Known issueFixUpdated · 14 replies on Steam

Crimson Desert Enhanced: Performance Issue (Workarounds)

Short answer

No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: a bit strange that u crash, i have this PC for about month and i'm playing CD for 3 weeks now and had 0 crashes so far maybe try to reinstal drivers or/and game ?

How to fix it

  1. Reinstall your graphics drivers and reinstall the game to address general crashes and performance drops following the recent update and DLC release.
  2. Turn off Frame Generation if you experience crashes when opening maps or settings menus, or if you notice a blurry image.
  3. Lower your target frames per second (for example, set your limit to 90 FPS) to reduce heavy cooler usage and high resource strain caused by the larger map.
  4. Avoid switching the Upscale Resolution preset and applying the change, as this action specifically triggers crashes.

If it still doesn't work

  • Wait for the developers to release a patch, as many players are experiencing similar post-update performance drops, heavier system resource usage, and stuttering when navigating the skill tree with a mouse.

What players reported

Hey guys, I’m running an ASUS PRIME RTX 5080 16GB paired with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (8-core). Most of my settings are on Cinematic, with only the displacement scale set to Medium. I’m playing on a 1440p 240Hz monitor. Before this update and DLC release, I was getting around 75 FPS in Balanced mode. Since the update, my performance has dropped to about 50 FPS. The game also crashes whenever I…

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What players suggest

I never use Frame Gen because it makes my game crashes for some reasons (opening maps, settings constantly) and it gives a bit of a blurry image, so I was never a fan. But it was running beautifully without FG before this DLC release. a bit strange that u crash, i have this PC for about month and i'm playing CD for 3 weeks now and had 0 crashes so far maybe try to reinstal drivers or/and game ?

Sorty

same here. if we all (a lot of us) have this problem, the devs certanly will work on it. I set my fps to 90, before and now, but now my cooler have more work (louder). The map seems to use more ressources - make sense because bigger. I have also stutters, if i switch in the skill tree with the mouse between all the skills.

dominik

a bit strange that u crash, i have this PC for about month and i'm playing CD for 3 weeks now and had 0 crashes so far maybe try to reinstal drivers or/and game ? Those crashes only appear when I switch Upscale Resolution from different preset and apply. I was streaming it this afternoon and I had like 5-6 crashes

Jordtastic

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