Nioh 3 is out now, and players, especially on PC, are wondering about the best settings and performance tips to have a smooth experience with the demanding action-RPG. In this article, we aim to provide the best Nioh 3 performance and everything you need to know about its DLSS and Ray Tracing support.
Nioh 3 Best PC Graphical Settings
Even though the initial setup on PC does a decent job of choosing well-performing graphical settings for your hardware, Nioh 3 packs so many menus and submenus for visual options that you’ll want to explore through them all to make sure you’re not missing anything important.
Don’t forget that patches often help improve performance, especially in the early launch period, so keep an eye on the Nioh 3 patch history to learn what’s changed.
The settings below target stable 1080p/60 FPS performance on the Recommended specs (which you can find listed below), but we’re including alternative options for builds above those specs too:
Visuals
- Display mode: Borderless
- VSync: Off (On via Nvidia/AMD control panels)
- Resolution: Native
- Frame Rate Cap: 60 (fixed) / 120 (fixed) if above Rec.
- Graphics Presets: Custom (scroll down)
- FPS Dynamic Adjustment: Off
- HDR: Depending on your monitor
Resolution Advanced Settings
- Upscaling Method: DLSS (Nvidia) / FSR (AMD)
- Sharpness: 0.6 (tweak to your liking)
- Rendering resolution: 66 (1080p) / 58 (1440p) / 50 (4K)
- Dynamic Resolution: Off
- Frame Generation: Off if targeting 60 FPS, On for 120 with DLSS (Nvidia) / FSR (AMD)
- DLSS Multi Frame Generation: 2X unless you’re uncapping FPS and have a solid base framerate
Post-Effects
- Post-Effects Resolution: Standard Quality / High if above Rec.
- Motion Blur: Off / Ultra (depends on taste)
- Chromatic Aberration: Off / Ultra (same)
- Lens Vignette: Off / Ultra (same)
- Noise Filter: Off / Ultra (same)
- Mach Band Noise: Off / Ultra (same)
- Color Precision: High Quality
- Depth of Field: On
- Lens Flare: On
- Bloom: On
- Subsurface Scattering: On
Advanced Settings
- Shadow Quality: Standard / Ultra if above Rec.
- Ambient Occlusion: Standard / Ultra if above Rec.
- Model Quality: High Quality
- Model Texture Quality: High / Ultra if above Rec.
- Number of Models Displayed: Many
- Wind Sway: Standard Quality
- Anisotropic Filtering: x16
- Effects: Standard Quality
- Motion Quality: High Quality
- Screen Space Reflection: Standard / Ultra if above Rec.
- Background Mesh Quality: Standard / High if above Rec.
- Terrain: Standard / Ultra if above Rec.
- Grass Density: Standard / High if above Rec.
- Volumetric Cloud Quality: Standard / High if above Rec.
- FPS (Cutscenes): 60 (fixed)
- Cutscene Quality: Standard Quality
- Global Illumination: Standard / Ultra if above Rec.
Nioh 3 System Requirements
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-10400, AMD Ryzen 5 2600 6 cores / 12 threads or higher
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 VRAM 6GB, AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Rev. 2.0) VRAM 6GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 125 GB available space
- Sound Card: 48000Hz 16bit Stereo
- Additional Notes: Multi-channel memory configuration recommended. SSD is required. Gameplay performance may be affected if the SSD’s performance is insufficient. Playable at 1080p / 30fps using the ‘Lightest’ graphics preset (with upscaling). Frame generation is supported. Note: Complies with Windows® 11 system requirements.
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows® 11
- Processor: Intel Core i5-10600K, AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6 cores / 12 threads or higher
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti VRAM 8GB, AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT VRAM 12GB
- DirectX: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 125 GB available space
- Sound Card: 48000Hz 16bit Stereo
- Additional Notes: Multi-channel memory configuration recommended. SSD is required; NVMe SSD recommended. Playable at 1080p / 60fps using the ‘Standard’ graphics preset (with upscaling). Frame generation is supported. Note: Complies with Windows® 11 system requirements.
Does Nioh 3 Have DLSS 4 and Ray Tracing?
Nioh 3 supports DLSS 4 with Multi-Frame Generation as an optional feature. However, it doesn’t have any ray tracing features, instead relying on traditional illumination, shadows, AO, and reflections.
There’s always the possibility of Koei Tecmo updating the game on PC (and possibly consoles) to include ray tracing at a later date, but such graphical features are absent right now. It would also be worth checking for mods to see what’s been added by the community. For beginner mods and tips, visit our page.
Nioh 3 Best Control Settings
Though you can customise the key bindings and tweak gameplay options that affect actions and key presses to better suit your needs, we highly recommend playing Nioh 3 with a controller and using the Type D layout so it better resembles other souls-likes’ controls:
This option isn’t limited to PC and works well with the recommended settings, which streamline the overall experience.
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