With Halo Infinite being as fast-paced as it is, the framerate in the game can be the difference between life or death in the heat of battle. While it doesn’t happen often, a limited framerate can cause you to miscalculate your shots or be slower to react to surprises.
To assure your kill count depends on the skill and not computer specifications, you’ll want to keep your framerate around 60fps. Every game is slightly different in how you’re able to boost your FPS, but for Halo Infinite, there is a slew of specifics you will want to do this, along with some general changes that will help all of your games run better.
Here is how to increase your frames-per-second for Halo Infinite on PC.
Turn off High-Res Textures
When you download Halo Infinite, the game secretly and automatically comes with high-resolution textures enabled for multiplayer. This can slow your FPS by quite a lot if your machine can’t handle it. The kicker here is that this is not a setting that the player can adjust in-game because it is slotted for Halo Infinite as a DLC. Here is how to turn off high-res textures externally.
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Adjusting In-Game Video Settings
There are also several settings you can adjust within the game that can help increase your frame rate. Go to settings, and then go to video. Here are all of the settings and the value that should be for the best FPS performance.
Updating Your Graphic Card Driver
Sometimes the solution to an FPS problem is just updating your graphics driver. Check the website or local app for whichever graphics card you use to ensure you have the latest update. If you don’t, immediately install the latest driver update to ensure the best level of performance.
Driver updates are generally free, and we’ve linked update pages for two of the most common graphic cards in gaming PCs. If you have a different graphics card, check its respective website.
Update NVIDIA GEFORCE graphics card|Update AMD Radeon graphics card
Ending Other Processes
Halo Infinite runs best when it is the only thing open on your PC. This means closing all other programs, especially web browsers, art programs, video editors, and other games. Once Halo Infinite is the only window open, you should be better off than before.
That said, even if Halo Infinite is the only window you have open, there could be some background processes also affecting your FPS. To end these background processes, open the Task manager usingctrl + alt + delete. Locate the processes in an alphabetical list, right-click them, and then select End Task. Be sure to only do this to third-party programs and none of your PC’s internal processes.
Here is a list of some background processes you may also want to close via the Task Manager:
Overall, Halo Infinite is first and foremost an Xbox Series X game. The way it is given to players is not optimal for most PCs, especially older ones. However, following all of these steps can ensure that most gaming PCs with decent specs from the last five or so years can run the game without too serious of an FPS issue.
Following all these steps should result in a much smoother experience than when you first downloaded or launched the game. Good luck out there, Spartans.
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