Overview
Possible performance fixes for Sekiro on PC with an Intel CPU and Nvidia GPU. May help on an AMD/Nvidia setup. Unknown if equivalent changes on a AMD/Radeon setup will help.
Nvidia Control Panel Settings (DO THESE FIRST)
01: Open the NVIDIA Control Panel and navigate to Manage 3D Settings
02: Select the tab Program Settings and find Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. If you can not find it, click on Add and try to find it here. (try running the game first and close it down again if you can not find it)
03: Under the dropdown called Select the preferred graphics processor for this program, select High-performance NVIDIA processor. This ensures that the game does not use your integrated GPU, which many people were reporting issues with
04: Set Monitor Technology to G-SYNC (if applicable)
05: Set Multi-Display/Mixed GPU Acceleration to Single display performance mode
06: Set Preferred Refresh Rate to Highest available
07: Disable Vertical Sync (or set it to Fast)
08: Set Power Management Mode to Prefer maximum performance
09: Set Texture filtering – Quality to Performance
10: Enable Threaded Optimization
11: Set Maximum pre-rendered frames to 1
12: Apply the changes and navigate to Adjust desktop size and position
13: Check the checkbox Override the scaling mode set by games and programs and click on Apply
In-Game Settings
01: Launch Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
02: Click on Options and then Graphics Options
03: Set Screen Mode to Fullscreen.
04: Set Screen Resolution to your monitor’s native resolution.
05: Set Quality Settings to High.
06: You have the option of choosing Automatic Rendering Adjustment. If you have this at On, then the game will adjust the rendering automatically when the frame rate drops. I recommend turning this OFF and manually adjusting settings.
07: Click on Advanced Settings
08: Set Texture Quality to Max
09: Set Antialiasing Application to Off. This setting has a high-performance impact.
10: Set SSAO to Off. This setting has a high-performance impact.
11: Set Depth of Field to Max
12: Set Motion Blur to High
13: Set Shadow Quality to Medium. This setting has a very high-performance impact.
14: Set Lighting Quality to Max
15: Set Effects Quality to Max
16: Set Volumetric Quality to Max
17: Set Reflections Quality to Medium
18: Set Water Surface Quality to Medium
19: Set Shader Quality to High