Best 007 First Light Settings (PC & PS5)

Quick take

The two biggest levers in 007 First Light are upscaling and frame generation — they move your framerate far more than any individual quality slider. Just as important: the game's native Temporal Anti-Aliasing looks grainy and jittery, so you should run DLSS (NVIDIA) or FSR (AMD) rather than native resolution — the upscalers actually produce a cleaner image. NVIDIA cards get the full DLSS 4.5 stack plus frame generation; AMD cards get an older FSR build with no frame generation; Intel Arc has no upscaler support yet.

Use these as a strong starting point and watch the in-game VRAM meter — tune from here for your hardware.

Official minimum vs recommended PC requirements. © IO Interactive

Best 007 First Light PC settings

Note: anti-aliasing and ambient occlusion are not exposed as separate options — AA is handled by the DLSS/FSR upscaler.

DLSS / FSR by resolution

Frame Generation:

• RTX 50 series: use Dynamic Multi Frame Generation (DMFG) — it only adds generated frames when needed to hit your target, making it a set-and-forget option.
• RTX 40 series / older RTX: use standard 2x Frame Generation for a large FPS uplift, at the cost of a little extra latency.
• AMD / Intel: frame generation is not available in-game; rely on the upscaler and quality tuning instead.

Best 007 First Light PS5 settings

• Base PS5: choose Performance mode if you value a smooth 60 FPS — the trade-off is a low ~720p internal resolution with some shimmer and reconstruction artifacts in motion. Pick Quality mode for a sharper, more stable 1080p-based image if you're happy at 30 FPS.
• PS5 Pro: there's effectively one mode — Quality-level visuals running at 60 FPS, using Sony's PSSR 2 for a noticeably cleaner, sharper picture than the base console's FSR. No mode-switching decision needed.
• Audio/controller: if you play with headphones, enable the console's 3D audio (Tempest) for clearer directional cues during stealth. (Treat audio and HDR as general guidance and tune to your own setup.)

Two presets

Max FPS

• Upscaling mode one step more aggressive than the table (e.g. Performance at 1440p)
• Frame Generation On (DMFG on RTX 50, 2x on RTX 40)
• Shadow quality, volumetric fog and reflections → Medium
• Texture quality High; everything else from the recommended table
• V-Sync Off if you have a VRR display

Best image quality

• Upscaling mode one step higher quality (e.g. Quality at 1440p)
• Texture quality High/Ultra (Ultra needs 12 GB+ VRAM)
• Shadows, volumetric fog, GI, reflections → High/Ultra
• Frame Generation On to keep the framerate up at these settings
• Keep DLSS/FSR enabled — it still beats native TAA for clarity

Fixing stutter and low FPS in 007 First Light

1. Enable or step up upscaling (DLSS/FSR) — the biggest single gain, and it improves image quality over native.
2. Turn on Frame Generation if your GPU supports it (DMFG on RTX 50, 2x on RTX 40).
3. Watch the in-game VRAM bar. If it maxes out (common with 8 GB cards at 4K Ultra textures), lower Texture Quality first — VRAM overflow causes severe stutter and frame drops.
4. Lower shadows, volumetric fog, then reflections before touching textures, LOD or terrain — those three are the heaviest costs.
5. Update your GPU drivers — launch-window drivers often add meaningful gains.
6. Install on an SSD to reduce traversal hitching.