
Some players are are facing massive fps drop in Kingdom Come: Deliverance. I made a guide for those who experience problems such as low fps, fps drop, stuttering, freezing, lag in Kingdom Come: Deliverance.
If your PC is having a hard time keeping up with Kingdom Come: Deliverance, there are 16 ways to improve your frame rates (FPS).
In this guide, I have compiled a few tweaks and recommended settings that can possibly increase the fps.
System Requirements For Running Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
CPU | Intel CPU Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz, AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940 | Intel CPU Core i7 3770 3,4 GHz, AMD CPU AMD FX-8350 4 GHz |
GPU | Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660, AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 | Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 1060, AMD GPU Radeon RX 580 |
DirectX | DirectX 11 | DirectX 11 |
RAM | 8 GB RAM | 16 GB RAM |
Storage | 40 GB available space | 40 GB available space |
OS | 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or Windows 10 | OS 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1) or Windows 10 |
1) Best Graphics Settings for Kingdom Come: Deliverance
These 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 video settings (Advanced Graphics Settings) and make sure the settings are as follows.
Display Mode: Fullscreen
V-sync: Off
Antialiasing: Off
Object quality: Medium
Game effects: Low
Lighting: Low
Particles: Low
Physics: Low
Postprocess quality: Low
Shader quality: Low
Shadows: Low
Textures: Medium
Water details: Low
Volumetric effects detail: Low
Vegetation detail: Low
Object distance: Set as low as you can.
LOD distance: Set lowest
Vegetation draw distance: Set lowest
Confirm the settings. Exit the game.
2) Steam Launch Options
- Go to the list of games in the Steam library.
- Right-click the Kingdom Come: Deliverance and click the Properties.
- Click the Set Launch Options in the General tab.
- Type the following commands into the space in the incoming window.
-high -USEALLAVAILABLECORES +r_ssdo=0 +r_AntiAliasingMode=0 +e_shadows=0
3) System.cfg
- Go to \steam\steamapps\common\KingdomComeDeliverance folder
- Open the system.cfg with Notepad
- Find the r_DeferredShadingAreaLights in system.cfg
- Set it to 0
(r_DeferredShadingAreaLights = 0) - Save
4) Update Your Graphics Drivers
You should keep your computer’s graphics drivers updated.
Those with Nvidia video cards can download and install the latest video card drivers here.
Those with AMD video cards can download and install the latest video card drivers here.
5) NVIDIA Control Panel Settings
- Open NVIDIA Control Panel
- Go to the Adjust image settings with preview tab.
- Click the “Use my preference emphasising“ (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 KingdomCome (KingdomCome.exe) from the list
- After, make the following settings
Antialiasing - Mode: Off
Maximum pre-rendered frames: 1
Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance
Texture filtering – Anisotropic sample optimization: Off
Texture filtering – Quality: High performance
Texture filtering – Trilinear optimization: On
Threaded optimization: On
Vertical sync: Fast - If you have a notebook, make sure you are selected the “High-performance NVIDIA processor” on preferred graphics processor.

- Apply and close the NVIDIA Control Panel.
6) 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 are selected the 2X
- Go to the Anisotropic Filtering Mode and turn it on.
- Then, click on the Anisotropic Filtering Level, so make sure you are 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.

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

- 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) Full-screen Optimizations

- Go to the folder where the game is installed.
(e.g. D:\Steam\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\KingdomComeDeliverance\Bin\Win64 ) - Right-click the KingdomCome.exe application
- Tap the Properties
- Tick Disable full-screen optimisations on the Compatibility tab.
- Click on the OK
9) 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.
10) 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

11) 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
12) SSD
If you have an SSD, I recommend that you install the game on the SSD or move the game files to the SSD.
13) Optimize the Discord
If you are using Discord, disable the Hardware Acceleration.

- Open Discord
- Go to the User Settings
- Then, go to the Appearance tab.
- Uncheck the Hardware Acceleration.
14) Optimize the Google Chrome
If you’re using Google Chrome, you’ll need to make this 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”
15) Background Processes
You should close all unnecessary Apps, such as Chrome, 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.
16) 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 KingdomCome.exe application
- Right-click on the KingdomCome.exe application and Set priority to High.