God of War Ragnarok Do you prefer performance or resolution? Graphics modes in detail - Game Guides

 In God of War Ragnarök, you can set the graphics mode yourself and decide whether you want to prefer resolution or performance. We played through the game and give you our recommendation for the best graphics mode. We also show you the exact differences between the modes.

Prefer resolution or performance? Our tip

When you start God of War Ragnarök you can make a lot of settings and choose between the graphics modes "Prefer performance" and "Prefer resolution". But what is the best choice here and what gives you the most beautiful, but also most fluid gaming experience?

After spending more than 40 hours in the nine realms of the world tree, we can only recommend you to choose the performance mode. In the many hectic combat situations and the effective boss fights, a constant frame rate of 60 FPS is worth a lot more than slightly better optics. In the most intense situations, picture quality can drop from 4K all the way down to 1440p in performance mode, but even then the graphical difference is barely noticeable.

Tip: If you have a monitor/TV that supports HDMI 2.1, HFR (High Frame Rate), and VRR (Variable Frame Rate), you can get the best performance. Thanks to HFR, the game runs in 1440p and lets you enjoy the action at 80-90 FPS. VRR also helps in synchronization between frame rate and the refresh rate of your monitor/television.

Performance mode in detail

The performance mode prioritizes frame rate over image quality. Depending on which platform you play on, this results in the following specifications:

PS5

• Performance mode: 1440p - 2160p at a fixed 60 FPS.
• Performance mode with HFR: 1440p with variable 60 FPS.
• Performance mode with HFR and VRR: 1440p with up to 80-90 FPS.

PS4 Pro

• 1080p - 1656p with variable 30 FPS.

PS4

• 1080p at a fixed 30 FPS.

Resolution mode in detail

In the resolution mode, the image quality has priority over the frame rate. Depending on which platform you play on, this results in the following specifications:

PS5

• Performance mode: 2160p (native 4K) at a fixed 30 FPS.
• Performance mode with HFR: 1800p - 2160p at a fixed 40 FPS.
• Performance mode with HFR and VRR: 1800p - 2160p with variable 40 FPS.

PS4 Pro

• 1080p - 1656p with fixed 30 FPS.

PS4

• 1080p at a fixed 30 FPS.

By the way: If you play the PS4 version on a PS5 via backward compatibility, you get a resolution of 1440p - 1656p with a constant frame rate of 60 FPS. This is twice the FPS than on the PS4 Pro.