Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (MW3)

FidelityFX CAS Explained: Strength, On or Off?

Modern Warfare 3 - FidelityFX CAS Explained: Strength, On or Off?

FidelityFX CAS is an upscaling feature Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (MW3) that improves image quality and frame rates. Read on to learn more about FidelityFX CAS, how to turn FidelityFX CAS on, and the best strength setting.

What is FidelityFX CAS?

Optimizes Visual Performance and Increases Frame Rates

FidelityFX CAS is an upscaling feature in Modern Warfare 3 that optimizes system performance and image quality by sharpening pixel levels. MW3 is a good game to use FidelityFX CAS since it's a high-fidelity game that requires high resolutions and fast frame rates to get the best experience.

FidelityFX Suite's Development Tools

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

  • CAS or Contrast Adaptive Sharpening
  • Super Resolution
  • Ambient Occulation
  • Variable Shading
  • Screen Space Reflections
  • Denoiser
  • Parralel Sort
  • Downsample
  • HDR Mapping

Should You Turn FidelityFX CAS On or Off?

Best to Turn FidelityFX CAS On

We recommend turning on FidelityFX CAS to get the best experience in Modern Warfare 3. In exchange for using up more system resources, it improves both system performance and image quality, which is extremely helpful in multiplayer matches.

MW3 Multiplayer Guide

Set Strength to 100

We also recommend setting the FidelityFX CAS strength to 100 for sharper images. The game has some soft blur out of the box, so the increase in sharpness helps in recognizing enemies from afar, even if it's just a few pixels.

How to Turn On FidelityFX CAS

FidelityFX CAS Best Graphics Settings

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

How to Turn On FidelityFX CAS
1 Modern Warfare 3 - Go to Graphics
Go to the Settings Tab in the Main Menu and click on Graphics.
2 Modern Warfare 3 - On demand
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 Modern Warfare 3 - VRAM Usage
Set the Allocated Texture Cache Size depending on the available VRAM usage of your hard drive.
4 Modern Warfare 3 - World motion blur
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 Modern Warfare 3 - Weapon motion blur
Also turn off the Weapon Motion Blur option as this can be a distracting aspect during gunfights.
6 Modern Warfare 3 - Film Grain
Set the Film Grain option to 0 to optimize the visual noise applied in-game.
7 Modern Warfare 3 - FidelityFX Cas
Turn on or choose the FidelityFX CAS option and set the Strength to 100. This will improve overall visual performance and increase frame rates.

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