Bandai Namco Entertainment’s action role-playing game, Code Vein 2, is now available for PC, and we’ve put together the best settings for getting optimized performance on mid-end system specs and the Steam Deck.
Before we delve into the best settings for the PC version of Code Vein 2, make sure you’ve updated your GPU drivers and Windows to their latest respective versions. Additionally, disable or close any unnecessary background applications in order to reduce the CPU overhead as much as possible. The settings detailed ahead should provide a more optimized balance between graphics and frame rate compared to the presets available in-game.
Code Vein 2 Best Settings
The settings below are there to serve as a broad starting point for further optimization based on your specific hardware specs. As a result, you may need to further tweak some settings until you find a sweet spot based on your display’s refresh rate and the overall performance you seek.
GRAPHICS SETTINGS
- Screen Mode: Borderless Windowed
- Resolution: as per the max resolution of your display or preference
- Frame Rate Cap: as per the max refresh rate of your display or preference
- Draw Distance: Medium
- Anti-Aliasing Processing: NVIDIA DLSS on supported GPUs, TSR otherwise
- Upscaling Quality: Quality
- Vertical Sync: Off on a VRR/G-Sync supported display, else On
- Post-Processing: Medium
- Anti-Aliasing: High
- Shadow: Medium
- Texture: Highest
- Effects: Medium
- Material: High
- Depth of Field: Medium
- Global Illumination: Medium
- Character Model: High
How Does Code Vein 2 Run On Steam Deck?
GRAPHICS SETTINGS
- Screen Mode: Borderless Windowed
- Resolution: 1280 x 800
- Frame Rate Cap: 60
- Draw Distance: Near
- Anti-Aliasing Processing: TSR
- Render Scaling: 40
- Vertical Sync: On
- Post-Processing: Low
- Anti-Aliasing: Low
- Shadow: Low
- Texture: Low
- Effects: Low
- Material: Low
- Depth of Field: Low
- Global Illumination: Low
- Character Model: Low
As seen in the above video, Code Vein 2’s frame rate tends to stay below 30 fps on the Steam Deck using the lowest possible graphical settings, often hovering between the high 10s and low 20s. As such, we don’t consider the game playable on Valve’s handheld device.
