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The default setting is what we consider to be the best setting for Mad God Overhaul.  We strongly recommend you play the game as it is, adjust resolution first, and only make changes when you are already satisfied with FPS on your device. 

More than half of the Mad God Overhaul players use reprojection (or commonly called ASW/SSW for Oculus devices).  Frame generation has improved significantly in the last a few years especially on higher frame rates.  60/120 is a very strong setting if you want to go this route, if you can consistently hit the low end of the FPS before it gets reprojected.  If you really can't handle 60/120 reprojection, disable reprojection/ASW/SSW in Steam VR/Oculus Link/Virtual Desktop depend on which software you are using.

The Game is Blurry

  • Make sure your encoding in Oculus, Virtual Desktop or Steam Link are set to manual encoding bit rate, something like H264/HEVC 150-200 to start.  Auto bitrate will greatly reduce bit rate when your PC or network can't keep up and make the game very blurry  
  • Remember higher encoding bit rate and types such as AV1, H264+ or HEVC 10 Bit will put more pressure on your GPU and can cause lower performance and stuttering
  • If you are using wireless streaming, your PC must be ethernet cabled into router

The Game is Low FPS

  • You must be running on SSD and have 32GB system memory, no exceptions
  • FSR - Works for both AMD and Nvidia users, 25-30% FPS increase with some artifacts due to upscaling, so you need to run one higher tier resolution than what your GPU is normally capable of to make it look good, debatable whether this looks better than lower resolution no upscaling
  • Open Composite XR - Disable VR Performance Kit and Reshade first, change Steam VR run time and Virtual Desktop run-time to XR , enable Open Composite XR. 10-15% FPS depend on location, with reduced compatibility due to losing Steam VR.

Resolution is Everything

  • Meta/Pico/Valve users, make sure Steam VR resolution is always set to 100%, only change device resolution through Oculus/Pico or better yet, Virtual Desktop
  • Pimax, Reverb G2 users may need to go lower than 100% in Steam VR, as the default 100% resolution on these headsets can be very high, check the resolution chart below to see the type of GPU you need to run each Steam VR resolution
  • PSVR2 default Steam VR resolution is 3400x3468 per eye which is absurd amount of wasted pixels, because the headset hardware is only 2000x2040, lower that to 70% to make it comparable to Quest 3 Godlike
  • In game super sampling slider should be set to lowest
  • We strongly recommend Virtual Desktop for all Quest and Pico users for the best balance between compatibility, reliability and performance

Recommended Resolution and GPU, using Meta Quest 3 for example

This is a high end list so your resolution should be one tier lower than the one you use for FUS or Half Life Alyx. 

Assuming out of box settings, try these first and if you have enough FPS, add more eye candy or increase resolution

Quest Link 1.0 / VD Medium (2016x2112) - 3070/6700XT/4060TI
Quest Link 1.2 / VD High (2496x2592) - 3080/3080TI/3090/4070/4070TI/6800XT/6900XT/7900XT
Quest Link 1.3 / VD Ultra (2688x2784) - 3090TI/4080/7900XTX
Quest Link 1.5x / VD Godlike (3072x3216) - 4090

Please refer to https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html 4K resolution to get an idea on how good your GPU is vs the cards above. 

This is also assuming your CPU is not heavily bottlenecking your GPU (<10%).  If your GPU is significantly behind a 3070, the correct recommendation is upgrade to at least a 4070, but you can always try lower the resolution to see if it is playable.

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