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📰 🪐 The Ahra Prime Times – Video Settings Guide | Week 5

[h3]🧭 HIRAETH – Video Settings Guide, Bottlenecks, and Stability Tips[/h3][p][/p]
Hello Travelers!
[p]We’ve prepared a detailed guide to help you understand how video settings affect performance in HIRAETH — and why FPS isn’t always the full story. Whether you’re optimizing your setup or troubleshooting crashes, this announcement is here to support you.[/p][p][/p][p]This guide comes from the updated Video Settings help panel — part of the new system arriving in a few days with update 0.9.8.1, alongside other improvements and fixes.[/p][p][/p][h2]What’s coming in the new Video Settings system?[/h2]
  • [p]Real-time preview of changes, shown on a selected scene (as in the screenshot below)[/p]
  • [p]Integration of standard settings with NVIDIA DSLL[/p]
  • [p]Persistent saving of all settings, including DSLL[/p]
  • [p]A dedicated help screen for Video Settings — containing everything covered in this announcement[/p]
[p][/p][h2]🎥 Understanding FPS and Settings[/h2][p]GPU is important, but not always the key factor. Lowering graphics settings doesn’t always improve FPS — if the GPU isn’t the bottleneck, the issue lies elsewhere.[/p][p]Auto Detect (Benchmark): The benchmark is based on rendering functions and your hardware. It works well with Recommended System Requirements, but it’s only a suggestion. HIRAETH is a live simulator — CPU handles many background systems that Auto Detect doesn’t account for.[/p][p][/p][h2]⚙️ NVIDIA Settings[/h2][p]You can adjust settings via the in-game panel or NVIDIA App (which may override HIRAETH settings). All DSLL features are available on GeForce RTX 50 Series. The panel auto-detects availability and sets them to enabled or disabled. DSLL runs in the background if available, and disables Vertical Sync by default. FPS is not the only measure of smoothness — DSLL improves responsiveness and visual flow.[/p][p]Tips:[/p]
  • [p]DSLL 4 is recommended over NVIDIA Image Scaling (NIS), if available[/p]
  • [p]Performance varies between Training Center and The Nesoi Island due to world size[/p]
  • [p]DSLL shines at higher resolutions — gains may be minimal at low resolutions[/p]
[p][/p][h2]⚙️ STANDARD Settings[/h2][p]Available for all GPUs. Recommended: Native Full Screen with Epic settings. Note: DSLL may override or misreport some settings in the panel.[/p][p][/p][h2]🧠 Bottlenecks Explained[/h2][p]HIRAETH uses NextGen systems for graphics and world loading. Performance depends on component balance — not just GPU power.[/p][p]Common Bottlenecks:[/p]
  • [p]GPU: Handles rendering, but not always the limiting factor[/p]
  • [p]CPU: Manages life systems, AI, and dynamic environments — critical for smooth gameplay[/p]
  • [p]RAM: Stores world data and textures — 16 GB minimum recommended[/p]
  • [p]HD / SSD: World Partition loads fragments dynamically — SSD (preferably NVMe) is strongly recommended[/p]
[h3]🔄 System Balance Matters[/h3][p]Even the best GPU won’t help if the rest of the system lags behind. Balanced setups ensure smooth gameplay.[/p][p]Unbalanced:[/p]
  • [p]RTX 4080 + i5 (2014) → GPU waits, CPU bottlenecks[/p]
  • [p]32 GB RAM + fast CPU + HDD → delayed world loading[/p]
  • [p]RTX 3060 + modern CPU + 8 GB RAM → micro-stuttering from memory limits[/p]
[p]Balanced:[/p]
  • [p]RTX 3060, Ryzen 5 5600X, 16 GB RAM, SSD NVMe → smooth performance across all maps[/p]
[p]If you’re upgrading, think holistically. It’s not a race for FPS — it’s harmony between technology and simulation.[/p][p][/p][h2]⚠️ Intel Core i9/i7 13th & 14th Gen Stability[/h2][p]Some Intel CPUs (Raptor Lake) may cause instability due to aggressive BIOS settings and high power draw. Symptoms: crashes, memory errors, sudden shutdowns under load. This is a hardware issue — not caused by HIRAETH or Unreal Engine.[/p][p]Solutions:[/p][p][/p][h2]🛠 Reporting Issues[/h2][p]Many factors affect stability and performance. Please report issues via Discord — Steam forum doesn’t support file uploads or screenshots.[/p][p]Always include your system configuration — it helps us diagnose display, UI, movement, and gameplay issues.[/p][p][/p][h2][/h2][h2]🧪 Legendary Stable 60 FPS – Tested Hardware[/h2][p]HIRAETH is developed and tested on older hardware:[/p]
  • [p]Intel® Core™ i7-6700K CPU 4.00 GHz[/p]
  • [p]32 GB RAM, Samsung SSD QVO[/p]
  • [p]NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 12 GB[/p]
  • [p]Windows 10, DX12[/p]
[p]On this setup:[/p]
  • [p]DSLL Ultra Performance → up to 50 FPS on The Nesoi Island[/p]
  • [p]Training Center → over 100 FPS on Epic, over 160 FPS on lowest[/p]
[p] After the announcement was published, on the test build 0.9.8.1, the performance I managed to achieve on Training Center at the lowest settings on my hardware described above. Setting the general graphics to minimum, I did not notice any significant changes on resolutions other than native.[/p][p][/p][h3]🏵️ Stable 60 FPS confirmed on The Nesoi Island (all Epic) with:[/h3]
  • [p]Ryzen 5 7600[/p]
  • [p]64 GB DDR5[/p]
  • [p]Radeon 7900 XTX 24 GB[/p]
[h2][/h2][p][/p][h2]🔜 Coming Soon[/h2][p]AMD FidelityFX™ Super Resolution


We hope this guide proves useful not only in HIRAETH, but in other demanding games as well. See you in the next edition of The Ahra Prime Times — or more likely, even sooner, when we announce the release of version 0.9.8.1 in the coming days.
[/p][h2]With gratitude and steady frame times![/h2][p]— The Developer ☵[/p]
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