Best Settings for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – GTX 1650 and 1650 Super

Here are the best performance settings for Assassin’s Creed: Shadows with the low-spec patch for your GTX 1650 and 1650 Super.

Image captured from within the game (Image via Ubisoft)
Image captured from within the game (Image via Ubisoft)

Now that manufacturers have discontinued the GTX 1050 Ti, you can purchase the GTX 1650 and 1650 Super as alternatives. These offer incredible value for money and still retain a significant amount of computing power. The 1650 Super remarkably matches a GTX 1060, but falls short in terms of VRAM. The 1650, on the other hand, sits between the 1050 Ti and the GTX 1060 6GB, more like a direct replacement for the GTX 1060 3GB. That said, patch 1.0.6 introduces a low-spec mode for the game. If you’re still using a GeForce GTX 1650 or a GeForce GTX 1650 Super, these settings are for you.

Assassin’s Creed: Shadows – Best Settings for GTX 1650 and 1650 Super (1080p Optimized)

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

Key considerations:

  • There will be a lot of ghosting and shimmering around the character, and this behaviour is typical of these settings
  • Drop to ultra-low settings if these do not yield good FPS figures for you.
  • The devs have optimized this game, resorting to upscaling only when the FPS figures are low; otherwise, everything is already low, and upscaling with FSR will make things worse. 
  • If you are using RTSS to monitor statistics, you will notice uneven GPU utilization; this behaviour is expected. 

Best Settings Explored

SettingsGTX 1650 SuperGTX 1650
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 EffectsLowLow
Light Source QualityLowLow
Shadow QualityLowLow
Texture Streaming PoolLowLow
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 1650 and 1650 Super. It is surprising to see an AAA game releasing patches for low-spec hardware. However, technically, the 1650 Super and the standard model can play any esports game just fine, and when they were released, they could also play AAA games like GTA 5 and AC Origins. Thanks to the optimization and patch 1.0.6, AC: Shadow’s performance is even better now.


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