FPS Game Settings Cheat Sheet: 8 Shooters, One Table

Competitive settings are 80% shared logic and 20% per-game detail, and most guides only give you one half. This page gives both: a single table you can read in thirty seconds, then a short note per game explaining what makes it different. No benchmark numbers, no "best player" configs — just values you can enter and the reasoning behind them.

The Shared Rules

• Render scale at 100 (or native). Softened edges cost you targets at range; expensive effects cost you frames.
• Shadows low. They darken rooms where players hold angles — faster and clearer at the same time.
• Textures and anisotropic filtering high. Cheap, and they decide whether you recognise objects at distance.
• VSync off, frame rate capped. Latency down, frame time flat.
• Motion blur off. It smears exactly the movement you are reading.

The Table

Counter-Strike 2

Turn Boost Player Contrast on — it is the highest-value toggle in the menu. Keep FSR disabled and anisotropic filtering at 16x. MSAA is a cosmetic cost here; CMAA2 or off keeps frame times flat. Full guide: CS2 settings.

Valorant

The game runs on almost anything, so spend the surplus on clarity: native resolution, textures up, effects down, and every "distraction" option off. Cap at your refresh; uncapped only adds heat. Full guide: Valorant settings.

Apex Legends

Visibility first: low shadows and low effects keep sightlines open, while TSAA stays on to stop edge shimmer on foliage. Keep texture streaming quality reasonable — muddy textures cost you target identification at range. Full guide: Apex settings.

Warzone

Render resolution at 100 is non-negotiable; cut shadows, reflections and ambient occlusion instead. Textures can stay Normal–High because they mostly cost memory. Remember textures stream in — the first minute after landing looks worse by design. Full guide: Warzone settings.

PUBG

Foliage is the rare double win: cheaper and better for spotting prone players. View distance is the opposite — do not bottom it out. Screen Scale stays at 100. Full guide: PUBG settings.

Overwatch 2

Two toggles define the experience: Reduce Buffering on and Reflex on, both for latency rather than frame rate. Render Scale stays at 100 so hero silhouettes stay clean. Full guide: Overwatch 2 settings.

Rainbow Six Siege

Your real decision is anti-aliasing: TAA steadies railings and window frames but can smear moving targets; FXAA keeps motion crisp at the cost of shimmer. Either is defensible. Keep LOD high so distant operators still read as people. Full guide: Siege settings.

Marvel Rivals

Unreal Engine 5's lighting is the cost centre: cut global illumination and shadows before anything else, and run the upscaler at Quality. Hero models stay at Medium — silhouettes are the information. Full guide: Marvel Rivals settings.

What to Change First If You Drop Frames Mid-Fight

1. Effects quality — particles stack exactly when fights happen.
2. Shadows — second most expensive, and low is clearer anyway.
3. Reflections / ambient occlusion — expensive, tactically worthless.
4. Frame cap down one step — a cap you always hold beats a higher one you sometimes miss.

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