Start here
- Where
- Settings › Graphics › Optimize, unless a row says otherwise.
- Start
- Pick Low in Quick Settings, then change the ones below.
- FPS cap
- There isn’t one in the menu. Leave Vertical Sync off.
- Driver
- Keep it updated. NVIDIA has a Game Ready driver for Aion 2.
Max this
- Mass Combat Quality Very High, all the way upHow many characters get drawn at once. Low quietly skips some of the reds.
- View Distance Quality HighKeeps far-off players drawn.
- Maximum View Distance FarCamera zoom. Under Camera / Direction.
- Identical Player Appearance OnSame look for strangers. Big FPS win.
- [Abyss] Display as Tier Icon OnNames become rank icons. Less clutter.
- NVIDIA Reflex Boost NVIDIA onlyCuts input delay.
Mass Combat Quality goes all the way up.
It eats frames, so everything else turns potato.
Kill this
- Shadow QualityReflection QualityVegetation QualityCloud Quality Very Low, all fourShadows alone are the biggest FPS win in the menu.
- Global Illumination QualityEffect QualityShading QualityPost-Processing Quality Low, all fourLighting eats your GPU, and spell spam is what melts frames in a zerg.
- Volumetric FogVolumetric Light Scattering Off, bothGorgeous, and zero help in a zerg.
- Player Particle Effect Display Self and PartyStrangers’ effects stop drawing. Watch their cast bars.
- Frame GeneratorCamera Shake Effect During CombatDisplay Other Players’ Pets Off, all threeFake frames add input delay and shake hides the fight. Other people’s pets? You’ll live. Shake is under Camera / Direction, pets under Info Display.
- Upscaler DLSS or FSR, on BalancedLess GPU work when it gets crowded.
Leave these alone
Texture Quality
Normal, or High on 8GB+
This one eats video memory, so it barely touches FPS.
Model Quality
Normal
One step lower if big fights still stutter.