What are the best Marvel Rivals settings for PC? Getting great performance out of Marvel Rivals on PC is a simple task thanks to clear graphical settings menus and an art style that lends itself well to performing on older gaming PCs.
The Marvel Rivals system requirements paint the picture of a game that is still in beta, with a considerable gap between the minimum and recommended hardware. That being said, you won’t need the best graphics card to get the game running at a solid 60fps at 1080p or 1440p.
Here are the best Marvel Rivals video and gameplay settings for PC:
Best Marvel Rivals setting for PC
- Graphics Quality: High
- Global Illumination: Lumen GI High Quality
- Reflection Quality: Screen Space Reflections
- Model Detail: Ultra
- Post-Processing: High
- Shadow Detail: High
- Texture Detail: High
- Texture Detail: High
- Effects Detail: High
- Foliage Quality: High
- VSync: On
- NVIDIA Reflex: On
- Anti-Aliasing and Super Resolution: Nvidia DLSS
- Super Resolution Mode: Native
- Super Resolution Sharpening: 80
As expected, getting great performance out of Marvel Rivals is incredibly easy for our test rigs. At 1080p and the above settings, I averaged 102.5fps with a 1% low of 61.5fps. This is fantastic for a game still in beta and, hopefully, performance can only get better from here.
At 2,560 x 1,440 with the above settings, there wasn’t much difference in the average performance with 99.2 reported, but the 1% low was considerably lower at 51.9fps.
Pushing for the ultra video settings still returned average numbers well north of 60fps with 88.1fps at 1080p and 79.3fps at 1440p. Again, these 1% numbers took quite a hit with 50fps and 45fps respectively.
With Marvel Rivals being a competitive shooter, it’s best to stick to the settings that give you the best average while maintaining a 1% low of at least 60fps, so you can rest assured that any drops that do occur aren’t too severe. Graphically, at no setting did the game look bad, so it is well worth lowering specific settings gradually if you are struggling to get a level of performance you are happy with.
Best gameplay and accessibility settings
There are no accessibility settings in the Marvel Rivals closed beta. Hopefully, come the full release, this will be amended, as there is no reason why basic accessibility features can’t be included in the hero shooter genre.
In terms of general game settings, these are also thin on the ground, with a few options to show fps during gameplay, limit your fps entirely, and also show your network stats so you can identify if any suspected issues are down to your internet connection.
How we tested Marvel Rivals
At PCGamesN, we use dedicated gaming rigs to test the best settings for performance and gameplay in the latest releases. The test rig used for Marvel Rivals includes the following components; Intel Core i7 11700F, Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 12GB, 32GB of DDR4 3200MHz RAM, MSI B560 motherboard. We also test using Widows 11 64-bit.
We always run our testing first at 1,920 x 1,080 to identify the best settings, then again at 2,560 x 1,440 using the same setup to gauge the difference in performance. We use CapFrameX to capture frame data and compare testing sessions.
Does Marvel Rivals need an SSD?
Marvel Rivals doesn’t require a gaming SSD. While you can install and play the game from an HDD, using a gaming SSD will help eliminate the potentially disruptive load times which can sometimes still drag even on the faster storage option. You can even get the game installed faster compared to a mechanical drive.
How to monitor performance in Marvel Rivals
If you want to keep an eye on performance in Marvel Rivals we have an easy method that works whether you’re using an Nvidia or AMD graphics card.
For Nvidia cards, ensure you have GeForce Experience or the Nvidia App installed and the in-game overlay enabled, and then hit ALT + R in-game to bring up your performance monitor. With AMD cards, you can enable performance monitoring via the Radeon overlay using the shortcut CTRL + SHIFT + O.
Alternatively, you can download free software such as CapFrameX or Nvidia FrameView, to get a cleaner, more simplified benchmarking tool that works with any graphics card.
Sadly, Marvel Rivals doesn’t run on the Steam Deck, yet, so if you fancy trying your hand assembling a machine to take on Marvel Rivals, follow our handy guide on how to build a gaming PC and we’ll take you through the process step by step from start to finish.