{"id":1578729,"date":"2026-05-14T15:01:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TXSVdGSK5dpCAPJjFwNr4U"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:01:00","slug":"turn-down-these-five-subnautica-2-settings-from-epic-to-high-for-a-massive-frame-rate-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/turn-down-these-five-subnautica-2-settings-from-epic-to-high-for-a-massive-frame-rate-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"Turn down these five Subnautica 2 settings from Epic to High for a massive frame rate boost"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Subnautica 2<\/a> has just released into early access, and I’m already shaking in my boots. Despite having a deep distrust of the sea (and all the terrible things that live in it), I’ve been a very brave boy and spent some time testing the game’s performance using two modern graphics cards: an 8 GB tiddler in the form of the lesser-VRAM-ed RTX 5060 Ti<\/a>, and a whale-sized RTX 5080<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After swimming with the alien fishes, I’m pleased to report that Subnautica 2 is capable of running well on both\u2014providing you’re prepared to drop a few settings. The Epic preset can result in some crunchy frames, but turning down five key graphics options by a single notch can add up to a huge performance improvement overall. Those options are:<\/p>\n