[Top 15] Rainbow 6 Siege Best Pro Graphics Settings

Updated:

12 Jun 2023

Are you looking to change your Rainbow Six Siege settings? Or see what pro players use? We’ve got you covered!

Why are graphics settings so important in R6?

Very essential for the game’s performance and FPS.
Some settings, if set incorrectly, prevent you from seeing enemies.
They give you a tactical advantage over players who ignore them.

Now that you know why they’re important, let’s show you which settings to change. Here’s a list of the best 15 graphics settings you should definitely look into:

15. Texture Quality

Texture quality controls the quality of everything you see, from objects like tables and bottles to players and gadgets. It’s also heavy on the GPU if maxed out.

Lowering your texture settings sacrifices texture quality for better performance. High texture quality puts more load on your graphics card, which lowers your fps. You don’t want that.

Set to: Low

14. Texture Filtering

As above, texture filtering allows the game to look smoother and more refined by loading enhanced textures, at the cost of performance. If you max out both settings, you’re guaranteed to play at a lower FPS.

There’s a catch, though; lowering it too much makes the game look bad. So, we’ll pick a sweet spot between bad looks and bad performance.

Set to: Anisotropic 2X

13. LOD

LOD quality controls the level of detail in the game’s assets, such as walls and paintings. This setting doesn’t really make that much of a difference since you’ll be focused on players and not the actual map.

Set to: Medium

12. Shading Quality

Shading quality controls the level of depth of the light and how it bounces off surfaces in Siege, which may not seem important to you, but it is.

If you set it too low, you’ll lose a massive tactical advantage, which is spotting enemies through their highlighted light or shadow. Setting it high costs your performance.

Set to: Medium

11. Shadow Quality

Combine it with shading quality for the best results.

Shadows in Siege are very powerful, and they allow you to spot enemies easier, especially on brighter maps like Border. It also costs a significant amount of performance, so go easy on it.

Set to: Medium

10. Reflection Quality

Reflection quality controls reflections for things like glass and windows, which is something you shouldn’t really care about in Ranked.

Use it to lower the load on your GPU.

Set to: Medium

9. VFX Quality

VFX is all about visual effects like explosions, fire, smoke, and particles in general.

The trick with VFX is keeping it easy on the eye while still maintaining good performance; you don't want your fps to drop every time you throw a grenade, after all.

Set to: Medium / Low if performance is at risk.

8. Ambient Occlusion

Ambient Occlusion provides soft shadowing for nearby surfaces, which is a newer generation graphics technique that aims for a smoother-looking game.

It offers no tactical advantage and costs you performance, so it’s pretty much useless.

Set to: Off

7. Lens Effects

Lens Effects makes Siege look like a realistic tactical shooter with a bunch of weapon flashing and camera effects every time you’re exposed to light, either from a room or a player.

This setting, if turned on, will heavily mess up your vision in-game and performance; if you have Bloom + Lens Flare, you won’t be able to see anything. It’s not worth the trade for realism.

Set to: Off

6. Zoom-In Depth of Field

Zoom-in depth of field does exactly as it’s called: it provides depth of field when you’re aiming down.

The issue with this setting, to me at least, is that you need to see the screen unchanged at all times, whether you’re aimed in or not.

Set to: Off

5. NVIDIA DLSS

NVIDIA DLSS gives you a choice as to whether the graphics card focuses on performance, quality, or a bit of both (balanced).

What you pick for this setting will heavily influence how your game runs, and be careful not to turn on Ultra Performance because it’s for 8K gamers only.

You can’t go wrong with an extra performance boost, so pick that; you don’t need the extra quality as you’ll be focused on enemies.

Set to: Performance

4. Adaptive Target FPS

Adaptive Target FPS sets an FPS goal for your game to run at, which is essential to avoid screen tearing and input lag.

Check what your monitor or TV runs at from its specs, then set the target FPS accordingly.

Set to: Your monitor’s MAX FPS

3. T-AA Sharpness

T-AA Sharpness makes the game look sharper with cut edges and clear geometry; changing this setting will certainly impact your gameplay.

I suggest going somewhere around the middle, even though higher is better (at the cost of performance), but never go low.

Set to: 60 (or around it)

2. Screen Shake Intensity

Screen shake intensity impacts how much your screen vibrates when exposed to explosions from thermite charges or impact grenades.

It’s important to turn it down or off because the shaking might distract you or mess up your aim if you’re shooting while something just blew up near you.

Set to: Off