Capcom’s latest survival horror game, Resident Evil Requiem, 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 Resident Evil Requiem, 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.
Resident Evil Requiem 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
- Display Mode: Borderless Window
- Vertical Synchronization: Off on a VRR/G-Sync supported display, else On
- Screen Resolution: as per the max resolution of your display or preference
- Frame Rate: Variable
- Motion Blur: On
- Ray Tracing: On
- Hair Strands: On
- Graphics Quality: Custom
- Upscaling Quality: Custom
- Lighting and Shadow Quality: Custom
- Texture Quality: High
- Texture Filter Quality: High (ANISO x 16)
- Mesh Quality: Standard
- Subsurface Scattering: High
- Depth of Field: On
- Upscaling Technology: NVIDIA DLSS on supported GPUs, AMD FSR otherwise
- Upscaling Mode: Quality
- Particle Lighting: On
- Volumetric Fog Resolution: High
- Lens Dirt: On
- Lens Flare: High
- Shadow Quality: Medium
- Contact Shadows: On
- Ambient Occlusion: High
- VFX Quality: Standard
How Does Resident Evil Requiem Run On Steam Deck?
GRAPHICS
- Display Mode: Borderless Window
- Vertical Synchronization: Off
- Screen Resolution: 1280 x 720
- Frame Rate: Variable
- Motion Blur: Off
- Hair Strands: Off
- Graphics Quality: Custom
- Upscaling Quality: Custom
- Lighting and Shadow Quality: Custom
- Texture Quality: Low
- Texture Filter Quality: High (ANISO x 16)
- Mesh Quality: Low
- Screen Space Reflections: On
- Subsurface Scattering: Low
- Depth of Field: Off
- Upscaling Technology: AMD FSR
- Upscaling Mode: Quality
- Particle Lighting: On
- Volumetric Fog Resolution: Lowest
- Lens Dirt: Off
- Lens Flare: Off
- Shadow Quality: Low
- Contact Shadows: On
- Ambient Occlusion: Off
- VFX Quality: Low
As seen in the above video, Resident Evil Requiem often tends to maintain a frame rate of 45 fps on the Steam Deck OLED using mostly low graphical settings, with some occasional dips into the low 40s. As such, we consider the game playable on Valve’s handheld device.
