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These are the best competitive settings for NBA 2K26, ready to be dialed in on any of your RTX 50 Series GPUs.
NBA 2K26 runs well on modern hardware such as the RTX 50 Series line of graphics cards. The game supports DLSS 4 from the get-go, which performs best of the Blackwell graphics lineup. Even entry-level cards such as the RTX 5050 can easily play the game with the optimized settings below.
Note: We keep these settings low because the My Park zone is intensive and tanks performance. In competitive play, you need the best possible input latency. Higher frame rate equals lower input latency.
Read More: NBA 2K26: Best Settings For 1440p
NBA 2K26 – Best Settings For RTX 5050, RTX 5060, RTX 5060 Ti
You can enable Ray Traced reflections with the RTX 5060 Ti level of cards. The 5060 Ti can also play at 1440p. If you are using the 8GB version of the 5060 Ti, check your VRAM usage with Steam Overlay or RTSS before dialing in at 1440p. The RTX 5050 performs more or less the same as the RTX 4060. The RTX 5060 performs the same as the RTX 3070. With that kind of performance, you can enable RT. Ensure you check VRAM on the 8GB models via RTSS, and if performance drops significantly, consider turning off RT or using the performance upscaling profile to compensate for the reduced frame rate.
Best Settings Explored
| Settings | Value |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 1920 x 1080 / 2560 x 1440 |
| Resolution Scaling Method | NVIDIA DLSS |
| Resolution Scaling Quality | Quality |
| Resolution Scaling Sharpness | (Preference) |
| Vertical Sync | Off |
| HDR | (Optional) |
| Ray-Traced Reflections | OFF |
| Texture Detail Level | Medium |
| Shader Detail Level | High |
| Shadow Detail Level | Low |
| Player Detail Level | High |
| Cloth Simulation | On |
| Crowd Detail Level | High |
| NPC Density | Low |
| Volumetric Effects | Low |
| Reflections | Medium |
| Era Filters | Low |
| Global Illumination | Medium |
| Ambient Occlusion | On |
| Temporal Anti-Aliasing | Off |
| Motion Blur | (Preference) |
| Depth Of Field | (Preference) |
| Bloom | (Preference) |
| Half-Rate Online Matches | Off |
| Spectators In Online Matches | On |
| Max Anisotropy | 16 |
NBA 2K26 – Best Settings For RTX 5070, RTX 5070 TI, RTX 5080, RTX 5090
With the RTX 5070 and beyond, you can comfortably play with Ray Traced reflections turned on. Starting with the RTX 5080 onwards, you can dial in 4K resolution and enjoy the game with the settings mentioned below.
Best Settings Explored
| Settings | Value |
|---|---|
| Screen Resolution | 2560 x 1440 |
| Resolution Scaling Method | NVIDIA DLSS |
| Resolution Scaling Quality | Quality |
| Resolution Scaling Sharpness | (Preference) |
| Vertical Sync | Off |
| HDR | (Optional) |
| Ray-Traced Reflections | ON |
| Texture Detail Level | High |
| Shader Detail Level | High |
| Shadow Detail Level | High |
| Player Detail Level | High |
| Cloth Simulation | On |
| Crowd Detail Level | High |
| NPC Density | Low |
| Volumetric Effects | High |
| Reflections | High |
| Era Filters | High |
| Global Illumination | High |
| Ambient Occlusion | On |
| Temporal Anti-Aliasing | Off |
| Motion Blur | (Preference) |
| Depth Of Field | (Preference) |
| Bloom | (Preference) |
| Half-Rate Online Matches | Off |
| Spectators In Online Matches | On |
| Max Anisotropy | 16 |
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