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Renders three-dimensional clouds with lighting and weather response.
FPS
High
Visual
Very high
VRAM
Medium
CPU
Very low
Latency
None
What it does
Renders three-dimensional clouds with lighting and weather response. Sky-heavy scenes can make this one of the largest GPU costs.
Games may also call it: Cloud Quality, Volumetric Cloud Quality, Cloud Rendering
Decision guide
Lower it when
Lower it when the GPU is near full load and the game cannot hold the target frame rate.
Keep it high when
Keep it high when the visual difference is obvious and the target frame time already has enough headroom.
Handheld advice
On handhelds, reduce this one step at a time and retest at the same TDP, resolution and upscaling mode.
Restart
Usually not required
Some games still apply changes only after reloading a scene or restarting.
Do not overread the meter
Sky-heavy scenes can make this one of the largest GPU costs. This score is an editorial cross-game estimate, not a measured result for every engine.