Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 is finally out, after years of intense anticipation – for both PC and consoles. This AAA title features cutting edge visuals and rendering methods, delivering the best of what the video game industry has to offer in this space.
As such, running the game on PCs is no easy feat, with the recommended specs mandating an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 GPU for 1080p/60 FPS gameplay. Thankfully, the game is rather scalable and should run well on significantly lower-end hardware.
A breakdown of the best Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 PC settings can be found detailed in the next section, taking into account a base 60 FPS target at 1080p, with a focus on visual quality and presentation.
Optimized Warhammer 40k Space Marine 2 PC settings
- Display Mode: Borderless
- Render Resolution: Native
- Display Resolution: 1920×1080; swap as per your native display resolution
- Resolution Upscaling: FSR 2; use DLSS if you possess a compatible Nvidia GeForce RTX card
- Dynamic Resolution FPS Target: Disabled
- Quality Preset: Custom
- Vertical Synchronization (V-Sync): Off; keep disabled at all times
- Motion Blur Intensity: Off; recommended to keep disabled to avoid blurry images in motion
- FPS Limit: Unlimited; can be capped to 60 FPS for certain devices (such as handheld gaming PCs)
- Texture Resolution: High; Lower if you have a card with 6 GB VRAM or less
- Shadows: Medium
- Screen Space Ambient Occlusion: Default
- Screen Space Reflections: Off; very GPU heavy but the difference is quite noticeable
- Volumetrics: Low
- Effects: Medium
- Details: Medium
- Cloth Simulation: Medium
Ray Tracing related settings should be kept disabled for boosted performance.
The game was tested on a Windows 11 system with an AMD Radeon RX 7600 XT, 32 GB of RAM and an AMD Ryzen 5 5600 CPU. Space Marine 2 runs decently well – for the most part, with a steady 70+ FPS in general gameplay situations.
Image quality is quite blurry though, with the occasional frame rate drop. Expect aggressive dips below 60 frames per second during chaotic battles.
