New World Aeternum: Best Settings for RTX 40 Series

These are the best overall settings for New World Aeternum, ready to be dialed in on any of your RTX 40 Series GPUs.

Smelting in New World (Image via Amazon Games)
Smelting in the New World (Image via Amazon Games)

New World Aeternum utilizes the Amazon Lumberyard engine (now called O3DE) and has high system requirements. The game initially had a rocky launch, but after numerous updates, its performance has improved to average. With the default settings, the frame-time graph will be extremely inconsistent, full of micro stuttering, input lag, frame pacing, and rubber banding issues.

With the settings below, we have tuned the game to maintain its visual appeal while also fixing the performance. Soloing in regions like Ebonscale Reach, Brightwood, or the depths of Mrykgard will not have you bottlenecked by your system.

Note: New World Aternum is one of the few games that benefit significantly from frame generation. Regardless of your CPU’s power, you will experience frame time inconsistencies, resulting in micro-stuttering and jittery gameplay. We are using frame generation to address the engine’s CPU-bound issues, which in turn fixes the inconsistent frame time graph and ensures a seamless gameplay experience.

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New World Aeternum – Best Settings for RTX 4060, RTX 4060 Ti, RTX 4070

New World Graphics Settings page 1 (Image via Amazon Games)
New World Graphics Settings page 1 (Image via Amazon Games)

For RTX 4050, 4060 Ti, and RTX 4070, we recommend playing at 1080p with these settings. With these settings, you will, however, reach around the 8GB VRAM usage mark after 2-3 hours of playing. 1440p is achievable with 4070, and you can expect VRAM usage to be around the 10GB mark.

Best Settings Explored

SettingValue
Window ModeFullscreen
Resolution1920 x 1080 / 2560 x 1440
Maximum FPSUncapped
Resolution ScalingNVIDIA DLSS 4
DLSS ModeQuality
DLSS Sharpness4
DLSS Frame Generation2x
NVIDIA Reflex Low LatencyOn
Field of View70
Brightness6
Contrast5
Video QualityCustom
Effects DetailsHigh
Lighting DetailsMedium
Object DetailsHigh
Post Processing DetailsMedium
Shadows DetailsMedium
Terrain DetailsHigh
Texture DetailsMedium
Water DetailsHigh
Show Emote EffectsOn
V-SyncOff
Cap FPS in BackgroundOn
Show FPSOn

New World Aeternum – Best Settings for RTX 4070 Super, RTX 4070 Ti, RTX 4070 Ti Super, RTX 4080, RTX 4080 Super, and RTX 4090

New World Graphics Settings page 2 (Image via Amazon Games)
New World Graphics Settings page 2 (Image via Amazon Games)

With the RTX 4070 Super, you can seamlessly play at 1440p and enjoy the game. However, from RTX 4080 and beyond, you can switch to 4K. A higher VRAM will suffice for 4K resolution, and since FG is enabled, the overall experience will be seamless.

Best Setting Explored

SettingValue
Window ModeFullscreen
Resolution2560 x 1440 / 3840 x 2160
Maximum FPSUncapped
Resolution ScalingNVIDIA DLSS 4
DLSS ModeQuality
DLSS Sharpness4
DLSS Frame Generation2x
NVIDIA Reflex Low LatencyOn
Field of View70
Brightness6
Contrast5
Video QualityCustom
Effects DetailsHigh
Lighting DetailsMedium
Object DetailsHigh
Post Processing DetailsMedium
Shadows DetailsMedium
Terrain DetailsVery High
Texture DetailsVery High
Water DetailsVery High
Show Emote EffectsOn
V-SyncOff
Cap FPS in BackgroundOn
Show FPSOn

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