Graphical Settings Theory

FPS

settings -> gameplay -> display game info [on]

Screen Hertz

High end configuration and graphical settings

Rainbow Six has a lot of graphical settings, we're gonna go through them, because FPS *and* visibility is very important for the game.But, it can be counter-intuitive, settings depend of your configuration. To begin, let's starts with "FPS" and some theory.FPS means frames per second, this is the number of pictures your graphical processor () will generate for one second. In theory, the higher your FPS is, the smoother the game. To have more FPS, you need (in theory, but it's not true at 100% on Rainbow Six Siege) to lower your graphical settings.To display the FPS, you need to go in. A little bar in the bottom left corner will appear, and this is the number encircled in red.So now... how many fps do you need?Don't panic, it's easy. The Hertz of your screen is the number of pictures per second your screen can display. So, to understand better, it works like this:Your GPU generates X pictures per second, sends it to your screen by a cable, and your screen displays Y pictures per second. The screen hertz is a fixed number and depend on your screen. If you have no idea how much hertz your screen can display, just check in the menu - the highest value you can have is there (settings -> display)Here, for me, it's 239 hertz.So personally I need to have at any time, at least, 240 FPS.. What you should avoid (but it will happen cause R6 is pretty heavy) is what we call FPS drop. By that we mean, when you gonna move the camera fast or there there is a explosion, you have a huge loss of FPS (140 to 80 for example).Take a look to your FPS counter, if he go below your hertz rate, you gonna have some graphical artifact, and the feeling to have a unsmooth experience. It's what happen when you say "it's laggy". Also, you'll get "tearing" - which is not the worst, but also not nice to have (more on that in the V-Sync section).In theory, the lower your settings are, the higher is your number of FPS. While this is true for most games, R6 uses a lot of CPU (processor) and, according to Ubisoft, some quality option can force the game to render with your GPU or the CPU. If you don't understand, don't worry about it.BUT, what is important to know, if you have a powerful and expensive graphical card, changing some setting will not affect the number of your FPS, cause it needs more from your CPU, than the GPU.For example, this is my case.