Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater PC Optimization Guide: Best Settings for Optimal Performance

Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater has high system requirements and is quite heavy. Here’s our PC Optimization guide for optimal performance.

Picture of MGS Delta Snake Eater poster
MGS Delta Snake Eater poster (Image via Konami Digital Entertainment)

The Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater is a remake of the original, featuring upgraded visuals and game assets. However, due to modern graphics, the system requirements are high. If you don’t have the latest CPU and GPU, MGS Delta Snake Eater may struggle to run smoothly at 60 FPS. Nonetheless, as long as you optimize the game settings, it should still run smoothly.

All the optimized settings for Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater are provided below.

Note: The settings provided below are based on the game’s minimum specs and shouldn’t be used for resolutions higher than 1920 x 1080.

What Are the Best Settings for Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater for Optimal Performance?

Picture of Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater graphics settings page
MGS Delta Snake Eater graphics settings page (Image via Konami Digital Entertainment)

One of the most performance-killer settings in Metal Gear Solid Delta Snake Eater is Global Illumination, which handles the lighting system. Keeping it on Low delivers much higher performance. However, that’s not the only setting that can improve performance. Using the right combination of Low, Medium, and High settings, we have easily achieved a stable 30 or 60 FPS on most modern PC.

Here are all the optimized graphics settings of MGS Delta Snake Eater to achieve optimal performance on PCs:

Settings30 FPS Gaming60 FPS Gaming
DisplayYour Primary MonitorYour Primary Monitor
Windowed ModeFullscreenFullscreen
Resolution1920 x 10801920 x 1080
V-SyncOnOn
Maximum Frame Rate3060
Anti-Aliasing MethodDLSSDLSS
Upscaling QualityBalancedPerformance
Graphics QualityCustomCustom
ShadowsMediumLow
TexturesMediumMedium
Global IlluminationLowLow
BloomLowLow
Motion BlurOffOff
Depth of FieldOffOff
Filter (New Style)Action ModeAction Mode
Filter (Legacy Style)Action ModeAction Mode

Final Thoughts

The above settings will help most PCs deliver 60 FPS, or at least 30 FPS, at 1080p. However, your PC must meet the minimum system requirements to achieve the same performance we did with the above settings.


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