Best Until Dawn graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti
Until Dawn, the classic PS4 horror adventure title is out on PC. The RTX 3060 and 3060 Ti can play the game at smooth framerates thanks to the fantastic port that works on a wide range of hardware. However, some customizable graphics settings even bring capable GPUs to their knees. You need to spend some time in the settings menus to squeeze out the best performance.
In this article, we have listed the ideal setting combinations for the last-gen 60-class video cards. You can use these recommendations to quickly get started in the game.
NOTE: Parts of this article are subjective and reflect the writer's opinion.
Until Dawn graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3060
The Nvidia RTX 3060 is a 1080p gaming video card. It can play Until Dawn best at this resolution. The Ultra settings are a bit demanding in the game, but it looks fantastic with this option applied. We recommend setting DLSS to the Quality preset to maintain 60 FPS.
The detailed list for the 3060 is as follows:
Screen
- Screen mode: Fullscreen
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Screen percentage: 100
- Framerate limit: Off
- Vertical Sync: Off
- Camera aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Quality
- Overall quality: Custom
- View distance: Ultra
- Anti aliasing method: TAA
- Anti aliasing quality: Ultra
- Post processing: Ultra
- Shadows: Ultra
- Textures: Ultra
- Effects: Ultra
- Foliage: Ultra
- Volumetric lighting and fog: Ultra
- Reflections: Ultra
- Shading quality: Ultra
Advanced
- Motion blur: Off
- Film grain: On
- Chromatic aberration: On
- Bloom: Om
- Image sharpening: 35
- Virtual shadow maps: Off
Resolution scaling
- Upscale method: DLSS
- DLSS: On
- DLSS SR quality: Quality
- FSR frame generation: On
Ray tracing
- Ray tracing: Off
- Ray traced reflections: Off
- Enhanced ray tracing effects: Off
- Ray traced ambient occlusion: Off
Until Dawn graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti
The RTX 3060 Ti is a bit more capable than its cheaper sibling. This card can play quite a few games at 1440p, however, we recommend sticking to FHD in Until Dawn. A similar set of Ultra settings with DLSS turned on works fine. However, you might choose to turn upscaling off if the loss in visual quality isn't to your liking.
The recommended combination is as follows:
Screen
- Screen mode: Fullscreen
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Screen percentage: 100
- Framerate limit: Off
- Vertical Sync: Off
- Camera aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Quality
- Overall quality: Custom
- View distance: Ultra
- Anti aliasing method: TAA
- Anti aliasing quality: Ultra
- Post processing: Ultra
- Shadows: Ultra
- Textures: Ultra
- Effects: Ultra
- Foliage: Ultra
- Volumetric lighting and fog: Ultra
- Reflections: Ultra
- Shading quality: Ultra
Advanced
- Motion blur: Off
- Film grain: On
- Chromatic aberration: On
- Bloom: Om
- Image sharpening: 35
- Virtual shadow maps: Off
Resolution scaling
- Upscale method: DLSS
- DLSS: On
- DLSS SR quality: Quality
- FSR frame generation: On
Ray tracing
- Ray tracing: Off
- Ray traced reflections: Off
- Enhanced ray tracing effects: Off
- Ray traced ambient occlusion: Off
The RTX 3060 and 3060 Ti are capable video cards for playing the latest titles like Until Dawn. You might have to crank down a few settings these days, given the cards are a generation old. However, with the above options applied, the survival adventure game runs fine.