Deus Ex Mankind Divided 4K Ultra Visuals Are Beautiful

Square Enix’s sci-fi stealth action game Deus Ex Mankind Divided released on Xbox One, PS4 and PC yesterday with quite the fanfare on PC with many gamers finding the default settings crippling their PCs. However, the game is designed to be resource hungry with plentiful effects that even push the grandest of GPUs such as the Titan X and GTX 1080. That said, there are a number of options to tailor the visuals which obviously cater towards numerous PC configurations yet as always, we like to push our GTX 1080 Founders Edition to the max so this time we’ve pumped up the options to their Ultra preset (MSAA switched OFF) and played at 4K resolution. Using the game’s benchmark tool the 1080 struggles at 4K with it barely reaching 30 frames per second and sitting at an average of 24-25 fps. However, in the actual game it’s often less forgiving and 30 frames per second is quite achievable. Take a look at the two videos which highlight that there’s one thing for sure, Deus Ex Mankind Divided 4K gameplay is stunningly beautiful to look at.

If you are having performance issues then Nixes recommend the following:

If you are experiencing performance issues, here are a few workarounds you can try out for now:

-Update your drivers
-Turn off MSAA
-Turn off Contact Hardening Shadows
-Keep Volumetric Lighting to on or off
-If you have a 4GB GPU, use settings up to High
-Use 1080p resolution
-Enable Exclusive Fullscreen

Written by: Rob Cram

Rob Cram has hundreds of video game reviews, thousands of articles under his belt with years of experience in gaming and tech. He aims to remain fair and free from publisher/developer influence. With his extensive knowledge, feels his gaming opinions are valid and worth sharing. Agreement with his views are entirely optional. He might have a bias towards cyberpunk.