I'm done with the wipe so I'll tell your followers how to see at night. I turn PostFX Off. Contrast to 70, Gamma UP to match darkness(2+), and Digital Vibrancy to 10-20. With those simple Nvidia desktop color settings you can see pretty clearly even in really dark night. Night time Factory lacks ambient light so it doesn't work great in there, but the darkest parts are fine with just a flashlight. Digital Vibrance fixes the over saturation of the colors with that much added contrast and gamma. Now I can run night raids without NVGs and see fine. Or just stash run in peace.
Overall Visibility at ZERO??? LOL my man is out here tryin to kill all you boys cuz u cant see him with that turned down!!! not gonna lie after you said that I got the feeling that nothing else you said in the video could be trusted... IMO you are simply wrong about that specifically but I am open to hearing why you think its best to turn it all the way down...
Shouldnt this title say "video settings for streamers that suffer from screen tearing?" rather than a broader audience. I would think sabotaging people with your vsync would hinder most of the community?
Would this video still be considered up to date? I just started Tarkov and actually seeing people is proving more difficult than I expected - I just setup my game in a practice raid with these settings so hoping that improves
The first time you uploaded a video with your video and graphic settings was actually the first video I ever saw of yours, and then just started watching the rest of your uploads. That's when I fell in love with the content, and continue to watch as often as I can. Keep up the amazing work, Lew. You're one of the best content creators out there, and you deserve the recognition.
@@2Lew Absolutely, mate. You make amazing content, and everybody should watch you clap those geeza's with ease. You were the inspiration for a change in my gameplay, and continue to be so. Stay humble, and stay well friend. Can't wait for more content here and on Twitch.
Honestly.. I really sort of hate post fx. I'm not entirely sure why they should be in outside of maybe a few presets. It gives such a strong advantage and makes the game look less immersive all the while
You realize that even if they were no programs/system such as post fx and nvidia filters, you can just MANUALLY change all this shit on a good gaming monitor?? Even better, you can do all this shit for free in nvidia controlpanel which EVERYONE have access. If YOU want to be immersed and behind on free and easy advantage, go ahead
The timing of your videos always seems to be on point for me. Literally been trying to mess with new PostFX settings recently and this gives me a bit of a guideline to follow while I tweak them. Cheers, mate!
I love the post FX stuff. Once the game got less gray and the outside looked like a bright sunny day instead of washed out bloom, I actually started to be in better moods. I really hate grey cloudiness lol.
Thanks for the video, I can actually see what I'm doing now. The sharpness and noise in this game was way too high for me to distinguish between enemies and bushes on woods lol.
Have you tried the Emilia preset? I feel like it doesn't mess up the colours as much as many of the others (Montreal makes everything purple, Chillwave makes everything greyish-brown-blue, etc) whereas Emilia retains the standard look of the game whilst brightening up dark areas by a lot and generally makes everything more visible. I'd love to hear your take on it!
@@MALDOxMEMES there is a shit ton of reasons why your game could stuttering, tarkov is sadly extremely unoptimized, I had to post a reddit post asking for help a while back and my problem was with my page file not being on my ssd even though my game was, but there are just so many factors that play into it
Holy crap I can see now! I've been playing Tarkov for 3 years and I felt like I must be getting old because I really had to strain my eyes so I could see what was going on, the Nvidia contrast and gamma setting turned my target acquisition from night to day. I'm not actually as bad at this game now than I thought I was.
cheating makes things easier for a lot of people. shame that it's so popular you've got people arguing it's "not cheating" even though it's modifying your game to get an advantage
@@lithuaniaball Modifying your game is like changing the game asset settings for things like esp. Changing your monitor and in game post fx are both the same thing. They're the exact same settings.
@@ColorDumper "post fx" "post" ie, not part of the game or, in other words, a modification. one that gives a competitive advantage. in any other context, that is typically considered cheating. it's really no different from the macros, which are also banned.
@@lithuaniaball That's like saying me uncapping my fps in nvidia control panel is cheating. These are settings that tarkov devs for whatever reasons barley glossed over, so people take it into their own hands to do. I would love for tarkov to make their game actually normal, but they won't do that because it's, "beta". These settings are readily available for anybody to use in any video game. If that's your definition of cheating then wow you are far from it.
I wish the devs would come up with presets for graphics settings so that no matter what quality you choose, the shadows, lighting and FOV would be the same for everyone. Post fx ruined pvp for players who like immersive graphics and lighting cause everyone cheeses their settings for an advantage. Enjoy y’all’s fortnite graphics.
Maybe unrealistic but I agree completely with you. Shouldn't have to make the game look like trash for an advantage. I'm happy to die a bit more often.
@@karllhungus2681 Idk. From what I saw looks hypercontrasty with a skittles color palate. The fortnite comment seems apt. Will play around with it again.
Nice to show different options and remind to check wether it works or not. Also thanks for the reminder of the other nvidia color settings. I use the gamma since I used it for CSGO but forgot the rest of the settings can help too. Also the need to change stuff varies map to map, for example Interchange lighting is a mess, so postfx and video changes are a must!
I only change Nvidia settings on interchange and night raids, if you find a balanced postfx similar to mine you'll be able to do the same! Less messing with settings
@@AbdiAktivo th-cam.com/users/shortsfAPUomPGJbY?feature=share here you go. Also sunlight dispersion doesn’t work, or at least barely works. In this game. Look at the shadows on the side of a building on a sunny day like looking at the rogue camp from the mountains to see what I mean. No, it doesn’t look how it should and if you think it’s realistic then you’ve never been outside. Looking into windows is pitch black for no reason, because sunlight doesn’t go into buildings. If you’ve been in a building with windows without power during they day it is pretty bright because light actually reflects off of things
They really should add postfx savefiles so you can save a setting and have it ready for different missions on the fly, than having to manually change it each time.
@cloak211 that's a stupid take from him.. like ppl don't already have a folder with screenshots for different scenarios.. it's not like it's stopped by not adding it It's just an annoying nuisance at this point
@@JRUDK Not really, he doesn't want people able to quickly toggle to a completely different set of settings when they go inside, then back to another one when they leave. Sure you can do it manually but you can't do it instantly which would be quite an advantage.
@@chaotikkiller1617 yeah, ngl changing your post fx regularly or even your desktop color settings for a competitive advantage is really cringe. If any of you start doing that, know that you need to find a hobby & you're taking Tarkov WAY too seriously.
Ik this is an old video but you should make an update about LOD as it came out as actually quite important and can drastically impact player visibility at range
I played 600H without any graphic settings. I was so scared go inside or basement places. My English is poor but I have to say this I CAN SEE NOW You saved my life.
Tarkov has been that 1 game I need to run low FOV cause of all the detail and recoil difference (which I find odd they made it that way). Thanks for the great vid! Helped a lot.
I’ll definitely try this out, I was never able to find the sweet spot for making things brighter in game, this was a great video. And btw your fps is really high, will you have a video on increasing performance?
@@Dyils I dont know how he gets the fps that high. I have a 5950x with a 3090 GTX, and I can only get up to 150 fps when the stars align. Most open areas I get 100. That's with everything in low, DLS turned on.
I have upscaled the resolution of the game higher than the resolution of my monitor It makes a huge difference for me. The antialiasing has more pixels to work with
just an udpate for people who end up here for new wipe, LOD quality on 2 was actually worse for me. if you go to ground zero, set LOD quality to 2, and look at the bushes from the terragroup building's lobby, they will be all blocky and opaque textures. but if i set it to 4, i can see through the shrubs. id add screenshots but i don't think youtube allows links by default? but go try it out looking at the shrub/bushes on ground zero. it's very apparent.
when it comes to recoil and FOV, I would like to add that high FOV only lowers recoil for red dot and holographic sights. for any scopes the opposite is true. 50 FOV will have better recoil and less eye relief when full auto spraying through a scoped optic compared to 75 FOV.
you dont have less recoil, it just looks like you do because you have a larger view so it looks like its way smaller, its the same if you look at a mountain miles away when driving, its just because you just have a larger view of what youre looking at. Also this makes people smaller so it doesnt really matter about recoil "control"
@@skiffi7488 the spray pattern is the same but the recoil is perceived as way more due to the zoomed in fov. I'm not gonna argue about this because the answer is simple. Test it out in the hideout, the difference in recoil is insanely obvious, so it's not worth argueing about.
@@skiffi7488 yea but thats the thing. I don't agree the recoil is the same, because my definition of recoil is different then yours. There is multiple things that make up recoil in tarkov , like the initial kick, then how fast your PMC pulls your gun back to center, and then there is the shaking of your entire camera/view as you shoot. That last part of recoil is different depending on fov. If you have low fov the camera shake is gonna be worse compared to high fov. So there is actually a difference in recoil.
@@doctorgonzo7777 No, the camera shake is the exact same. It's just more apparent with a lower FoV, because a small rotation of the camera means things move farther over the screen.
High Fov negative: A distorted picture where the sizes and distances of everything are out of whack depending on whether it's at the side or center of the screen.
You do not want LOD lower than 2.5 if you enjoy using weapons such as the 5-7. The sights don't render properly rendering it useless. You also do not want to use Nvidia Reflex with Vsync turned off.
@@Antoine_chedid It bypasses render queues to ensure frames arent skipped. Since you're already pushing as many frames as possible on the lowest latency the GPU can already deliver, it will cause quite the variety of artifacts depending on your system, system integrity, hardware, and even the capabilities of your monitor and how well you have tuned everything overall. It's similar to a GPU miner sending a share after the blockchain has moved onto the next block. It did the work, but you ain't getting paid for it.
thank you so much! as a new player, it was very hard to see since my monitor is so washed but with the control panel color settings and the post fx, it makes the game look much better and colorful. It also makes my monitor not look washed. Thank you!
that's just his personal preffrence. don't mess with the color settings on nvidia control panel. only up gamma by MAX 20% and digital vibrance by MAX 10% and don't touch contrast.
An issue I've picked up on is that high control panel contrast results in concussive effects overwhelming your screen more. It becomes surprisingly difficult to see in situations where you're under fire, which you wouldn't realize fiddling with your settings in an offline raid. Darkening effects on your screen too, like bloodshot from low head health or fatigue, render more than half your screen opaque from the overlay
@@davidanson8057 Or the video is trying to mislead new players. Recommending Nvidia Reflex kills performance and causes terrible screen tearing for me. Maybe it's not intentional, but if I followed the videos advice I'd have a huge disadvantage against somebody playing default.
How do you get to see the change on OBS? Cus when I start my stream the brightness is not effected to my viewers, only to myself :D And its quite dark for them. Any way to be able to stream the brightned image like you in ur video?
It's because I was recording with a capture card. If you're using a single PC setup OBS software capture won't be effected by Nvidia control panel brightness etc. The best way for you to adjust brightness for your stream is to add a colour correction/grading filter to your source and turn the gamma up
Really wish Tarkov would actually make the visibility better on their end - we're running around maps looking at purple grass just to be able to see people at the moment
63 fov if you run scopes with eye relief 75 if you run normal sights Colorfulness is crucial Brightness can be increased by increasing gamma which makes it easier to see your enemies. Lower graphics seems to help me for fps/spotting people. Always right hand peek for that tactical advantage
AF should always be on. It makes textures far less muddy (easier to differentiate between green clothing and green leaves) and will literally not even cost a single percent of performance.
A tip from me, if you use RTSS and cap your framerate one frame under your monitor's refresh rate you eliminate most imput lag with Vsync on, so nvidia reflex isnt needed and putting your vsync latency mode on ultra with regular vsync on is actually smoother and faster.
@@darkracer1252 Nvidia reflex basically minimizes the amount of frames queued and makes sure the gpu and cpu are working together to minimize delay in rendering those frames, the same can be achieved by putting vsync on ultra which makes it so there are no queue'd frames in the buffer together with limiting it one frame under your refresh rate for minimal input lag with vsync on. I know exactly what Nvidia reflex does, thank you very much.
Hey quick question, do u play with object LOD and overall visibility on the lowest even on maps like customs where there’s a lot of trees (due to them looking 2D in the distance)
I'm someone who has a top tier PC so I can enjoy the best visuals. The fact that I have to make Tarkov look horrible to be competitive is a real shame. I'm glad other games like Hunt and Squad force a minimum level of shadows and detail to stop this.
Omg the antialiasing changed my game so hard. Everything at a distance was jagged so it was impossible to see people. Now it’s only slightly so and I’m sniping scavs like it was nothing. Finally I can get some kills in my group!
@@jumperkai It's because in an offline raid all the scav AI (pathfinding etc) is being calculated on your CPU whereas in an online raid it is calculated on the server. I only found this out recently as I always wondered why my fps was worse offline (made no sense to me until it was explained). In an offline raid you can almost see the frames dropping as the scav AI is loading in.
Actually offline raids tank your fps more because your pc becomes the server which means it is what’s powering all the AI and map. You will get better performance online.
I dont think they need to do that - the game provides a great immersive experience, but many people chose to play this game competitively and will use display settings to their advantage. If you want to level out the playing field, the option is there for you to do so :)
@@2Lew I am keeping mine as default to keep it as "realistic" as possible, as the developers intended it. I keep PostFX off. Great video though, a few hints to boost my video frame rate to avoid stutter. The best one is simply more RAM. Phillip.
I know it’s a game but I think it destroys the immersion completely . It’s not an competitive game imo and far away from it with the spaghetti net code, and things like this. In my DoDs ESL past we get a specific esl server , with an specific Confic so that everyone has the same chances. In tarkov anyone use stuff like this , seeing in dark locations and even without nvgs at night. Same with sound stuff. I know it’s just a game and it’s about winning but sometimes I wish we could all play on the same conditions… But still , thx for the content . I simply think I getting to old for such stuff
Literally as competetive as it gets dude you dont just die in tarkov every death is a chance to lose progression that is far more competetive than any other shooter on the market hands down if you can respawn a billion times with no threat to your level or progression they how competetive can a game be all esports games are literally only competetive because of prize value not the game its self
I'm not telling anyone to use specific settings - im showing you that if you're hurting your eyes trying to see things in this game, you can adjust colour settings/postfx to make it easier for you
I agree man. I rather have the game be dark and hard to see instead of all washed out with low video and rendering settings. I play this game for the immersion and “realism”.
@@2Lew I watched the video and understand what you said . It’s not an attack on you or your content . Just my 2 cents. I got an oldschool esl background where competitive means : equal settings and than the skill wins but that’s not possible for tarkov. To much random stuff (pve, chads /rats , disconnect,) to bad netcode , no balance etc.
@@w.f.productions7501 nah, maybe not more competitive but quite more challenging than most others shooters. Competitive in what ? Rush to lvl 42? Stash value ? Or pvp? PvP skill: short barreled sa-58 with 150 recoil vs mp7 with subsonic. Who will win but which Setup needs more skill to handle … besides of 3th party engagements . 7mm buckshot head eye scavs etc
I'm from an era where external graphic changes , i.e. NVIDIA control panel, is considered cheating. Especially gamma changes. I guess if you're just adjusting to see better inside during day raids, then its not bad. But people abuse these for night raids.
Recently the game Rust actually blocked Nvidia color filters because you could change it to see clear at night. It took them years to actually do something about it but games are starting to block these third parts applications from being used in games. Valorant also disable Logitech game hub mouse applications to keep people from using scripts. Tarkov will probably do the same in the future
This would have been much more useful if we could have seen the different shade examples with another player in the distance, maybe moving. The point is to be able to see players... Lets see an example of that.
I disagree with low shadow quality, the shadows on most maps have been optimized enough to have good performance and much better visibility for me at least
here cause Lew Bears thee homie. always here to support and show the homie some love! love theee content as always lew. keep grinding keep moving papas!❤️
1:12min hold on, most of the GPU can handle fullscreen window mode better, like the inputdelay. and VSync off, becouse ur gpu has to work more to get the exact 144 fps (sry for my english)
Good stuff though the biggest revolution for me was to get away from a cheap TN panel monitor. I figured why shell out for a 2080 if I’m going to push those frames through a crap monitor.
Vsync tip here: If you can use FreeSync or GSync, go for it. There's no real reason to not use it (unless you want 150 fps if you can get them, over smoothness and no tear). But if you're like me, mid-range to low tier PC from some years ago, and you don't want to Vsync it. Enhanced sync has been doing the trick for me. I have a 768p 60hz monitor. Enhanced Sync used to work well for me a couple of years ago, but since then I've been noticing some "roughness". It's not entirely smooth as it should be anymore. So I stopped using it. But I thought I give it a try and for Tarkov specifically, I have no tear, no noticeable input lag other than the one from low fps, and looks smooth.
I am hesitant using these because I'd like a constant setting for my monitor when not playing the game. Is there a way to create a proflle only for EFT?
works a treat, used to use the same sortve settings for CS back in the day with the Nvidia control but never made too much of a difference, makes a huge difference in tarkov though, to anyoone who may stumble across this, 100% worthit with tarkov even though it can be a huge waste of time on other games, also no fret, its super easy to return just the colour changes to default it appears in the top right once change "reset to default"
I can promise you for a fact that for beginners or casual people 1080p without anti aliasing is gonna be insane advantage bc you are gonna get used to stuff like aliasing and glowing while moving but if you stop and stand still you will see moving targets (the outline pixels) shine and Blink White whats extremly seeable through bushed if you have everything on low
Hey, just wanting to say I just started playing Tarkov and I've been loving your content. I have a quick question though. How do you get that post fx overlay in the corner so you can see what the changes look like as you're doing them?
The moment I learned all the grass disappeared in Arma I knew I had been playing wrong. Forcing everyone on the same playing field of sight was the one thing I respected consoles for.
Thank you so much for this advice. I am considering purchasing this game and that would really help if I did. I am 70 years old and love to game but my vision is not what it once was. No I just need to decide which option to by. Any suggestions?😊
The most expensive option will give you a vital increase: storage space outside of raids. You will still be able to get to that storage space through in-game means, but it'll be a chore like no other.
@@godcurse9835 my settings are (nvidia control) brightness 50% contrast 50% gamma 1.23 digital vibrance 58% ingame. postfx brightness 40 saturation 45 clarity 50 colorfullness 70 (to make the game look better) luma sharpen 60 (rather then 0) adaptive sharpen 50. color grading boost. and intensity 55 (so just a tiny bit) my game doesn't look bad. i can see at night like i should in real life. evens the playing field without being game breaking and as a bonus the game still looks normal. and not like you're on acid
Big Chief! Big Vid! I was constantly being bashed ob Reddit for playing in cartoon Style with Montreal on .... Just tried out Cifden and im absolutely sold. Thanks for pointing that out! Big Love
I really hate how dark it is in my games. It makes seeing and finding people difficult which is vital because if you see the other guy first chances are youll win the fight. thanks for the guide.
5:56 2lew: There's an enemy at the Purple forklift! Teammate: Umm, that's red bro. 2lew: No, it's Purple! Also 2lew: (remember's settings) Oh yeah red haha.
I tinkered with these settings after watching one of your previous videos a while ago. But I regret it after closing Escape from Tarkov and looking at anything else (videos/websites/other games). Everything outside Tarkov then looks 'wrong'. And I don't want to change the settings everytime I open and close the game, so unfortunately I can't have these advantages. But cool video!
I just noted what the ideal in game values were, then kept the control panel open while playing. When I finish, I close the control panel or hit "cancel" and it resets back to what was originally there for looking at normal browsing
on nvidia control panel. gamma +0 to 15 maybe 20% and digital vibrance no higher then 10% and keep the rest at default. don't listen to this youtuber who is a fan of eye strain.
Tried the settings out and they look fantastic, is there a way to do the monitor color adjustment for just the game or will I have to change it manually each time. Id like to keep my monitor from looking as bright and washed for non-game content.
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I'm done with the wipe so I'll tell your followers how to see at night. I turn PostFX Off. Contrast to 70, Gamma UP to match darkness(2+), and Digital Vibrancy to 10-20. With those simple Nvidia desktop color settings you can see pretty clearly even in really dark night. Night time Factory lacks ambient light so it doesn't work great in there, but the darkest parts are fine with just a flashlight. Digital Vibrance fixes the over saturation of the colors with that much added contrast and gamma. Now I can run night raids without NVGs and see fine. Or just stash run in peace.
Overall Visibility at ZERO??? LOL my man is out here tryin to kill all you boys cuz u cant see him with that turned down!!! not gonna lie after you said that I got the feeling that nothing else you said in the video could be trusted... IMO you are simply wrong about that specifically but I am open to hearing why you think its best to turn it all the way down...
I recommend you look up a bit more about nvidia boost, having it on isn't as good as just using a frame limiter.
Shouldnt this title say "video settings for streamers that suffer from screen tearing?" rather than a broader audience. I would think sabotaging people with your vsync would hinder most of the community?
Would this video still be considered up to date? I just started Tarkov and actually seeing people is proving more difficult than I expected - I just setup my game in a practice raid with these settings so hoping that improves
After 45 mins of adjusting i can clearly see the “head, eyes” better. Thanks 👍🏾
LOL
Man this speaks to my soul
😂😂😂😂😂😂👍
hahahahahahaha
Underrated comment.
The first time you uploaded a video with your video and graphic settings was actually the first video I ever saw of yours, and then just started watching the rest of your uploads. That's when I fell in love with the content, and continue to watch as often as I can. Keep up the amazing work, Lew. You're one of the best content creators out there, and you deserve the recognition.
Thanks for the kind words dude ❤️
@@2Lew Absolutely, mate. You make amazing content, and everybody should watch you clap those geeza's with ease. You were the inspiration for a change in my gameplay, and continue to be so. Stay humble, and stay well friend. Can't wait for more content here and on Twitch.
2Lew: Chooses Colorblind setting and sporadically moves slider back and forth
Me: patiently waits to see a difference
😂😂
Wtf
After reading this, I think I have bad news for you lmao
100% im colour-blind and did this exact thing 😂😂
Yeah same, I have achromatopsia
This is by far the most useful tarkov video I’ve seen in my 6 wipes of this game, thank you.
Honestly.. I really sort of hate post fx. I'm not entirely sure why they should be in outside of maybe a few presets. It gives such a strong advantage and makes the game look less immersive all the while
The problem is postfx allows most monitors to have almost identical color display configured
Exploiting is cheating, especially if you are using an external program to modify the game, as is demonstrated in this video.
@@maxschlegel3566 are you actually trying to tell me that NCP is a cheat?! hahahaha
You realize that even if they were no programs/system such as post fx and nvidia filters, you can just MANUALLY change all this shit on a good gaming monitor?? Even better, you can do all this shit for free in nvidia controlpanel which EVERYONE have access.
If YOU want to be immersed and behind on free and easy advantage, go ahead
@@maxschlegel3566 it's not exploiting though
The timing of your videos always seems to be on point for me. Literally been trying to mess with new PostFX settings recently and this gives me a bit of a guideline to follow while I tweak them. Cheers, mate!
my homie
I love the post FX stuff. Once the game got less gray and the outside looked like a bright sunny day instead of washed out bloom, I actually started to be in better moods. I really hate grey cloudiness lol.
ye the grayness of tarkov can be a bit frightening
@@LumeLii just russian color palette dude
@@LumeLii Welcome to eastern europe my friend
happiest Eastern European experience
lol opposite for me... I like the cold, brisk palette; matches the tone. gloom > bloom
Thanks for the video, I can actually see what I'm doing now. The sharpness and noise in this game was way too high for me to distinguish between enemies and bushes on woods lol.
I used to use the color blind mode on destiny and I actually preferred it because it made the boss health bar purple and I thought it was sick
Have you tried the Emilia preset? I feel like it doesn't mess up the colours as much as many of the others (Montreal makes everything purple, Chillwave makes everything greyish-brown-blue, etc) whereas Emilia retains the standard look of the game whilst brightening up dark areas by a lot and generally makes everything more visible. I'd love to hear your take on it!
Big fan of this one
I use emilia at 22%
Is this a setting in tarkov?? Or nvidi
Actually you want LOD at 2.5 because it reduces/removes a stuttering issue that the LOD 2 setting causes because it is bugged.
Is this why my game is stuttering?!!? Lol
@@MALDOxMEMES there is a shit ton of reasons why your game could stuttering, tarkov is sadly extremely unoptimized, I had to post a reddit post asking for help a while back and my problem was with my page file not being on my ssd even though my game was, but there are just so many factors that play into it
oh because it renders things that are close all at once as you're moving? i see this to be more stable than anything else but not more performing...
@@MALDOxMEMES did it work? I thought it stuttered because of cpu throttling, or ram
it also makes trees render a little further so you don’t have 2d trees in ur face.
Holy crap I can see now! I've been playing Tarkov for 3 years and I felt like I must be getting old because I really had to strain my eyes so I could see what was going on, the Nvidia contrast and gamma setting turned my target acquisition from night to day. I'm not actually as bad at this game now than I thought I was.
cheating makes things easier for a lot of people. shame that it's so popular you've got people arguing it's "not cheating" even though it's modifying your game to get an advantage
@@lithuaniaball you sound like a cry baby😂
@@lithuaniaball Modifying your game is like changing the game asset settings for things like esp. Changing your monitor and in game post fx are both the same thing. They're the exact same settings.
@@ColorDumper "post fx"
"post"
ie, not part of the game
or, in other words, a modification. one that gives a competitive advantage. in any other context, that is typically considered cheating. it's really no different from the macros, which are also banned.
@@lithuaniaball That's like saying me uncapping my fps in nvidia control panel is cheating. These are settings that tarkov devs for whatever reasons barley glossed over, so people take it into their own hands to do. I would love for tarkov to make their game actually normal, but they won't do that because it's, "beta". These settings are readily available for anybody to use in any video game. If that's your definition of cheating then wow you are far from it.
Lew... Your content is unparalleled. This is a video I NEEDED. Appreciate you!
appreciate you brother!!
I wish the devs would come up with presets for graphics settings so that no matter what quality you choose, the shadows, lighting and FOV would be the same for everyone. Post fx ruined pvp for players who like immersive graphics and lighting cause everyone cheeses their settings for an advantage. Enjoy y’all’s fortnite graphics.
Maybe unrealistic but I agree completely with you. Shouldn't have to make the game look like trash for an advantage. I'm happy to die a bit more often.
roleplayer
loool the you need to use post fx otherwise this game looks like ass. actually makes it more realistic
@@karllhungus2681 Idk. From what I saw looks hypercontrasty with a skittles color palate. The fortnite comment seems apt. Will play around with it again.
@@karllhungus2681 not with his preset lol
Nice to show different options and remind to check wether it works or not. Also thanks for the reminder of the other nvidia color settings. I use the gamma since I used it for CSGO but forgot the rest of the settings can help too.
Also the need to change stuff varies map to map, for example Interchange lighting is a mess, so postfx and video changes are a must!
I only change Nvidia settings on interchange and night raids, if you find a balanced postfx similar to mine you'll be able to do the same! Less messing with settings
@@2Lew I wish they’d just improve lighting in general so we wouldn’t need to do stuff like this lol
On CSGO, I played it exclusively with digital vibrance cranked to max haha. Not seeing people in that game was miserable
@@thicc_reap7569 Improved the lightning? Please elaborate..
Darkness is dark in real life, innit?.. There’s nothing to fix.
@@AbdiAktivo th-cam.com/users/shortsfAPUomPGJbY?feature=share here you go. Also sunlight dispersion doesn’t work, or at least barely works. In this game. Look at the shadows on the side of a building on a sunny day like looking at the rogue camp from the mountains to see what I mean. No, it doesn’t look how it should and if you think it’s realistic then you’ve never been outside. Looking into windows is pitch black for no reason, because sunlight doesn’t go into buildings. If you’ve been in a building with windows without power during they day it is pretty bright because light actually reflects off of things
They really should add postfx savefiles so you can save a setting and have it ready for different missions on the fly, than having to manually change it each time.
Simple qol change? Yeah in your dreams
Nikita said he was against this because he doesn't want players switching post-fx settings to gain an advantage in different situations.
@cloak211 that's a stupid take from him.. like ppl don't already have a folder with screenshots for different scenarios.. it's not like it's stopped by not adding it
It's just an annoying nuisance at this point
@@JRUDK Not really, he doesn't want people able to quickly toggle to a completely different set of settings when they go inside, then back to another one when they leave. Sure you can do it manually but you can't do it instantly which would be quite an advantage.
@@chaotikkiller1617 yeah, ngl changing your post fx regularly or even your desktop color settings for a competitive advantage is really cringe. If any of you start doing that, know that you need to find a hobby & you're taking Tarkov WAY too seriously.
Ik this is an old video but you should make an update about LOD as it came out as actually quite important and can drastically impact player visibility at range
Glad to see someone else agrees that Montreal is super helpful. 95% of people I talk to will never listen and be like nonono postFX are garbage.
I played 600H without any graphic settings.
I was so scared go inside or basement places.
My English is poor but I have to say this
I CAN SEE NOW
You saved my life.
The one video on graphics settings that actually helped, thankyou
Every video like this just ends up making my game burn my eyeballs out. And I play at noon not 1am
Before this i was basically a blind woman stumbling through any dark area or night raid, now I can actually see! Tysm.
“AA on” “AA off” *looks exactly the same*
Loved the video! Any tips on fixing desync? 🙂
Tarkov has been that 1 game I need to run low FOV cause of all the detail and recoil difference (which I find odd they made it that way). Thanks for the great vid! Helped a lot.
I’ll definitely try this out, I was never able to find the sweet spot for making things brighter in game, this was a great video. And btw your fps is really high, will you have a video on increasing performance?
Pls
Crank the gamma...
@@Dyils I dont know how he gets the fps that high. I have a 5950x with a 3090 GTX, and I can only get up to 150 fps when the stars align. Most open areas I get 100. That's with everything in low, DLS turned on.
@@sesanti disable/lower everything under graphics other than textures, anti aliasing, and nvidia reflex.
Dark areas are meant to be dark.
That's what flashlights are for, am I wrong?
I have upscaled the resolution of the game higher than the resolution of my monitor
It makes a huge difference for me. The antialiasing has more pixels to work with
im gna try this
Did not think we made all these advancements in graphics so that we could make it look like golden eye 64.
This. What is the point, may as well sell my 3060ti and get a gt710...lol
I would put this video up there with pestily’s settings video. Very good and showcases actual change! Thanks for the new vid man!
cheers mate
Still playing with your most recent postfx with my own few tweaks. Game been running great since and loads of visibility too. Perfect. Thanks.
just an udpate for people who end up here for new wipe,
LOD quality on 2 was actually worse for me. if you go to ground zero, set LOD quality to 2, and look at the bushes from the terragroup building's lobby, they will be all blocky and opaque textures. but if i set it to 4, i can see through the shrubs. id add screenshots but i don't think youtube allows links by default? but go try it out looking at the shrub/bushes on ground zero. it's very apparent.
thx for the info
when it comes to recoil and FOV, I would like to add that high FOV only lowers recoil for red dot and holographic sights. for any scopes the opposite is true. 50 FOV will have better recoil and less eye relief when full auto spraying through a scoped optic compared to 75 FOV.
you dont have less recoil, it just looks like you do because you have a larger view so it looks like its way smaller, its the same if you look at a mountain miles away when driving, its just because you just have a larger view of what youre looking at. Also this makes people smaller so it doesnt really matter about recoil "control"
@@skiffi7488 the spray pattern is the same but the recoil is perceived as way more due to the zoomed in fov. I'm not gonna argue about this because the answer is simple. Test it out in the hideout, the difference in recoil is insanely obvious, so it's not worth argueing about.
@@doctorgonzo7777 you just repeated what i was saying, im just talking about how you said the recoil is lower because of the higher fov
@@skiffi7488 yea but thats the thing. I don't agree the recoil is the same, because my definition of recoil is different then yours. There is multiple things that make up recoil in tarkov , like the initial kick, then how fast your PMC pulls your gun back to center, and then there is the shaking of your entire camera/view as you shoot. That last part of recoil is different depending on fov. If you have low fov the camera shake is gonna be worse compared to high fov. So there is actually a difference in recoil.
@@doctorgonzo7777
No, the camera shake is the exact same. It's just more apparent with a lower FoV, because a small rotation of the camera means things move farther over the screen.
i saw 1 video and fell in love with the content quallity
appreciate you dude
Negative about low FoV: you can see less around you potentially miss people to left and right.
High Fov negative: A distorted picture where the sizes and distances of everything are out of whack depending on whether it's at the side or center of the screen.
you don't need to see around you. that's what your ears are for.
lower fov means your targets are bigger. (it's basicly zooming in a bit)
Well done video! Going to give some of this a try and see what I like. Thanks!
You do not want LOD lower than 2.5 if you enjoy using weapons such as the 5-7. The sights don't render properly rendering it useless. You also do not want to use Nvidia Reflex with Vsync turned off.
Why don t you want to use reflex without vsync ?
@@Antoine_chedid It bypasses render queues to ensure frames arent skipped. Since you're already pushing as many frames as possible on the lowest latency the GPU can already deliver, it will cause quite the variety of artifacts depending on your system, system integrity, hardware, and even the capabilities of your monitor and how well you have tuned everything overall.
It's similar to a GPU miner sending a share after the blockchain has moved onto the next block. It did the work, but you ain't getting paid for it.
thank you so much! as a new player, it was very hard to see since my monitor is so washed but with the control panel color settings and the post fx, it makes the game look much better and colorful. It also makes my monitor not look washed. Thank you!
It's a pity it makes the game look like a poorly compressed jpeg, particularly in dark areas
that's just his personal preffrence. don't mess with the color settings on nvidia control panel. only up gamma by MAX 20% and digital vibrance by MAX 10% and don't touch contrast.
Just got internet back 2 weeks after moving, I’m really hyped to run some raids tonight. I’ll try out these settings, thanks Lew
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An issue I've picked up on is that high control panel contrast results in concussive effects overwhelming your screen more. It becomes surprisingly difficult to see in situations where you're under fire, which you wouldn't realize fiddling with your settings in an offline raid. Darkening effects on your screen too, like bloodshot from low head health or fatigue, render more than half your screen opaque from the overlay
I guess you're just supposed to not get shot with these settings on, since you can see them more clearly.
@@davidanson8057 Or the video is trying to mislead new players. Recommending Nvidia Reflex kills performance and causes terrible screen tearing for me. Maybe it's not intentional, but if I followed the videos advice I'd have a huge disadvantage against somebody playing default.
How do you get to see the change on OBS? Cus when I start my stream the brightness is not effected to my viewers, only to myself :D And its quite dark for them. Any way to be able to stream the brightned image like you in ur video?
It's because I was recording with a capture card. If you're using a single PC setup OBS software capture won't be effected by Nvidia control panel brightness etc. The best way for you to adjust brightness for your stream is to add a colour correction/grading filter to your source and turn the gamma up
@@2Lew ty bro
There’s a certain love I have for mfs that just wanna help everyone have fun fuckin love you and your work man👏🏽🥰
cheers dud
Much appreciated man. This has really helped me enjoy the game so much more!!
Really wish Tarkov would actually make the visibility better on their end - we're running around maps looking at purple grass just to be able to see people at the moment
Great video mate. Really informative and detailed. Love it
hey panda! :D
63 fov if you run scopes with eye relief
75 if you run normal sights
Colorfulness is crucial
Brightness can be increased by increasing gamma which makes it easier to see your enemies.
Lower graphics seems to help me for fps/spotting people.
Always right hand peek for that tactical advantage
AF should always be on. It makes textures far less muddy (easier to differentiate between green clothing and green leaves) and will literally not even cost a single percent of performance.
Yep. 16x
A tip from me, if you use RTSS and cap your framerate one frame under your monitor's refresh rate you eliminate most imput lag with Vsync on, so nvidia reflex isnt needed and putting your vsync latency mode on ultra with regular vsync on is actually smoother and faster.
Can you do the same thing if you’re not using RTSS?
Now i have a g sync ultimate monitor i just use g sync, but honestly if i knew this when i had my old monitor, would of been game changing
@@dini1046 Yep! Any frame limiter will work for this
so you have no idea how nvidia reflex works and just decided to spout some nonsence based on what you THINK it does?
@@darkracer1252 Nvidia reflex basically minimizes the amount of frames queued and makes sure the gpu and cpu are working together to minimize delay in rendering those frames, the same can be achieved by putting vsync on ultra which makes it so there are no queue'd frames in the buffer together with limiting it one frame under your refresh rate for minimal input lag with vsync on. I know exactly what Nvidia reflex does, thank you very much.
Brother thank you this is going to make this game so much easier
Hey quick question, do u play with object LOD and overall visibility on the lowest even on maps like customs where there’s a lot of trees (due to them looking 2D in the distance)
thank you for the info, it has changed my gaming experience for the better! keep it up brother
I'm someone who has a top tier PC so I can enjoy the best visuals. The fact that I have to make Tarkov look horrible to be competitive is a real shame. I'm glad other games like Hunt and Squad force a minimum level of shadows and detail to stop this.
Omg the antialiasing changed my game so hard. Everything at a distance was jagged so it was impossible to see people. Now it’s only slightly so and I’m sniping scavs like it was nothing. Finally I can get some kills in my group!
Remember:
He is using the offline raid mode, so fps are way higher than in normal raids :)
I get better fps in online raids. Off-line tanks my fps for some reason
@@XTC95 thats crazy, how much fps do u have in online and offline raids?
I get like 140-200 fps online and offline 70-90 fps (on factory 180fps)
@@jumperkai It's because in an offline raid all the scav AI (pathfinding etc) is being calculated on your CPU whereas in an online raid it is calculated on the server. I only found this out recently as I always wondered why my fps was worse offline (made no sense to me until it was explained). In an offline raid you can almost see the frames dropping as the scav AI is loading in.
Actually offline raids tank your fps more because your pc becomes the server which means it is what’s powering all the AI and map. You will get better performance online.
it depends on how much AI u use guys, its just that.
Yoooo 2Lew! Thanks for this my guy!
cheers brother
The fact that most of us have to do this is reason for the developers to redesign their lighting and shading.
I dont think they need to do that - the game provides a great immersive experience, but many people chose to play this game competitively and will use display settings to their advantage. If you want to level out the playing field, the option is there for you to do so :)
@@2Lew I am keeping mine as default to keep it as "realistic" as possible, as the developers intended it. I keep PostFX off. Great video though, a few hints to boost my video frame rate to avoid stutter. The best one is simply more RAM.
Phillip.
@@philliptemple4534 maybe they put postfx in there for a reason lol
I legit agree and use 100% of your settings. Awesome video aswell 💯
I know it’s a game but I think it destroys the immersion completely . It’s not an competitive game imo and far away from it with the spaghetti net code, and things like this. In my DoDs ESL past we get a specific esl server , with an specific Confic so that everyone has the same chances. In tarkov anyone use stuff like this , seeing in dark locations and even without nvgs at night. Same with sound stuff. I know it’s just a game and it’s about winning but sometimes I wish we could all play on the same conditions…
But still , thx for the content . I simply think I getting to old for such stuff
Literally as competetive as it gets dude you dont just die in tarkov every death is a chance to lose progression that is far more competetive than any other shooter on the market hands down if you can respawn a billion times with no threat to your level or progression they how competetive can a game be all esports games are literally only competetive because of prize value not the game its self
I'm not telling anyone to use specific settings - im showing you that if you're hurting your eyes trying to see things in this game, you can adjust colour settings/postfx to make it easier for you
I agree man. I rather have the game be dark and hard to see instead of all washed out with low video and rendering settings. I play this game for the immersion and “realism”.
@@2Lew I watched the video and understand what you said . It’s not an attack on you or your content . Just my 2 cents.
I got an oldschool esl background where competitive means : equal settings and than the skill wins but that’s not possible for tarkov. To much random stuff (pve, chads /rats , disconnect,) to bad netcode , no balance etc.
@@w.f.productions7501 nah, maybe not more competitive but quite more challenging than most others shooters.
Competitive in what ? Rush to lvl 42? Stash value ? Or pvp?
PvP skill: short barreled sa-58 with 150 recoil vs mp7 with subsonic.
Who will win but which Setup needs more skill to handle … besides of 3th party engagements . 7mm buckshot head eye scavs etc
Let’s go 2lew upload
Hi dude
@@2Lew 2Lew man no way, I love the content man you’re my go to on TH-cam videos ❤️
I'm from an era where external graphic changes , i.e. NVIDIA control panel, is considered cheating. Especially gamma changes. I guess if you're just adjusting to see better inside during day raids, then its not bad. But people abuse these for night raids.
Recently the game Rust actually blocked Nvidia color filters because you could change it to see clear at night. It took them years to actually do something about it but games are starting to block these third parts applications from being used in games. Valorant also disable Logitech game hub mouse applications to keep people from using scripts. Tarkov will probably do the same in the future
@@RecKzXP Already has. The postfx ingame were already a response to nvidia’s panel.
This would have been much more useful if we could have seen the different shade examples with another player in the distance, maybe moving. The point is to be able to see players... Lets see an example of that.
I disagree with low shadow quality, the shadows on most maps have been optimized enough to have good performance and much better visibility for me at least
Same plus it looks garbage when you run and the shadow renders few steps in front of you
FINALLY another 2lew video! Btw I used your postfx settings (with my own tweaks) from last wipe, and I've been loving it ever since. Thank you!
aye im glad dude!
Saving this video and messing around when I get home from work
aye lets go dude
here cause Lew Bears thee homie. always here to support and show the homie some love! love theee content as always lew. keep grinding keep moving papas!❤️
jaaaaaaaamessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!
1:12min hold on, most of the GPU can handle fullscreen window mode better, like the inputdelay. and VSync off, becouse ur gpu has to work more to get the exact 144 fps (sry for my english)
Thanks for the help this Video boosted my FPS from 60 up to around 100 and the game even looks better.
nice mate! :)
Because why?
What were your settings before that it changed THAT drastically?
Good stuff though the biggest revolution for me was to get away from a cheap TN panel monitor. I figured why shell out for a 2080 if I’m going to push those frames through a crap monitor.
Vsync tip here: If you can use FreeSync or GSync, go for it. There's no real reason to not use it (unless you want 150 fps if you can get them, over smoothness and no tear).
But if you're like me, mid-range to low tier PC from some years ago, and you don't want to Vsync it. Enhanced sync has been doing the trick for me. I have a 768p 60hz monitor. Enhanced Sync used to work well for me a couple of years ago, but since then I've been noticing some "roughness". It's not entirely smooth as it should be anymore. So I stopped using it. But I thought I give it a try and for Tarkov specifically, I have no tear, no noticeable input lag other than the one from low fps, and looks smooth.
I am hesitant using these because I'd like a constant setting for my monitor when not playing the game. Is there a way to create a proflle only for EFT?
You can check ignore options boxs when you are not in EFT
As a newb this helped so much. Thanks man
Im at 1k hours and still cant find the perfect settings but this video is so good, thanks 🤟
works a treat, used to use the same sortve settings for CS back in the day with the Nvidia control but never made too much of a difference, makes a huge difference in tarkov though, to anyoone who may stumble across this, 100% worthit with tarkov even though it can be a huge waste of time on other games, also no fret, its super easy to return just the colour changes to default it appears in the top right once change "reset to default"
Hey love you man! thanks for ur content my dude!
i love this for buildings but man, high gamma makes sunny outdoors ridiculously bright
I can promise you for a fact that for beginners or casual people 1080p without anti aliasing is gonna be insane advantage bc you are gonna get used to stuff like aliasing and glowing while moving but if you stop and stand still you will see moving targets (the outline pixels) shine and Blink White whats extremly seeable through bushed if you have everything on low
clifden on woods looks very nice
ikr!!
Hey, just wanting to say I just started playing Tarkov and I've been loving your content. I have a quick question though. How do you get that post fx overlay in the corner so you can see what the changes look like as you're doing them?
You click 'Visualise' when in post fx settings screen in game
@@walkslikewater I figured it out but thank you for replying and being helpful.
The moment I learned all the grass disappeared in Arma I knew I had been playing wrong.
Forcing everyone on the same playing field of sight was the one thing I respected consoles for.
Wtf man i just talking about this with a friend yesterday, thanks lew. :D
Aye alfre hey dude!
So you change the color setting for the monitor. Do you change and switch back for desktop work? For other games?
Turning off PostFX and doing some adjustments in Nvidia was the best change I made. PostFX costs around 10fps also
Nvidia tells me use a game where the Nvidia graphics are supported, or some shit. *shrug*
@@DunkSkunk thats under the filters right? Yeah, it doesn't work. Have to use nvidia control panel.
@@thatbluefa5913 yea. Are you talking about the brightness hue and gamma page ?
@@DunkSkunk yes and digital vibrance. I personally turn off post fx in game and put my vibrance to about 75% and my gamma to 1.30-1.60 it depends
Thank you so much for this advice. I am considering purchasing this game and that would really help if I did. I am 70 years old and love to game but my vision is not what it once was. No I just need to decide which option to by. Any suggestions?😊
The most expensive option will give you a vital increase: storage space outside of raids. You will still be able to get to that storage space through in-game means, but it'll be a chore like no other.
in the first minute of your video what do you use to show your GPU cpu performance ?
Honestly I rather die to someone sitting in a dark corner than looking at this for hours.
this doesn't look bad at all, what u mean.
Keep doing it then.
Control panel settings is a game changer, thanks for the insight!
np dude :)
his control panel settings are the worts thing he did. makes the game look like a 5 year old finger painted it
@@darkracer1252 i right see that, complete agreejesuss
@@godcurse9835
my settings are (nvidia control)
brightness 50%
contrast 50%
gamma 1.23
digital vibrance 58%
ingame. postfx
brightness 40
saturation 45
clarity 50
colorfullness 70 (to make the game look better)
luma sharpen 60 (rather then 0)
adaptive sharpen 50.
color grading boost.
and intensity 55 (so just a tiny bit)
my game doesn't look bad. i can see at night like i should in real life.
evens the playing field without being game breaking and as a bonus the game still looks normal. and not like you're on acid
@@darkracer1252 nice!
What OSD do you use? How did you get your ping onto it or is it just frametime in ms
Big Chief! Big Vid!
I was constantly being bashed ob Reddit for playing in cartoon Style with Montreal on ....
Just tried out Cifden and im absolutely sold. Thanks for pointing that out!
Big Love
big love dude
I really hate how dark it is in my games. It makes seeing and finding people difficult which is vital because if you see the other guy first chances are youll win the fight. thanks for the guide.
Hey thx for the vid, quick question, i can’t find any color setting in my nvidia control panel ?
5:56
2lew: There's an enemy at the Purple forklift!
Teammate: Umm, that's red bro.
2lew: No, it's Purple!
Also 2lew: (remember's settings) Oh yeah red haha.
😂
Thumbs up dude, my FPS went from 30 to 80 so dope, CONFIRMED!!!
Your videos are so helpful!
Great video as always!
appreciate it brother
Man, i really apreciate this. I went chad mode in my first factory match and killed 3 usecs thanks to the fluidity of my game!
Brooo tell me why this is what I've needed, thank
you kind sir.
im glad homie
I tinkered with these settings after watching one of your previous videos a while ago. But I regret it after closing Escape from Tarkov and looking at anything else (videos/websites/other games). Everything outside Tarkov then looks 'wrong'. And I don't want to change the settings everytime I open and close the game, so unfortunately I can't have these advantages. But cool video!
I just noted what the ideal in game values were, then kept the control panel open while playing. When I finish, I close the control panel or hit "cancel" and it resets back to what was originally there for looking at normal browsing
@@LorenzoCarnio this
@@LorenzoCarnio Didn't know it can work like that. Thanks for the tip!
on nvidia control panel. gamma +0 to 15 maybe 20% and digital vibrance no higher then 10% and keep the rest at default.
don't listen to this youtuber who is a fan of eye strain.
damn, I felt like a blind elephant with a big target on my head walking around in raids. Now I know why.
Tried the settings out and they look fantastic, is there a way to do the monitor color adjustment for just the game or will I have to change it manually each time. Id like to keep my monitor from looking as bright and washed for non-game content.
just skip that part all together. you don't need it and it makes the game look ugly