About the game
DEAD OR ALIVE 6 is fast-paced 3D fighting game. This title features better graphics than Dead Or Alive 5 and it also features multi-tiered stages for a better competitive experience.
DEAD OR ALIVE 6 currently has 27 playable characters. We might get to see DLC characters like Momiji from Ninja Gaiden in the near future but right now they are not in the game. There will also be some SNK guest characters and one of them is the very popular Mai Shiranui.
The game has gotten a complete overhaul with the new graphics engine and looks better than Dead Or Alive 5. Dead Or Alive 6 features enhanced facial expressions and other special effects like depiction of sweat and dirt on character models, and realistic hit effects.
New Features of Dead Or Alive 6
- Slow-motion moments
- Clear and Visible damage on the fighters
- Pronounced Sweat Effects
- Costume customization mode
- User-adjustable Breast Physics
- New blood and Violence options
- Fatal Rush [Pressing a single button multiple times results in the character performing a simple combo]
- Break Gauge [Attacking the opponent fills this meter. Once the Gauge is full, performing Fatal Rush will automatically transform into a move similar to ‘Critical Blow’ in Dead or Alive 5]
- Fatal Reversal [You can reverse your opponent, stunning them in the process as you appear behind them for a counter]
- Enhanced juggling ground-bounce system
Being a fighting game Dead Or Alive 6 needs uninterrupted performance. Any sort of lag or fps drops can totally destroy the experience of the players. So players need to make sure that they are getting atleast 60 fps otherwise there is no point playing a fighting game. Here is how you can fix any sort of lag, FPS drops, bugs and stuttering in Dead Or Alive 6:
Dead Or Alive 6 (DOA) Performance Guide – Fix Lag, FPS Drops, Bugs and Stuttering
How to fix any sort of lag, FPS drops, bugs and stuttering in Dead Or Alive 6 (DOA) Step #1
Make sure your System Specifications matches atleast with the Minimum System Requirements of Dead Or Alive 6
System Requirements
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i5-4690 or over
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 or over
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- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 (64bit)
- Processor: Intel Core i7 8700 or over
- Memory: 16 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 50 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX 11 or over
How to fix any sort of lag, FPS drops, bugs and stuttering in Dead Or Alive 6 (DOA) Step #2
Make sure that you have updated your graphics drivers
Outdated drivers could be the reason of performance loss at times. Here are the links to the latest drivers for AMD and Nvidia graphics cards:
How to fix any sort of lag, FPS drops, bugs and stuttering in Dead Or Alive 6 (DOA) Step #3
Best Graphics settings for Dead Or Alive 6
Go to Options > Graphics
Screen Settings : Fullscreen
Shadow Resolution [Background] : x1
Shadow Resolution [Characters] : x1
Effect Quality : Low
Object Display : On
[Note : The Shadow Resolution is turned down to x1 for both the background and characters. This is because most of the time when you are playing Dead Or Alive 6, you wouldn’t even notice the shadows hence you won’t be able to spot any difference]
How to fix any sort of lag, FPS drops, bugs and stuttering in Dead Or Alive 6 (DOA) Step #4
Tweaking Nvidia Control Panel
[Note : This is for Nvidia users only]
- Open Nvidia Control Panel
- Click on Manage 3D settings on the left bar
- Click on the Program Settings tab
- Locate DOA6 from the drop down menu under “Select a program to customize”
- If you cannot find Dead Or Alive 6 on the list then you need to add the .exe file manually
- Click on Add
- Locate the folder when you have installed Dead Or Alive 6
- Select the executable file or the .exe file which in this case should be doa6.exe
- Once added the program settings will now be available for Dead Or Alive 6
- Set Max Pre-Rendered Frames to 1
- Set Monitor Technology to G-Snyc (if available)
- Enable Threaded Optimization
- Set Power Management to Highest Performance
- Set Multi-Display/Mixed GPU Acceleration to Single display performance mode.
How to fix any sort of lag, FPS drops, bugs and stuttering in Dead Or Alive 6 (DOA) Step #5
Try Increasing the priority of the game from the Windows Task Manager
- Start Dead Or Alive 6
- Press Alt+Tab to minimize the game
- Open Task Manager
- Click on Details tab
- Search for the process doa6.exe from the list.
- Right click on the process and Set Priority to High
You are good to go!
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Last Updated on March 2, 2019
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