Best PC Settings for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora — High FPS, graphics, more

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is Ubisoft’s first current-gen-only game, and it is extremely demanding, so if you’re struggling with performance, here are all the best PC settings for high FPS, stunning graphics, and more. 

It’d be odd if an Avatar game didn’t boast some awe-inspiring visuals, and Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora certainly delivers on that. It shares the same engine as The Division series, Massive Entertainment’s proprietary Snowdrop Engine, and has been praised for its graphical prowess.

The recommended preset in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora largely works fine, but you can still squeeze in some extra performance by changing a few settings here and there. So, here are all the best graphics settings for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. 

• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora PC requirements
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora best graphics settings for low-end hardware
• Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora best graphics settings for high-end hardware
• How to update graphics drivers

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora PC requirements

Before we delve into the best PC settings for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, it is important to look at PC requirements first, this will help you understand where your build stands and the performance you can expect.

Minimum requirements

1080p, Low Preset with FSR2 Quality/30 FPS. 

• CPU: AMD Ryzen5 3600 /Intel i7 8700K 
• GPU: AMD RX 5700 8GB /Nvidia GTX 1070 8GB /Intel ARC A750 8GB (REBAR ON) 
• RAM: 16 GB dual channel  
• Storage: 90 GB SSD 
• Operating System: Windows 10/Windows 11 with DirectX12

Recommended requirements

1080p, High Preset with FSR2 Quality/60 FPS

• CPU: AMD Ryzen5 5600x / Intel i5 11600k 
• GPU: AMD RX 6700 XT 12GB/ Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti 8GB 
• RAM: 16 GB dual channel  
• Storage: 90 GB SSD 
• Operating System: Windows 10/Windows 11 with DirectX12

Ideal requirements

1440p, High Preset with FSR2 Quality/60 FPS

• CPU: AMD Ryzen5 5600x/ Intel i5 11600k
• GPU: AMD RX 6800 XT 16GB/ Nvidia RTX 3080 10GB
• RAM: 16 GB dual channel  
• Storage Space: 90 GB SSD
• Operating System: Windows 10/Windows 11 with DirectX12

Ultra requirements

4K, Ultra Preset with FSR2 Balanced/60 FPS

• CPU: AMD Ryzen7 5800x3D/ Intel i7 12700k 
• GPU: AMD RX 7900 XTX 24GB/ Nvidia RTX 4080 16GB   
• RAM: 16 GB dual channel 
• Storage: 90 GB SSD
• Operating System: Windows 10/Windows 11 with DirectX12

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora best graphics settings for low-end hardware

The following Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora settings are for PCs with specs that are around the minimum required specs listed above.

Video

• Window mode: Borderless fullscreen
• Aspect ratio: Based on your build (e.g 16:9 – Native)
• Resolution: Your monitor’s resolution (e.g 2160×1440)
• Refresh rate: As much as your monitor support (e.g 60 Hz)
• Temporal upscaler: AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution
• Frame generation: On
• Scaling quality: Quality
• Scaling mode: Fixed
• V-sync: Off
• Frame rate limit: Off

Graphics

• Graphics quality: Custom
• Motion blur: High 
• Depth of field: Medium
• Shadow quality: Low
• Sun contact shadows: Medium
• Spot shadows: Medium 
• Spot shadows resolution: Low
• Shadow proxies: On
• Specular reflections: Very Low
• Diffuse reflections: Low
• Environment reflection quality: High
• Volumetric clouds: Medium
• Volumetric fog: Low
• Extra streaming distance: 5
• Object detail: 15
• BVH quality: High
• Microdetail quality: High
• Particle detail: Low
• Scatter density: Low 
• Dither fade: On
• Spotlight projection resolution: 256
• Destruction quality: Medium
• Terrain tessellation: Medium

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora best graphics settings for high-end hardware

If you have top-of-the-line hardware, these are the best optimal settings for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, to get the maximum possible frame rates.

Video

• Window mode: Borderless fullscreen
• Aspect ratio: Based on your build (e.g 16:9 – Native)
• Resolution: Your monitor’s resolution (e.g 2160×1440)
• Refresh rate: Maximum Hz your monitor supports (e.g 60 Hz)
• Temporal upscaler: AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution
• Frame generation: On
• Scaling quality: Ultra Quality
• Scaling mode: Biased
• V-sync: Off
• Frame rate limit: Off

Graphics 

• Graphics quality: Custom
• Motion blur: Off 
• Depth of field: High
• Shadow quality: High
• Sun contact shadows: Medium
• Spot shadows: High 
• Spot shadows resolution: High
• Shadow proxies: Off
• Specular reflections: High
• Diffuse reflections: High
• Environment reflection quality: High
• Volumetric clouds: High
• Volumetric fog: Medium
• Extra streaming distance: 5+
• Object detail: 15+
• BVH quality: High
• Microdetail quality: Ultra
• Particle detail: High
• Scatter density: Ultra 
• Dither fade: On
• Spotlight projection resolution: 512
• Destruction quality: High
• Terrain tessellation: High

There is also a hidden graphical setting called “Unobtanium” that is meant for future hardware, and Ubisoft says even the most capable hardware currently will struggle with the setting. We’re, obviously, not going to recommend turning that on.

But if your PC is doing fine on the Ultra preset and you want to push it further, you can try the Unobtanium setting by using the command “unlockmaxsettings,” as detailed by Ubisoft in their blog post.

Ubisoft

How to update graphics drivers

Outdated drivers are the usual suspects for performance issues, especially when playing the latest and most demanding games like Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora. So, here’s how to upgrade your drivers.

Update NVIDIA graphics driver:

1. Download “GeForce Experience” from NVIDIA.com.
2. Open the “GeForce Experience” app.
3. Click on “Drivers.”
4. Then click on “Check for Updates.”

Update AMD graphics driver

1. Go to the desktop home screen and right-click.
2. Select “AMD Radeon Settings.”
3. Click on the Home icon.
4. Click on “New Update”
5. Then select “Check for updates.”

That’s all you need to know about the best PC Settings for Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, for more on the game, check out:

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