Best Rainbow Six Siege X settings for low-end PCs

Rainbow Six Siege X might be problematic to play on low-end PCs as the game brings improved graphics, up-to-date gameplay mechanics (that demand more CPU resources), and a new engine that renders old GPUs obsolete. Gamers might have to crank down a few settings compared to R6 Siege, which even ran on integrated Intel graphics, to hit the same framerates.

In this guide, we have listed the ideal settings for low-end systems that are still rocking decade-old hardware. Given how well-optimized Rainbow Six Siege X is, you should get good framerates on 2 GB cards, which is quite a change in pace from regular AAA releases in 2025.

Note: For the Rainbow Six Siege X recommendations to work, ensure your system meets the recommended system requirements for Rainbow Six Siege X (AMD Ryzen 3 3100 / Intel i3-8100, or better).

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Best Rainbow Six Siege X graphics settings for low-end PCs

Rainbow Six Siege X can play well on low-end PCs with a few graphics settings tweaks (Image via Ubisoft)

Rainbow Six Siege X, under the hood, bundles a new engine: Siege X. It brings improved performance optimization and requirements for newer API standards. You would need at least a DirectX 12-compatible GPU, which is almost every card launched in the last 12 years.

That said, the detailed graphics settings lists for different kinds of entry-level hardware are as follows:

• Display adapter: Primary GPU
• Monitor: Primary display
• Resolution: 1920 × 1080 (for GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1650), 1600 × 900 (for GTX 1050 and below), 1366 × 768 (for GT 1030 and integrated graphics)
• Display mode: Fullscreen
• Refresh rate: Highest supported by the display
• Aspect ratio: Auto
• VSync: Off
• FPS Limit: Off
• Widescreen letterbox: Off
• Field of view: 85
• HUD display area: 100
• Menu display area: 100
• Brightness: As per preference
• Nvidia Reflex Low Latency: Off (for GTX 10 series and below), On (for GTX 16 series and RTX 20 series)
• Texture quality: Low (for GTX 1050 and below), Medium (for GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1650, and GTX 1060 3GB), High (for GTX 1060 6GB and above)
• Texture VRAM Limit: Low (for 2-3 GB VRAM), Medium (for 4 GB VRAM), High (for 6+ GB VRAM)
• Texture filtering: Anisotropic 2x (for 2 GB VRAM and below), Anisotropic 4x (for 3-4 GB VRAM), Anisotropic 8x (for 6+ GB VRAM)
• LOD quality: Low (for GTX 1050 and below), Medium (for GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1650, and GTX 1060 3GB), High (for GTX 1060 6GB and above)
• Shading quality: Low (for GTX 1050 and below), Medium (for GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1650, and GTX 1060 3GB), High (for GTX 1060 6GB and above)
• Shadow quality: Low (for GTX 1050 and below), Medium (for GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1650, and GTX 1060 3GB), High (for GTX 1060 6GB and above)
• Reflection quality: Off (for 3 GB VRAM and below), Low (for 4 GB VRAM), Medium (for 6+ GB VRAM)
• VFX quality: Low (for GTX 1050 and below), Medium (for GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1650, and GTX 1060 3GB), High (for GTX 1060 6GB and above)
• Ambient occlusion: Off (for GTX 1050 and below), SSAO (for GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1650), HBAO+ (for GTX 1060 6GB and above)
• Lens Effect: Off (for 3 GB VRAM and below), Bloom (for 4+ GB VRAM)
• Zoom-in depth of field: Off
• Nvidia Deep Learning Super Sampling: Off (for GTX series), Performance (for RTX 2060 and below), Balanced (for RTX 2070 and above)
• AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0: Off
• AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 2.0: Performance (for RX 5500 XT and below), Balanced (for RX 5600 XT and RX 6500 XT), Quality (for RX 6600 and above)
• Anti-aliasing: Off (for GTX 1050 and below), FXAA (for GTX 1050 Ti and GTX 1650), T-AA (for GTX 1060 6GB and above)
• Adaptive Render Scaling Target FPS: 60 (for GTX 1050 and below), 0 (for GTX 1050 Ti and above)

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Overall, Rainbow Six Siege X runs like a champ on a GT 1030 with 720p settings applied. GTX 10 series and above can easily handle it at 900p. You may even have a good experience at 1080p with aggressive upscaling, but the loss in image quality could put you at a competitive disadvantage.