Baldur’s Gate 3 low frame rate and stuttering – how to fix performance issues

If you’re experiencing Baldur’s Gate 3 low frame rate and stuttering issues – here’s what you can do to solve it.

Despite the game having launched into Early Access in late 2020, the game has been experiencing a few glaring performance issues for a while. Of course, it was an early access title so we can expect this to be solved in the full release. We’ve had a look at the best graphics settings and whether or not the game has Denuvo, both of which affect performance, and also whether or not the game has DLSS and ray tracing. Once you have your game calibrated best – follow our tips on optimising performance, maintaining frame-rate, and also reducing stuttering.

How to fix Baldur’s Gate 3 low frame rate and stuttering

Here’s how we would fix Baldur’s Gate 3 low FPS and stuttering. There’s not going to be a single fix out there that works for everyone, so we’re going to be offering up a few tried and tested fixes we’ve found through the Early Access.

• Enable DLSS
• Reinstall and update graphics drivers
• Reduce texture quality
• Allocate more resources to Baldur’s Gate 3

Enabling DLSS is one of the first things you should be trying to optimise Baldur’s Gate 3 low frame rate issues. DLSS, or any kind of AI resolution upscaling, is a method which increases your resolution without drastically impacting frame rate. If you have a compatible graphics card, you can enable DLSS or FSR, which you should be using to squeeze out a high resolution without tanking your FPS.

Next, you should reinstall and update your graphics drivers. When a new game launches, you’re going to want to make sure you have the latest graphics drivers which are optimised for the game. You can have a look at our guides on updating both AMD and Nvidia graphics drivers here.

Another thing all players should be doing if they’re experiencing Baldur’s Gate 3 performance issues is reducing your graphics and texture quality as much as possible. You can do this in the Baldur’s Gate 3 graphics settings.

Finally, one of the most useful fixes for Baldur’s Gate 3 low performance is allocating more resources to the game via Task Manager.

• Open BG3
• Open Task Manager (CTRL + ALT + DEL)
• Open Details
• Locate Baldur’s Gate 3.exe
• Right click and set priority to High

Baldur’s Gate 3 performance issues

Recently, a hotfix was released for Baldur’s Gate 3 which should sort out any glaring performance issues you might have been experiencing. However, if issues persist, it’s worth checking out the Baldur’s Gate 3 system requirements and finding out if you have the best GPU or CPU for the game.

If you’ve followed all of the above steps – you should be enjoying Baldur’s Gate 3 without as much of the frame rate and performance issues which may have been irritating you before. That said, there are no guaranteed fixes, and recent game launches have taught us that modern game releases are usually packed full of graphics glitches and issues. We’re going to be keeping an eye out for the latest updates on Baldur’s Gate 3 performance issues, so make sure to check back in with us periodically.