Fallout 4 PC Settings Guide
Fallout 4 ships with a soft 60 FPS cap tied to the game's physics engine — exceeding it without an ini tweak causes physics bugs and item launches. Once unlocked, the game runs well on modest hardware, though downtown Boston remains a notorious CPU-bound area regardless of GPU.
An RTX 3060 / RX 6600 handles 1440p Ultra at 90+ FPS in most of the wasteland. In downtown Boston, expect 60–75 FPS even on a flagship — that's a CPU bottleneck, not a settings issue. Shadow distance and godrays quality are the only two settings worth lowering for FPS gains.
Scope and assumptions
Covers the current build including the next-gen update. Downtown Boston is the CPU reference area.
- • 1080p: Ultra on nearly any modern GPU.
- • 1440p: GPU load is light; the CPU sets the ceiling downtown.
- • High refresh: cap the frame rate to avoid engine physics problems.
Troubleshooting checks
- • Downtown drops are CPU-bound; shadow distance is the one setting that helps.
- • Uncapped frame rates cause physics and script issues in this engine.
Reviewed by GameOptimizer Editorial · August 2, 2026
Your Hardware
Best Fallout 4 Settings for NVIDIA RTX 4060
Core Settings
Tips & Notes
- Creation Engine — capped near 60 FPS without ini tweaks
Based on benchmark data and community reports for this hardware combination — treat as an estimate, not a guarantee. How we calculate this.
Still stuttering after applying these? See what's holding your PC back — or read our graphics settings guide to understand what each option costs.
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Your GPU is limiting FPS here
NVIDIA RTX 4060 is holding back your AMD Ryzen 5 7600 at 1440p in Fallout 4. A better GPU could get you closer to ~52 fps at these settings.
Estimate only — based on a 20% uplift for a moderate GPU bottleneck, not a measured benchmark.
Suggested upgrade
NVIDIA RTX 5070
Comfortable 1440p high settings in most modern titles.
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Settings and FPS figures are algorithmic estimates rather than measured benchmarks. Drivers, patches, cooling, background tasks, and individual scenes can change actual performance. Verify the result in game.