God of War Ragnarok Settings for Low-end PC: RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti, RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

God of War: Ragnarok is out on Steam and Epic Games Store. Our optimization guide addresses the performance impacts of individual graphics settings and the presets plus resolutions. The FPS gains granted by different upscalers and frame-generation techniques are also included. This post analyzes the game’s performance on low-end 60-class GPUs, including the RTX 3060, RTX 3060 Ti, and the RTX 4060 laptop GPU.

God of War Ragnarok: PC System Requirements

God of War: Ragnarok requires a GeForce RTX 2060 Super or a Radeon RX 5700 to attain 60 FPS at 1080p “Medium.” That’s slightly lower than our lower-end hardware suite, but we’ll aim for 60 FPS at the “Ultra” quality preset. The CPU requirements are timid, recommending a Core i5-8600 or a Ryzen 5 3600 for an optimal 60 FPS experience.

The main memory requirement is slightly steep at 16 GB, while the storage requirement is a considerable 190 GB (SSD recommended).

Our Test Setup

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.

God of War Ragnarok: Low-end PC Benchmarks

God of War: Ragnarok runs superbly on most PCs. Even then, lower-end machines need a slight push in the form of upscaling and frame generation to attain averages of over 60 FPS (at ultra). The most popular GPU among Steam users, the GeForce RTX 3060 averages a mere 30 FPS at 1080p “Ultra” with DLAA.

Setting DLSS to “Quality” mode boosts framerates to 42 FPS, and pairing it with FSR FG attains a healthy 69 FPS with lows of ~50. Coupling DLAA with FSR frame generation is also a feasible strategy, but perhaps on higher-end 30 series GPUs like the RTX 3060 Ti.

The RTX 3060 Ti averages 83.5 FPS at 1080p “Ultra” with FSR frame generation enabled. Upscaling alone (DLSS Quality) produces 69 FPS with lows of 55. DLAA nets framerates of 51 FPS at the highest quality preset at 1080p. The RTX 3060 Ti puts up a decent showing at 1440p, averaging 63 FPS with FSR 3 upscaling alone, and 84 FPS with DLSS “Quality” upscaling.

The RTX 4060 laptop GPU breaks the 60 FPS barrier using frame generation at 1080p and 1440p, using the quality and balanced upscaling presets, respectively. The RTX 3060 Ti puts up a decent showing at 1440p, averaging 63 FPS with FSR 3 upscaling alone, and 84 FPS with DLSS “Quality” upscaling.

VRAM Usage and CPU Bottlenecks

God of War: Ragnarok remains GPU-bound even on lower-end hardware. The RTX 3060/3060 Ti were completely GPU-bound, while the Alienware x14 produced a GPU-Busy deviation of 6%. That’s well within acceptable margins, especially for a power-constrained mobility processor.

The VRAM usage hovered between 7 and 8 GB at 1080p across all three GPUs with 1440p demanding slightly over 8 GB on the RTX 3060 12 GB.

Best Settings for God of War Ragnarok: Low-end PC