Knowing the Best or optimum graphics settings for ARK: Survival Evolved can help you with a smooth gaming experience. This game, in particular, is pretty demanding regarding the Graphics requirements needed to run it.
ARK: Survival Evolved Best Graphics Settings for FPS⇓
If you can fine-tune the Graphics Settings, the game will look good and run at a decent FPS. With new DLCs being added now and then, knowing these tweaks can help you sustain a good gaming experience which we will show in this guide.
These would be the best ARK: Survival evolved graphics settings to make the game look good and gain decent FPS:
Best ARK Standard Graphics Settings⇓
These are the best standard graphics settings for ARK: Survival Evolved:
Resolution
Native (keep this default)
Windowed mode
Fullscreen (Use fullscreen for the best experience)
Graphics Quality
Custom (You can freely tweak settings to your liking with the custom option)
Resolution scale
Maximum (Maximum for best-looking visuals)
World Tile Buffer
Medium/High
View Distance
Medium/high (Medium for decent fps gain and quality)
Anti-Aliasing
Off (If facing jagged edges, keep this on)
Post Processing
Low – A game as demanding as ARK Survival Evolved takes up a lot of resources. Keeping post-processing low helps with saving resources.
General Shadows
Low (Shadows should be kept low for the gain in fps since these can take up resources)
Terrain Shadows
Low/Medium
Textures
Medium/High (For > 3GB VRAM); otherwise, Low
Sky Quality
Maximum
Ground Clutter Density and Distance
3/4 of the slider (75%)
Mesh Level of Detail
80% of the slider
Best ARK Advanced Graphics Settings⇓
These are the best Advanced graphics settings for ARK: Survival Evolved:
High-Quality Anisotropic Filtering
ON
Motion Blur
OFF (can take up some fps if this setting is turned on)
Film Grain
OFF – I do not like visual noise so I keep Film Grain OFF for most survival games that have this option.
Distance Field Ambient Occlusion
OFF (Occlusion should be set to OFF)
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO)
OFF (Occlusion should be set to OFF)
Dynamic Tessellation
OFF (Quality of lighting for the game. OFF for some fps gain)
Distance Field Shadowing
OFF (ON for high-end GPU)
High-Quality Materials
OFF (ON for 16GB or higher RAM)
Sub Surface Scattering
ON – Makes the reflections good to look at.
High-Quality VFX
OFF
Simple Distance Character Movement
ON (Typically useful for 3rd person view)
High-Quality LODs
ON
Extra Level Streaming Distance
ON (OFF if < 3GB VRAM)
Color Grading
ON
Light Bloom
ON (Does not take up many resources so keep these ON)
Light Shafts
ON (Does not take up many resources so keep these ON)
Low-Quality Level Streaming
OFF – You will not need this option if you have a medium end system like mine as mentioned in the guide.
Make sure you meet the minimum system requirements
Minimum system requirements for ARK: Survival Evolved⇓
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10/7
- CPU: AMD FX-8350 or Intel i5-3570
- RAM: 6 GB
- GPU: AMD Radeon HD 7970 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 2 GB DX 11
- Space: 75 GB
Recommended system requirements for ARK: Survival Evolved⇓
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10/7
- CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 5 2600 or Intel i7-4770
- RAM: 16 GB
- GPU: AMD Radeon RX 590 or Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB DX 12
- Space: 75 GB
Our system specifications used to test⇓
These are the system settings to test ARK: Survival Evolved for the given settings above:
- OS: 64-bit Windows 10
- CPU: AMD Ryzen™ 5 3600
- RAM: 16 GB DDR4
- GPU: GTX 1660 6GB DX 12
- HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200rpm
The above settings should fetch you a decent FPS to Enjoy the game. It will also improve the overall performance of the game. If you face any lags, try turning down the View Distance and Shadow Settings on the lower side.
That will make the game dull, but the overall FPS will improve. That will be all for this ARK: Survival Evolved best graphics settings guide.
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Last Updated on November 5, 2024
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Lol thx 60-80fps
AMD Ryzen 7 2700
AMD Radeon RX470 8GB
20GB RAM 2666MHz
Win10 Pro 64-bit
Glad it worked for you!
BRO MY GAME NOW LOOKS LIKE PLAYDO LOL
If I could know your specs I can help you in setting it up better. Generally not running in native can be a cause for a bad visual experience along with other factors.
i5 9600KF
16gb RAM
RTX 2060 6GB
Windows 10 Pro
Normal Settings
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Resolution – Native
Windowed mode – Fullscreen
Graphics Quality – Custom
Resolution scale – Maximum
World Tile Buffer – Epic
View distance – High
Anti-Aliasing – Epic
Post Processing – Epic
General Shadows – high
Terrain Shadows – High
Textures – High
Sky Quality – 80% Slider
Ground Clutter Density – 100%
Ground Clutter Distance – 50%
Mesh Level of Detail – 100%
Advanced Settings
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High-Quality Anisotropic Filtering – OFF
Motion Blur – ON/OFF optional
Film Grain – OFF
Distance Field Ambient Occlusion – OFF
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) – ON
Dynamic Tessellation – OFF
Distance Field Shadowing – ON
High-Quality Materials – ON
Sub Surface Scattering – ON
High-Quality VFX – ON
Simple Distance Character Movement – OFF
High-Quality LODs – OFF
Extra Level Streaming Distance – OFF
Color Grading – OFF
Light Bloom – ON
Light Shafts – ON
Low-Quality Level Streaming – OFF
You should get around 65-67FPS with these settings. Hopefully, it will make the game look not so bad.
Hey Bro can you help me for my settings for playing and streaming?
CPU Ryzen 5600X
Ram 16gb 3600Mhz
GPU 1070 TI
I have a i5 9400f
GTX 1660 ti
16gb ram
windows 10
I had the line across the screen problem for ages and made the mistake of resetting everything to default, then I had this problem and spent nearly an hour losing my mind trying to figure it out. This solution worked perfectly and I just want to say thank you and I freaking love the internet and I love you and I want to shower you in hugs and kisses, thank you!
Thanks a lot mate, I’m running:
Ryzen 2600
16GB 2666Mhz
GTX 1050Ti
and my game is running smooth and it doesn’t look that bad!
Glad its working out well for you 🙂
Hi
I’ve been getting around 30 fps regardless of the settings I set. The graphics do change but it doesn’t seem to improve fps. Any recommendations? I’m running it on my 6 month old gaming laptop.
Specs:
Ryzen 7 5800H
RTX 3060
16GB RAM
Intel i3 5005u
8gb ram
920m nvidia geforce
windows 10
NDIVIA GeForce GTX1650
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 six-core Processor
15,95 GB RAM
1920 x 1080, 60Hz
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core
16GB RAM
Radeon RX 580 Series
Windows 10
bro my game is 70% better after those settings, i had a overload of lightning, scattered frames and huge fps drops, glad to you it is now everything perfectly visible and the fps is stable, Thank you so much!!
Glad to help!