How to fix stutters and low fps on modern systems

First of all, this guide has been tested on a modern system (RTX 4070 SUPER + i7-14700K with 32 GB of DDR5 8000 MHz RAM), so I would say the first requirement is to have a modern system, I didn't really test this on old systems.

Secondly, remove the stuttering fixes you have performed from PCGamingWiki, skip this step if you didn't. Those literally do nothing on modern systems, specifically REMOVE these from the system.cfg file:

• r_NumBackbuffers=3
  
• sys_highrestimer=1

Then, disable V-Sync.

Then, you need to set your graphics settings before doing this fix, because the graphics settings will be glitchy after doing this. If you want to skip this step, proceed on your own risk.

For NVIDIA, you need to add a specific DWORD to your GPU's video class registry key. Go to and select the ID of your GPU (it's usually 0000 but it can be different if you have multiple GPUs) and set RMDisableNoncontigAlloc DWORD to 1 (create if it doesn't exist).

The first thing we need to do is copy DXVK to the game. To do so, download DXVK from the original github page[github.com].

Open the x64 folder in the archive (NOT the x32 folder):

Copy d3d11.dll and dxgi.dll to the Bin64 folder of the game:

Now that you have copied DXVK, you just need to install Special K. Refer to their official website[www.special-k.info] to install Special K.

Once you have set Special K up, open it and launch the game straight from there:

If the game starts on a weird resolution, close it and re-open it. This happens sometimes You can also use from Steam to launch the game (refer to their instructions).

I suggest to also enable sleepless threads in Special K, as these increase framerate even further. Disable "Show OSD in Video Capture" under Direct3D 11 Settings for incredibly higher performance. If this makes performance worse for you, disable it, it's not always the same outcome for everybody.

OBS and RTSS can make the game crash or not work at all. I do not suggest using RTSS until somebody finds a fix. If you want to stream with OBS, it is important that you use Display Capture and not Game Capture. Restart the game. Cap the framerate to less than 150 fps.