SEKIRO SHADOWS DIE TWICE PERFORMANCE GUIDE – FIX LAG, FPS DROPS, BUGS AND STUTTERING

HOW TO FIX LAG, FPS DROPS, BUGS AND STUTTERING IN SEKIRO SHADOWS DIE TWICE STEP #1

MAKE SURE YOUR SYSTEM ATLEAST MEETS THE MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS OF THE GAME

[Note: The official minimum system requirements are inaccurate as we tried running this game on a i3-2100 with 4gb ram and a Nvidia GTX 1050 ti. But the game was quite laggy and it ended up crashing.]

Official System Requirements for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Minimum:

• • OS: Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 8 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-2100 | AMD FX-6300
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 | AMD Radeon HD 7950
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible

Recommended:

• • OS: Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 8 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K | AMD Ryzen 5 1400
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 570
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible

System Requirements for Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice recommended by us

[Note : These system requirements are recommended specifically by us as these has been tested thoroughly]

Minimum: [1080p, 60fps, low]

• • OS: Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 8 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Pentium G4400 | AMD Ryzen 3 1200
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 | AMD Radeon HD 7950
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible

Recommended: [1080p, 60fps, high]

• • OS: Windows 7 64-bit | Windows 8 64-bit | Windows 10 64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 | AMD Ryzen 5 1400
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | AMD Radeon RX 570
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 25 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX 11 Compatible

HOW TO FIX LAG, FPS DROPS, BUGS AND STUTTERING IN SEKIRO SHADOWS DIE TWICE STEP #2

UPDATE YOUR GRAPHICS DRIVER

Outdated drivers could be the reason of performance loss at times. Here are the links to the latest drivers for AMD and Nvidia graphics cards:

1. Nvidia Drivers
2. AMD Drivers

HOW TO FIX LAG, FPS DROPS, BUGS AND STUTTERING IN SEKIRO SHADOWS DIE TWICE STEP #3

YOU CAN TWEAK SOME SETTINGS FROM THE NVIDIA CONTROL PANEL

[Note : This is for Nvidia users only]

• Open Nvidia Control Panel
• Click on Manage 3D settings on the left bar
• Click on the Program Settings tab
• Locate Sekiro Shadows Die Twice from the drop down menu under “Select a program to customize”
• If you cannot find it on the list then you need to add the .exe file manually
• Click on Add
• Locate the folder where you have installed Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
• Select the executable file or the .exe file which in this case should be ssdt.exe
• Once added the program settings will now be available for Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
• Set Max Pre-Rendered Frames to 1
• Set Monitor Technology to G-Snyc (if available)
• Enable Threaded Optimization
• Set Power Management to Highest Performance
• Set Multi-Display/Mixed GPU Acceleration to Single display performance mode.

HOW TO FIX LAG, FPS DROPS, BUGS AND STUTTERING IN SEKIRO SHADOWS DIE TWICE STEP #4

SETTING PRIORITY USING THE TASK MANAGER

• Start Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
• Now Alt+Tab out of the game
• Open Task Manager by right clicking on the taskbar or by pressing Alt+Ctrl+Del
• Click on Details tab
• Search for the process or executable of Sekiro Shadows Die Twice from the list.
• Right click on the process and Set Priority to High

You are good to go!