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Baldur’s Gate 3players looking to improve their game’s frame rate should consider switching the game to Fullscreen as opposed to Borderless Windowed, which is the default option. Following years of anticipation, the full release ofBaldur’s Gate 3is available now for PC gamers. Earning widespread critical acclaim and quickly becomingone of the most popular Steam games in history,Baldur’s Gate 3’s PC release has been a monumental success so far.
Those playingBaldur’s Gate 3understandably want to get the most of the experience. While the game’s performance is largely dependent on one’s rig, there are settings changes that users can make to improve the experience.
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As pointed out by Reddit user Ardbert_The_Fallen,Baldur’s Gate 3players can improve their frame rate by switching to Fullscreen from Borderless Windowed. In their experience, this also fixed issues with “hitching and frame stutter.” They claimed that the switch “just about doubled” their FPS in certain areas. This advice has been well-received by theBaldur’s Gate 3community, though some commenters found that the switch actually had a negative impact on their frame rate, so mileage may vary.Baldur’s Gate 3players should dive into the game’s settings for themselves and tweak things until it is running how they’d like.
This is especially true for anyone playingBaldur’s Gate 3on Steam Deck. Even thoughBaldur’s Gate 3is Verified on Steam Deck, there have been some users reporting crashing issues when attempting to play it on Valve’s handheld device. Gamers having trouble runningBaldur’s Gate 3on Steam Deck are advised to change VSync to Double Buffering, turn on the Frame Rate Cap, change Maximum Frame Rate to 30, and change the game’s Overall Quality to Medium. While not totally ideal,theseBaldur’s Gate 3settings changeshave helped alleviate some of the issues Steam Deck users have had with running the game.
One advantage that console gamers will havewhenBaldur’s Gate 3comes to PS5is that they won’t have to worry about diving into the settings to improve the game’s performance. Barring any unforeseen technical issues,Baldur’s Gate 3should be optimized for PS5 out of the box. Of course, this logic will also apply to the Xbox version ofBaldur’s Gate 3, though there is still no word on exactly when fans can expect to play Larian’s acclaimed RPG on Xbox Series X and S.
Baldur’s Gate 3is out now for PC with a PS5 version coming September 6. An Xbox version is also in development.
