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Best Settings for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – GTX 1060

By / Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Tech / June 25, 2025

Here are the best settings for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows with the low-spec patch for your GTX 1060 3GB and 6GB, tuned for performance.

Best Settings for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – GTX 1060
Image captured from the game: Assassin’s Creed: Shadows (Image via Ubisoft)

The GTX 1060 once dominated the Steam hardware survey because it offered performance in the budget segment that matched the GTX 970 and came close to the GTX 980. That was a long time ago, but considering the 6GB VRAM and entry-level cards, as well as its efficiency, it was massively well-received by gamers. Even today, many people still rock this Pascal gem of a hardware. As for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, the game was playable with a lot of tweaks initially, but with this new ultra-low-spec patch, you can expect even higher performance. Here are the best settings for you. 

Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – Best Settings for GTX 1060 (1080p Optimized)

Ac shadow settings page
Settings page from the game Assassin’s Creed: Shadows (Image via Ubisoft)

Key considerations:

  • A lot of shimmering and ghosting around the character will likely occur due to these settings being extremely aggressive. 
  • For 1060 – 3GB users, restart the game once or twice as your GPU falls below the ultra-low recommended specs, ie, 4GB VRAM.
  • Expect a lot of random pop-ins in textures, reduced draw distance causes this
  • Play the game initially without upscaling. If you need more FPS, then only resort to upscaling.
  • Also, if you are using RTSS to monitor statistics, you will notice uneven GPU utilization; this behaviour is expected.

Best Settings Explored

SettingsGTX 1060 6GBGTX 1060 3GB 
Field of View90–100 (Preference)90–100 (Preference)
Display ModeFullscreenFullscreen
Aspect Ratio16:916:9
Resolution1920 × 10801920 × 1080
Frame Rate LimiterOffOff
Frame Rate TargetUnlimitedUnlimited
Use Dynamic ResolutionOffOff
Upscaler TypeFSR (Optional)FSR (Optional)
Upscaler QualityQualityBalanced
Frame GenerationOffOff
Sharpen Strength0.450.45
Motion BlurOffOff
Chromatic AberrationOffOff
Raytraced GIOffOff
Raytracing QualityOffOff
BVH QualityOffOff
Screen Space EffectsMediumLow
Light Source QualityMediumLow
Shadow QualityMediumLow
Texture Streaming PoolMediumLow
Post EffectsLowLow
Water QualityLowLow
Particle QualityLowLow
Loading DistanceLowLow
Drawing DistanceLowLow
MicropolygonLowLow
Terrain QualityLowLow
DeformationLowLow
Scatter DensityLowLow
Virtual TextureLowLow
Character QualityLowLow
Hair StrandsOffOff
Cloud QualityLowLow
Fog QualityLowLow

Verdict

That wraps up the settings recommendations for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows on the GTX 1060. Remember to use these settings as a starting point and optimize accordingly. On a 3GB card, this game will experience performance issues, even with the ultra-low patch and the optimizations the developers have made so far. Happy gaming!

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