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Marathon Server Slam PC Guides Coalesce on Upscaling and Reflex, Split on Frame Caps

Guides emphasize practical tweaks for smoother, lower-latency play during Bungie’s open preview.

Overview

  • The Server Slam is live on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S through March 2 at 10 a.m. PT, offering an open preview of Bungie’s extraction shooter.
  • Across outlets, common picks include enabling NVIDIA DLSS or AMD FSR, turning on NVIDIA Reflex, disabling motion blur and chromatic aberration for clarity, and reducing shadows and foliage to recoup frames.
  • Frame-rate advice diverges: Destructoid reports stutter relief by capping at 60 fps, while FandomWire and PCGamesN recommend leaving the cap off for smoother input response.
  • Other differences surface on display and effects settings, with FandomWire favoring Full Screen and a 105 FOV for latency, and PCGamesN keeping VSync on and higher visual presets for a balanced look.
  • Texture guidance scales by VRAM in FandomWire’s advice (Low at 6 GB or less, Medium at 8 GB, High/Highest at 12 GB+), alongside Windows tweaks like enabling Game Mode, turning on hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling, and trimming startup apps.