PUBG Optimization Guide

PUBG Frames are a severe issue:

So you’re probably like most people and me, and you average roughly 30-50 FPS, no matter how good your hardware is.
I find this really bad as I was averaging those with an Nvidia GTX 1080 and GTX 1080 Ti - and I was still averaging these frames - ON LOW!

There are hundreds of optimization guides that I’ve followed, so I’ve slimmed it to just the most essential steps that I can; to help new users and help everyone understand how to boost them frames.

The funny thing is, after using quite a few different guides, I now average about 70-80 on ultra everything - with ReShade, to make it look even better. No more low settings!

Steps to solve the frames issue

and get them up to at least a good 70 with hardware - on high settings

This is split into different steps, so if you’ve already done something, you can skip ahead and check to see if you haven’t done one of the other optimizations on the list.

Nvidia Control Panel settings

1. Open Nvidia Control Panel either by clicking on the icon from the tray, or by right-clicking on the Desktop and clicking NVIDIA Control Panel, or by pressing Start and typing Nvidia Control Panel
2. On the left, head to “Manage 3D Settings” under “3D Settings”
3. Click on “Program Settings” next to “Global Settings”
4. Change the settings to match the table below, and adjust where you choose:

   Feature	Setting
   Anisotropic filtering	Application-controlled
   Antialiasing - FXAA	Off
   Antialiasing - Gamma Correction	On
   Antialiasing - Mode	Application-controlled
   Antialiasing - Mode	Application-controlled
   Antialiasing - Transparency	Off
   CUDA - GPUs	All
   Maximum pre-rendered frames	Use the 3D application setting
   Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA)	Off
   Power management mode	Prefer maximum performance
   Shader Cache	On
   Texture filtering - Anistropic sample optimization	On
   Texture filtering - Negative LOD bias	Allow
   Texture filtering - Quality	High performance
   Texture filtering - Trilinear optimization	On
   Threaded optimization	On
   Triple buffering	Off
   Vertical sync	Off

5. Click Apply in the bottom right and wait for it to unfreeze (it usually freezes while saving and applying settings).

Steam launch options

1. Open Steam
2. Right click on PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS
3. Properties > SET LAUNCH OPTIONS…
4. Enter the text below, but change it to suit your computer! -refresh 60 -maxMem=16384 -malloc=system -force-feature-level-11-0 -USEALLAVAILABLECORES -sm4
   1. Change -refresh to match your monitor’s max refresh rate
   2. Change -maxMem to suit your RAM available, don’t use all of it. For example, if you have 16 GB: use -maxMem=8192
      As far as I know, it doesn’t HAVE TO be a multiple of 1024, but it is good practice to write out GB correctly with amounts of RAM; it’s the same for Minecraft and other games. Common RAM values are listed below:

      RAM in GB	-maxMem setting
      8 GB	8192
      16 GB	16384
      32 GB	32768

Optional:
-high Dedicate more of your processor to the game (Can slow down other applications)
window Run the game in Windowed mode
+mat_antialias 0 Apparently lowers the quality of shadows/removes (I use, but haven’t tested to see a difference without) 5. Click OK 6. Click Close

In-game settings

These settings can affect not only gameplay but also frames. There is no 100% surefire way of making frames appear magically - without losing quality, vision, and another gameplay element.
There are a few settings that can help frames, but it’s worth just playing around ingame

Config files

These settings can cause you to lose FPS, but they can result in better ingame vision

1. Open My Computer (Press Start+E)
2. Navigate to: C > Users > Your PC name > AppData > Local > TslGame > Saved > Config > WindowsNoEditor
3. Open ‘GameUserSettings.ini’ with Notepad
4. Change the information below:
   sg.ResolutionQuality=100
sg.ViewDistanceQuality=4
ScreenScale=120
5. Save via File > or Ctrl+S
6. Close notepad
7. Right-click ‘GameUserSettings.ini’ and click Properties
8. At the bottom, by Attributes: Make sure ‘Read-only’ is Ticked
9. Click OK