Best Settings for RTX 4080 in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33

Get the best graphics fidelity and framerates in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 with these settings on your RTX 4080.

From a visual standpoint, the game is a masterpiece. In the same month of April, we were treated to two different UE5 games: Oblivion Remastered and this one. Surprisingly, both have the same performance issues within them. Thanks to UE 5’s unforgiving nature and the Lumen-based lighting system, it brings high-end GPUs to their knees.

The RTX 4080 shares a similar fate to the citizens within Expedition 33; its performance simply disappears without notice. Fortunately, these settings address the performance issues within the game, allowing you to achieve a smooth framerate. Expect approximately 100 FPS overall, depending on your setup, at 1440p with Quality DLSS, and around 95 at 4K with DLSS.

Note: The game comes standard with DLSS 3.7 out of the box, and can be improved further by forcing DLSS 4 support with DLSS swapper, as issues like shimmering in character hair, ghosting while moving, and temporal instabilities while in combat can be improved drastically.

Best Settings for RTX 4080 in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (1440p and 4K Optimized)

Expedition 33 Settings page (Image via Sandfall Interactive)

A few keynotes to consider:

Gamers with 4K monitors can even utilize the performance profile of DLSS at 4K. The overall image quality may look better, depending on your monitor’s PPI and density.
DLSS 4 has a performance hit. If your goal is a high frame rate, consider using third-party options such as lossless scaling to enable Frame Gen within the game.
On super-aggressive upscaling profiles, you will likely be CPU-bound, as the game renders at a significantly lower internal resolution. Anything within the territory of a Core i5 13600KF or a Ryzen 5 7600X would eliminate the chances of a CPU bottleneck.
If you are on a controller, you can keep motion blur on and then lock your framerate within the game or enable lossless scaling to enjoy the turn-based RPG and have a comfortable couch gaming experience.
Increase shadows and global illumination to high; if you believe you have enough headroom to spare, the game will look better. You can also opt for native DLAA with the 4080 on 1440p, as the GPU can handle it quite effortlessly.

Best Settings Explored

Setting	RTX 4080 at 4K	RTX 4080 at 1440p
Display Mode	Fullscreen	Fullscreen
Resolution	3840×2160	2560×1440
VSync	Enable (Optional)	Enable (Optional)
Max FPS	Unlimited	Unlimited
Scaling Type	DLSS	DLSS
Scaling Mode	Balanced	Quality
Resolution Scale	58%	66.7%
Anti-Aliasing	Epic	Epic
Shadows	High	High
Global Illumination	High	High
Reflection	High	High
Post-Processing	Epic	Epic
Texture	High	High
Visual Effects	Epic	Epic
Foliage	Epic	Epic
Shading	Epic	Epic
Motion Blur	Disable // Personal Preference	Disable // Personal Preference
Film Grain	Enable // Personal Preference	Enable // Personal Preference
Chromatic Aberration	Disable // Personal Preference	Disable // Personal Preference
Vignette	Disable // Personal Preference	Disable // Personal Preference

That wraps up the recommendations for the RTX 4080. In 2025, even these high-end Ada GPUs require tweaking to run the game as it should at native resolution. DLSS and other software technologies are beneficial, but games designed solely to utilize software trickery for improved performance are unsettling.

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