Best Marvel Rivals Settings for FPS and Low Input Lag

The best Marvel Rivals settings start with the game’s own Performance Test (Display settings), which benchmarks your PC and recommends graphics presets. Then turn on Raw Input, turn off mouse smoothing and acceleration, use DLSS, FSR or XeSS upscaling on Quality or Balanced, enable your GPU’s low-latency mode, and cap FPS slightly under your monitor’s refresh rate.

Every option named here exists in the current client, and each one comes from a NetEase patch note or the official Steam page. The recommendations are ours. They lean toward a steady frame rate and low input lag over pretty reflections, because in a 6v6 hero shooter a smooth 144 FPS beats a gorgeous 70 every time.

Can your PC run Marvel Rivals well?

Check this before touching a single slider. The official Steam requirements, as listed in October 2026:

Near the minimum? Then the settings below matter a lot more for you, and the upscaling section is where most of your frames will come from.

Best Marvel Rivals graphics settings

Start with the Performance Test. NetEase added it in May 2025 under Display settings: it stress-tests your GPU and CPU, shows which one is the bottleneck, and since a later update it also suggests graphics settings based on the result. Run it once, apply the suggestion, then adjust from there. Honestly, it gets you most of the way there in about two minutes, which is faster than any guide (this one included).

Then the tweaks:

• Upscaling on. DLSS for NVIDIA, FSR for AMD, XeSS for Intel, on Quality if you’re near your target FPS and Balanced if you’re short.
• Frame generation only when your base frame rate is already decent. It adds smoothness, not responsiveness.
• Reflections and global illumination down first. The game runs on Unreal Engine 5 with Lumen, and those effects cost a lot for little gameplay value.
• Effects detail on medium or lower, which also simplifies UI animations, since NetEase ties them to that setting.
• Team-Up visual effects off if they distract you. The July 2026 toggle only changes your screen; enemies and teammates still see them.

Which upscaler should you use in Marvel Rivals?

Whatever your card supports best. The options have grown a lot since launch, and each vendor now has its own row:

The catch with 6x frame generation: it’s built for very high refresh displays. On a 144 Hz monitor it mostly makes frames you can’t see, so put simply, 2x or 3x is plenty there.

Best mouse and input settings for Marvel Rivals

In practice: raw input on, everything that “helps” your mouse off.

• Raw Input (Settings, Keyboard), added in March 2025. It passes your mouse data straight to the game without Windows processing.
• Mouse smoothing and mouse acceleration, both in Keyboard, Combat: off. You want the same hand movement to give the same turn every time.
• High polling rate optimization, an experimental setting from January 2026 meant for 4K to 8K Hz mice. Turn it on only if you own one and notice lag.
• Per-hero sensitivity where it exists. Gorr, for example, has a separate targeting sensitivity for Shadow Harvest.

Crosshair setup is its own topic (our Marvel Rivals crosshair guide covers it), and good settings won’t fix aim on their own, but they’ll stop your setup from working against you.

What about controller settings?

Controller players got the bigger menu, funny enough (NetEase keeps adding deadzone options). Movement stick deadzones, trigger deadzones, vertical deadzone sensitivity and acceleration delay are all adjustable, and since 2026 you can save and share controller configs. Lower the movement deadzone until you see drift, then raise it one step. That’s the whole method.

Settings that fix stutter and crashes

Three options aimed at stability rather than FPS, all from NetEase’s own notes:

• Switch Shader Compilation Mode compiles shaders only on the first launch after a patch or driver update. NetEase says it cuts memory use and in-game stutter, especially on PCs with 16 GB of RAM or less.
• Performance Optimization (Beta), under Settings, Other, since March 2026, for mid-to-high-end CPUs. Experimental, so turn it off again if anything breaks.
• FPS cap with a custom value. Set it a few frames under your refresh rate for steadier frame times.

One Windows setting too. NetEase warned that on GeForce RTX 40 and 50 cards with driver 572.40 or newer, the game may crash if Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling is off, and recommended NVIDIA driver 576.80 or later. Is your game crashing every few matches? Check that one first (it’s in Windows Display settings, Graphics).

Best Marvel Rivals settings for streaming

Streaming Mode, under Settings, Social, hides your name on your own screen and stream. Other players in the match still see it, so it protects against stream snipers looking at your feed, not against the lobby. If ping rather than FPS is your issue, check Marvel Rivals server status before rebuilding your settings, and when you’re happy with the setup, our tips for getting better at Marvel Rivals are the next step. Run the Performance Test again after every big patch; the best Marvel Rivals settings for your PC can change when NetEase adds new options.

FAQ

What are the best Marvel Rivals settings for FPS?

Run the built-in Performance Test, apply its recommendation, enable DLSS, FSR or XeSS on Quality or Balanced, and lower reflections, global illumination and effects detail first.

Should I turn on Raw Input in Marvel Rivals?

Yes, for most mouse players. Raw Input, in Settings under Keyboard, sends mouse data straight to the game. Also turn off mouse smoothing and mouse acceleration.

Does Marvel Rivals support DLSS 4 and FSR 4?

Yes. DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation up to 6x works on RTX 50 series cards, and FSR 4 is available on Radeon RX 9000 series cards.

Why does Marvel Rivals stutter?

Shader compilation and memory pressure are common causes. Enable Switch Shader Compilation Mode, especially with 16 GB of RAM or less, and keep GPU drivers updated.

What are the Marvel Rivals PC requirements?

Minimum: Core i5-6600K or Ryzen 5 1600X, 16 GB RAM, GTX 1060, RX 580 or Arc A380, and 70 GB of storage. Recommended GPU: RTX 2060 (Super), RX 5700 XT or Arc A750.