Highlights
- Switching Baldur's Gate 3 to Fullscreen mode can greatly improve frame rate and fix issues with hitching and frame stutter.
- Some players may experience a negative impact on frame rate when switching, so individual results may vary.
- Steam Deck users struggling with crashes in Baldur's Gate 3 are advised to make specific settings changes, such as VSync and frame rate adjustments, to improve performance.
Baldur's Gate 3 players looking to improve their game's frame rate should consider switching the game to Fullscreen as opposed to Borderless Windowed, which is the default option. Following years of anticipation, the full release of Baldur's Gate 3 is available now for PC gamers. Earning widespread critical acclaim and quickly becoming one of the most popular Steam games in history, Baldur's Gate 3's PC release has been a monumental success so far.
Those playing Baldur's Gate 3 understandably want to get the most of the experience. While the game's performance is largely dependent on one's rig, there are settings changes that users can make to improve the experience.
As pointed out by Reddit user Ardbert_The_Fallen, Baldur's Gate 3 players can improve their frame rate by switching to Fullscreen from Borderless Windowed. In their experience, this also fixed issues with "hitching and frame stutter." They claimed that the switch "just about doubled" their FPS in certain areas. This advice has been well-received by the Baldur's Gate 3 community, though some commenters found that the switch actually had a negative impact on their frame rate, so mileage may vary. Baldur's Gate 3 players should dive into the game's settings for themselves and tweak things until it is running how they'd like.
This is especially true for anyone playing Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam Deck. Even though Baldur's Gate 3 is Verified on Steam Deck, there have been some users reporting crashing issues when attempting to play it on Valve's handheld device. Gamers having trouble running Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam Deck are advised to change VSync to Double Buffering, turn on the Frame Rate Cap, change Maximum Frame Rate to 30, and change the game's Overall Quality to Medium. While not totally ideal, these Baldur's Gate 3 settings changes have helped alleviate some of the issues Steam Deck users have had with running the game.
One advantage that console gamers will have when Baldur's Gate 3 comes to PS5 is that they won't have to worry about diving into the settings to improve the game's performance. Barring any unforeseen technical issues, Baldur's Gate 3 should be optimized for PS5 out of the box. Of course, this logic will also apply to the Xbox version of Baldur's Gate 3, though there is still no word on exactly when fans can expect to play Larian's acclaimed RPG on Xbox Series X and S.
Baldur's Gate 3 is out now for PC with a PS5 version coming September 6. An Xbox version is also in development.