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Best Silent Hill 2 graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti

The Nvidia RTX 3060 and 3060 Ti are capable video cards for playing titles like Silent Hill 2. Although the game is quite demanding on PC, especially with visual effects like ray tracing turned on, the last-gen 60-class GPUs can push out a good framerate with a few tweaks to the graphics options.

This article summarizes the best options for an ideal experience on the 3060 and 3060 Ti GPUs. You can use these lists to quickly begin playing without wasting time on trial and error.

Note: The settings list reflects the writer's opinion.


Silent Hill 2 graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3060

Silent Hill 2 remake looks visually appealing on PC (Image via KONAMI)
Silent Hill 2 remake looks visually appealing on PC (Image via KONAMI)

The RTX 3060 is designed for 1080p gaming with little to no visual compromises. For Silent Hill 2, we recommend the highest Epic preset in the game with DLSS set to Quality bat FHD resolutions.

The detailed settings list is as follows:

Display and graphics

  • Screen mode: Fullscreen
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080
  • HDR: On, if available
  • HDR calibration: As per preference
  • Gamma calibration: As per preference
  • Frame rate cap: Unlimited
  • Dynamic resolution: Off
  • VSync: Off
  • Panini projection: Off
  • Supersampling: DLSS
  • DLSS preset: Quality
  • Renderer quality preset: Custom

Advanced quality settings

  • Anti-aliasing: TXAA
  • Resolution scalability: 100%
  • Shadows quality: High
  • Textures quality: High
  • Shaders quality: High
  • Effects quality: High
  • Separate translucency: On
  • Lens flares: High
  • Global motion blur: On
  • SSAO: On
  • SSR: On
  • SSS quality: High
  • Image sharpening: Sharpen medium

Graphics

  • Global motion blur: Off
  • In-game motion blur: N/A
  • Graphic mode: Default
  • Colorblind mode: As per preference
  • Colorblind mode severity: 0.50
  • Inventory visual effects: On
  • Show gameplay center dot reticle: Off
  • High contrast mode: Off
  • James' color: Blue
  • Allies' color: Green
  • Enemies' color: Red
  • Environmental interactables & save points: Cyan
  • Environment color: On

Silent Hill 2 graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti

The RTX 3060 Ti can play Silent Hill 2 comfortably at 1080p (Image via KONAMI)
The RTX 3060 Ti can play Silent Hill 2 comfortably at 1080p (Image via KONAMI)

The RTX 3060 Ti is a bit more capable than its 12 GB sibling. However, we recommend a similar set of graphics options for this card since it can't run the survival horror game very well at 1440p.

The settings recommendations are as follows:

Display and graphics

  • Screen mode: Fullscreen
  • Resolution: 1920 x 1080
  • HDR: On, if available
  • HDR calibration: As per preference
  • Gamma calibration: As per preference
  • Frame rate cap: Unlimited
  • Dynamic resolution: Off
  • VSync: Off
  • Panini projection: Off
  • Supersampling: DLSS
  • DLSS preset: Quality
  • Renderer quality preset: Custom

Advanced quality settings

  • Anti-aliasing: TXAA
  • Resolution scalability: 100%
  • Shadows quality: High
  • Textures quality: High
  • Shaders quality: High
  • Effects quality: High
  • Separate translucency: On
  • Lens flares: High
  • Global motion blur: On
  • SSAO: On
  • SSR: On
  • SSS quality: High
  • Image sharpening: Sharpen medium

Graphics

  • Global motion blur: Off
  • In-game motion blur: N/A
  • Graphic mode: Default
  • Colorblind mode: As per preference
  • Colorblind mode severity: 0.50
  • Inventory visual effects: On
  • Show gameplay center dot reticle: Off
  • High contrast mode: Off
  • James' color: Blue
  • Allies' color: Green
  • Enemies' color: Red
  • Environmental interactables & save points: Cyan
  • Environment color: On

The RTX 3060 and the 3060 Ti are almost a couple of generations old. However, they continue to impress with their performance for titles such as Silent Hill 2. With the above settings tweaks applied, both GPUs can comfortably push out over 60 FPS in the game.

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