Performance/Optimization Tweaks For Warframe

- This guide is for Windows Vista/7/8/10
- There is a lot of material, so I try to make it simple, yet in depth as possible.
- If you have any questions or anything to contribute don't hesitate to add me or leave a comment!

Translated Versions:

French

1. Windows

In this section we configure windows for the best performance.

1. Power Options

Open the start menu. Type in "power options" and hit enter. Select the "High Performance" plan.

2. Unpark CPU Cores

Prevent CPU cores from sleeping by unparking them with this tool: Download[www.coderbag.com]

Right click on the downloaded zip file and click "Extract All". Click Extract. Open the "Unpark-CPU-App" Folder then open "Unpark CPU". Click "Check Status". After it loads click "Unpark All"

2. GPU Optimization

1. Update Video Drivers

Updating drivers can result in a large increase in performance!

To find your GPU's model open the start menu, type in "msinfo32" and hit enter. Click on components, then display. Beside "Name" will be your make and model! The download links are given below. If you are not sure what video card you have use the auto-detect feature!

nVidia Drivers: http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us
AMD Drivers: http://support.amd.com/en-us/download
intel Auto-Detect Drivers: http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/detect.html

If you are given an option to do a "Clean Install" upon installation select that option.

2. Video Settings

Open Nvidia Control Panel, then click on "Manage 3D Settings". Select the "Program Settings" tab. Select warframe.exe or warframe.64.exe as the program to customize.

Below I created a chart with each setting.

Setting:	Max Performance Setting:
Ambient Occlusion	Off
Anistropic Filtering	Off
Antialiasing - FXAA	Off
Antialiasing - Gamma correction	Off
Antialiasing - Mode	Off
Antialiasing - Setting	Off
Antialiasing - Transparency	Off
CUDA - GPUS	All
Max. pre-rendered frames	Use 3 if you're experiencing low FPS, otherwise use 1
Multi-display/mixed- GPU acceleration	Single display performance mode
Power management mode	Prefer maximum performance
Shader Cache	On
Texture Filtering - Anistropic sample optimisation	On
Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias	Clamp
Texture filtering - Quality	High Performance
Texture filtering - Trilinear Optimisation	On
Threaded optimisation	On
Triple Buffering	Off
Vertical Sync	Off

3. Game Settings

1. Launcher Settings

Below I created a chart with each setting.

Setting:	Max Performance Setting:
Full-Screen	On
DirectX 10	On if your Graphics Card does not support DX11/Off if your Graphics Card only supports DX9
DirectX 11	On if your Graphics Card supports it/Off if your Graphics Card only supports DX10 or DX9
64-bit Mode	On for 64-bit Windows, Off for 32-bit Windows
Bulk Download	On
Aggressive Download	On
Multi-Threated Rendering	On
Launcher GPU Acceleration	On

2. In-Game Settings

Below I created a chart with each setting.

Setting:	Max Performance Setting:
Display Mode	Fullscreen
Video Resolution	From your native resolution to the lowest possible
Refresh Rate	The highest possible
Aspect Ratio	Auto
Vertical Sync	Off
Max Framerate	No Limit
Nvidia PhysX Effects	Off
Runtime Tesselation	Off
Local Reflections	Off
High Dynamic Range	Off
Adaptive Exposure	Off
Glare	Off
Ambient Occlusion	Off
Geometry Detail	Low
Particle System Quality	Low
Shadow Quality	Low
Texture Memory	Low
Anisotropic Filtering	Off
Trilinear Filtering	Default
Anti-aliasing	Disabled
Depth of Field	Off
Motion Blur	Off
Bloom	Off
Color Correction	Off
Dunamic Lighting	Off
Character Shadows	Off
Constant Weapon Trail	Off
Weapon Elemental FX	Off

4. Internet

General Ways to Increase Internet Performance:

Use an internet provider that has a lower ping server, upgrade to a plan with more bandwidth.
Set Windows Update to not automatically download updates. (It could start downloading while you are in game!)
Do not download anything while playing (includes even paused videos!).
Play when there isn't as many people sharing your internet, or disable wireless on your phone.
Try restarting your router.
Use a wired connection versus wireless.
If you are wireless, play in a location closer to your router.
Make sure your wireless and/or Ethernet adapter drivers are up to date.
Point router antennas accordingly for your PC if you are using a wireless connection.
One should be pointed vertically, one horizontally.

Additional Step for Windows 10:

Windows 10 by default uses your internet to upload windows updates to strangers on the internet! Let's disable this.

Open the Start Menu, click "Settings". Then click "Update & security" ,click "Advanced options" then "Choose how updates are delivered". Toggle the setting off.

5. Additional Tweaks

1. General Windows Clean Up

a) Check for Viruses
Check for viruses with antivirus software.
Malwarebytes is a great free antivirus: https://www.malwarebytes.org/mwb-download/

b) Disk Management
Remove programs you do not need/use.
Do not keep large files on your desktop, use shortcuts. Empty your recycle bin.
Use disk cleanup and disk defragmenter (Don't defrag if you have an SSD!).
TRIM your SSD if you have one.

c) Others
Reduce Visual Appearance of Windows
Update Drivers, Run Winsat
Disable Steam Overlay if you are desperate for a small FPS boost.
Clean dust out of your system.

2. Disable Unecessary Startup Programs

Disable startup programs you don't need.

Windows Vista/7 Users:
Open the start menu, type in "msconfig" and hit enter.
Go to the "Startup" tab. Uncheck anything that you don't need on startup.


Windows 8/10 Users:
Open the start menu, type in "task manager" and hit enter.
Go to the startup tab. For each startup item you don't need select it and press "Disable".

3. Experienced Users Only!

a) Disable uneeded services using this great resource: http://www.blackviper.com/service-configurations/
After selecting your OS you'll see a large table with all the services. If you go through them individually a combination of safe/tweaked is great.

b) BIOS
In your BIOS turn off power saving or quiet fan features.
Flash your motherboard with the latest BIOS.

[Same]

these "optimization tweaks" is nothing more than just turning every setting to low. what garbage

[Briggs]

For what it's worth, this game is blazing fast on Linux without tweaks.

[Voiden Venari]

Thanks for Help.

[KizXii]

If you have a pc that's bottlenecked by your CPU (like mine), increase your resolution.
It increased my FPS significantly. I have a Pentium E6500 2.94ghz and 4gb of ram and a 1050ti 4gb.

[Kyousey]

@Ben Who TF said it would fix the portforwarding problem, it's only talking about improving your ping.

[Ben]

The part about Internet doesn't really change any settings like NAT or or UDP errors. That part is just bull

[Aphotic]

update this? :}

[Hyred]

hello and thank you for your great tips but it seem like after i made the change in the Nvidia Control Panel my computer made a bigger sound than before.I wonder if this is a problem or not?Does anyone know?thank you

[-Dat Mental Gamer-]

maocheia how do i even put on the option to go solo in warframe i ask cause the last time i played was in 2015 and i forgot

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Very nice guide OP!