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While the latest Souls-like, Lords of the Fallen, is pretty well optimized on all platforms, PC players are at times finding performance issues in the game, which is leading to lag and stutters with FPS fluctuations. While the developers are likely to address it in a future patch and hotfix, not many in the community are willing to wait that long to enjoy it to the fullest.
While there is no permanent solution that you will be able to try to deal with the problem, there are some workarounds that the community has come up with that can help make the title a more bearable experience.
Hence, this Lords of the Fallen guide will go over some tips and tricks that you will be able to use to improve performance and minimize lag in the latest Souls-like.
How to fix the “keeps stuttering/lagging” on PC issue in Lords of the Fallen
While there is no permanent solution that you can look forward to when it comes to dealing with the PC stutter issue for Lords of the Fallen, here are a few things you might want to do to try and work around it.
1) Update your GPU drivers
Updating your graphics drivers to the latest version is perhaps one of the best ways to deal with a majority of the performance issues that the game has been facing. You can do this by either downloading the desktop app for AMD or Nvidia (based on the card you are using) and then automatically downloading and updating to the latest version.
You can even try to do it manually from their official website:
- Nvidia users can click here.
- AMD users can follow this link
2) Reduce the graphics settings
Playing Lords of the Fallen in High and Ultra textures seems to be causing stuttering and lag for many players on PC. So one way to work around it will be to lower the resolution and tone down the graphics a notch.
Lower texture settings will definitely improve your performance and the frames that you are getting.
3) Check minimum and recommended system requirements
Another reason the game may be stuttering for you is that you might not be meeting the minimum and recommended system requirements. Here are the requirements for the souls-like:
Minimum requirement:
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i5-8400, AMD Ryzen 5 2600
- Memory: 12 GB RAM
- Graphics: 6 GB VRAM | NVIDIA GTX 1060 | AMD RX 590
- Direct X: Version 12
- Storage: 50 GB Available
- Additional: 720p Low Quality | SSD Preferred | HDD Supported
Recommended requirements:
- Operating System: Windows 10 64-bit
- Processor: Intel i7 8700, AMD Ryzen 5 3600
- Memory: 16 GB
- Graphics: 8 GB VRAM | NVIDIA RTX-2080 | AMD Radeon RX 6700
- Direct X: Version 12
- Network: Broadband Internet Connection
- Storage: 50 GB Available Space
- Additional: 1080p High-Quality Settings | SSD Required
4) Enable FSR and DLSS
From the settings menu, you can even enable FSR and DLSS, which are likely going to fix the issue for you as well. This will smoothen performance significantly and even fix some of the odd stutters that you are getting here and there.
5) Wait for a patch
With the amount of performance issues that PC players face with Lords of the Fallen, the developers are likely to come up with a patch to fix them. So wait till the next update is live, which addresses the issue, as it will be the more permanent fix.
