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Best Settings for RX 9070 and 9070 XT in Dragon Age: The Veilguard

By / Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Tech / April 13, 2025

These settings offer the best image quality and smoothness while playing Dragon Age: The Veilguard with RX 9070 or 9070 XT.

Best Settings for RX 9070 and 9070 XT In Dragon Age: The Veilguard
In-game action scene (Image via Bioware | Steam | Deltia’s Gaming)

RDNA 4-powered RX 9070 Series of GPUs deliver incredible RT and raster performance in the 2025 midrange bracket. Their performance somehow challenges the high-end enthusiast offerings from both Nvidia and AMD simultaneously. Dragon Age: The Veilguard is no exception. It can run flawlessly under native 1440p and even 4K without a hitch. The only catch here is the 16GB of VRAM, where you might need to monitor under 4K. Below are the settings you should refer to while maintaining a pleasant gaming experience. 

Before diving into specific settings, it’s important to understand how Dragon Age: The Veilguard interacts with your hardware. The game is demanding not just on your GPU but also places a significant load on your CPU, particularly in areas with complex terrain and lighting effects.

Best Settings for RX 9070 and 9070 XT in Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Native 1440p and 4K Optimized)

settings page for dragon age: the veilguard
Settings Page for Dragon Age: The Veilguard (Image via Bioware | Deltia’s Gaming)

A few keynotes to consider:

  • Lower Volumetric Lighting to Medium or Low setting for major FPS gains
  • Drop Terrain Decoration to High or Medium to ease CPU and GPU load
  • Disable or set RTAO to Selective for a big performance boost with minor visual loss
  • Keep Texture Filtering on Ultra, and use High or Ultra Texture Resolution based on GPU
  • Use Selective Ray Traced Reflections on RX 9070, full on 9070 XT at 1440p
  • Keep Contact Shadows and Strand Hair enabled for strong visuals; these have minimal performance cost
  • Switch to FSR if native performance dips 
  • Use Frame Generation when CPU-limited and base FPS is close to 60
  • Monitor VRAM usage, especially with Frame Gen enabled
  • Expect some input latency in combat with Frame Gen
  • Update to the latest AMD drivers to fix crashes and boost performance
  • In CPU-heavy areas, disable RTAO, enable Frame Gen, and reduce Terrain Decoration to Medium
  • Frame Gen needs to be modded in, it is not present by default.

1440p Optimized Settings

SettingRX 9070 / XT
Resolution1440p Native
Display ModeFullscreen
Frame Rate LimitUncapped (or 144 FPS if you have a 144Hz monitor)
V-SyncOff
UpscalingNative AA or FSR
Anti-AliasingTAA or FSR AA
Texture ResolutionFade Touch
Texture FilteringUltra
Lighting QualityHigh
Contact ShadowsOn
Ambient OcclusionHBAO Full
Volumetric LightingHigh
Sky QualityUltra
Ray Traced ReflectionsOn
Ray Traced Ambient OcclusionOn
Level of DetailFade Touch
Strand HairOn
Terrain QualityHigh  (Turn it up if using a really Fast CPU)
Terrain DecorationMedium (Turn it up if using a really Fast CPU)
Visual EffectsUltra
Post ProcessingUltra

4K Optimized Settings

SettingRX 9070 / XT
Resolution4K Native
Display ModeFullscreen
Frame Rate Limit60 FPS (RTGSS, best for a smooth 1% graph)
V-SyncOff
UpscalingFSR Quality / Or by Mods
Anti-AliasingTAA / FSR AA
Texture ResolutionFade Touch
Texture FilteringUltra
Lighting QualityUltra
Contact ShadowsOn
Ambient OcclusionHBAO Full (If applicable)
Volumetric LightingUltra
Sky QualityUltra
Ray Traced ReflectionsOn
Ray Traced Ambient OcclusionOn
Level of DetailFade Touch
Strand HairOn
Terrain QualityUltra (4K eases of CPU load)
Terrain DecorationUltra (4K eases of CPU load)
Visual EffectsUltra
Post ProcessingUltra

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