Usually Windows does this automatically, but you should make sure that your device is using the more powerful GPU. One thing to note: Some laptops sport two graphics processors: an Intel HD Graphics GPU for more battery life on the road, and a discrete GeForce GPU or AMD GPU for multimedia and gaming tasks. However, new drivers or old, don’t expect Dark Souls 3 to run great on integrated hardware – I can’t make any promises here. You can also visit the official Intel site (be aware that Intel sometimes doesn’t yet offer the latest beta drivers that help improve gameplay). Intel Iris: Owners of the mobile or desktop Intel HD Graphics chip, can go to this forum (and pick the most recent entry at the top) to find the latest drivers for optimal performance. Version 364.72 has been optimized for Dark Souls 3, so anything newer should be fine. NVIDIA users click here to grab the latest drivers from the official page. The more daring among you might want to try the Hotfix version by clicking on the Latest Windows Hotfix Driver on the right hand-side. As of the writing of this article on April 23rd, version 1 is available. Tip 2 – Get the NVIDIA & AMD Dark Souls 3 driversĪs usual, both NVIDIA and AMD have prepared a special driver that’s optimized for Dark Souls 3 and enables dual GPUs (SLI, if your rig sports it) for the best possible performance.ĪMD users click here to download the latest drivers. Use our AVG TuneUp to turn off performance-sapping background activity.īecause Dark Souls 3 still has some performance issues, your PC or laptop should be tweaked to its absolute performance limit before you jump into game-specific settings. Upgrade your graphics drivers and even use beta drivers. This covers the basics of getting your machine in top shape. Tip 1 – Performance 101: optimize your PC and laptop performanceīefore we start optimizing for Dark Souls 3, take a moment to take the 9 essential steps to boosting your PC or laptop speed (tips I published a while ago). On the other end of the spectrum, Dark Souls 3 set the resolution for my high-end gaming rig to 1080p, despite it having the horsepower to display buttery smooth gameplay at 4096x2160 (4k resolution). On the Surface Book, it rendered at Full HD (1920x1080) with high details–clearly too much for the ultraportable laptop/tablet hybrid which only managed to crank out a stutteringly slow 10fps. Oddly enough, Dark Souls 3 had problems detecting the best settings on both of my machines. Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 970 GTX or equivalentīut no matter whether you have a lower-end or a higher-end gaming PC, I’ll show you how to get the best quality and a much smoother framerate out of the game. Processor: Intel Core i7 2600 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8340 4.0 GHz Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti / ATI Radeon HD 6870 Processor: Intel Core i5-2500 3.3 GHZ or AMD FX-6300 3.5GHz While Dark Souls 3 is not as graphically impressive as Witcher 3 or other blockbuster titles like the latest Call of Duty, it’s still a hardware killer. Intel Core i5 5820k (Broadwell), 6 physical cores at 4.4 GHz (overclocked)Ģ Gigabyte Windforce 980 TI at 1450 MHz (roughly 30% overclocked) Intel Core i5 6300U 2.5 GHz (Skylake), 2 physical cores, at 3 GHz (boost) While the (far) less powerful Surface Book needed some tweaking to achieve a smooth framerate, the Alienware was configured to showcase game beauty in 4K resolution with absolutely maxed out graphics As of the writing of this article, it doesn’t get much faster than this, and is currently the only configuration that allows modern games to be played at 60 frames per second (FPS) in 4K resolution. It should also help make the game run a bit smoother, which is particularly helpful if you don’t rock the latest hardware.įor this guide, we tested Dark Souls 3 on a Microsoft Surface Book Pro as well as a beefed up Alienware Area 51 R2 that sports dual 980 TIs (NVIDIA’s top-of-the-line graphics) working in tandem. The following guide should help you boost Dark Souls 3 graphics beyond the game's limits (if your PC can handle it). Unfortunately, it’s also a console port, and thus has problems with graphical fidelity and performance. While the controls and speed have improved drastically, it’s still a challenging game.
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