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Black Desert Online - FPS & Performance Boost Guide

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Black Desert Online is a magnificent MMORPG developed by Korean company Pearl Abyss and published for PC in 2015. Black Desert Online was remastered in 2018 and gained new graphics. However, some players are experiencing fps issues even though performance improvements have been made.

I have decided to create this guide for those who experience such performance issues. In this tutorial, I listed a few tweaks to fix the performance issues in BDO, such as freezing, stutteringfps dropspikeslow fpslagging, high ping.

There are 17 ways to increase your performance in Black Desert Online.

System Requirements for Running Black Desert Online

Minimum System RequirementsRecommended System Requirements
CPUIntel Core i3-530 2.9 GHzIntel Core i5-650 3.2GHz
GPUGTS 250, GeForce 9800 GTX, Radeon HD 3870 X2NVIDIA GTX 970 AMD RX 480
RAM4 GB RAM8 GB RAM
Storage39 GB available space39 GB available space
OS32/64 bit Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10Windows 10 (64-bit)

1) Best Graphics Settings for BDO

You can skip this step if you don’t want to change graphics settings. These High Performance graphics settings are for PCs which close to the minimum system requirements.

If you have a good PC, you can increase the settings slightly.

Go to in-game graphics options and make sure the settings are as follows.

Settings > Performance > Graphics & Textures

High PerformancePerformanceQuality
Texture QualityLowMediumHigh
Screen QualityLowest / OptimalSlightly High-
High-End Graphics--Remastered Mode
Anti-aliasingNot AppliedFXAATAA
SSAOOffOffOn
Screen FilterOffOnOn
Faraway ObjectsOffOffOn
Depth of FieldOffOffOff
Faraway NPCsOffOffOff
Hit EffectOffOffOff
Reduce Snow Build-upOffOffOff

Apply changes

I also recommend that you play the game in Full Screen mode (not Full Screen Window). If your PC is close to the minimum system requirements, you can also set this:

  • Go to the Optimization tab
  • Set the Auto Frame Optimizer to On and set the value to 60

Apply changes and exit the game.


2) Update Your Graphics Drivers

You should keep your computer’s graphics drivers updated.

People who have an NVIDIA graphics card can download and install their new drivers here.

People who have an AMD graphics card can download and install their new drivers here.


3) NVIDIA Control Panel Settings

  • Open NVIDIA Control Panel
  • Go to the Adjust image settings with preview tab.
  • Click the “Use my preference emphasizing“ (If you have a mid&high end pc, Let the 3D application decide)
  • Put the bar in Performance mode.
  • Apply
  • Click the Manage 3D settings
  • Click the Program Settings
  • Click the Add
  • Select the BlackDesert64 from the list, then click on the “Add Selected Program” button.
  • After, make the following settings
    Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance
    Vertical sync: Off
    Virtual Reality pre-rendered frames: 1
  • If you have a notebook, make sure you have selected the “High-performance NVIDIA processor” on preferred graphics processor.
nvidia
  • Apply and close the NVIDIA Control Panel.

The effect of the “Power management mode” setting differs between GPUs. If these settings made your FPS worse, just set the “Power management mode” to “Optimal power“. After that, it will increase. You can test it.


4) AMD Radeon Settings

  • Open the AMD Radeon Settings window.
  • Click on the Gaming tab.
  • Then click on Global Settings.
  • Go to the Anti-aliasing mode, choose Override application settings.
  • Click on the Anti-aliasing level, so make sure you have selected the 2X
  • Go to the Anisotropic Filtering Mode and turn it on.
  • Then, click on the Anisotropic Filtering Level, so make sure you have selected the 2X.
  • Click on the Texture Filtering Quality and select the Performance.
  • Now, click on the Wait for Vertical Refresh and select the Always off.
  • Click on the Tessellation Mode and select the Override application settings.
  • Finally, click on the Maximum Tessellation Level and select the 32x or lower.
pubg amd settings

5) Intelligent Standby List Cleaner

The “Intelligent standby list cleaner” application will monitor and clear the memory standby list when it is > 1000MB (1gb). It will help players to fix stutters in games.

  • Download the Intelligent standby list cleaner
  • Run the 7-zip file.
  • Extract to a folder.
  • Go to the that folder.
  • Run the “Intelligent standby list cleaner ISLC” application.
  • Check the “Start ISLC minimized and auto-Start monitoring”
  • Also, check the “Launch ISLC on user logon”
  • Now, click on the Start button
  • Minimize
Intelligent Standby List Cleaner

6) Full-screen Optimizations & High DPI in Windows 10

full-screen optimisations
  • Go to the folder where the game is installed.
    (...\BlackDesert\bin64)
  • Right-click on BlackDesert64.exe in the bin64 folder.
  • Hit the Properties
  • Tick “Disable full-screen optimizations” on the Compatibility tab.
  • After that, click on the “Change high DPI settings” button.
  • Under the “High DPI scaling override” section, tick the “Override high DPI scaling behavior
  • Use the “Scaling performed by:” drop-down menu and select the “Application”
  • Click on the OK and again OK.
High DPI

7) Power Options

If the CPU cooler is not enough, you can skip this setting. Processor temperature may increase by 5-6 degrees.

power plan
  • Right-click the Windows icon on the bottom left.
  • Click the Power Options
  • Click the Additional power settings
  • Select the High performance on the Preferred plans tab.
  • After, click the Change plan settings link next to High performance.
  • Tap on the Change advanced power settings
  • Find Processor power management in the incoming list, click the + icon on the left side.
  • Set Minimum processor state and Maximum processor state to 100%
  • Click on the OK

8) Game Mode

  • To turn off Windows 10 game mode, click the Start icon to bring up the Start menu. Then open the Settings.
  • Click the Gaming
  • On the Game Bar tab, set the “Record game clips, screenshots and broadcast using Game bar” to Off.
  • On the Captures tab, set the “Record in the background while I’m playing a game” to Off.
  • On the Game Mode tab, set the “Game Mode” to Off.

If you are using an older version of Windows 10, you may not see the Game Mode settings. In this case, you can configure the settings directly in the Registry.

  • Press the Windows logo key and R key simultaneously on your keyboard.
  • Type regedit
  • Press the Enter key.
  • The Registry Editor will open. In the left panel, Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\GameBar
  • Right-click inside the panel and select New
  • Click on the DWORD (32-bit) Value
registry new
  • Rename the New Key to AllowAutoGameMode
  • Right-click on the AllowAutoGameMode
  • Select the Modify…
  • Set the “Value data” to 0
auto game mode
  • Click on the OK button.
  • Close the Registry Editor.
  • Restart your PC.

9) Windows Performance Options

  • Type performance in the search section of Windows, click to Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows from the results.
  • Select the Adjust for best performance from the options in the Performance Options window that opens.
  • Click OK
performance

10) Cleaning Temporary Files

  • Simultaneously press the Windows logo and R keys.
  • Type %temp%
  • Press Enter key.
  • Delete everything in the Temp folder that opens. You can skip undeleted.
  • Again, Simultaneously press the Windows logo and R keys.
  • Type temp
  • Press Enter key.
  • Delete everything in the folder that opens.
  • Again, Simultaneously press the Windows logo and R keys.
  • Type prefetch
  • Press Enter key.
  • Delete everything in the Prefetch folder that opens.

Finally, empty the Recycle Bin


11) SSD

If you have a Solid-State Drive, I recommend that you install the game on the SSD or move the game files to the SSD.


12) Optimize Your Discord

If you are using Discord, disable the Hardware Acceleration and in-game overlay.

  • Open Discord
  • Go to the User Settings
  • Then, go to the Appearance tab.
  • Uncheck the Hardware Acceleration.
Optimize Discord
  • Go to the Overlay on App Settings tab.
  • Make sure unchecked the “Enable in-game overlay”
discord overlay

13) Optimize Your Google Chrome

If you’re using Google Chrome, you’ll need to make this setting.

chrome setting
  • Go to settings page in Chrome
  • Click the Advanced
  • Go to the System tab
  • Finally, uncheck the “Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed”

14) Background Processes

You should close all unnecessary applications, such as Chrome, Spotify, OneDrive. Also, if the Discord is idle, you should quit Discord.

Also, you can use the CCleaner to go through your startup and scheduled tasks and disable everything that you consider unnecessary.

And also, you should disable your Firewall/Antivirus while playing Black Desert Online, such as Eset, Avast, BitDefender, AVG, Acronis Active Protection, etc. Or add your Black Desert Online directory in the exceptions list in your antivirus software.


15) Increase The Priority

You need to adjust this setting every time you enter the game.

  • Launch the game.
  • Simultaneously press the ALT and TAB keys to minimize the game.
  • Open the Task Manager
  • Click on Details Tab
  • In the list, find the BlackDesert64.exe
  • Right-click on BlackDesert64.exe application and Set priority to High.

If you facing a stuttering issue in the game after doing this, don’t do the High priority setting. Set it to Normal.


16) CPU Limiter – Fix Freezing & Stuttering

If the CPU usage is around 100% while playing Black Desert Online and you experience freezing/stuttering issues, you can limit your CPU. Also, if you apply this setting, you can skip the previous method.

  • Download and install the Process Lasso
  • Run the Process Lasso application.
  • Launch the Black Desert Online.
  • Go to the Process Lasso app and find the BlackDesert64.exe in “All processes” list.
  • Right-click on the BlackDesert64.exe and select the CPU Limiter
CPU Limiter
  • Set the “When CPU use is” to 98
  • Set the “Reduce by this many CPU cores” to 1
  • Below the “Reduce by this many CPU cores”, set the “For a period of” to 1
  • Click on the Add Rule button.
  • Finally click OK button and play the game.
CPU limit

17) Reduce Ping and Fix Lag

  • Go to the ExitLag page
  • Click on the “FREE 3 DAYS TRIAL” button.
  • Create an account.
  • Verify the Email
  • Download and install the ExitLag.
  • Launch the ExitLag.
  • Search the Black Desert in the ExitLag app.
  • Select the Black Desert
  • Select a game region
  • Click on the APPLY ROUTES button.
  • Play the game.

You can use the ExitLag application on all BDO servers (KOREA, THAILAND, RUSSIA, JAPAN, SOUTHEAST ASIA, NA/EU/OC, TAIWAN, TURKEY & MENA, SOUTH AMERICA)

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