Best Elden Ring graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3080 and RTX 3080 Ti

The Nvidia RTX 3080 and 3080 Ti continue to be powerful graphics cards for playing the latest video games like Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree. They were launched in the last generation as 4K gaming GPUs and continue to deliver superb framerates in some of the most demanding titles even today. Gamers with these cards have no reason to upgrade to the newer 40 series offerings given they ship with capable rasterization capabilities.

However, we recommend a few settings tweaks to get the best rendering experience in Elden Ring. This list will compile the ideal graphics option combinations for the last-gen 80-class video cards.

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Best Elden Ring graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3080

The RTX 3080 can play Elden Ring at high framerates (Image via FromSoftware)

The Nvidia RTX 3080 is available in two variants: 10 and 12 GB. Both cards are capable enough of running Elden Ring at 4K resolutions but we recommend sticking to QHD if you want higher visual quality.

The recommended video game settings for the game are as follows:

Game options:

• Toggle auto lock-on: Off
• Auto-target: off
• Manual attack aiming: Off
• Controller vibration: 0
• Ray tracing: On
• 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: High
• Reflection Quality: High
• Water Surface Quality: High
• Shader Quality: High
• Global Illumination Quality: Medium
• Grass Quality: High

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Best Elden Ring graphics settings for Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti

Steam Deck plays at 4K on the RTX 3080 Ti (Image via FromSoftware)

The RTX 3080 Ti is a bit more powerful than its older sibling. It can handle most video games at 4K comfortably without major performance issues. We recommend the High settings in Elden Ring with ray tracing turned on for an ideal experience.

The settings list is as follows:

Game options:

• Toggle auto lock-on: Off
• Auto-target: off
• Manual attack aiming: Off
• Controller vibration: 0
• Ray tracing: On
• 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: High
• Reflection Quality: High
• Water Surface Quality: High
• Shader Quality: High
• Global Illumination Quality: High
• Grass Quality: High

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Both 3080 and 3080 Ti are capable video cards designed to play the latest video games at comfortable framerates. They can easily handle slightly older titles like Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree at 60 FPS without major performance hiccups.