Neverness to Everness runs on Unreal Engine 5, which means it looks great and punishes underpowered machines in equal measure. Hotta Studio's RPG has decent optimization for mid-to-high-range hardware, but low-end PCs can struggle without some manual tweaking. The good news: a handful of targeted setting changes make a real difference, and you don't need to gut your visuals to get there.
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What are the minimum and recommended PC specs for NTE?
Before touching a single setting, confirm your hardware clears the bar. Here are the official system requirements as provided by the developers:
If your GPU sits below a GTX 1660, you're going to have a rough time regardless of settings. The RTX 3060 or RX 6700 target for recommended specs reflects the UE5 overhead, so even at that tier you'll want to be deliberate about your config.
Official NTE PC requirements
Best PC settings for Neverness to Everness
The table below covers the three main hardware tiers. Settings marked as "preference" are personal calls that don't meaningfully affect performance.
Low-end machines should set View Distance to Very Low before anything else. This single setting has the biggest impact on frame rate in open-world sections of NTE.
Why Frame Gen works differently across tiers
For low and mid-range rigs, Frame Generation is on because those systems need every synthetic frame they can get to hit playable frame rates. High-end machines turn it off because Frame Gen introduces a small amount of latency, and if your GPU can already push 120fps natively, there's no reason to accept that trade-off.
Motion blur: just turn it off
Motion blur is listed as a preference in the source data, but after testing fast-paced combat sections, it adds visual noise without contributing to frame rate. Turn it off regardless of your hardware tier.
How to reduce traffic load and fix lag spikes
If you've applied the settings above and still hit stutters, the traffic density option is the next lever to pull. Here's how to access it:
- Pause the game and click the Gear icon to open Settings.
- Navigate to the Others tab (fifth tab from the left, represented by three circles).
- Find the Traffic option and reduce it.
Lowering traffic cuts the number of vehicles the engine needs to simulate at once, which directly reduces CPU and GPU load in open-world areas. It's a surprisingly effective fix for the kind of intermittent lag spikes that don't respond to standard graphics tweaks.
If you're still experiencing performance issues after applying all these settings, the developers have acknowledged that memory leakage can affect some configurations. These issues may be addressed in future patches, so keep the game updated.
What's the best approach for 1440p on a mid-range PC?
For mid-range hardware targeting 1440p, the settings table points toward running at monitor resolution with DLSS or FSR set to Quality. This lets the upscaler do the heavy lifting on pixel count while you keep texture and post processing at Medium. Frame Gen stays on to pad frame rates where the GPU falls short.
The Balanced graphics preset is the right starting point at this resolution. Cinematic mode at 1440p on a mid-range card will likely push you below 60fps in dense areas.
Getting the most out of your hardware
The settings in this guide come directly from the official system requirements and the in-game options Hotta Studio has exposed. The biggest gains come from three places: matching your Graphics Quality preset to your hardware tier, keeping upscaling enabled, and pulling down View Distance on weaker machines.
For anything beyond these settings, the GAMES.GG guides hub has additional resources covering NTE and other titles launching on similar hardware. Start with the table, apply the traffic fix if needed, and adjust from there based on what your specific machine can handle.