Sekiro Shadows Die Twice seems to be packed with bugs and glitches. Some players are enjoying the game while some are suffering badly. Looking at the Steam community page, we can tell that the developers might have cut few corners in the optimization department. The problems that have surfaced so far are fps lag, fps drops, stuttering, black screen or screen flickering issues etc. We have more or less covered all these performance issues and have also suggested some fixes. You can obviously go ahead and try them.
This time, the problem is with laptop users only. People with gaming laptops are reporting massive lag and fps drops. Even people with high-end gaming laptops are suffering. There is something with the installation of Sekiro Shadows Die Twice that is causing few changes in the Nvidia Control Panel. But you need not to worry as he have got this covered as well. Here is how to fix lag and fps drops in Sekiro Shadows Die Twice on a laptop:
Sekiro Shadows Die Twice – Massive Lag And Fps Drops While Playing On Gaming Laptop – How To Fix
How to fix massive lag and fps drops in Sekiro Shadows Die Twice on a laptop Step #1
[Note: This is for gaming laptop users with dedicated Nvidia Graphics Cards only. It is not necessary that this fix will work for you]
- Open Nvidia Control Panel on your gaming laptop or notebook
How to fix massive lag and fps drops in Sekiro Shadows Die Twice on a laptop Step #2
- Click on Manage 3D settings located on the left bar
How to fix massive lag and fps drops in Sekiro Shadows Die Twice on a laptop Step #3
- Under the Global settings tab you will notice an option called Preferred graphics processor. [This option is only available for laptops and you won’t find it on your PC]
How to fix massive lag and fps drops in Sekiro Shadows Die Twice on a laptop Step #4
- Set the Preferred graphics processor to ‘High-performance Nvidia processor‘ if it is set to ‘Auto-select‘ or ‘Integrated graphics‘
How to fix massive lag and fps drops in Sekiro Shadows Die Twice on a laptop Step #5
- Now click on Program settings
How to fix massive lag and fps drops in Sekiro Shadows Die Twice on a laptop Step #6
- Locate Sekiro Shadows Die Twice 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. Here is how to do it:
Click on Add
Locate the folder where you have installed Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
Select the executable file or the .exe file which in this case should be ssdt.exe
Once added the program settings will now be available for Sekiro Shadows Die Twice
How to fix massive lag and fps drops in Sekiro Shadows Die Twice on a laptop Step #7
- Set the Preferred graphics processor to ‘High-performance Nvidia processor‘ here as well just to be sure
Restart your PC and you are good to go!
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Last Updated on November 28, 2020
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