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Everything you need to know about Ninja Gaiden 4’s PC optimization, including the best settings to use for optimal performance.
Ninja Gaiden 4 is an incredible achievement on consoles, offering 120 fps gameplay, with minimal compromises to visuals. However, on PC, the isn’t nearly as polished as it should be. While the game is nowhere close to being as broken as PlatinumGames’ previous PC efforts like Nier: Automata, it’s still far from being perfect. The biggest issues with the game is its abrupt frame-pacing.
Although Ninja Gaiden 4 has a rather stable frame rate, it delivers said frames in an uneven manner, especially in cutscenes. The issue is somewhat similar to the original Dark Souls’ PC port or even Bloodborne on the PS4. That said, with some tweaks to the graphics settings, you can minimize this issue. That said, here’s a comprehensive PC optimization guide for Ninja Gaiden 4.
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Ninja Gaiden 4 PC System Requirements
Below are the official PC system specifications for Ninja Gaiden 4:
Minimum (1080p / 30FPS FSR quality “Low” Object Quality “Low”)
- OS: Windows 10/11, 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-8400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (VRAM 6GB) or AMD Radeon RX 590(VRAM 8GB)
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 100 GB available space
- Sound Card: 16-bit 48 kHz
- Additional Notes: SSD Required.
Recommended (1080p / 60FPS FSR Quality “Middle” Object Quality “Middle”)
- OS: Windows 10/11, 64-bit
- Processor: Intel Core i5-10400 or AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super(VRAM 8GB) or AMD Radeon RX 5700XT(VRAM 8GB)
- DirectX: Version 12
- Storage: 100 GB available space
- Sound Card: 16-bit 48 kHz
- Additional Notes: SSD Required
Optimized Settings for Ninja Gaiden 4 on PC
Here are the best settings for Ninja Gaiden 4, on 3 different presets, Low, Recommended, and Ultra:
| Graphics Settings | Low | Recommended | Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambient Occlusion | Low | High | High |
| Reflection Quality | Low | Medium | High |
| Shadow Quality | Low | High | High |
| Texture Quality | Medium | High (Keep it at Medium for 6 GB GPUs) | High |
| Volumetric Fog | Low | Low | High |
| Wind Effects | Disable | Disable | Enable |
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Anti-Aliasing and Upscaling
In the release build of Ninja Gaiden 4, there seems to be an issue with upscaling and AA. Essentially, the game defaults to FSR (3) right out of the box, even if you have a Nvidia RTX GPU. However, you can choose to use DLSS instead, albeit with a major caveat. If you choose DLSS, you won’t get the option to select a preset for it. DLSS is basically a “on and off” toggle in Ninja Gaiden 4.
Furthermore, if you plan to use DLAA as your anti-aliasing solution, it will disable DLSS, which hampers performance. As such, if you want to use DLSS, we recommend keeping AA disabled, or forcing DLSS via the Nvidia Control Panel.
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