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Set it up

Settings and Performance

Gears of War: E-Day settings and performance help: best graphics and controller settings, official PC system requirements and fixes for launch errors.

The PC version of E-Day has a hard floor: a graphics card with hardware ray tracing and an SSD with 115 GB free. Above that floor there is a lot of room to tune, with four upscalers, optional frame generation and a built-in benchmark.

These pages cover the official hardware tiers, which settings to change first, how to set up a controller around the new button layout, and what The Coalition’s support staff recommend for the error codes seen in launch week.

Settings advice is hardware-dependent, so each recommendation says where it comes from and what it trades away.

Start here

Three COG soldiers fire rifles toward burning wreckage and a Locust under a steel bridgeBest Gears of War: E-Day Settings for PC and XboxBest Gears of War: E-Day settings by hardware tier: which preset and upscaler to start from on PC, the options added at launch and what Xbox players can change.A Gear crouches near sandbags at night with a red gear-shaped marker in the middle of the screen and a weapon readout in the cornerBest Gears of War: E-Day Controller SettingsGears of War: E-Day controller settings explained: the new default layout, the legacy scheme, aim assist limits, reload bar position and PC controller fixes.A heavily armored figure carries a large square-barreled weapon through a street engulfed in flamesGears of War: E-Day System Requirements for PCOfficial Gears of War: E-Day system requirements: minimum, recommended and Ultra PC specs, the ray-tracing GPU rule, 115 GB SSD storage and driver versions.

Troubleshooting

When the game will not start

Official known issues and support steps for launch problems.
Fix Gears of War: E-Day Not Working, Crashes and ErrorsFix Gears of War: E-Day not working on PC or Xbox: official launch known issues, the drone-snub and marcus-lancer errors, Easy Anti-Cheat and network resets.