Game:

The Last of Us Part I (2022)

Duration: 13:47

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After multiple tinkering with the settings (again), I can safely say that using Medium Textures on Low VRAM GPUs, like the 1060 3GB I have, is finally possible. NO MORE muddy textures! Some other settings that can be increased are LOD quality, Shadow Resolution and Screen Space Reflections, along with Environmental, Character and Object Textures. The game's doesn't drop below 30 FPS in the most demanding area of the game (The Capitol) and looks A LOT BETTER with Medium Textures. Setting the texture quality to High, which is almost the same as ultra, will be playable for a few minutes, but after that it results in a crash.

Also, CPU usage is notably lower than Patch v1.0.1.7 and the game seems to be less CPU bound. Overall, I believe this is a really good patch and I hope the developers improve the game a little more. Stuttering and hitching is still present and frametimes aren't the best. The performance here from an aging and VRAM restricted GTX 1060 3GB is definitely impressive considering that the game is only on the PS5 (GTX 1060 is close to PS4 Pro Performance!).


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Time stamps:
00:00 NEW Optimized Settings
00:32 Benchmark (Outside the Capitol Area)
02:00 Benchmark (Cutscene, skip to avoid spoilers)
05:00 Benchmark (inside the Capitol)
07:35 Benchmark (Shooting Sequence)
09:30 Benchmark (Another Shooting Sequence)
11:20 Benchmark (Outside Again)
11:45 Benchmark (Metro)


Driver version used : 531.58
Windows 11 22H2

Parts used in this video:

GPU: Gigabyte GTX 1060 3GB Windforce OC + Manually overclocked 2100 core/4520 mem
CPU: AMD Ryzen 2700 stock
RAM:16gb 3066 Dual channel Ram
MB: Asrock B450M Steel Legend

Game installed on a Kingston NV2 SSD 1TB M.2 NVMe PCI Express 4.0

Game was played using Dualsense Controller

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