
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is out on Steam with a rating of 80% and a peak concurrent player count of 28.5K. The game leverages the Unreal Engine 4 with standard lighting and effects. There’s no ray tracing or nanite, but it does include DLSS and TAAU upscaling for high framerates. Unfortunately, the graphics options are sparse with limited scaling across the three presets. Here’s our optimization guide for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth.
Windows/System Settings to Optimize
- Enable Resizable BAR.
- Turn on Game Mode.
- Enable Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling (HAGS) and Windowed Optimizations.
- Use the Windows “High Performance” power profile and set your GPU power management mode to the same.
- Disable Memory Integrity. Windows Menu->VBS->Device Security.
- Ensure you use the proper XMP/EXPO memory profile (if available).
- Overclock your GPU if you’re narrowly missing the 60 FPS mark.
- Here’s a guide with more detailed instructions.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: System Requirements
Min
- 1080p “Low” @ 30 FPS.
- OS: Windows 10|11 64-bit.
- CPU: Intel Core i3-8100|Ryzen 5 1400.
- GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060|AMD RADEON RX 6600.
- Memory: 16 GB.
- Storage: 155 GB (SSD).
Rec
- 1080p “Medium” @ 60 FPS.
- OS: Windows 10|11 64-bit.
- CPU: Intel Core i7-8700|i5-10400||Ryzen 7 3700X|5 5600.
- GPU: Nvidia RTX 2070|AMD RADEON RX 6700 XT.
- Memory: 16 GB.
- Storage: 155 GB (SSD).
Ultra
- 4K “High” @ 60 FPS.
- OS: Windows 10|11 64-bit.
- CPU: Intel Core i7-10700|Ryzen 7 5700X.
- GPU: Nvidia RTX 4080|AMD RADEON RX 7900 XT.
- Memory: 16 GB.
- Storage: 155 GB (SSD).
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: Resolution & Graphics Presets
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth scales well with resolution, averaging 83 FPS at 4K, 128 FPS at 1440p, and 152 FPS at 1080p using the highest quality settings. There are no signs of a CPU bottleneck, so there’s ample room to adjust the graphics settings for a high FPS target.

Test Setup
- CPU: Intel Core i9-12900K @ 5.3 GHz.
- Cooler: Arctic Liquid Freezer III 420.
- GPU: NVIDIA RTX 4090 FE.
- Motherboard: MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI.
- Memory: 16 GB x2 @ 6000 MT/s CL30.

The graphics menu offers limited customization options with three presets. They scale from 83 FPS at the highest to 89 FPS, and 102 FPS at the lowest quality settings. Most users will need to utilize upscaling for definitive performance gains.
Background Detail & Ocean Detail
Background Model Detail is perhaps the only graphics setting in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth that matters. Switching from ultra to low quality grants a 17% performance gain with significantly lower detail. Background detail controls the LOD and geometric detail, adjusting the number of objects rendered in the scene, ranging from grass, vegetation, terrain, buildings, rocks, etc.





Ocean Detail sets the complexity of water surfaces. Higher quality produces more waves and ripples with a longer render distance compared to lower-quality options. The performance impact is negligible, so you may set it to the highest option. Regardless, it only impacts the framerates with large water bodies in screen space.



Character Model Detail & Effects Detail
Character Detail sets the detail of character outfits. The high-quality setting renders more detailed fabric patterns, ambient shadows, folds, and creases. The faces and bodies aren’t affected by this setting. As expected, the performance impact is negligible.



Effects Quality sets the resolution of special effects mainly used during combat encounters. The performance impact is minimal, reducing the average framerate by a mere 2%.

Shadow & Fog Detail
Shadow Quality sets the resolution of shadow maps and possibly the cascade count. Strangely, it doesn’t seem to notably impact the quality or performance of in-game shadows.



Fog Quality adjusts the resolution of fog, smoke, and mist. The high setting produces a wider and more defined particle effect, but once again, the performance impact is trivial.


Characters Displayed & Character Shadow Distance
Characters Displayed sets the LOD of NPCs. Values of 5 and above render most on-screen characters, while 0 reduces the on-screen character count to less than a handful. It doesn’t affect performance much even in crowded towns.





Character Shadow Distance sets the LOD of NPC shadows. Setting the value to 0 completely disables character shadows, while increasing it gradually enables it, first for the player, followed by various on-screen NPCs.





Anti-Aliasing & Upscaling
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth features DLSS and TAA-based upscaling. For the latter, ensure TAAU is selected, and not TAA. Unfortunately, the game only offers quality (66%) and performance (50%) presets, but you can enable balanced mode using the FFVIIHook mod.





The implementation is (like many of the other aspects) flawed, leading to a loss of detail even in quality mode. This is especially evident with vegetation, and thin meshes.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: VRAM Usage
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth uses a fair bit of graphics memory, especially using the high-quality settings. We recorded a peak VRAM usage of approximately 12 GB at 4K, 10.7 GB at 1440p, and 10 GB at 1080p (High).




Reducing the texture quality to medium and low (at 4K) scales down the VRAM usage to 10.3 GB and 8.7 GB, respectively.
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth: CPU Bottlenecks
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth is predominantly GPU-bound on most midrange and high-end CPUs. We observed an average GPU-Busy deviation of 4% at 1080p “High” with DLAA.

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Performance Summary
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth runs well at the highest quality settings. If you’re running low on framerates, “Background Model Detail” should be your first target, followed by upscaling.
Optimized Settings for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Graphics Options | High-end | Midrange | Low-end |
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Resolution | 4K (3840 x 2160) | 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 1080p (1920 x 1080) |
FPS Target | 120 FPS | 100 FPS | 75 FPS |
Resolution Scaling (Min/Max) | 66%/66% | 66%/66% | 66%/66% |
BG Model Detail | Ultra | Ultra | High |
Ocean Detail | High | High | High |
Character Model Detail | High | High | High |
Effects Detail | High | High | High |
Texture Resolution | High | High | High |
Shadow Quality | High | High | High |
Fog Quality | High | High | High |
Anti-Aliasing | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS |
Characters Displayed | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Character Shadow Distance | 10 | 10 | 10 |
High-end (4K) | Mid-range (1440p) | Low-end (1080p) | |
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CPU | Core i7-13700K|Ryzen 7 7700X | Core i5-12600K|Ryzen 5 7600 | Core i5-12400 AMD Ryzen 5 3600 |
GPU | GeForce RTX 4080 Super | GeForce RTX 4070 Super | RTX 3060|RTX 4060 |
Memory | 32GB (dual-channel) | 16GB (dual-channel) | Less than: 16GB (dual-channel) |
Best Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Settings for Low-end PC
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth runs well on low-end PCs. The game can even be enjoyed at 1440p on a GeForce RTX 3060. At 1080p, the card averages a healthy 70 FPS with most of the graphics settings maxed out. Of course, there are the occasional Unreal Engine-related shader stutters, but they’re tolerable. Here’s our add-on guide for low-end PCs.
Graphics Options | RTX 3060 | RTX 3060 Ti | RTX 4060 |
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Resolution | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p |
FPS Target | 60 FPS+ | 60 FPS+ | 60 FPS+ |
Resolution Scaling (Min/Max) | 66% | 100% | 66% |
BG Model Detail | High | Ultra | High |
Ocean Detail | High | High | High |
Character Model Detail | High | High | High |
Effects Detail | High | High | High |
Texture Resolution | High | High | High |
Shadow Quality | High | High | High |
Fog Quality | High | High | High |
Anti-Aliasing | DLSS | DLSS | DLSS |
Characters Displayed | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Character Shadow Distance | 10 | 10 | 10 |
Best Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Settings for the Steam Deck
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth achieves a stable 30 FPS using a mix of low and medium-quality settings. The game delivers a consistent experience at 720p (1280×720) using temporal upscaling or TAAU. The minimum dynamic resolution scaling needs to be set to 66% and the maximum to 100%. This is the equivalent of DLSS/FSR “Quality” mode upscaling. Read more here.
Graphics Options | Steam Deck |
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Resolution | 720p (1280×720) |
FPS Target | 30 FPS |
Resolution Scaling (Min/Max) | 66%/100% |
BG Model Detail | Medium |
Ocean Detail | Low |
Character Model Detail | Low |
Effects Detail | Low |
Texture Resolution | Low |
Shadow Quality | Low |
Fog Quality | Low |
Anti-Aliasing | TAAU |
Characters Displayed | 4 |
Character Shadow Distance | 2 |