In Warhammer 40000: Darktide FPS drop problem is getting worse with every update. From a little lag in (beta) to full release players now can’t even play this game smoothly.
More and more players on forums are complaining that their FPS has dropped to 25-30 even if they own a high-end gaming rig. Most users blame Fatshark for poor development while others are looking for solutions.
In this article, we have included fixes after thorough research that will help you mitigate the fPS drops problem while playing Warhammer 4000: Darktide.
Fixing Warhammer 40K Darktide Stuttering, Lag, and Low FPS
Below we have explained the best possible fixes to resolve framerate drop and stuttering issues.
Reduce Worker Threads to 2-3
You can find the Worker Thread option right below the Play button in the Launcher. You can use it to change screen mode, vertical sync, and other settings. However, you can also set the Worker Thread to 2-3 to fix stuttering and FPS drop issue.
Configure Graphics Settings
It doesn’t matter if you have a Ryzen 3700x 8-core CPU with an RTX 2070 this game has some built flaws. To run this game smoother with framerate fop you need to sacrifice your graphics.
- Do not use Nvidia DLSS if you have it on
- (Optional) You use AMD FX Supersampling 2.0 to boost performance
- Turn down shadows to low
- Reduce texture details and Anti-aliasing
- Lower the resolution
- Turn off advanced graphical features i.e. ambient occlusion and volumetric lighting
Change Nvidia Graphic Control Panel Settings
The Nvidia user can locate Darktide 40k in Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings to make these changes.
- Monitor Tech: G-Sync (If available)
- Maximum Pre-rendered frames: 2
- Threaded optimization: On
- Power Management: Prefer Maximum Performance
- Texture Filtering: Quality: Performance
- Low Latency Mode: Ultra (High or Ultra makes sense only for PvP Games)
Change AMD Graphic Control Panel Settings
- Anti-Aliasing Mode: Use Application settings
- Anti-aliasing Method: Multisampling
- Morphological Filtering: Off
- Anisotropic Filtering Mode: Use application settings
- Texture Filtering Quality: Performance
- Surface Format Optimization: On
- Wait for V-sync: Off
- OpenGL Triple Buffering: Off
- Shader Cache: AMD optimized
- Tesselation Mode: Override application settings
- Maximum Tesselation Level: Off
- GPU Workload: Graphics
- Chill: Off
- Frame Rate Target Control: Disabled
Update GPU Drivers
Most of the time AMD and Nvidia made game-ready drivers and if you haven’t installed them on your PC you will face Daktide FPs drops issues.
You need to make sure that you have updated graphics card drivers on your PC. You can use the Windows Device manager for this purpose. However, if you don’t have time or skill or there’s a chance that you might end up with the wrong driver. Then we recommend you download Driver Easy on your PC.
