Optimal CONTROL Resonant graphics settings for smooth gameplay and highest FPS

CONTROL Resonant is now live on PC and consoles, and early players are discovering it pushes hardware harder than expected. If you're seeing stutter, frame drops, or input lag, the good news is that a focused set of in-game tweaks can deliver smooth performance without gutting the visuals.

The Test Rig Behind This Guide

Settings advice is only useful if you know what hardware produced it. This guide was built on a system close to the game's recommended tier:

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
• GPU: AMD Radeon 9060XT 16GB
• RAM: 32 GB of DDR4

That means the recommendations below lean toward mid-range and underpowered machines. If your rig sits at the top of the spec sheet, you can afford to push individual settings higher — you won't need many changes at all.

Display Settings First

Start with the fundamentals before touching the graphics menu:

• Display Mode: Fullscreen
• Display Resolution: Match your monitor's native resolution
• Upscaler: Off by default, but switch it on if any stutter appears
• FSR Frame Generation: Off
• Vsync: Off — only enable it if you're getting lag
• Frame Rate Limiter: 60 FPS, the sweet spot for smooth, enjoyable gameplay

Graphics Settings: Where to Save and Where to Spend

Graphics Preset: Custom

The texture and lighting settings that follow prioritize stable frame rates while keeping image quality acceptable:

• Texture Resolution: Medium
• Texture Filtering: Medium
• LOD: Low
• Global Illumination: Low
• Volumetric Lighting: Medium
• Fog: Medium
• Volumetric Spotlight: Medium
• Shadow Map Resolution: Medium
• Shadow Map Filtering: Medium
• Shadow Map Detail: Low
• SSAO: On
• SSR: Off
• SDF Reflections: Off
• Ray Tracing: Off
• Post Processing: Display Resolution

Post-Processing Preferences

These are largely taste-driven, but here's the configuration used for this guide:

• Motion Blur: Off
• Depth of Field: On
• Lens Distortion: On
• Film Grain: Off
• Vignetting: On

Why Ray Tracing Stays Off

Ray Tracing is the one feature best left disabled for most players right now. On the test rig above, enabling it produced decent visual results but also introduced lag — likely a GPU limitation. Owners of stronger cards can leave it on without issue. For the majority of setups, it simply overworks the hardware for a modest visual gain.

Where You Stand Now

The game has just launched, so tuning will likely evolve as patches arrive. In the meantime, the configuration above — 60 FPS cap, Ray Tracing off, shadows and lighting at low-to-medium, upscaler ready as a fallback — is the fastest path to a stutter-free experience on mid-range hardware. Start there, then raise individual settings only if your system holds steady.