Black Myth: Wukong Graphics Vs. Peformance: Which Setting Is Right For You

comes with a plethora of settings that allow players to adjust its visuals and performance. Its graphical settings are largely the same as any other major 3D action RPG, encompassing both big-picture options like view distance, antialiasing, and texture quality. But also allows players to adjust some of the more minor details of its graphical fidelity, changing, for example, the detail rendered in the NPCs' hair, reflections, and vegetation.

That can all be a little overwhelming, so also provides two pre-configured default settings for different modes: Performance mode and Quality mode. Although each setting has its own benefits, different graphical modes will work differently depending on each system's specifications. Here's how each of 's graphical presets works, and which one is best for different kinds of players.

Despite the exceptional qualities of Black Myth: Wukong, the souls-like RPG has some necessary improvements to make, for a truly immersive experience.

's Performance and Quality modes work much like other games that have instituted similar functions: Performance mode displays the game at a slightly lower overall quality, but runs more consistently at a higher frame rate, while Quality mode displays the game at the maximum possible graphical settings (or close to them), but at a potentially lower frame rate. The recommended specs for PC are as follows:

Spec

Recommended

Processor

Intel Core 17-9700 or AMD Ryzen 5 5500

Memory

16 GB RAM

GPU

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, or INTEL Arc A750

As per usual, better specs are always preferred, but these recommended settings should be more than sufficient to run the game at either Performance or Quality mode. The game may also run on systems with lower specs, but at the cost of certain graphical settings — for instance, setting the majority of the options to Medium instead of High.

While many of the base settings in both presets are similar, the Performance preset cranks the quality