Best Rivals settings for RX 5500 XT
Recommended at 1080p: expect 50–90 FPS after applying the playbook below. Your RX 5500 XT is the limiting factor in Rivals.
At 1080p, Rivals's rendering pipeline saturates a D-tier AMD GPU before any CPU draw-call limit. Settings that reduce GPU load (shader quality, shadow detail, particle resolution, upscaling) produce the biggest FPS gains. Settings that ease CPU work (view distance, draw distance) help less.
Apply these settings in Rivals
Ranked by FPS impact for tier D hardware. Apply the high-impact ones first — top three usually account for 60% of the gain.
AMD-specific tweaks
These are in AMD Adrenalin Software.
Equivalent to Reflex on AMD. ~10–20 ms input lag reduction on supported titles.
Lowers resolution dynamically during fast motion. Helps mid-tier cards hold framerate but adds blur — tune to taste.
Caps FPS based on movement to save power. Don't use in competitive — it adds frame variance.
About the RX 5500 XT
The RX 5500 XT (2019 release, 8GB VRAM) is a entry-level card. At 1080p in Rivals, the biggest FPS levers are upscaling, shadow detail, and brand-specific latency reducers (AMD Anti-Lag). The settings above are the floor — for a fully personalized playbook factoring CPU, RAM, and your monitor refresh rate, run BetterFPS.