The Nvidia RTX 3090 and 3090 Ti were launched as flagship offerings in the last generation. They continue to be fantastic graphics cards for playing demanding video games like Fortnite, which can easily bring even the BFGPUs to their knees. With some customizations to the graphics settings, you can get a balanced experience with high framerates and respectable visual quality.
In this article, we have outlined the ideal settings to play the battle royale smoothly.
Best RTX 3090 graphics settings for playing Fortnite at 2160p (UHD)
The RTX 3090 was initially launched as a 4K gaming GPU. It still keeps up to the promise pretty well. With the High settings applied and DLSS turned on, you can expect superb performance at this resolution. Keep ray tracing turned off for the best framerates.
Our settings recommendation for the card is as follows:
Display
- Window mode: Fullscreen
- Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (16:9)
- V-Sync: Off
- Frame rate limit: Unlimited
- Rendering mode: DirectX 12
Graphics
- Brightness: As per preference
- User Interface contrast: As per preference
- Color blind mode: As per preference
- Color blind strength: As per preference
- Motion blur: As per preference
Graphics Quality
- Quality presets: High
- Anti-aliasing & super resolution: Nvidia DLSS
- Nvidia DLSS: Quality
- 3D resolution: 66%
- Dynamic 3D resolution: Off
- Nanite virtualized geometry: Off
- Virtual shadows: Medium
- Global illumination: Lumen High
- Reflections: Lumen High
- View distance: Far
- Textures: High
- Auto download high-resolution textures: On
- High-resolution texture reminders: On
- Effects: Medium
- Post processing: High
- Hardware ray tracing: Off
Advanced Graphics
- Show FPS: As per preference
- Use GPU crash debugging: Off
- Latency markers: Off
- Nvidia Reflex low latency: On + Boost
Best RTX 3090 Ti graphics settings for playing Fortnite at 2160p (UHD)
The RTX 3090 Ti is a bit faster than the original BFGPU. We recommend similar settings for this GPU, with the High settings and DLSS set to Quality. Ray tracing isn't recommended if you're looking for good FPS at 4K.
The detailed settings list is as follows:
Display
- Window mode: Fullscreen
- Resolution: 2560 x 1440 (16:9)
- V-Sync: Off
- Frame rate limit: Unlimited
- Rendering mode: DirectX 12
Graphics
- Brightness: As per preference
- User Interface contrast: As per preference
- Color blind mode: As per preference
- Color blind strength: As per preference
- Motion blur: As per preference
Graphics Quality
- Quality presets: High
- Anti-aliasing & super resolution: Nvidia DLSS
- Nvidia DLSS: Quality
- 3D resolution: 66%
- Dynamic 3D resolution: Off
- Nanite virtualized geometry: Off
- Virtual shadows: High
- Global illumination: Lumen High
- Reflections: Lumen High
- View distance: Far
- Textures: High
- Auto download high-resolution textures: On
- High-resolution texture reminders: On
- Effects: High
- Post processing: High
- Hardware ray tracing: Off
Advanced Graphics
- Show FPS: As per preference
- Use GPU crash debugging: Off
- Latency markers: Off
- Nvidia Reflex low latency: On + Boost
Overall, both the RTX 3090 and 3090 Ti continue to be among the fastest graphics cards ever launched. They can play most video games without major performance issues at 4K. With the above settings applied, Fortnite runs at 70+ FPS without hiccups.