Fortnite: The Best Settings for Graphics & Gameplay on PC, Mac & Console

If you're a Fortnite player, you may be wondering how you can tweak your game settings to help with performance or gameplay. Fortnite can be run on many systems (including PC, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and mobile) so the best settings may vary from person to person, but we've gathered up the best settings to balance gameplay and performance. We also go over the best sensitivity and aim assist settings in this article as well. Keep reading to learn more.

Fortnite Settings to Balance Performance & Graphics

Window mode: Fullscreen
Resolution: Native resolution
VSync: Off
Frame rate limit: Unlimited/monitor refresh rate
Rendering mode: DirectX12
View distance: Medium
Set most other settings to low or off to maximize FPS alongside graphics.

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Balanced Graphics Settings (PC)

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Balanced performance and graphics quality As computer builds can vary, these settings will help improve your Fortnite performance no matter how powerful your computer is. If you play on a console, you may or may not have all of these settings as some of them are computer specific, but feel free to adjust them to these specifications as you see fit. ^{[1]
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- Window mode: Fullscreen. Pick this over Borderless Windowed mode, as it allows the game to use all the available resources from your monitor to improve performance.
- Resolution: Set to your monitor's native resolution (likely 1920 x 1080 or 2560 x 1440).
- VSync: Off. VSync can cause input lag, and it's better to use Freesync (AMD) or G-Sync (Nvidia) if your monitor supports it.
- Frame rate limit: Unlimited. If you notice performance drops, change this setting to match your monitor's refresh rate.
- Rendering mode: DirectX 12, if your GPU supports it. If you have an old GPU, select Performance, but expect lower graphics quality and more FPS swings.
- Anti-aliasing and super resolution: FXAA. You can also turn this off if you notice performance drops, but it will lower the graphics quality.
- 3D resolution: 100%.
- View distance: Medium. If you need to further improve performance, switch to Near.
- Shadows: Off. Rendering shadows takes a lot of processing power, and turning them off doesn't detract much from the game's graphics quality.
- Global Illumination: Off. Rendering lighting takes a lot of processing power, and turning it off doesn't detract much from the game's graphics quality.
- Textures: Low. If you have a more powerful PC, you can bump this up.
- Effects: Low. If you have a more powerful PC, you can bump this up.
- Post processing: Off. If you have a more powerful PC, you can bump this up.
- Motion blur: Off. Rendering motion blur takes a lot of resources, and it can be distracting in a competitive game.
- Hardware ray tracing: Off.
- Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: On. Only available if you have an Nvidia GPU.
- DLSS: On. Only available if you have an Nvidia GPU.