Black Myth: Wukong

Black Myth: Wukong

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Black Myth: Wukong FPS Optimization Guide
By June
This guide offers key settings to boost FPS in Black Myth: Wukong, helping you achieve smoother gameplay by optimizing performance without sacrificing visuals. Perfect for all system types.
   
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Display Settings for FPS Optimization
1. Resolution

Recommended Setting: 1920x1080 (or native)
Why it’s good:
Lowering the resolution reduces the GPU load and improves FPS. Higher resolutions, such as 1440p or 4K, require more power, which can lead to lower FPS on less powerful systems.

2. Window Mode

Recommended Setting: Fullscreen
Why it’s good:
Fullscreen mode allows the game to utilize all available system resources and minimizes input lag. This provides better performance compared to windowed or borderless modes, which can divide the system's resources between the game and other tasks.

3. V-Sync

Recommended Setting: Off (unless screen tearing occurs)
Why it’s good:
V-Sync can cap the frame rate to your monitor’s refresh rate, which can lower FPS and introduce input lag. Disabling V-Sync allows the GPU to render frames as fast as it can, providing smoother gameplay—unless screen tearing becomes an issue, in which case enabling V-Sync can help.
Graphics Settings for FPS Optimization
1. Graphics Quality

Recommended Setting: Low or Medium
Why it’s good:
Lowering overall graphics quality reduces the strain on your CPU and GPU, resulting in higher FPS. Medium provides a good balance of visual fidelity and performance, while Low maximizes FPS by reducing visual complexity.

2. Texture Quality

Recommended Setting: Low or Medium
Why it’s good:

High-quality textures consume a lot of VRAM, which can reduce FPS, especially on systems with less VRAM. Setting texture quality to Low or Medium helps free up resources and improves performance without a huge impact on visuals.

3. Shadow Quality

Recommended Setting: Low
Why it’s good:

Shadows are GPU-intensive, and reducing their quality can lead to a significant FPS boost. Low shadow settings or turning them off completely will give you a noticeable improvement in performance, especially in open-world or highly detailed environments.

4. Anti-Aliasing

Recommended Setting: Off or FXAA
Why it’s good:

Anti-aliasing smooths jagged edges, but it’s demanding on the GPU. Disabling it or setting it to FXAA (Fast Approximate Anti-Aliasing) offers a good performance boost with minimal visual sacrifice, while turning it off completely will maximize FPS.

5. View Distance

Recommended Setting: Medium
Why it’s good:

Reducing view distance can significantly improve performance by reducing the number of objects and textures your system needs to render at a distance. Medium strikes a good balance, allowing you to spot enemies or important objects while reducing GPU load.

6. Ambient Occlusion

Recommended Setting: Off or Low
Why it’s good:

Ambient Occlusion (AO) enhances lighting and shadows, but it's GPU-intensive. Turning AO off or setting it to Low reduces the visual quality of shadow details but boosts FPS significantly with little noticeable impact on gameplay.

7. Motion Blur

Recommended Setting: Off
Why it’s good:

Motion blur reduces visual clarity during fast movement and is resource-heavy. Turning it off results in clearer visuals and improves FPS, particularly during fast-paced action or combat sequences.

8. Effects Quality

Recommended Setting: Low
Why it’s good:
Particle effects like explosions, magic, and environmental effects are demanding on your GPU. Lowering the effects quality reduces the visual complexity of these particles and helps improve FPS during intense moments in the game.

9. Post-Processing Effects

Recommended Setting: Low
Why it’s good:
Post-processing effects like bloom, lens flares, and depth of field are aesthetically pleasing but can be very taxing on your system. Setting these effects to Low will help boost FPS while still maintaining acceptable visual quality.

10. Ray Tracing

Recommended Setting: Off
Why it’s good:
Ray tracing is a cutting-edge visual technology that significantly improves lighting, reflections, and shadows but comes at a huge performance cost. Turning it off will boost FPS, especially on mid-range or lower-end systems.
Additional FPS Optimization Tips
1. Frame Rate Limit

Recommended Setting: Uncapped or 60 FPS (for lower-end systems)
Why it’s good:

Uncapping the frame rate allows your system to output as many frames as possible, leading to a smoother experience. If your system is struggling, capping the FPS to 60 may help maintain stability.

2. Background Applications

Recommended Setting: Close unnecessary applications
Why it’s good:

Background processes consume valuable system resources like CPU, RAM, and GPU. Closing unnecessary applications ensures more resources are available for Black Myth: Wukong, improving overall performance.

3. CPU & GPU Utilization

Recommended Setting: Monitor with Task Manager or third-party software
Why it’s good:

Monitoring your CPU and GPU usage helps identify bottlenecks. If either is running at maximum capacity, you might need to adjust settings to reduce the load on that component. If your CPU is maxed out, lowering CPU-heavy settings like shadows and view distance can help.

4. DirectX Version

Recommended Setting: DirectX 12 (or DirectX 11 if experiencing issues)
Why it’s good:

DirectX 12 offers performance and graphical improvements, especially on modern hardware. If you’re experiencing instability or lower FPS with DirectX 12, try switching to DirectX 11 for better stability and smoother performance on older systems.

5. Update Graphics Drivers

Recommended Setting: Keep drivers up-to-date
Why it’s good:

Graphics drivers are frequently updated with performance optimizations, bug fixes, and support for new features. Keeping your drivers up-to-date ensures you get the best possible performance and compatibility with the game.

6. Game Mode/Performance Mode (For Windows Users)

Recommended Setting: Enable Game Mode
Why it’s good:

Game Mode in Windows optimizes system resources for gaming by reducing background processes and notifications. Enabling it can help improve FPS and system responsiveness during gameplay.

7. Monitor Settings

Recommended Setting: Use a 120Hz or 144Hz monitor
Why it’s good:

Higher refresh rate monitors can display more frames per second, providing a smoother gaming experience. Pairing a high FPS with a high-refresh-rate monitor ensures you’re getting the most out of your hardware for a fluid experience.

Conclusion
To maximize FPS in Black Myth: Wukong, it's essential to adjust your Display and Graphics settings to reduce system load and prioritize performance. Lowering settings like texture quality, shadows, and anti-aliasing can provide a significant FPS boost, while closing background applications and monitoring system usage ensures that your hardware is being utilized efficiently. Keep your drivers up-to-date, enable Game Mode in Windows, and consider upgrading to a high-refresh-rate monitor for the best possible experience.
4 Comments
MunchyMythus 29 Nov, 2024 @ 8:53am 
I have a
RTX 4070 TI Super
Ryzen 7 5700
And 16 gb of ram
Playing this on compatibility mode with my graphics on medium.
Yet whenever I load in I'm able to play for a little. Then it just crashes without an error message.
MunchyMythus 29 Nov, 2024 @ 8:52am 
It's still crashing for me. Idk what to do.
June  [author] 29 Nov, 2024 @ 3:53am 
No, you're not cooked. Just aim for 75 FPS to match your monitor's refresh rate for the smoothest experience. Anything above that won't make a big difference :steamthumbsup:
MunchyMythus 28 Nov, 2024 @ 8:11am 
..I have a 75Hz Monitor. So Am I cooked or nah?