GUIDE (mods): how to get 100+ fps in Cities on 40-series cards (4K resolution, maxed) + fix crashes after

[Alucard]

First of all my PC: 4080, 7700X, 32GM Ram, M2 SSD. I play 4K 144 monitor.

First of all download DLSS3 unlocker mod: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/39

Then dowload newest offical DLSS files from NVIDIA and replace them in your main Game folder (steamaps/common/Dragons Dogma 2):

https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-dlss-dll/
https://www.techpowerup.com/download/nvidia-dlss-3-frame-generation-dll/

Download mod "DD2 CPU Priority": https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/97

Turn on Game, go to Graphics options and turn on DLSS (I have on Quality + Sharpening ~70/75), Turn on NVIDIA Reflex (this will also turn on Frame Gen as its on by default from first mod). All other graphic options I have maxed out. Enoy 100-144 fps in game.

Freezes+Crashes: Go to NVIDIA Control Panel and cap FPS on Dragons Dogma 2 to 100 fps if you are having freeze + crashes after above. Turn on Vsync in Dragons Dogma if you have stutters. I had crashes but onceI locked game at 100 fps (which is what cities max out anyway) they were gone.

With all this I have stable 100fps easy outside of the city and 100 fps in cities.

You can play with FPS cap but I set on 100 so I dont have big jumps between outside and inside of city. Outside with above you can easy have 144 fps but I was crashing with that as it seems engine is dog shait and it can't handle such high fps.

EDIT: for 20 and 30 series users, new mod dropped that unlocks Frame Gen NVIDIA feature for 20/30-series NVIDIA cards: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/115

Use it instead of first mod, but I have ZERO ways to test this mod as I have only 40-series GPUs. But I hope it will work for you!

[Mad Max]

Can we get a guide for 30 Series Cards too?

[Alucard]

Originally posted by Mad Max:

Can we get a guide for 30 Series Cards too?

Sadly all PCs at home have 40 series so I can't help :(

But I hope this will at least help those with RTX 40-series cards.

[V1TRU]

thanks, does those mods block achievements progression or it's pain free?

[Alucard]

Originally posted by V1TRU:

thanks, does those mods block achievements progression or it's pain free?

They don't block at all as all of them just unlock Frame Gen (first mod), 2 othee are official NVIDIA files and last one is just register entry for CPU priority. So none interfere with game/achievements etc.

[Cantoná]

Is there a significant performance gain after replacing the Nvidia files?

[Alucard]

Originally posted by Cantona:

Is there a significant performance gain after replacing the Nvidia files?

It made me not crash, thats one and it upgrades DLSS becasue DD2 has older version. So basically - if there is new version from NVIDIA, why use older one. Also when it comes to making game not suck (performance) better to replicate all steps that other user that had success made.

With how PCs and hardware+software works, sometimes you miss one stupid file somewhere and everything goes ass. So I highly recommend replaceing NVIDIA files as it won't hurt and will always help.

[Ichika]

Does this apply to rtx 40 laptops as well?

[Alucard]

Originally posted by ƒ:

Does this apply to rtx 40 laptops as well?

I don't know why it wouldn't :), though I can't say you will have exact same performance as laptop components have different performance results than PCs (mostly due to overheat downclocking and lower voltage) but it's 40 series so all above mods will definitely give you big boost anyway.

[eres kk]

This actually works, thanks a lot

[Alucard]

Originally posted by Mad Max:

Can we get a guide for 30 Series Cards too?

Hey mate, new mod just dropped that unlocks Frame Gen for 20 and 30 series cards so you may want to try that instead of first mod above: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/115

Hope this will help. I have no way to test it

[Alucard]

Originally posted by eres kk:

This actually works, thanks a lot

Glad to hear it :) Have a nice gameplay!

[thedon_Chris]

Having alot of crashes with this.

Can't really run the game. Any thoughts on how to solve?

[GorkAndMork]

I dont know jack when it comes to modding games. Do you just download and extract the Zips content and paste it into the dd2 local files or is there more too it.

[GorkAndMork]

Do you use the fluffy mod manager for this?

[Mad Max]

Originally posted by Alucard:

Originally posted by Mad Max:

Can we get a guide for 30 Series Cards too?

Hey mate, new mod just dropped that unlocks Frame Gen for 20 and 30 series cards so you may want to try that instead of first mod above: https://www.nexusmods.com/dragonsdogma2/mods/115

Hope this will help. I have no way to test it

You my friend are a gentleman, and a scholar.

I'll try this out when I get home from work and bookmark this thread.

I'll post later with the results.

TY!