Best Settings for RTX 4080 and 4080 Super in The Last of Us 2 Remastered PC

By Mainak Dey / Tech / April 4, 2025

Here are the best settings to dial in for your RTX 4080 and RTX 4080 Super in The Last of Us 2 Remastered PC.

best settings for rtx 4080 and 4080 super in the last of us part 2 remastered — The game plays well on the RTX 4080 and the RTX 4080 Super (Image via Naughty Dog | Deltia’s Gaming)

Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II Remastered goes easy on the minimum system requirements to run the game. Unlike the game’s first iteration, which suffered from serious issues, we believe RTX 4080 and 4080 Super users can easily play this at 4K resolution. Although some fine-tuning may be necessary for 4K High Refresh Rate. Both the 4080 and the Super are extremely capable GPUs in terms of rasterization. However, to maintain consistent performance, like smooth 1% and .1% lows and identical image quality, you need to refer to the settings mentioned below

Note – You are welcome to fine-tune our settings to your liking. Also, these will be perfectly fine across all iterations of DLSS available (3.7+) and 4 (forced via the Nvidia app)

CPU Requirements

The Last of Us Part 2 recommended settings — Recommended Settings In The Last of Us 2 Remastered (Image via Naughty Dog | Deltia’s Gaming)

Since the RTX 4080 and 4080 Supers are very fast GPUs, your CPU requirements for this game fall around the 13600K/13700KF (tuned with fast memory) or AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D/7700X CPUs and beyond. Even at 4K, the game pushes extremely high mesh and polygon counts per frame across various areas—cities, mountains, forests— which is child’s play for both the 4080 and the Super. However, the CPU must prepare the frame before the GPU can render it. If the CPU fails to keep pace, it bottlenecks the system, leading to wasted GPU power, high CPU usage, microstutters, input delays, and poor 0.1% frame times.

Best Settings for RTX 4080 and 4080 Super

tlou-settings-page — The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered settings Page (Image via Naughty Dog | Deltia’s Gaming)

Display Settings

Setting	Value
Display	Your Monitor’s name
Window Mode	Fullscreen
Aspect Ratio	Auto
Display Resolution	3840 x 2160 // Ultra wide users can also stick to these
Cinematic Pillarboxes	Enabled
Contrast	Default
Brightness	Default
HUD Brightness	Default
HDR	Disabled // (Enable) if you have HDR display
Upscale Method	Off
Upscale Quality	Off // Quality (Targeting High Refresh Rate)
Upscale Sharpness	0 // 3 (In case you turn on DLSS)
Anti-Aliasing Mode	DLAA
NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency	On
AMD Anti-Lag 2	Off
Frame Generation	Off // DLSS (Targeting High Refresh Rate)
Dynamic Resolution Scaling	Off
Refresh Rate	144 Hz
Framerate Cap	360 FPS
VSync	Off

Graphics Settings

Setting	Value
Preset	Custom
Level of Detail	Very High
Texture Quality	Very High
Texture Filtering	8x Anisotropic
Shadow Quality	Very High
Screen Space Shadows	Very High
Image-Based Lighting	Enabled
Bounced Lighting	Enabled
Ambient Occlusion	Quality
Screen Space Reflections	Very High
Real-Time Reflections Quality	Very High
Real-Time Clouds Shadow Reflections	Enabled
Screen Space Sub-Surface Scattering	On
Refraction Quality	Very High
Depth of Field	On
Depth of Field Quality	Very High
Motion Blur Quality	Off
Bloom	Enabled
Particle Density	Very High
Volumetric Effects Quality	High
Lens Flare	Full Resolution
Field of View	Default // Personal Preference
Camera Shake	Default // Personal Preference
Chromatic Aberration Intensity	Default // Personal Preference
Film Grain Intensity	Default // Personal Preference
Lens Dirt Intensity	Default // Personal Preference

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