Best Settings to Play Dune: Awakening at 1440p

By Mainak Dey / Dune Awakening, Tech / June 5, 2025

Looking forward to playing Dune: Awakening at 1440p? Dial in these settings to get the right balance of visuals and performance.

Best Settings to Play Dune: Awakening at 1440p — Image captured from the game (Image via Funcom)

Dune Awakening is a Sci-Fi open-world MMO game. From the first impression, the optimization is just incredible. The frame time graph is as flat as it can get, of course, provided that you have enough VRAM headroom to spare. As is the trend nowadays, really capable GPUs, such as the 5060 and 5070, are often limited by VRAM and memory bandwidth. On the other hand, if you’re running an AMD GPU, such as the 9060 XT with 16GB of VRAM, the game will run smoothly at these settings.

That said, this guide is relevant for users with 8-12 GB+ VRAM GPUs who are looking forward to playing this game at 1440p.

Best Settings to Play Dune: Awakening at 1440p

Dune-Awakening-Settings-page — Settings page from the game Dune Awakening (Image via Funcom)

A few keynotes to consider:

DLSS is used as an example here; you can change it to FSR/XeSS accordingly, provided you have GPUs that offer native support for these upscaling models.
Refrain from using DLSS Swapper for the latest upscaler models. The game utilizes Battleye, and you may be banned in the process.
RDNA 4 users, you need to enable FSR 4 through your driver toggle.
Remember, these settings are on the high side; you’ll need a capable CPU to pair with them. 60-class users from Nvidia, such as those with 4060 and 5060, can use these settings. However, if you switch to 1080p, you will be limited by VRAM.
In CPU-intensive scenarios, such as stacking and farming mobs, FG (Frame Generation) will help.

Best Settings Explored

Setting	Value
Quality Preset	Custom
Window Mode	Fullscreen
Resolution	2560×1440
Custom Resolution Scale	OFF
Resolution Scale	100
Upscaling Quality	Ultra
Upscaling Method	DLSS (Change accordingly)
Frame Generation Method	OFF
DLSS Upscaling Quality	Quality
FSR3 Upscaler Quality	Grayed out
NVIDIA Reflex	Enabled
Shadows	High
Virtual Shadow Maps (Experimental)	OFF
Global Illumination Quality	Medium
Enable Lumen	On
Reflections Quality	High
View Distance	High
Post Processing	High
Effects Quality	High
Texture Quality	High (12GB VRAM+)

Verdict

That wraps up the recommendations for 1440p with Dune Awakening. Use these as a starting point and adjust a few settings as needed. For example, users of 8GB VRAM cards should set the texture to medium or low, which is a priority.

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