Epic Games is determined that you won't stop playing its popular game, the
Fortnite battle royale. Hence, for you to have no excuse like your PC
is no longer able to deliver the same performance as your friends', the company now introduces a new high-performance game mode.
Fortnite and its high-performance mode
This isn't the first time Epic Games has optimized its flagship game to improve performance on teams of more modest sizes. Some time ago, they released an update that allowed those without the latest hardware to enjoy the game in the best possible way.Now the company iterates and introduces a new high-performance model that aims to get the most out of your PC, leaving you to stop making excuses about why you're not playing Fortnite. And that's from now on, this mode allows you to make the most of your CPU and GPU, reducing image load. So it is true that you will not enjoy the highest graphics quality, but you will enjoy a higher ratio of shooters per second that ultimately matters and can decide a game...
This for teams that don't have dedicated hardware for gaming issues is great news, but also for all users whose PCs have become a bit outdated compared to current configurations with available graphics. ability to support Ray Tracing technology, etc.
An improvement for players with no advanced knowledge
Of course, the best thing about this new improvement introduced by Epic Games in Fortnite is that players with more limited knowledge of configuration and hardware issues won't have to do anything. Epic Games on start after applying this update will analyze the entire team.
If it judges that the hardware is very fair, it will give the user the option to try out the new high-performance model. Once accepted, Fortnite will automatically change all equipment load lightening parameters.
These changes, according to Epic Games' estimates, could improve the number of FPS that can be achieved with the same device by 50%. For example, switching from 24 fps to 61 fps with a PC with an Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, and Intel UHD 620 graphics.
How to double the FPS in Fortnite
Fortnite's High-Performance Mode will provide an option that is enabled the first time you do a hardware analysis. If it is rejected or you want to change it, to modify the settings simply go to the Fortnite configuration option, and in the images section, you will see an option to enable it.
It's important right now it's a feature in alpha, so in the future, it might change how these settings are implemented. Though if that happened it wouldn't be very difficult to relocate.
For the rest, if you want to keep scratching more FPS, you can also turn off other elements manually and even save disk space by disabling high-resolution textures you will do not use. To do this, go to Settings> Options and uncheck the High-resolution Vignette box so they are removed.