How to increase FPS in Apex Legends: Steps to removing the FPS cap

Apex Legends is one of the most successful free-to-play first-person shooters from Respawn Entertainment. The battle royale game is graphically intensive which may often lead to lags or you could be struggling to reach a certain amount of frame rate due to FPS caps. However, there are several tools in the game that you can use to maximise your FPS to gain a competitive edge over your opponents. So, let’s take a quick at how you can quickly boost FPS in Apex Legends.

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How to increase FPS in Apex Legends?

Here are the steps to boost FPS in Apex Legends:

Remove the FPS cap

The first step towards boosting your FPS is getting rid of the FPS cap. To do so, you need to follow these steps:

Step 1: Load the Origin Launcher and on ‘My Game Library’

Step 2: Locate Apex Legends and select ‘Game Properties’ by right-ing on it

Step 3: Select ‘Advanced Launch Options’ and enter the Command line

Step 4: Here, you need to type a command – “+fps_maxunlimited”

Step 5: Hit ‘Save’ to save the changes

Make sure you restart the Origin client software before booting the game.

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VideoConfig

Now you will have to make a few changes to your video configuration file. To launch the video configuration file, you need to press Windows + R on your keyboard. Now, you need to enter the following in the editor - "%USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Respawn\Apex\local"

Next, hit ‘Enter’ and open the ‘videoconfig’ file from the folder. Now you need to make changes to the following settings:

• setting.cl_ragdoll_self_collision – Change it to 0
• setting.r_lod_switch_scale – Change it to 0.6 (you can change it to 0.5 if you have a lower-end PC)
• setting.mat_depthfeather_enable Change it to 0
• setting.csm_enabled - Change it to 0.

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Once you have made the above changes, you can save the file and exit. However, make sure that you set the file attribute to ‘Read-Only’. If you don’t change it to a Read-Only file, the changes made to the file will be overwritten the next time you launch the game. To do so, right- on the ‘videoconfig’ file and ‘Properties.’ Now, check the ‘Read-Only’ and hit ‘Save.’

Lastly, make sure that you don’t have any apps or browsers running in the background while playing the game. This will definitely help boost your gaming performance.

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