Nioh 2 FPS Drops [SOLVED]

Recently, many players are reporting FPS drops in Nioh 2 PC version. If you’re one of the many that run into this problem, don’t worry. In this post, you’ll learn 5 methods to boost your FPS, easily and quickly!

Try these fixes:

You don’t have to try them all. Just work your way down the list until you find the one that works for you.

1. Adjust the in-game graphics settings
2. Disable overlays
3. Update your graphics driver
4. Optimize the graphics card settings
5. Close unnecessary background programs

Fix 1 – Adjust the in-game graphics settings

Many users recommended lowering the graphics options for Nioh 2 to boost FPS. You could tweak the setup as follows to see if that helps your case.

1. Launch Nioh 2 and select System on the main screen.
2. Click Graphics Settings from the System Menu.
   
3. Choose Full Screen for Display Mode, and turn off Shadows and Motion Blur.
   
4. On the next page, turn off Dynamic Reflections and Ambient Occlusion. Then, set Texture Quality and Effect Quality to Low.
   

Restart Nioh 2 for the changes to take effect. If the FPS drop is still not solved, try the second fix below.

Fix 2 – Disable overlays

In-game overlays allow you to access various features while in-game such as interacting with friends or placing orders, but this can also cause Nioh 2 low FPS. If you’re using overlays on Steam, Discord and GeForce Experience, follow the instructions to turn them off.

On Steam

1. Open your Steam client and navigate to the Library tab.
   
2. Right-click Nioh 2 from the game list and click Properties.
   
3. Untick Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game.
   

On Discord

1. Run Discord.
2. Click the cogwheel icon at the bottom of the left pane.
   
3. Click the Overlay tab and toggle off Enable in-game overlay.
   

On GeForce Experience

1. Run GeForce Experience.
2. Click the cogwheel icon at the upper right corner.
   
3. Scroll to toggle off In-Game Overlay.
   

After you disable any overlays in-use, restart Nioh 2 to see if it performs better now. If not, proceed to the next method.

Fix 3 – Update your graphics driver

Graphics card driver matters a lot to your gaming performance. If you’re using a faulty or outdated graphics driver, Nioh 2 FPS drop is likely to occur. GPU manufacturers will regularly optimize their drivers for the latest titles. So if you expect smooth gameplay with high and steady FPS, you should keep your graphics driver up-to-date.

There are two ways you can update the driver:

Option 1 – Manually – If you know the exact model of your graphics card, you can go straight to the manufacturer’s website: AMD or NVIDIA. Then search for the most recent driver that’s compatible with your operating system and install it manually.

Option 2 – Automatically (Recommended) – If you don’t have the time, patience or computer skills to update your video driver manually, you can do it automatically with Driver Easy. Driver Easy will automatically recognize your system and find the correct drivers for your exact GPU, and your Windows version, and it will download and install them correctly:

1. Download and install Driver Easy.
2. Run Driver Easy and click the Scan Now button. Driver Easy will then scan your computer and detect any problem drivers.
   
3. Click the Update button next to the flagged graphics driver to automatically download the correct version of that driver, then you can manually install it (you can do this with the FREE version).
   
   Or click Update All to automatically download and install the correct version of all the drivers that are missing or out of date on your system. (This requires the Pro version which comes with full support and a 30-day money back guarantee. You’ll be prompted to upgrade when you click Update All.)
   

Restart the computer and launch Nioh 2 to test. If you don’t see any improvements in the game performance, continue to the next fix.

Fix 4 – Optimize the graphics card settings

If you have a dedicated NVIDIA graphics card and hope to better enjoy a graphically intensive PC game like Nioh 2, you need to customize the GPU settings appropriately. Here are the steps:

1. Right-click any empty space on your desktop and click NVIDIA Control Panel.
   
2. Select 3D Settings > Manage 3D settings from the left pane.
   
3. Go to the Program Settings tab. Then click the Add button and select Nioh 2 to customize.
   
4. Choose High-performance NVIDIA processor as the preferred graphics processor.
   
5. Adjust the specific settings as follows:
   Image Sharpening: Off
   Antialiasing: Off
   Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance
   Texture filtering – Quality: High Performance
   Thread optimization: On
   Vertical sync: Off
   
6. Click Apply at the bottom right corner to save the changes.

Launch Nioh 2 to see how thing goes. If the problem persists, check out the last fix.

Fix 5 – Close unnecessary background programs

When applications running in the background like Discord or Chrome eat up your RAM or CPU resources, Nioh 2 may become stuttering and FPS capped. Before you start gaming, make sure to close all unneeded applications.

1. Right-click any empty space on the taskbar and select Task Manager.
   
2. Select each resource-hogging application and click End Task to close them one by one.
   

Run Nioh 2 and you should achieve higher frame rates during the gameplay.

So these are all the fixes for Nioh 2 FPS drops issue. Hopefully they helped. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment below and we’ll be glad to help.

• games
• Steam