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Changes the complexity or precision of lighting and material shader programs.
FPS
Medium
Visual
High
VRAM
Very low
CPU
Very low
Latency
None
What it does
Changes the complexity or precision of lighting and material shader programs. A restart or shader recompilation may be required in some games.
Games may also call it: Shader Detail, Shading Quality, Shader Complexity
Decision guide
Lower it when
Lower it after the biggest settings are tuned and you still need a little more headroom.
Keep it high when
Keep it high when the visual difference is obvious and the target frame time already has enough headroom.
Handheld advice
Treat this as a secondary handheld tweak after resolution, upscaling, shadows and heavy lighting are under control.
Restart
May be required
Some games still apply changes only after reloading a scene or restarting.
Do not overread the meter
A restart or shader recompilation may be required in some games. This score is an editorial cross-game estimate, not a measured result for every engine.