The new Avatar game has a graphics preset so 'extremely difficult to run' you're probably Na'vi gonna turn it on

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I don't remember much from the hit 2009 movie Avatar, but I do remember that the main reason they even bothered to create big blue boy suits to explore the moon of Pandora was to collect a rare mineral known as unobtanium. And you bet unobtanium is making a comeback for the new game set in the Avatar universe, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora, but not entirely in the way you might expect.

I'm sure there's plenty of references to unobtanium in the Avatar game's story, but this super rare mineral key to Earth's continued existence (I'm googling the story as I go) also shows up in the game's settings menu. It's the nickname given to the graphics quality mode that is so demanding to run on current hardware you probably shouldn't even bother trying, or so say Ubisoft studio Massive Entertainment.

«Unlock the additional 'Unobtanium' preset that exceeds the 'Ultra' preset,» the Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora PC deep-dive posts says.

«This preset is extremely difficult to run on currently available hardware and is meant to really stress future hardware to keep the Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora PC Benchmark relevant for years to come.»

Ubisoft has been teasing Avatar's impressive tech specs thanks to "major upgrades" to the Snowdrop Engine behind the game. Mostly focusing on ramping up the level of detail throughout the world, through the microdetail system, Avatar also includes heaps of ray-traced effects that will likely kick some graphics cards to the curb.

Though the big question will be whether the pay-off is worth it for the performance drop. Besting the mightiest gaming graphics card on the planet today, the RTX 4090, with graphics is great—providing it's because the game actually looks good, and isn't just a resource hog for no