If you are experiencing stutters and lag while playing Stalker 2, you need the best graphics settings, as they help significantly improve FPS.

So, with that said, here’s our Stalker 2 best graphics settings guide.

GSC Game World’s latest title, the newest entry in the long-running Stalker franchise, Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl, is a true next-gen experience created using Unreal Engine 5.

If you take the lighting and shadows aside, Stalker 2 is a hardware-heavy title that offers photorealistic graphics even in an expansive open world with many assets.

As a result, and because it is an Unreal Engine 5 game, even though you have a good GPU and CPU, the game’s performance is unbearable.

While playing the game, most players experience massive FPS drops, stutters, and crashes. But, with the right settings, like DLSS frame generation, you can double the FPS you are currently getting.

Best graphics settings for Stalker 2

Stalker 2 gameplay
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First of all, even though the settings below are optimal for getting high FPS, depending on your hardware, you may need to make some further adjustments.

Graphics settings

Stalker 2 best graphics settings
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  • Texture quality: Epic
  • Hair: Low
  • Object details: Epic
  • Effect quality: Epic
  • Materials: Epic
  • Post Processing: Epic
Stalker 2 graphics settings
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  • Antialiasing: Epic
  • Motion blur strength: 0%
  • Depth of field: Epic
  • Light Shaft: Enabled
  • Upscaling method: DLSS (For Nvidia cards, use DLSS; for AMD, use FSR; for Intel, use XeSS)
  • Upscaling quality: Quality (Use Performance or Super Performance if you need more FPS in exchange for quality)
Stalker 2 graphics settings
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  • FSR 3 Frame Generation: Enabled
  • Shading quality: Epic
  • Global Illumination: Epic
  • Reflections: Epic
  • Shadow quality: Low
  • Cloud: Epic
  • Fog: Epic
  • Sky: Epic
  • Foliage quality: Epic
  • Environment draw distance: Far or Medium

Display settings

Stalker 2 display settings
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  • Field of View: 90
  • V Sync: Off
  • Frame rate: No limits
  • Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: Enabled

The above settings are best for GPUs like RTX 3070 and equivalent. If you have a lower-end GPU, change Epic settings to Medium or Low based on your hardware.

However, the above settings let you experience the game on better FPS with minimal stutter and excellent visual quality.

That concludes our best graphics settings for Stalker 2 for better FPS.

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