Dragon’s Dogma 2 offers a significant leap in graphical fidelity from its predecessor, which results in much higher system requirements. If you are looking for a performance boost, here are the best settings for high FPS on Dragon’s Dogma 2 PC.
Best in-game settings for high FPS in Dragon’s Dogma 2 PC
With Dragon’s Dogma 2’s RE Engine, it seems that many players are having a hard time maintaining a consistent frame rate throughout their journey. Here are the best in-game settings for increased FPS and stability:
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| Settings | Recommended Configuration | Effect FPS |
| Vertical Sync | Off | It’s not worth the trade-off, as the game will continue to target your framerate and permanently reduce the resolution to do so. |
| Dynamic Resolution | Off | No FPS difference between Off and SDFAO. SDFAO gives much more life to the characters and objects with little or no compromises. |
| Optional: FidelityFX Super Resolution 3 | Quality (automatically turns off Anti-Aliasing) | +2-3 FPS in Quality Mode. FSR3 is very usable in Dragon’s Dogma 2, however it still has problems when moving. |
| Optional: DLSS Super Resolution | Quality (automatically turns off Anti-Aliasing) | +2-3 FPS in Quality mode. Other choices are too obscure for my taste. |
| DLSS Nvidia Reflex Low Latency | On+Boost or Off | 1-2 FPS drops if on. |
| Surrounding Occlusion | SDFAO | No FPS difference between Off and SDFAO. SDFAO gives much more life to the characters and objects with little to no compromise. |
| Anti-alienation | TAA or FXAA+TAA | Anti-aliasing is so disgusting because of the flickering of grass and other thinly structured objects such as shadows. Visually it is better to have TAA or FXAA+TAA. |
| Screen Spatial Reflections | Off | +2-3 FPS in Quality Mode. FSR3 is very usable in Dragon’s Dogma 2. However, it still has problems when moving. |
| Mesh Quality | Medium for low quality cards (GTX 1070-RTX 2060) Maximum for medium and high-end cards (>RTX 3070) |
There isn’t much FPS difference between low and max, but it can have a noticeable effect in crowded cities. |
| Texture Filtering | High (ANIS x16) | Significantly improves texture clarity with little or no impact on performance. |
| Texture Quality | Medium (0.25 GB) for 6 GB cards High (2 GB) for 8 GB Cards High (3 GB) for > 8 GB Cards |
No FPS hit, but it can severely induce stutters if your GPU doesn’t have enough memory. |
| Grass/Tree Quality | Low | 2-3 FPS hits in forests with minimal to no visual difference unless closely inspecting the trees and grass. |
| Resource-intensive performance quality | Tall | No hit in FPS and GPU Memory Usage |
| Shadow Quality | in the middle | Max setting of tanks FPS at 50% High setting decreases FPS by 30% Low and Medium barely have any FPS difference |
| Shadow Repository | On | Fewer FPS drops because Shadows are preloaded |
| Contact Shadows | On | 1-2 FPS drops when On |
| Motion blur | Personal Preference | Strangely, FPS increases when Motion Blur is turned on. |
| Bloom | On | No increase or decrease in FPS |
| Depth of Field | Personal Preference | No increase or decrease in FPS |
| Lensflare | On | No FPS increase or decrease but increases GPU memory usage by a few MB |
| Lens distortion | Off | No effect on FPS |
| Subsurface Diffusion | On | No effect on FPS |
| Movement Quality | Tall | No noticeable effect on FPS/Visuals |
Based on my recommended settings vs. all settings turned on, I got a decent one another 15-17 FPS on average while playing Dragon’s Dogma 2 while roaming around the open areas. Cities, especially heavily populated cities like Vernworth, are a whole different mess.
The problem with Dragon’s Dogma 2 is it very CPU heavy, which means your PC can’t push your GPU as fast as it should. In my case, I have a real one GPU protocol while researching with the RTX 2060. When it comes to cities, my Ryzen 5700X suffer massively, as even I get as low as 30FPS, and I don’t even get full 100% GPU usage because of how the AI works in this game.
In cases where you barely see any FPS difference when you change graphics settings on other and much more recent cards, it’s likely the CPU is the limiting factor based on Capcom’s statement. That said, your mileage may vary based on these recommended graphics settings.
How to get more stable FPS in Dragon’s Dogma 2
The first ideal thing is to do update your GPU drivers to the latest version as this provides all the necessary information to ensure that Dragon’s Dogma 2 runs smoothly on your system. For Nvidia users, you can easily do this with the Nvidia App or Nvidia Geforce Experience or download it manually via Nvidia’s website. For AMD and Intel you can go to their respective websites to download the latest drivers for your cards: AMD & Intel.
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Although Dragon’s Dogma 2 is unoptimized, Capcom have already acknowledged the low frame rate situation and are looking to optimize the game down the line. With performance across all platforms leaving players disappointed, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is still a diamond in the rough, and we can only hope that the devs fix the game state over the coming months.
How to enable Frame Generation in Dragon’s Dogma 2 for higher FPS
There are two options for Frame Generation in Dragon’s Dogma 2 until Capcom officially releases its official patch. Here are both of them:
Frame Generation on any GPU in Dragon’s Dogma 2
One of the most basic ways to implement Frame Generation is to use a program called Lossless Scaling. Here’s how to set it up for Dragon’s Dogma 2:
- Open Lossless Scaling on Steam.
- Scaling Mode should be set to Auto and Aspect Ratio. Scale Type can be LS1 or Off (if you want Native Resolution). Frame Generation should be LSFG.
- Open Dragon’s Dogma 2 and go to settings. Set Display Mode to Unlimited Window and Screen Resolution as desired (if you have Scale Type disabled, set it to your monitor’s Native resolution). In my testing, I changed my resolution to 1600×900 from a 1080P screen.
- Use the Scale button on Lossless Scaling or use a Hotkey to activate it while Dragon’s Dogma 2 is off.
- You will see the Dragon’s Dogma 2 window flash a little, and Frame Generation will be active.
The problem with this method is that it causes many ghosts on the characters, which can be distracting for the player, especially during tense moments of battle. If you don’t have an RTX GPU, I recommend using this boost your FPS in cities and during battle in Dragon’s Dogma 2.
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Frame Generation on any RTX GPU in Dragon’s Dogma 2
Dragon’s Dogma 2 DLSS3 Enabler 01
DLSSG-to-FSR3 (Required for RTX 30 and 20 GPUs)
If you’ve read our Best Mods article, then you’ve probably come across the DLSS3 Enabler modwhich is only available for the GPUs RTX 4000 series. The problem with the mod is not everyone has an RTX 4000 series in their computer. For the mod to work for RTX 30 and 20 Series GPUsyou will need another mod, DLSSG-to-FSR3. This is how you do it.
- Download both mods from the links above and extract them.
- From the Dragon’s Dogma 2 DLSS3 Enabler folder, copy the sl.interposer.dll to the root of your DD2 folder where you can find DD2.exe.
- If you have an RTX 4000 Series GPU, you can stop at this step.
- From the DLSSG-to-FSR3 folder, run the DisableNvidiaSignatureChecks.reg and say yes to every urge. Then, copy dlssg_to_fsr3_amd_is_better.dll and nvngx.dll to the root directory of DD2.
- In the root folder of Dragon’s Dogma 2, delete the shader.cache2 file.
- You must do this step every time you start Dragon’s Dogma 2 to avoid crashes!
- Disable NVIDIA Overlay also, because it seems to crash the game with this mod.
- Launch Dragon’s Dogma 2 and go to settings.
- switch on DLSS (any preferred setting) and Nvidia Reflex (On/On+Boost).
- Load your character, and press End on your keyboard to enable Frame Gen.
Applying this mod made my FPS jump 20-30 to 50-60 FPS in Vermund, Vernworth town. While in the wild and during combat, I get a stable 70-80 FPS from 30-40 FPS (without the mod) on my RTX 2060 which is a huge leap from what I got before.
The problem with this mod is the UI ghost, which is a stark contrast to the Lossless Scaling method. However, the biggest advantage of this method over Lossless Scaling is its much better FPS increase. In my experience, I got used to the UI ghosting better than the character ghosting in Lossless Scaling.
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