u forgot to put the file and the links ...!!!!!!

Every guy I know that is cracked at the game is playing at 240fps while my PC barely can do 80 on lowest settings. Still better than console though lmao.

As a member of the console community, gah damn that 47 fps in the thumbnail looks smooth 🙇‍♂️

Thanks a lot. My fps is still at 110-150 but feels wayyy smoother than before. I have just felt this kind of lag in fps without the numbers of it changing. This just made it all go away

Apex has a problem with anisotropic filtering, even trilinear. Only happens in very heavy grass areas like in olympus. If you are using a monster of a graphic card, well, you will get a fps hit but not very noticeable, but for those hanging around 100 most of the time, turning the filtering to bilineal makes a huge difernece (it is the only ever game where i have found this diference). Literrally, from 50s fps in the grass areas to 80....

Btw. If you can't get the "Set up Gsync" option to show up, you may need a display port cable as Gsync apparently doesn't work over HDMI.

Dude, this helped me SO MUCH! btw, I am no where near anyone's skill level here. i'm really bad at the game, BUT!!! seeing that smooth 120 FPS, and i don't see it going up nor down is a VERY BIG HELP. If I get to see someone jumping over me, the usual settings bumps the FPS to high to low, to high numbers. but now it's BUTTERY SMOOTH! Thank you so much Ottr !

I been having issues streaming apex on my PC and it's pretty mid range my PC this helped I can stream with no lag on my pc.thanks to both on you 🔥

you can disable shadows by changing "setting.csm_enabled" "1" in the videoconfig file to "0" and making the videoconfig read only in the properties :)

Thank you i love your content and your tips are making me a better player since ive watched you I’ve solo cued to gold 2 including this season

I appreciate the walk through man! Definitely made my PC run smoother with more FPS💯

after following many, MANY guides, i’ve gotten from a 120 fps to a consistent 200fps. everything in this vid is super helpful.

BRO OTTR THANK YOU SO MUCH MY FPS INCREASED DRASTICALLY NGL THIS WORKS SO WELL EVEN WITHOUT RTSS

6:14 Interesting, it's pretty well documented from numerous sources that RTSS has more input lag, but more stable frametimes than engine FPS limits (and vice versa).

You uploaded this right when I started looking at new GPUs lol

G-sync is amazing for those who struggle to hit their refresh rate, but if u can hit it consistently then having it off is prob more beneficial, either way personally I like to look at my frame times using RTSS and try to keep it linear for the best smoothness. If your fps is unstable jumping across 180 up to 300 you will have inconsistency in your inputs due to frame time variance. At the end of the day it is personal preference. Also if ur PC pulls 300 or 400+ fps on Apex u def don't need to worry about framtimes since the frame time variance is near or less than a few milliseconds that may not affect you. only downside of having a consistent frame time is for the times that u would normally exceed ur frame cap you would be missing out on newer info since the frame times are lower at a higher fps, I choose consistency over higher fps because I feel like it is better for muscle memory

Depending on GPU you might want to either turn off anistropic filtering or setting it to 2x at most if you are running a higher texture budget. Filtering higher resolution textures is taxing as all hell, so might want to turn it down for a bit more performance (this wasn't a problem in older games, but the more pixels per texture you are filtering the more it takes.. just saying). Another thing that might be worth looking into is how stable frametimes affect recoil.. this might be completely anecdotal or down to placebo but i feel like capping your framerate properly via RTSS somehow makes recoil smoothing easier (i have 240+ fps regardless in any situation, but capping at my monitors 165hz refresh rate with RTSS somehow made this feel better overall). Think this might be down to how recoil works as it uses frametime to interpolate toward the intended "push value" when you shoot.

"Prefer maximum performance" can cause stutter, when the GPU runs into the power limit, which creates a framedrop when the driver is then downclocking the GPU speed while the CPU is still requesting the same GPU render work. You can use this if you keep your GPU under the power limit for example by limiting FPS etc.

Had great previous experiences with RTSS, unfortunate that I haven't been able to notice a positive difference since I'm getting server prediction errors. But that should be totally unrelated.

what about disabling fullscreen optimizations in the properties tab of apex? and why would you increase texture filtering if your goal to have the most fps possible? also other youtuber doing the same said that in the nvidia panel „high performance“ performs worse than just „performance“ and negative LOD Bias on „allow“ makes movements blurry instead so you should change that to „clamp“

fast forward to 4 minutes of you don't want to waste your time

If you have Anisotropic filtering on with 8x, 16x the game looks so sharpened up, and on most of map it's pretty distracting specially on Olympus, I use 8x with Anisotropic on even tho people say its blurry, it's not that bad just imagine something like FXAA or Nvidia DLSS, that's what you call blurry stuff, All depends on your monitor and your likings ofc but Anisotropic with 8x is pretty good if you have mid pc

Image sharpening ON really helped with textures and to see better the targets and didn't affect fps at all

For anyone lagging in the lobby you hasve to change shadow spot detail to HIGH rather than VERY HIGH

I have a 1060 6gb I followed the guide and now i can see better enemies on arena and feels like I shoot better, thank you

Dear Ottr, I am a seasoned apex vet with about 500hrs on controller early in the games life and more recently 1300+hrs on PC from season 9 until now. I am a small time twitch streamer that started in January after buying a whole new setup. For all the hours I've put in this game I always feel like I just am not as good as I should be, until following this guide. I LITERALLY did not know that although my monitor is 200hz, windows had been capping that to 60hz by default and thus apex has been capping my game to 60fps. I just got off a 8hr shift at my normal job and it's 3am for me now so usually my apex games at this time would be pretty mediocre as I'm tired as hell. Literally my first game after following this guide and now maintaining a steady 197fps instead of 60, I shredded through a pubs lobby like butter with the easiest 12 kill 2.5k dmg game of my life. The game feels smooth as butter and I genuinely think changing these settings was the missing piece in my apex career. Thank you for elevating my game and sincerely changing my life. -ttv Symbioticl

I played 1080p 240hz for multiple seasons. Never used gsync or vsync and never noticed screen tearing ever. I recently switched to 1440p and without gsync/vysync enabled in control panel u can clearly see the tear running a solid 180fps on a 1440p 180hz monitor. Some of this tips will only be noticed by some depending on your hardware

Ty Ottr This was what I needed

Depends on Your needs. But I am playing on 3440x1440p @ 144hz (freesync=enabled), fps locked to 137 via AMD Adrenalin panel + vsync=on (double buffered), and frame pacing is pretty consistant. Texture streaming is set to insane. For my casual play it's sufficient.

Can anyone elaborate on what issues Low Latency Mode on Ultra causes? The nvidia control panel says it minimizes latency when both V-sync and G-sync are enabled so I always thought it was good to have. TIA

3:22 you have to tick the box below that says :enable settting for the selected display model ,if not the gsync will not work 👍🏻 @ottr

Dang! This help! Thank you!!!! Finally my PC can run 160 fps on this game(before around 120-130).

Yep this works, my frames went from mostly being around 90 to it got as high as over 120, I've never even seen that before on my setup

I can use this trick as apex recently started to lag a bit for some reason

I have 2080Ti and latest drivers and stuff, but for some reason I do not have Shader cache option for Apex particularly, I do have it for some other games, but not for Apex, also in Global settings I can only set shader cache size with options like Driver Default, Disabled to(from 128Mb to 100Gb) Unlimited. What should I choose?

Thanks for making this video man. There's so many other settings guides out there that are complete trash. Also, big props to old mate from reddit. Outstanding form gentlemen!

my friend really need this video lmao he always complain about how lag his game is.

I had terrible screen tearing on my 144hz monitor now im using rivatuner to fix screen tearing its working pretty well

Great guide, just one final detail then I can calm my Apex optimizing addiction. When we talk RTSS and capping to lowest frame.... Are we talking during an entire match, or just in general when not too much, not too little is happening? I guess it bugs me, because I don't know what happens if the frames dip below the cap that I make. I guess it just gives some input lag during that exact time that it dips below? Thanks in advance!! GLHF

Without anti-aliasing I was getting artifacts at a distance around bridges and steep vertical objects. Sniping would be a challenge with the target playing around these artifacts. Only have a 2060 super but seems to be getting a consistent ~158fps now using 95% of what ottr showed in this video.

Hi, kinda late but i have some question about my setup. So i played apex with Asus TUF GamingF15 Laptop with Intel i5 series and GTX 1650. What setting the best for my gear to achieve more stable fps because i can't make low latency mode on (only off and ultra opt available). And I kinda can't understand on how to tweak/setting the graphic setting to make it better. Any suggestion fellow? I highly appreciate any of your suggestion below. Thank you so much!

Holy shit u weren't lying. this does make u better. game looking sexy now

ABSOLUTE LIFE SAVER thank you dude

this may not make sense but when he used the sheild battery at the start how can you see the whole thing and how did he get it to move like that where it goes more up

its confusing whether we need to write +fps max 0 or not if we are using RTS frame limit. do we do both or only RTS?

thank you for this I caped my frames at 180 and now my aim is consistent

I would really recommend turning on antialiasing because without it jitter lines can crawl across your screen like the grass panels in Olympus and be distracting or look like bullet trails. Also effects details on low makes thermite grenades harder to see through. And make sure to turn impact marks to high if you are trying to practice recoil control as it allows more bullet holes to be visible. I would recommend turning vsync on only if you are experience highly distracting screen tear, otherwise keep it off.

I have a benq with Dyac+ premium should I use Dyac or gsync for apex legends?

G sync+V sync On if not if fps drop around 120-110 will feel stutter/sluggish(NVCP) Reflex On in game will auto capped your fps by 7, no need for riva or manual capped. For my experience, you don't need any sync at all if your fps consistent hit your max monitor. I use new monitor 1440p 165hz and with this setting it's feel smooth and free tearing.

i have a $11k pc I've been messing with settings a lot of setting to try and get a stable 300fps setup with minimal tearing and motion blur i have a 360hz monitor but apex caps out at 300 sadly its been a struggle tuning apex with the servers being so inconsonant i had most of the setting you showed already set up on my global setting in NVidia control panel but changet the gsync from full screen only to both and set up all the setting in r5apex to be set and not say same as global setting the game became more stable so thank you for the excellent explanations

So many stuff went wrong for me following this guide. broken my game

what do you mean by set your own resolution in the config file?

How i deal with input delay in low-end GPUs (RX 570 and i5 10400f) (edit: full focus on input lag. If you want a super smooth experience, follow ottr's RTSS tips): it's basically the ingame FPS cap: bold, i know, but i've tested many solutions, and it works - because it makes sense. I cap my FPS to my monitors refresh rate (75fps, 75hz) using the *launch command* : +fps_max 75. Driver or RTSS's caps may introduce some amount of delay because they are injected/artificial caps, defeating the effort - though Riva's Scanline Sync is so damn good and smooth, great alternative to vsync on non competitive games, or just the RTSS cap itself, really smooth. I run the game at very min settings @1080p native, just to make sure i can hit 75fps at all times. Tearing can be a problem in some days, messing the "smooth feel", but there are days where it doesnt seem to matter: maybe servers, maybe background tasks. Moving from Steam to Origin seems to have helped a bit (grain of salt). To any one interested, just look up "Battlenonsense input lag" on youtube: the dude made scientific-ish videos exploring AMD Anti-Lag, Nvidia Low Latency and Nvidia Reflex, trying to understand how they work, but also how (ingame and external) FPS caps are helpful in reducing input lag. TLDR about the guy's work: the reason capping FPS lowers input lag is because when the GPU is not at 100%, frames produced by the CPU will be rendered as soon as possible (because GPU is available), reducing delay/input lag. I probably wouldn't cap it at 120fps (if it was my minimum), the fluctuation wouldn't be so bad (for me). But it's really worth it at lower framerates: you get rid of the fluctuation without losing much responsivity, *shockingly* . If I had an Nvidia card I'd enable Reflex and not cap it, since it basically keeps the GPU just below 98%-ish at any framerate, giving the same effect. Having reflex+boost basically forces the GPU to "work hard" on max clocks, as to mitigate the 2% loss in GPU power. I don't have an Nvidia card, so idk, maybe capping would still be worth due to the consistency of frametimes and muscle memory. Since I game on an AMD card, I enable Anti-Lag: it improves input lag when the GPU is at 100%, meaning the drops below 75fps fell less jarring (they still feel noticeably worse, even when it hits just 74fps, because GPU would be at 100%). It's low-end, but it doesnt have to be jarring.

does this achieve the same effect playing on stretched resolution? (1440x1080)

thanks dude. I was about to give up.

bruh this video made my gameplay sooo much better ty

Thanks man I was getting 170-180 before I’m now getting 260

I’m digging the desktop background ngl

What abt the nvidia frame cap limiter? Or should we use rtss?

#1 reason my FPS drops randomly = Steam doing a random update somewhere,,, somehow lol

Any ideas as to why I run 220 fps on fullscreen and 240 fps on borderless window?

personally I feel like Freesync really messes with Apex, try Low-latency set to ON Vsync Disabled, Reflex Enabled in game, Sunshadow coverage Enabled, Shadow detail disabled, volumetric lighting & dynamic spot shadows disabled, impact marks high, ragdolls, effects, low, model detail medium or low.

Works perfect now! more smooth and look better, TY !

What do think about Backlight strobing or motion blur reduction, I've personally been using it since I first found about it and its great. But it disables G-sync on my monitor (AOC24g2) so do you think g-sync should be prioritized over backlight strobing? (I cap my frames 144 and occasionally drop down to around 120).

Nvidia control panel has frame limiter built-in and works fine like rtss.

Ottr do you run duel PC while streaming to keep close to consistent 240Hz. I have quite a high end system and struggle while im steaming on a single PC?

Yooooo! Viewtiful Joe! Memories from my childhood I didn't even remember existed! Thank you for this video ottr, I'm gonna go find my old ps2 and boot that game up.

did everything and got incredible amount of input lag, turned off vertical sync on control panel and game started to run buttery smooth. lmao

I've noticed freesync works better on 140hz or lower. Got a new monitor with 240hz I'm capped on 120fps on both but the new monitor works great without freesync

for those running on laptop keep it charged/wired for the fps

This guy talking about bottoming out at 120 fps 😂😂😂😂 me sitting here happy when I stay above 30 fps

Wait what if my only setting are ultra or off? What should I pick

Quite a few elements are wrong here! If you benchmark against Fr33thy's config for example you will see a difference.

one thing that really helps me is to play on fullscreen and "disable fullscreen optimisation"

Does anybody know what's the variable name for Spot Shadow Details in the video config? It's set as very high in the file and I want to tone it down to 'high' cause my lobby's getting laggy.

low latency mode in my nvidia control panel only has off and ultra, but my game has nvidia reflex so what setting should i put in?

Thank youuu!!!

Hey! at the end where you said "you have to run apex as an admin" Could you explain what this does and how it helps with recording and streaming? thanks!

Thank you, I finally have high consistent fps!

6:51 I can't get the Rivatuner to put that info and graphs on an overlay. Is there another program I need to download for what is displayed here?

it works! i feel the game better and looks very nice! TY

What do you use when you see your FPS, GPU etc.. on the side.

Just adding up something, i used windowed mode to make sure my PC doesn't overheat and having a lower consumptions of electricity, that is if you play apex in windowed mode with lower resolutions, your pc can go from 332w to 223w

amazing vid, worked perfectly my guy!

Im a new subscriber I have a question is it just me whenever there is a gunfight my frames just drops from 200-100? I have an rtx 3060.

So is it better to play apex on an invidia card over an amd card?

thanks ottr!

On latency mode I only have ultra, should I put off?

Thanks Bro! Deserved a Sub

So I want to make sure I understand right. After I download RTSS, I run a few games without it first and take note of what the lowest FPS is that my setup is fluctuating to. Then cap it on RTSS to that number under Framerate limit?

its amaizing thank you man

I have a 144hz monitor，but my pc usually runs like 200 to 230 fps, so i should lock my fps on 190(or200) or 144？

should we put same gpuframerate as u in local files?

Me with a low-end gpu: Imagine having any setting above low lol

i cant agree this, anti alasing on, textures very low, rest settings off, dats what helped me so much

I did this but im changing to a 4k monitor today, how do I go back to how it was?

the only reason I liked Kings Canyon is because I could hold 120fps most of the time. Might have to lower my monitor to 100hz for the other maps

Damn, I'm currently using a Zowie 2546 and it's not a G-Sync compatible monitor. That seems high key unfortunate that I cannot use both Dyac+ and have the smooth set up like suggested in the gudie.

So the lowest frames i drop to in game is around 150 at worst but im using a 240 hz monitor, what should i set my fps cap to?

One question about frame rate my pc can go to 200fps uncapped and i have 144hz screen should i cap it to 200fps or cap it same as my monitor Hz which is 144 ?