Best Elden Ring graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3060 and RTX 3060 Ti

Elden Ring introduced tons of new content with the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC. The game is quite playable on the RTX 3060 and 3060 Ti with some tweaks to the graphics settings. The title continues to be quite demanding on graphics hardware, and you can't run it at the highest settings on last-gen video cards.

In this article, we will list the ideal settings combinations for Elden Ring.

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Elden Ring graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3060

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree packs beautiful graphics (Image via FromSoftware)

The Nvidia RTX 3060 works best with a mix of Medium and High settings in Elden Ring. This ensures the game looks best while not dropping frames. The title also supports ray tracing, but we recommend keeping it turned off on the 3060.

The detailed settings combination for the RPG is as follows:

Game options

• Toggle auto lock-on: Off
• Auto-target: off
• Manual attack aiming: Off
• Controller vibration: 0
• Ray tracing: Off
• Performance settings: Prioritize frame rate

Display

• Display blood: As per your preference
• Subtitles: Off
• HUD: Auto
• Show tutorials: On
• HDR: Off
• Mark new items: Off
• Show recent items tab: Off

Advanced settings

• Texture Quality: High
• Antialiasing Quality: High
• SSAO: Medium
• Depth of Field: On (Personal preference)
• Motion Blur: On (Personal preference)
• Shadow Quality: Medium
• Lighting Quality: High
• Effects Quality: High
• Volumetric Quality: Medium (or High, if you have 8GB or more VRAM)
• Reflection Quality: High
• Water Surface Quality: High
• Shader Quality: High
• Global Illumination Quality: Medium
• Grass Quality: High

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Elden Ring graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti

The 3060 Ti can play Elden Ring at the High settings (Image via FromSoftware)

The Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti is a bit more capable than its cheaper 12 GB sibling. You can crank up a few of the Advanced Settings to High with this GPU, but the brunt of the settings recommendation remains the same with this card.

Here are the recommended settings for the game:

Game options

• Toggle auto lock-on: Off
• Auto-target: off
• Manual attack aiming: Off
• Controller vibration: 0
• Ray tracing: Off
• Performance settings: Prioritize frame rate

Display

• Display blood: As per your preference
• Subtitles: Off
• HUD: Auto
• Show tutorials: On
• HDR: Off
• Mark new items: Off
• Show recent items tab: Off

Advanced settings

• Texture Quality: High
• Antialiasing Quality: High
• SSAO: High
• Depth of Field: On (Personal preference)
• Motion Blur: On (Personal preference)
• Shadow Quality: High
• Lighting Quality: High
• Effects Quality: High
• Volumetric Quality: Medium (or High, if you have 8GB or more VRAM)
• Reflection Quality: High
• Water Surface Quality: High
• Shader Quality: High
• Global Illumination Quality: Medium
• Grass Quality: High

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Both the RTX 3060 and 3060 Ti can hit 60 FPS without breaking a sweat in Elden Ring. You won't face major performance hiccups or stutters with the above settings applied. The game doesn't look the best, but it's sharp and crisp enough for the target resolution of 1080p.