which is pretty self-explanatory. While it may seem like a good idea to max this, doing so will take a toll on your PC, so you’re better off having it in the middle.

So there you have it–the most ideal Escape from Tarkov settings for players who want to have a bit of an edge over other players. On the plus side, due to these settings being much less demanding, your rig will be seeing some sort of relief.