Graphics tuning in Battlefield 4: more performance, better optics
The new "Frostbite 3" engine provides breathtaking graphics in "Battlefield 4". If you do not have a high-end PC, you will also feel this at the lower performance. With our practical tip, the first person shooter runs smoothly and smoothly even on older computers.
Adjust general graphics quality in Battlefield 4
You will find all the settings mentioned in the "Options" under "Graphics":
- We advise you to first set the "graphic quality" to "medium". So you get a good compromise between performance and quality.
Considerable anti-aliasing costs little performance
In the menu, the option is called "Delayed Anti-Aliasing":
- In "Battlefield 4" you can choose between "FXAA" and "MSAA" or a combination of both. With both variants you get soft edges. This avoids the well-known "podium formation". The main difference between "FXAA" and "MSAA" is the blurring of the overall picture that "FXAA" brings with it.
- The three "FXAA" options "Low", "Medium" and "High" do not differ in performance. You can therefore easily select "FXAA high".
- On the other hand, "MSAA" is not advisable, since this only results in sharper edges than "FXAA high" at the "4x" level. However, a multiple of performance is consumed, making "FXAA high" the best choice in terms of performance.
What options you can change if Battlefield 4 continues to stutter
- Lower the "Texture Quality" to "Low". The performance increase is stronger than the graphic difference to the "Medium" level.
- Switch the "ambient light" to "off". This makes the objects in "Battlefield 4" appear more plastic, but the first person shooter runs much more smoothly.
- Set the "Effect Quality" to "Low". Especially when it starts to jerk in explosions and other particle effects, you can play more smoothly again.
- Lower the "lighting quality" to "low". However, this leads to strongly pixelated shadows, which are sometimes difficult to recognize as such.
- If nothing helps, set the "over-sampling" to "75%" or even lower. With the option available for the first time in the "Battlefield" series, you can play in your usual resolution and thereby improve the performance. If the "over-sampling" value is below 100%, fewer pixels are calculated accordingly than are actually displayed. Of course, this has negative consequences for the optics.
If "Battlefield 4" runs smoothly on your computer, you can enjoy all the splendor of the collapsing skyscraper.