Mortal Kombat 11 (MK11) lag, fps drops, crashing and freezing fix – Mortal Kombat 11 or MK11 is the 11th main addition to NetherRealm‘s most famous Mortal Kombat franchise. It is the direct sequel to Mortal Kombat X that was released in 2015 and therefore it borrows a lot of features from MKX.
Mortal Kombat 11 is a 2.5D fighting game just like the previous MK games and it is running on the same engine as Mortal Kombat X, Unreal Engine 3. So fans who were expecting a massive overhaul in the graphics department might be a little disappointed.
There are a plenty of new features in Mortal Kombat 11. New gameplay features like Fatal Blows and Krushing blows have been introduced. These moves are pretty similar to previously seen X-ray moves with few changes here and there.
Mortal Kombat 11 also introduces a Custom Variation feature which offers character customization features similar to the Gear system in Injustice 2. Players will get to customize outfits, weapons and moves of the every single character in the game. But these customizations won’t have any effect on the abilities of the characters though.
The size of Mortal Kombat 11 is more than 60GB. Which means it is not a light game at all. And when a game is not light it requires good optimization. Otherwise it struggles to run properly even at low settings. Unfortunately, Mortal Kombat 11 has somewhat similar problems. MK11 is a fighting game and it is always recommended that you play every fighting game at minimum 60 fps because it is very difficult to perform chain combos when your game is lagging, freezing or suffering from fps drops.
Players have already been complaining about crashes and freezing over the forums and most of the claims are legit. That is why we decided to come out with a basic performance guide for Mortal Kombat 11. This guide will let you know about all that basic methods that you can follow to fix problems like lag, fps drops, stuttering, etc. Here is how to fix lag, fps drops, crashing and freezing in Mortal Kombat 11:
Mortal Kombat 11 (MK11) Performance Guide – Fix Lag, FPS Drops, Crashing And Freezing
How to fix lag, fps drops, crashing and freezing in Mortal Kombat 11 Method 1
Compare your PC specifications with the System Requirements of Mortal Kombat 11
Make sure that your PC or system specifications are more or less identical to the minimum system requirements for Mortal Kombat 11 atleast. This a very common issue actually. A lot of people buy games without checking the system requirements and then regret later when they face problems like lag and low fps. So try not make this mistake.
Here are the official system requirements for Mortal Kombat 11:
Minimum:
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- OS: 64-bit Windows 7 / Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-750, 2.66 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz or AMD Ryzen™ 3 1200, 3.1 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 670 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 1050 / AMD® Radeon™ HD 7950 or AMD® Radeon™ R9 270
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
Recommended:
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- OS: 64-bit Windows 7 / Windows 10
- Processor: Intel Core i5-2300, 2.8 GHz / AMD FX-6300, 3.5GHz or AMD Ryzen™ 5 1400, 3.2 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 780 or NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 1060-6GB / AMD® Radeon™ R9 290 or RX 570
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
How to fix lag, fps drops, crashing and freezing in Mortal Kombat 11 Method 2
Update your Nvidia and AMD graphics or video drivers
This method is probably one of the most underrated methods of fixing performance issues in games. Yet, again and again it has been proven to be one of the most effective ways of troubleshooting in games. We could not deny the fact that a lot of us don’t even consider updating our graphics drivers as a viable solution for fixing problems in games. When this should be the first fix every gamer should try.
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 lag, fps drops, crashing and freezing in Mortal Kombat 11 Method 3
Best Graphics or Video settings for Mortal Kombat 11
Here is our detailed guide to Best Graphics or Video settings for Mortal Kombat 11. The guide will give you every detail about the combination of settings we have chosen for Mortal Kombat 11 and will also show you benchmarks for the settings as well.
How to fix lag, fps drops, crashing and freezing in Mortal Kombat 11 Method 4
Tweak settings for Mortal Kombat 11 from the 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 Mortal Kombat 11 from the drop down menu under “Select a program to customize”
- If you cannot find it on the list then you need to add the .exe file manually
- Click on Add
- Locate the folder where you have installed Mortal Kombat 11
- Select the executable file or the .exe file which in this case should be Mk11.exe
- Once added the program settings will now be available for MK11
- Set Monitor Technology to G-Snyc (if available)
- Set Maximum pre-rendered frames to 2
- Enable Threaded Optimization
- Set Power Management to Highest Performance
- Set Multi-Display/Mixed GPU Acceleration to Single display performance mode
- Change Texture filtering – Quality to Performance
How to fix lag, fps drops, crashing and freezing in Mortal Kombat 11 Method 5
Increase the Priority of Mortal Kombat 11 from the Task Manager
- Launch Mortal Kombat 11 via Steam
- Press Alt+Tab to minimize the game
- Open Task Manager
- Click on Details tab
- Search for the process called MK11.exe for the list
- Right click on the process and Set Priority to High
How to fix lag, fps drops, crashing and freezing in Mortal Kombat 11 Method 6
Close Overclocking applications
Overclocking applications are one of the major reasons behind crashes in a lot of games nowadays. A lot of overclocking utilities like the MSI Afterburner and the Zotac Firestorm are causing crashes in games like The Division 2. So it is better to stay away from these utilities until they get stable. Here is our full Mortal Kombat 11 crash fix guide . This guide will give a detailed overview of all the basic methods that you can try to fix crashes in Mortal Kombat 11.
We have hopefully covered all the basic tips, tricks and methods that will help players towards their battle against lag. Again, these are only basic guides and we have not included any advanced method because we do not want people to mess with the in-game files so early.
You are good to go!
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That’s all folks!
Last Updated on June 9, 2020
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