GZW Winds Of War 0.3 Graphic FPS Benchmarks By SiNisterFPS ( Updated 08/07/2025 Patch 0.3.3.0 )
For Testing, I put everything to low, frame gen was off and set upscaling to TSR at 100% resolution, No sharpness or anything enabled. This was all tested on my private server, No AI, No players and everything was benchmarked 4 times for each graphic setting ( Night, Day, Sunny and Heavy Rain ) and all was converted to an average to get the below FPS. The settings Highlighted in BOLD for each graphic setting is what I have chosen
Vertical FOV
Low 99FPS Max 104FPS
Oddly enough after testing multiple times, I get a 4 to 5 FPS increase maxing out my FPS. Also a change from 0.2 is I don't get that much of a Vram change switching between max and low FOV. About 100mb more in Vram between them. This is a positive change and should help with Vram issues for people wanting to run higher FOV
All Settings Below are tested at _Max FOV_ and all Settings set to _LOW_
Global Illumination
Low now Disables Lumen lighting and does look a little worse in terms of lighting, Epic use more precious Ray Tracing and it does put more strain on your system
Low 94FPS Medium 70FPS High 67FPS Epic 65FPS
Shadow Quality
The Fog Setting which was tied to this has now gone over to post processing and so this setting has changed a lot for me. Low actually removes some shadows now, Medium adds them all back, High and epic make them look a little more detailed but at a price of FPS
Low 104FPS Medium 103FPS High 95FPS Epic 93FPS
Object Quality
Talking to the Devs, Object Quality, so far it has only a small usage of disabling unimportant animations by distance (e.g. cloth, flags, ...) It also effects some details on walls or objects but very minimal
Low 82FPS Medium 82FPS High 82FPS Epic 82FPS
Texture Quality
( Does not affect FPS too much but more your Vram Usage )
Low 124FPS _(Vram Used 7650 MB)_ Medium 121FPS _(Vram Used 8100 MB)_ High 120FPS _(Vram Used 9000 MB)_
Effects Quality
Effects mainly Puddles and Rain over lighting, gives a little more detail and depth to puddles
Low 108FPS Medium 104FPS High 103FPS Epic 99FPS
Reflections Quality ( Combines With Global Illumination )
This combined with raising effects quality really makes the puddles, Water and reflections look better, more depth. I originally put this to Epic as I liked the visuals but after further testing with Very heavy rain, it really can drain FPS and it affected some PVP fights. I now play Medium which still looks awesome but a lot better for FPS and doesn’t tank in the rain.
Low 108FPS Medium 107FPS High 98FPS Epic 96FPS
Foliage Quality ( Updated 08/07/2025 Patch 0.3.3.0 )
Low for PvP Advantage, Actually gets rid of some depth to bushes and you can see players in them. Look at video for better understanding. Also with NEW 0.3.3.0 Patch, its removed some of the grass and given you more FPS
Low 103FPS (For PvP ) Medium 91FPS High 90FPS Epic 90FPS ( For PvE)
Shading Quality ….. Just put To EPIC Or LOW, DOES NOTHING
Low 87FPS Medium 87FPS High 87FPS Epic 87FPS
Post Processing
Now Adds Better Sun Rays & Fog which was before on Shadow quality in 0.2. I have highlighted 2 options here because it depends for me if I am playing PvE server or PvP. For Pve go high for the nicer effects, For PvP go to low since you don’t want extra fog or rays blocking vision
Low 89FPS Medium 88FPS High 85FPS Epic 84FPS
Nvidia Low Latency
Lowers latency and makes the game feel more responsive for no cost of FPS, On + Boost does seem to give me stutters
Off 99FPS 23ms On 98FPS 13ms On+Boost 97FPS 10ms ( But I notice it causes Stutters at times )
NVidia Frame Gen ( 40 series RTX above )
For me this is 100% worth with DLSS 4 improvement to Frame Gen, I don’t feel the extra latency and as you can see in the results below, hardly anything extra is added BUT this could be different for some
Off 99FPS 23ms On 156FPS 31ms ( With Low Latency On )
Variable Rate Shading
Does hardly anything for me and just makes the game look worse. Make certain edges worse, some textures lower
Off 98FPS Performance mode 98FPS ( Didn’t check others due to no FPS difference and looks horrible )
If you want to watch the video with some comparisons of what the settings do, Alongside enabling DLSS 4 etc, full video found here: BEST NEW SETTINGS For Gray Zone Warfare Winds Of War UPDATE