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How to Turn on FidelityFX CAS? | What Does Fidelity FX CAS Do?

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The Fidelity FX Cas is an upscaling feature that improves visual performance and increases frame rates in Modern Warfare 2. To learn more about the Fidelity FX Cas, how to turn it on, and its features, read on!

What Does FidelityFX Cas Do?

Optimizes Visual Performance and Increases Frame Rates

FidelityFX Cas is an upscaling feature in Modern Warfare 2 that optimizes visual performance and increases frame rates by sharpening pixel levels. This feature is best use in high fidelity games such as MW2 as it requires high resolutions and fast frame rates to maximize the game's features.

FidelityFX Suite's Development Tools

The following is a list of game development tools featured in the FidelityFX suite:

FidelityFX Suite Development Tools
  • CAS or Contrast Adaptive Sharpening
  • Super Resolution
  • Ambient Occulation
  • Variable Shading
  • Screen Space Reflections
  • Denoiser
  • Parralel Sort
  • Downsample
  • HDR Mapping
  • How to Turn on FidelityFX Cas and Best Graphic Settings

    Best Graphics Settings and How to Turn on Fidelity FX Cas

    To improve game graphics and turn on the Fidelity FX Cas, follow the indicated steps below:

    Step
    1 Go to Graphics MW2
    Go to the Settings Tab in the Main Menu and click on graphics.
    2 On demand MW2
    Turn on the on-demand texture streaming option. Turning this on will provide more color details in-game as high quality textures will be downloaded while playing the game.
    3 VRAM Usage MW2
    Set the allocated texture cache size depending on the available VRAM usage of your hard drive.
    4 World motion blur MW2
    Turn off the world motion blur function under the Post Processing Effects section. This removes blurring for moving objects, making it easier to spot enemies or objectives.
    5 Weapon motion blur MW2
    Also turn off the weapon motion blur option as this can be a distracting aspect during gunfights.
    6 Film Grain MW2
    Set the Film grain option to 0 to optimize the visual noise applied in-game.
    7 FidelityFX Cas - MW2
    Turn on or choose the FidelityFX Cas option and set the strength to 100. This will improve overall visual performance and increase frame rates.

    Controls and Best Settings

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    1 Anonymous Anonymous about 3 years

    setting at 100 doesn't increase frames. I've tested it on multiple PC's. dropping it to 75 or 50 will give boosts.

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