Changing this will change the quality of everything farther away which is pretty much everything except your plane. Shadows is one of the more taxing settings)īackground resolution – The background level of detail.
Shadow quality – Level of detail of shadows. (gpu. Texture quality – Textures are the images on geometry, this will affect the level of detail of those images. It is less taxing but also makes everything blurry. The difference is MSAA smooths only the edges of geometry while FXAA will smooth the whole screen. AA is probably the most taxing setting)Įxtra AA – Just another AA type, this is FXAA. The farther and steeper it is the lower the quality. (vram)Īntialiasing – AA is used to get rid of jagged edges. I’d suggest only turning this on if you are experiencing tearing as it increases input lag.Īnisotropy – Texture quality dependent on range and viewing angle. Vsync – Syncs your monitor’s refresh rate with the game’s refresh rate. Next to the graphics presets you will see a button with a gear on it, this is how you get to advanced settings. *Most everything in game also has a tooltip, not just settings.* I have also put in blue what hardware it most affects but this is general for all games, not specifically tested on WT.Īt the top you will see resolution, fullscreen (or windowed and full window), vsync, sound and graphics presets. You can also put your mouse over the setting (the scroll bar or checkbox) as some of them have a tooltip. If you want more in depth info, just google it. These are just short simple explanations. Some of you may not be so graphics inclined so here is a guide to what each setting does. War Thunder Graphics Settings Guide by kaewon