Best Apex Legends PC settings: How to improve FPS & visibility

It's important that you know the best Apex Legends PC settings when playing, as it will allow you to get the best possible FPS and visibility to improve your overall performance. 

Due to the large map sizes and fast-paced, chaotic battles in Apex Legends, you'll need a consistent frame rate to compete, especially if you plan on taking part in the ranked system. Luckily, the game has plenty of options on PC that will help you smooth out performance, helping you get the most crisp gameplay. 

Read on below for our full breakdown of the best Apex Legends PC settings and how you can improve FPS and visibility when playing.

• Make sure you're caught up with the Apex Legends Season 18 update patch notes to see all the latest changes and features

Apex Legends best PC settings: System requirements

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Before messing with all the different settings, you need to make sure you can run Apex Legends by meeting the minimum or recommended system requirements. This is also a good indicator of how high you can push the settings, as someone whose hardware is well above the recommended settings can max out everything with a penalty to performance.

Minimum requirements

• OS: 64-bit Windows 7
• Processor: AMD FX 4350 or Intel Core i3 6300
• Memory: 6 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD Radeon HD 7730 or NVIDIA GeForce GT 640
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 56 GB space (+3 GB for localisation)

Recommended requirements

• OS: 64-bit Windows 7
• Processor: Ryzen 5 CPU
• Memory: 8 GB RAM
• Graphics: AMD Radeon R9 290 or NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
• DirectX: Version 11
• Storage: 56 GB space (+3 GB for localisation)
  
  
• Make sure you also know the Apex Legends character tier list for Season 18

Best Apex Legends PC settings

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Below, we will cover the best Apex Legends PC settings and what you should set them to for the best possible performance. We do recommend experimenting a little with the settings to get the perfect ones for you, and obviously, if you can get still get 60+ FPS on max settings it's worth it.

• Display Mode - Full Screen
• Resolution - Native monitor resolution
• Field of View - 90 or more
• V-Sync - Disabled (Enable if you get screen tearing)
• Adaptive Resolution Target - 0
• Anti-Aliasing - 2x
• Texture Streaming Budget - Medium
• Texture Filtering - Anisotropic 2x
• Ambient Occlusion Quality - Low
• Sun Shadow Coverage - Low
• Sun Shadow Detail - Low
• Spot Shadow Detail - Low
• Volumetric Lighting - Disabled
• Dynamic Spot Shadows - Disabled
• Model Detail - Medium
• Effects Detail - Low
• Impact Marks - Low
• Ragdolls - Low

That's all for our breakdown of the Apex Legends best PC settings, and now you know what settings to use to get the best performance out of your rig.

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