Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is setting out to be the modern-day Crysis, as its secret Unobtainium ultra high graphics setting can make even an RTX 4090 GPu struggle.
The Unobtanium graphics settings, which can be unlocked by entering "-unlockmaxsettings" in the Add Launch Arguments menu in the Ubisoft Connect client, push the settings beyond ultra, with better quality ray tracing, shadow and reflection resolution, and more. These settings are so demanding that even an RTX 4090 GPU barely manages to run the game at slightly above 60 frames per second at 4K with DLSS Performance Mode, which upscales the image from 1080p resolution, as showcased in a new video shared by Compusemble.
If you want to check out the visual differences between Ultra and Unobtainium in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, you can also check out this comparison screenshot. While the differences may not be huge, they are definitely noticeable.
Thankfully, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora supports AMD FSR 3 Frame Generation, so performance can definitely be brought to an acceptable level even at these ultra high graphics settings, although one will have to deal with the inevitable increased input delay. The FSR 3 implementation in the game is the best to date, so it is definitely a great option to have.
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora is now available on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Amazon Luna.
About the author: Francesco De Meo has been covering video games and technology since 2012, starting his career at small outlets like Gamersyndrome and GeekSnack. After joining Wccftech gaming section in 2015, he quickly expanded his video gaming coverage with in-depth reporting, interviews with iconic industry figures such as Grasshopper Manufacture founder and No More Heroes creator Goichi "Suda51" Suda, Resident Evil series creator Shinji Mikami, Team NINJA's president and Nioh series director Fumihiko Yasuda, and Silent Hill creator Keiichiro Toyama, reviews and on-the-ground coverage of major industry events such as Gamescom and E3. When he's not reporting or reviewing, Francesco can be found playing the genres he loves most, spending time with his six cats, reading, writing music, playing guitar and drumming for his progressive rock band.
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