Vulkan or DirectX 12 backend giving you better frames? (veteran perspective)

I have read the FAQ and it does not cover this case. The in-game explanation and the actual behaviour do not appear to match.

Feel free to tell me I have missed something obvious.

In my testing, it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

For what it is worth, keep a note of what you changed, otherwise you cannot undo it cleanly later.

Only partly related, but that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

Slightly different take — it is almost always a setting rather than hardware, so try the free fixes before spending anything.

Counterpoint: the averages hide the problem; look at the one percent lows instead.

Worth checking first: nine times out of ten it is a driver or a background process, not the thing you suspect.

Counterpoint: if it only happens in one mode, that narrows it down considerably.

Worth a shot before anything drastic.

For what it is worth, do not copy someone else’s config wholesale — start from defaults and adjust to your own setup.

Good luck, it is a common snag.

For what it is worth, that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

Speaking as someone who got it wrong initially, the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

Others may have a cleaner method.

This comes up a lot, so: that behaviour is intentional, even though it is poorly explained in-game.

Agreed on most of this, except the wiki number is theoretical; real results are always a bit lower.

This comes up a lot, so: give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

Agreed on most of this, except ignore the loudest advice; the boring answer is usually the correct one here.

Had the exact same issue. the trick is to change one thing at a time and actually note the result before touching anything else.

I went through this last month. region and server load matter more than most guides acknowledge.

Depends on your setup, but broadly give it a clean reinstall before assuming the hardware is at fault.

Others may have a cleaner method.