CPU heavy settings

[von_Varov]

FromSoft games are very cpu heavy in general, since the launch of the DLC this game has been butchering my processor.

I've did a little test on the graphics settings and found that the "Effects Quality" is quite heavy on the CPU, turning it from Max to Low got me from 10%-25% increase on fps.

The rest of the settings seems to runs on the gpu, except maybe for global illumination? but I'm not sure.

My specs:
CPU: Ryzen 5 3600
GPU: rtx 3060 ti
16gb

VRAM also is shouldnt the problem since the game allocates only 4gb at most at 1080p Max.
Im still not sure why it is so cpu intensive, but its probably the entities, their behaviour is definitly more complex that any souls game. Any area with a good amount if enemies like Carian Manor, or most of the DLC tend to have serious frame drops for low end cpus.

[Long Johnson]

Thanks for sharing your findings! I'll try these settings since my 9600k is struggling to mantain 60 fps.

[Mont]

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