How to fix fps (GUIDE)

[AvX' Dark47Killer]

I have only recently purchased SQUAD 44 but just like SQUAD I noticed a lot of fresh players complaining about the game not running well. This issue can be fixed pretty easily if you have a pc that can run DX12. The game supports DX12 but you can not change it in your settings.

Step 1 Right click on the game
Step 2 Properties
Step 3 Launch Options
Step 4 type "-DX12" without the ""

Play the game and enjoy yourself.

[Gram]

I'll give that a shot. Thanks

[ScHiZo]

I tried -dx12 just now and it was actually worse for me... Maybe this only applies to geforce rtx cards?

[Herbalist]

I tried it too with no luck, I had better FPS... didnt play this game more than one year.. it was Post Scriptum. My old rtx 3080 get 70-80FPS and 50-60% GPU Usage? Sometimes it drops to 50FPS?!? What happend to the game?

[Delicia Suprema]

Originally posted by Herbalist:

I tried it too with no luck, I had better FPS... didnt play this game more than one year.. it was Post Scriptum. My old rtx 3080 get 70-80FPS and 50-60% GPU Usage? Sometimes it drops to 50FPS?!? What happend to the game?

I hate this about games not using all of your gpu %. And people say it could be bottleneck.....

[AvX' Dark47Killer]

Originally posted by Herbalist:

I tried it too with no luck, I had better FPS... didnt play this game more than one year.. it was Post Scriptum. My old rtx 3080 get 70-80FPS and 50-60% GPU Usage? Sometimes it drops to 50FPS?!? What happend to the game?

At the moment the new update really screws with fps just give it some time.

[Pzk. Ruby]

Originally posted by Delicia Suprema:

Originally posted by Herbalist:

I tried it too with no luck, I had better FPS... didnt play this game more than one year.. it was Post Scriptum. My old rtx 3080 get 70-80FPS and 50-60% GPU Usage? Sometimes it drops to 50FPS?!? What happend to the game?

I hate this about games not using all of your gpu %. And people say it could be bottleneck.....

A lot of games, this one included, depend on your CPU rather than your GPU. The game could run with a literal potato for a GPU and run fine as long as your CPU is good. Low GPU usage is entirely normal and expected.

[drongo]

-DX12 will make your game unstable, there is a reason we don't use it by default.

I wish people would stop spreading this nonsense around, people do this then complain because the game keeps crashing.

[Herbalist]

Originally posted by Pzk. Ruby:

Originally posted by Delicia Suprema:

I hate this about games not using all of your gpu %. And people say it could be bottleneck.....

A lot of games, this one included, depend on your CPU rather than your GPU. The game could run with a literal potato for a GPU and run fine as long as your CPU is good. Low GPU usage is entirely normal and expected.

Yes, youre right. I have a AMD ryzen 5800x with 8 cores, it has a good single core performance which is 4,7-4,8GHz, I think this should be more than enough for Squad 44

[Hasuris]

-dx12 does nothing on a full server for me. It also used to crash the game previously but I haven't expierenced any crashes this time around. I am bummed the performance is this bad since the update. It used to be like this before they fixed a few things in their previous patch. My game went form 40 fps on a full server to 80+. Now it's back to 40 fps again and the game is borderline unplayable to me and not enjoyable at all!

[rckrz6]

Originally posted by Hasuris:

-dx12 does nothing on a full server for me. It also used to crash the game previously but I haven't expierenced any crashes this time around. I am bummed the performance is this bad since the update. It used to be like this before they fixed a few things in their previous patch. My game went form 40 fps on a full server to 80+. Now it's back to 40 fps again and the game is borderline unplayable to me and not enjoyable at all!

using directx12 boosts my min fps but it still does degrade down to like 60 instead of 40-50

There is def some kinda issue with the game with performance degrading over time

[UBUNTU]

directx12 leads to crashes. Please close this useless thread.

[Marcus]

DX11 crashes for me too.

[AvX' Dark47Killer]

Both Squad and Squad 44 run on the same game engine and people have used this on squad for years now. Some pcs run better on it some worse. Yes the game crashes on both DX 11 and 12. Watch any video and you will be told the same thing, it's something you should test for yourself. Many people don't even know you can run the game in DX12. At the end of the day if it does not work no one is forcing you to use it. I use it myself as it boosts my fps to around 20 more then on DX11. Yes the game stutters at first but the more shaders get compiled the better the game runs.