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Phantom Blade Zero: Why Is This Game's Performance So Bad? (Workarounds)
Short answer
No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: rollback nvidia drivers they are broken
How to fix it
- Roll back your Nvidia drivers if you suspect they are broken.
- Disable path tracing in the settings to improve both performance and visual quality.
- Remove the weird text appearing in the top left corner of your screen by opening PowerShell and pasting this exact command:
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("MLFI-WATERMARK", $null, "User"); [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("MLSR-WATERMARK", $null, "User")
If it still doesn't work
- Some players report the game works fine for them even while using Ray Reconstruction, though your mileage may vary depending on your specific hardware setup.
What players reported
The instant gameplay starts, the graphics look like a jittery mess with pixelation and tesselation everywere, and i have these weird settings on the top left of my screen for some reason and i have no idea how to turn it off. look at my profile's screenshots to see what i mean. I want to add, i have a 6900 XT with a i5 13600k, Great start!
What players suggest
rollback nvidia drivers they are broken
Works for me. Even with Ray Reconstruction.
Ok i found the solution to the text in the top left, i had to paste "[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("MLFI-WATERMARK", $null, "User"); [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("MLSR-WATERMARK", $null, "User")" into powershell. and i fixed the graphical issues by turning off pathtracing as that made the performance worse and made the game look worse. The text in the top left was apparently an…
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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: black-screen, performance, nvidia, amd