Control Resonant\u2019s New York is a visual feast. It\u2019s also a performance nightmare if your GPU is anything older than an RTX 3070. The game\u2019s dense cityscapes, constant particle effects, and ray-traced reflections demand more than most mid-range rigs can deliver. But you don\u2019t need to drop to low settings and play on a blurry mess. The difference between a slideshow and a smooth 60 FPS comes down to five specific options. Here\u2019s exactly where to spend your performance budget.<\/p>\n
Ray tracing is the single largest drain on frame rate. On an RTX 2060, enabling ray tracing at ultra drops you to the mid-30s in the West Incursion Zone combat area. Switching it to high brings you to 45-50 FPS. That\u2019s still not ideal. For a stable 60, disable ray tracing entirely. The game\u2019s baked reflections and dynamic lighting handle most scenes well enough that you won\u2019t miss the ray-traced version during fast combat. If you have a 3060 Ti or better, ray tracing at high is viable at 1080p. Anything weaker: turn it off.<\/p>\n
Remedy\u2019s art direction carries the game. The surreal architecture and volumetric lighting look nearly identical on high and ultra presets. On a GTX 1660 Super, dropping from ultra to high yields roughly a 25% frame rate improvement. The visual loss is almost invisible during gameplay. Ultra textures use more VRAM but show no visible difference at typical viewing distances. On a card with 6 GB or less, ultra textures cause stuttering when loading new areas. Set texture quality to high and leave it there.<\/p>\n
Ultra textures need 8 GB VRAM for consistent performance. On a 6 GB card (GTX 1660 Ti, RTX 2060), they cause intermittent hitches when the game streams in new areas. The same city walls and road surfaces look identical on high. The only place ultra matters is the pause screen menu where you can see Dylan\u2019s weapon details. During combat, you won\u2019t notice. Save your VRAM.<\/p>\n
Control Resonant<\/a> does not include a built-in benchmark. The menu screen runs at double the frame rate of actual gameplay. Always test by running through a known combat zone\u2014the Central Plaza with multiple Hiss enemies is reliable. Use the in-game performance overlay if available. Adjust one setting at a time and check the result in that same location. A 5 FPS gain in the menu might be a 15 FPS loss in the Evacuation Zone.<\/p>\n The game is demanding, but it\u2019s also forgiving if you pick the right compromises. Turn off ray tracing, set shadows and fog to medium, enable DLSS<\/a> or FSR, and keep textures on high. That combination should get you a stable 60 FPS on any GPU from the GTX 1660 era onward. Once future driver updates land, you might be able to bump one or two settings back up\u2014but for now, these are the settings that<\/a> deliver the most frames per visual impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Control Resonant\u2019s New York is a visual feast. It\u2019s also a performance nightmare if your GPU is anything older than an RTX 3070. The game\u2019s dense cityscapes, constant particle effects, and ray-traced reflections demand more than most mid-range rigs can deliver. But you don\u2019t need to drop to low settings and play on a blurry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":100449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cards.overcentral.com\/cards\/en\/97430.png","fifu_image_alt":"Control Resonant High FPS Settings for Mid-Range PCs","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-videogames"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cards.overcentral.com\/cards\/en\/97430.png","fifu_image_alt":"Control Resonant High FPS Settings for Mid-Range PCs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100450,"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97430\/revisions\/100450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/overcentral.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}