It wouldn’t surprise me if you struggled to play the game and ended up in this guide. With such high system requirements, it takes some beefy hardware to run it. That’s why I’ve put together this best settings guide for Indiana Jones Great Circle.
Hopefully, with these settings changes, you can get a better framerate and gaming experience, especially as the game has some high-quality graphics to enjoy and get the most out of. As long as you have the hardware to enjoy it, the best GPU for the job is a top choice from the range. You’ll definitely want to tweak your settings to get the best out of what you have.
How we picked the best graphics settings
Below, I’ve listed the PC parts used to test the game in our testing lab. I gave it a quick benchmark and adjusted the settings to see how they were affected. I also used a 1440p monitor to get a good middle ground for display resolutions. With the RTX 3090 on our benchmarking rig, it got a good result, as I’ll cover further. The system requirements for the game are rather intensive, so even our 3090 is barely good enough for high 1440p, let alone complete ray tracing, so you might need an upgrade for the best performance.
- Motherboard: ASUS ProArt X670E-CREATOR WIFI
- CPU: Ryzen 7 7800X3D
- GPU: MSI Gaming X Trio RTX 3090
- RAM: Corsair Dominator Titanium RGB (64GB, 6600MT/s, CL32)
- CPU Cooler: ROG RYUJIN III 360
- PSU: 1000W
Global settings
Before the main graphics settings, a couple of options will depend more on your gaming monitor than your components. These will rely more on your preferences and situation, such as picking the correct aspect ratio and resolution to fit your display, including the picture framing to adjust to your screen.
Then, a few options will depend on your ideals, including the field of view and how much you like to see, although a bigger view can impact the framerate. Something like vertical sync can be turned off not to limit your FPS, but in case of screen tearing, you want to leave it on; you can also not limit the framerate by setting it to 1,000 as there’s seemingly no unlimited option.
We also suggest keeping motion blur off unless you get motion sick, but it’s also a personal preference. A few adjustments, such as sharpening, grain, depth of field, and chromatic aberration, can change how things look, depending on your preference.
| Display setting | Our suggestion |
|---|---|
| Display mode | Full screen |
| Monitor | 1 |
| Aspect ratio | Monitor dependent (usually 16:9) |
| Resolution | Monitor’s native |
| Picture framing | Widescreen |
| Field of view | Personal preference – 90 for us |
| Verticl sync | Off |
| FPS | 1,000 |
| Motion blur | Off |
| Chromatic aberration | On |
| Sharpening | 50 |
| Film grain | 0 |
| Depth of field | On |
| Depth of Field Anti-Aliasing | On |
Best settings for our 1440p RTX 3090 rig
Although it might seem like a bit more of a high-end machine, our system is not strong enough for the absolute top-end settings, including not getting a great performance in 4K resolution. So, going to 1440p and adjusting the settings gives it excellent playability, but the most significant differences come from upscaling and boosts, as I found in the benchmarking. This is most likely because ray tracing is constantly running, and hardware capable of it is needed.
But with that, I adjusted the settings to get a good-performing game while keeping the quality up. However, I later realized I missed out on frame generation without a 40 series GPU, so if you have that, you can use it to get an even better performance. That’s why I opted for some DLSS, considering it gets the most considerable boost using it.
Below, I’ve outlined the graphics quality settings I used for the test bench. Changing from Supreme to these custom settings boosted the framerate by 30FPS or a 26% jump.
| Graphics setting | Our pick |
|---|---|
| Overall graphics quality | Custom |
| Testure pool size | Ultra |
| Shadow quality | High |
| Decal rendering distance | High |
| Global illumination quality | High |
| Reflections quality | High |
| Motion blur quality | High |
| Water quality | High |
| Volumetric quality | Medium |
| Hair quality | Medium |
| Hair quality | Medium |
| Texture anisotropic filtering quality | High |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| DLSS Super Resolution | Auto |
| Performance metrics | Off |
| Color filter mode | Off |
| High contrast mode | Off |
Settings for low-end systems
If you’re on the lower end of the hardware requirements, with an i7-10700K/Ryzen 5 3600 and an RTX 3060 or RX 6600, you may be after more performance. Or if you don’t even reach those requirements, you might be trying to push your capabilities. In that case, you want to get the most out of what you have and maximize performance.
Here, you will likely want to run 1080p regardless and opt for low settings across the board. You should also use DLSS 3 and frame generation if they’re available. If you’re running older hardware, you might not even have some available without the proper hardware.
| Graphics setting | Our pick |
|---|---|
| Overall graphics quality | Custom |
| Texture pool size | Medium |
| Shadow quality | Low |
| Decal rendering distance | Low |
| Global illumination quality | Low |
| Reflections quality | Low |
| Motion blur quality | Low |
| Water quality | Low |
| Volumetric quality | Low |
| Hair quality | Low |
| Hair quality | Low |
| Texture anisotropic filtering quality | Medium |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| DLSS Super Resolution | Auto |
| DLSS frame generation | On |
| Performance metrics | Off |
| Color filter mode | Off |
| High contrast mode | Off |
Performance and Quality
I ran the game at 1440p on my RTX 3090 and 7800X3D and benchmarked it to find the framerate I was getting. I then used a range of graphical presets to understand their performance and hone in on my recommendation. This gives a good overview of what the game runs like and how the settings affect it.
Intriguingly, the settings don’t have a massive effect until dropping to medium. I did make sure to restart the game between each one, as it warned you that it needed to be done for the effects to occur, but still, there was not much difference each time. There are some FPS differences between the top option, Supreme, and High, but the 99th and 95th percentiles are improving.
This improves those low FPS drops most of the time, but considering it’s still close to triple digits, it is not that big of a deal in Indiana Jones Great Circle. Instead, below medium, it falls further from 115/116 to 122, 130, 140 even. You get the best boost from going on the lower end and enabling DLSS and frame generation. That does simplify the game’s quality, but it’s still not a significant amount, considering the difference it makes.
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle low preset with DLSS Auto, Image by PC Guide
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Supreme preset, Image by PC Guide
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle custom settings, Image by PC Guide
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle Supreme preset DLSS Auto, Image by PC Guide
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle low preset, Image by PC Guide
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle quality comparison, Image by PC Guide
Indiana Jones Great Circle system requirements
If you’re wondering why it’s a bit of a talking point, the Great Circle’s system requirements are on the higher end. Older GTX Nvidia GPUs are omitted from the list thanks to the constant ray tracing that’s needed. So, if you are interested in what is required of your gaming PC, here are the suggested components, and yes, that is an RTX 4090 right at the top…
| Spec | Standard Minimum | Standard Recommended | Standard Ultra | Full ray tracing Minimum | Full ray tracing Recommended | Full ray tracing Ultra |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i7-10700K AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | i7-12700K Ryzen 7 7700 | i9-13900K Ryzen 9 7900X | Intel Core i7-10700K AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | i7-12700K Ryzen 7 7700 | i9-13900K Ryzen 9 7900X |
| Memory | 16GB | 32GB | 32GB | 16GB | 32GB | 32GB |
| Graphics | RTX 2060 Super RX 6600 Arc A580 | RTX 3080 Ti RX 7700XT | RTX 4080 RX 7900XT | RTX 4070 | RTX 4080 | RTX 4090 |
| Storage | 120GB | 120GB | 120GB | 120GB | 120GB | 120GB |
| Notes | SSD GPU Ray tracing Low Preset @ 1080p 60FPS | SSD GPU Ray tracing High preset @1440p 60FPS | SSD GPU Ray tracing Ultra preset @ 4K 60FPS | SSD GPU Ray tracing DLSS 3 frame gen quality Low preset @ 1080p 60FPS | SSD GPU Ray tracing DLSS 3 frame gen balanced High preset @1440p 60FPS | SSD GPU Ray tracing DLSS 3 frame gen performance Ultra preset @ 4k 60FPS |
How to optimize Great Circle
Apart from changing the settings, there are other tasks you can do to ensure you’re getting the best framerate possible. These are even more important the lower tier your system is, as you want to get the best possible performance out of it.
- Update drivers: To get the best performance out of the game, you want to update your graphics drivers and ensure they’re on the latest available. Nvidia has released a game-ready driver for Indiana Jones with optimizations for the game to ensure it works best on Nvidia GPUs. However, AMD cards will also benefit from being updated.
- Close other intensive programs: If you want to ensure that all your processing power is going into the game, you want to close other applications that might interfere. Opening the task manager and seeing what’s taking up power or just closing Chrome and others is a good solution, especially if you’re running lower amounts of RAM.
Final word
You should be able to boost your framerate quite well with all those settings. However, I found Indiana Jones and the Great Circle to be a rather well-optimized game, although it might be intensive and need top-tier hardware. If you have that, though, there’s probably not much adjusting you can do, although there may be some crashing and stuttering issues you may have to try and fix alongside changing up the settings.
