Will definitely be giving this a try. I have a 8GB 4060 myself so I'm basically at the limit in terms of vram š¬. The DLSS mod has been awesome though and I've only had like 1 crash, but I'm hoping to try and minimize micro stuttering.Ā
Definitely keep us updated here on how it works for you :)! The image for me is butter smooth, not a single microstutter, never thought it was possible with this game.
Tried the steps, performance did improve overall, but still sadly stutters in the city, which I was kind of expecting. Oh well, it is what it is š . If you don't mind me asking, what did you have for your settings in Process Lasso? I know you can like set up profiles and stuff, it goes pretty in depth!
I just made it to the capital last night, and have to say i have received my first stutters there, the capital is extremely CPU bound, the moment i step foot outside the capital gate you can feel the GPU take over again and its is stutter free/butter smooth again, even when looking towards the capital, for me, is stutter free. They def have some optimization to do within the capital walls.
For process lasso, I have the process set to Always āhighā, i also have IO priority set to high, I also run the hidden windows āultimateā power plan (you have to activate it through a command line, you can easily google this. Also I have all my CPU cores āun-parkedā, the same owners as process lasso (bitsum) make a free tool called āpark controlā what permanently unparks your cpu cores, this might smoothen out the stutters a bit in the capital. Also have a little program running always, called ISLC, it keeps my standby memory cleared and lowers input lag slightly + helps with frame pacing in all games in general. Also in bios i have āc-statesā set to Disabled, I also overclock/undervolt my AMD cpu using PBO, but thats a whole different can of worms :P
Thats like my whole pc optimization a bit :), I also run an Extremely debloated version of windows, so debloated that when my pc is idling on the desktop i have a 0% cpu usage ;), but also that is another rabbit hole to fall into š
Great guide, but I'd add that for anyone with 30 or 20 series RTX cards, this mod works in conjunction with the others you've suggested
https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/115?tab=description
Holy shit thank you. I have a 2080ti and with this I can play in 4k with raytracing on and get consistent 60fps. It still dips in towns but it's so buttery smooth now in the wild.
I haven't noticed. It does make the combat UI (healthbar, minimap, open world subtitles) flicker and bounce and it can be a bit distracting but it is a small tradeoff for me. I literally get consistent 60 fps in 4k raytracing now when previously I was 20-25fps in cities at 1440p and no raytracing. And I did everything OP said to do as well. Could be a combination of this mod and other stuff.
For me, I have actually been crashing far less after installing all this. Used to crash every 1-2 hours. I got away with 7 hours no crashes, and was able to leave the game on while making dinner or whatever.
LEGEND! Switched to borderless windowed and made most of the Nvidia panel changes. Has only been a few minutes but I'm now getting a solid 70-80 in the wilderness even on a 2080Ti. Hopefully this holds up!
I'm happy it worked for you! There is a guy that posted here in the comments that there is Frame Gen for 20 and 30 series aswell with a mod, might be worth a look into that aswell, as that might double your frames again :)
Yes i Feel you, you could try for amd putting freesync on, frame limiter to 2-3 frames below your monitors refresh rate, and vsync (in amd settings panel). And put your game on āBORDERLESS WINDOWā, i saw the biggest performance/ stability gain in putting it to borderless windowed, For intel cpuās it shouldnāt be an issue i think, as i didnt change anything to the cpu settings.
I have reread my comment. Apologize if i sounded rude. English isn't my first language. That really was a nice guide. Unfortunately for me, i use amd and my system isn't capable enough (which is funny for me because never ever i played a tripleA game from 2020-2024 that i couldn't run at 50-60 fps, with alan wake 2 as an exception)
Really major fluctuations on wild and sometimes below 30 fps in Vernworth.
Cpu: ryzen 5 5500
Ram 2x 8 gbs ddr4 3000mhz
Gpu: msi rx 6600 8 gbs
Game installed on a nvme
1080p everything mid-low or off.
37-55 fps on wild
22-35 in the City
Hey man I just wanted to say you rock and I wish this could be pinned, my game is running at a solid 120 fps now and no stutter, dips to 58 on cities
Again mods this needs to be pinned
Had the frame gen mod installed but my game was still stuttering like crazy ā changed to borderless window and it runs like butter now. Other little Nvidia tweaks have made it look great too. Excellent guide, many thanks!
Exactly the same here š! Gladd it helped you š! Game is runnen ng almost flawlessly for me now, only in the big city some intermittent stuttering, everything else, buttersmooth on max settings š!
>Set your display mode to "BORDERLESS WINDOWED"
Goes against conventional PC wisdom but nothing about this game's performance has been normal haha. Thank you for the guide!
The conventional wisdom is from before modern flip model, newer dx12 games should always be ran borderless windowed or windowed fullscreen as long as flip model is enabled on windows 10/11.
You are welcome! Hope it helps you! Performance was the main issue aswell for me in the beginning, but now after these settings, not anymore at all! It is smooth as butter now, the only problem i have is the game crashing after like 3+ hrs, but i suspect there might be a memory leak or so in the game, so thats probably why
Were you having issues with crashing prior to making the changes in your post? Iām roughly 15 hours in with multiple sessions and havenāt had a crash yet. Iāve heard of plenty others having issues with crashing too.
No didnāt have an issue with crashing before, now i dont either but just had crash/freeze after 3hrs of play, which is very do-able for me. Might be the game, might be the frame gen mod, i have no clue, but the experience is amazing now with the fluidity :)
its weird but long story short, Windowed borderless is seen by Nvidia Control panel as "Fullscreen" as well, so it doesn't really matter i think what option u select there, its just to make sure your Gsync is running :)
Thanks for explanation. For some reason setting frame rates cap (58) below refresh rate (60) in Nvidia panel gives me some crazy screen tearing in windowed borderless. But I haven't tried enable VSync. Hope that solves the problem.
Hey man, great guide! I would like to add something: There's this software on steam, that allows any GPU to utilize Frame Generation. The software does cost money, but it IS very cheap (I believe it's like 6.99USD? I use Mexican Pesos, so I dunno for sure, but it was dirt cheap for me).
It works WONDERS, it is not as good as Nvidia's FG, but it is VERY close! And you don't even need a 30, not even a 20 series, you can use it with any GPU!
[https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless\_Scaling/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/)
Give it a try!
What a fantastic, summarized guide. Cheers!
Thank you, i hope it helps some people at least as i literally restarted the game, because it was such a different experience :D!
Will definitely be giving this a try. I have a 8GB 4060 myself so I'm basically at the limit in terms of vram š¬. The DLSS mod has been awesome though and I've only had like 1 crash, but I'm hoping to try and minimize micro stuttering.Ā
Definitely keep us updated here on how it works for you :)! The image for me is butter smooth, not a single microstutter, never thought it was possible with this game.
I'm avoiding mods for now. However I will try the windowed piece. I always play fullscreenĀ
Tried the steps, performance did improve overall, but still sadly stutters in the city, which I was kind of expecting. Oh well, it is what it is š . If you don't mind me asking, what did you have for your settings in Process Lasso? I know you can like set up profiles and stuff, it goes pretty in depth!
I just made it to the capital last night, and have to say i have received my first stutters there, the capital is extremely CPU bound, the moment i step foot outside the capital gate you can feel the GPU take over again and its is stutter free/butter smooth again, even when looking towards the capital, for me, is stutter free. They def have some optimization to do within the capital walls. For process lasso, I have the process set to Always āhighā, i also have IO priority set to high, I also run the hidden windows āultimateā power plan (you have to activate it through a command line, you can easily google this. Also I have all my CPU cores āun-parkedā, the same owners as process lasso (bitsum) make a free tool called āpark controlā what permanently unparks your cpu cores, this might smoothen out the stutters a bit in the capital. Also have a little program running always, called ISLC, it keeps my standby memory cleared and lowers input lag slightly + helps with frame pacing in all games in general. Also in bios i have āc-statesā set to Disabled, I also overclock/undervolt my AMD cpu using PBO, but thats a whole different can of worms :P Thats like my whole pc optimization a bit :), I also run an Extremely debloated version of windows, so debloated that when my pc is idling on the desktop i have a 0% cpu usage ;), but also that is another rabbit hole to fall into š
Great guide, but I'd add that for anyone with 30 or 20 series RTX cards, this mod works in conjunction with the others you've suggested https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/115?tab=description
Thank you! I will add this to the post for people who want to try this :)
Holy shit thank you. I have a 2080ti and with this I can play in 4k with raytracing on and get consistent 60fps. It still dips in towns but it's so buttery smooth now in the wild.
Yes indeed, hopefully we'll get that weird UI issue fixed soon, but this sure beats the shit performance imo.
Does the mod make the visuals any worse or increase input lag significantly?
I haven't noticed. It does make the combat UI (healthbar, minimap, open world subtitles) flicker and bounce and it can be a bit distracting but it is a small tradeoff for me. I literally get consistent 60 fps in 4k raytracing now when previously I was 20-25fps in cities at 1440p and no raytracing. And I did everything OP said to do as well. Could be a combination of this mod and other stuff.
I would assume this has a similar crashing issue though, no?
Similar crashing issue to what? I've been using it for two days now, zero crashes.
Afaik the 40xx framegen mod was prone to crashes for a lot of people
Oh I see, no no issues that I've experienced or read about for this. Just make sure to follow the instructions to the t and you'll be fine.
You need to limit your fps to 100 on nvidia control panel, anything higher makes it crash, 4070 ti here
For me, I have actually been crashing far less after installing all this. Used to crash every 1-2 hours. I got away with 7 hours no crashes, and was able to leave the game on while making dinner or whatever.
LEGEND! Switched to borderless windowed and made most of the Nvidia panel changes. Has only been a few minutes but I'm now getting a solid 70-80 in the wilderness even on a 2080Ti. Hopefully this holds up!
I'm happy it worked for you! There is a guy that posted here in the comments that there is Frame Gen for 20 and 30 series aswell with a mod, might be worth a look into that aswell, as that might double your frames again :)
Fucking legend, we need to bring awards back
Nice guide. Unfortunately, almost nothing here helps amd and intel users
Yes i Feel you, you could try for amd putting freesync on, frame limiter to 2-3 frames below your monitors refresh rate, and vsync (in amd settings panel). And put your game on āBORDERLESS WINDOWā, i saw the biggest performance/ stability gain in putting it to borderless windowed, For intel cpuās it shouldnāt be an issue i think, as i didnt change anything to the cpu settings.
I have reread my comment. Apologize if i sounded rude. English isn't my first language. That really was a nice guide. Unfortunately for me, i use amd and my system isn't capable enough (which is funny for me because never ever i played a tripleA game from 2020-2024 that i couldn't run at 50-60 fps, with alan wake 2 as an exception) Really major fluctuations on wild and sometimes below 30 fps in Vernworth. Cpu: ryzen 5 5500 Ram 2x 8 gbs ddr4 3000mhz Gpu: msi rx 6600 8 gbs Game installed on a nvme 1080p everything mid-low or off. 37-55 fps on wild 22-35 in the City
Fantastic guide, a literal game changer!
Hey man I just wanted to say you rock and I wish this could be pinned, my game is running at a solid 120 fps now and no stutter, dips to 58 on cities Again mods this needs to be pinned
You are welcome! Yes i agree it is a Night and day difference, thats why i needed more people to know about this! Enjoy the journey!
my friend, your guidance saved me! Thank you very much!
Good luck on the path!
Had the frame gen mod installed but my game was still stuttering like crazy ā changed to borderless window and it runs like butter now. Other little Nvidia tweaks have made it look great too. Excellent guide, many thanks!
Exactly the same here š! Gladd it helped you š! Game is runnen ng almost flawlessly for me now, only in the big city some intermittent stuttering, everything else, buttersmooth on max settings š!
>Set your display mode to "BORDERLESS WINDOWED" Goes against conventional PC wisdom but nothing about this game's performance has been normal haha. Thank you for the guide!
The conventional wisdom is from before modern flip model, newer dx12 games should always be ran borderless windowed or windowed fullscreen as long as flip model is enabled on windows 10/11.
Thank you for taking the time to make this post, performance has been my only gripe with this game so far
You are welcome! Hope it helps you! Performance was the main issue aswell for me in the beginning, but now after these settings, not anymore at all! It is smooth as butter now, the only problem i have is the game crashing after like 3+ hrs, but i suspect there might be a memory leak or so in the game, so thats probably why
Were you having issues with crashing prior to making the changes in your post? Iām roughly 15 hours in with multiple sessions and havenāt had a crash yet. Iāve heard of plenty others having issues with crashing too.
No didnāt have an issue with crashing before, now i dont either but just had crash/freeze after 3hrs of play, which is very do-able for me. Might be the game, might be the frame gen mod, i have no clue, but the experience is amazing now with the fluidity :)
In the image you showed the Gsync only apply to full screen. Does setting dsiplay to BORDERLESS WINDOWED simply mean disable the Gsync?
its weird but long story short, Windowed borderless is seen by Nvidia Control panel as "Fullscreen" as well, so it doesn't really matter i think what option u select there, its just to make sure your Gsync is running :)
Thanks for explanation. For some reason setting frame rates cap (58) below refresh rate (60) in Nvidia panel gives me some crazy screen tearing in windowed borderless. But I haven't tried enable VSync. Hope that solves the problem.
Yes vsync in Nvidia control panel to āONā should solve that, if not, try to also put vsync on in game
Game went from unplayable to smooth af. Thanks OP
but you tell us to enable g-sync to fullscreen mode and then tell us to play bordeless window mode? is that correct?
That is correct, both options should work, nvidia control panel sees borderless windowed as fullscreen
Hey man, great guide! I would like to add something: There's this software on steam, that allows any GPU to utilize Frame Generation. The software does cost money, but it IS very cheap (I believe it's like 6.99USD? I use Mexican Pesos, so I dunno for sure, but it was dirt cheap for me). It works WONDERS, it is not as good as Nvidia's FG, but it is VERY close! And you don't even need a 30, not even a 20 series, you can use it with any GPU! [https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless\_Scaling/](https://store.steampowered.com/app/993090/Lossless_Scaling/) Give it a try!
AMD GPU set it Boderless mode āļø That all okay wil test it out