Graphics Settings

• The graphics presets are located all the way at the top of the window/screenshot, slightly hard to find, because they don't use arrows like the other options. Available choices are "Very Low," "Low," "Medium" and "High"—no "Ultra", this is probably reserved for RT, which isn't available at launch
• Window mode options are "windowed," "fullscreen" and "borderless".
• There's some weirdness around using a non-desktop resolution when frame generation is enabled. For some reason the game forces desktop resolution as soon as you enable framegen.
• V-Sync can be disabled completely, there is no hidden FPS cap
• Dynamic resolution scaling lets you automatically adjust the render resolution depending on the FPS target, which can be set between 30 and 360 FPS
• The FPS limiter can be set to 30 to 360 FPS, too
• Upscaling options available are "TAAU," "DLSS," "FSR" and "XeSS". With FSR you can even select the FSR version 2, 3 and 4 (where supported). DLSS doesn't offer that, but you can swap the DLSS of course.
• Frame generation can be selected from DLSS and FSR. You may mix and match upscaling and frame generation technologies, so DLSS upscaling and FSR frame generation is an option—great for GeForce 20 owners.
• The field of view range goes from 47 to 77 degrees, with the default at 57. I found 57 a bit too narrow and prefer 70

• The second screen called "Advanced" deals with more hardware related settings
• You may disable effects that might be distracting
• Motion blur intensity can be controlled here as well. On my screenshot the slider is disabled, that's because I enabled motion reduction in accessibility settings, which disables motion blur automatically—good thinking.
• The renderer can be switched between DX12 and DX11, no Vulkan in case you're wondering.
• Draw distance can be increased beyond the default of 140, up to 300
• In addition to that, there's an excellent amount of additional options to fine-tune the performance

Test System

• All cards used for comparison are Founders Edition / reference design. If a reference card does not exist, we use the closest model to ensure default clocks and power limit
• We tested the public Steam release for Dying Light: The Beast, not a press pre-release
• Our benchmarking scene uses real in-game gameplay in an outdoors location.