Assassin’s Creed Odyssey – How to Increase FPS

Struggling to hit that sweet 60 FPS in ancient Greece? Kassandra moving like she’s stuck in mud? Don’t rage-quit just yet, misthios. The biggest FPS gains for AC Odyssey aren’t even in the game settings. We’re diving deep into your rig’s guts to squeeze out every last frame. Let’s get it.

NVIDIA Control Panel Deep Dive

Alright, NVIDIA crew, this one’s for you. We’re gonna tune the Control Panel to force the game to behave.

• Right-click your desktop and fire up the NVIDIA Control Panel.

• Head to 3D Settings > Manage 3D settings.

• Click the Program Settings tab.

• Under “Select a program to customize:”, find AC:O in the dropdown. (If it’s not there, click ‘Add’ and hunt it down on your PC).

• Now, leave everything else alone and ONLY change these settings below.

Anti-aliasing – FXAA: OFF (The in-game AA is better; we don’t need this doubling up and eating frames.)

Maximum pre-rendered frames: 1 (Cuts down input lag. You want your dodges to be snappy, right?)

Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance (Unleash the beast. No power-saving nonsense here.)

Texture filtering – Negative LOD bias: Clamp (Prevents shimmering textures. Keeps things looking clean.)

Threaded optimization: On (Lets the game use all your CPU cores. A no-brainer.)

Triple buffering: On (Helps smooth things out, especially with V-Sync off.)

In-Game Settings: The Display Tab

Now we can actually launch the game. Head over to the display options and lock these in.

• Window mode: Fullscreen (Always better for performance.)

• Aspect ratio: Native

• Resolution: Native

• Resolution modifier: 100%

• Refresh rate: Native (Set this to your monitor’s max.)

• Vsync: OFF (SUPER IMPORTANT. V-Sync can cause major input lag and cap your FPS unnecessarily. Turn it off!)

• Field of View: 110% (Or your preference, this has a small performance cost.)

• FPS Limit: 60 (Or your monitor’s refresh rate. Keeps things stable.)

In-Game Settings: The Graphics Tab

This is where the real magic happens. A few key changes here will give you a massive FPS boost without turning your game into a potato.

• Graphics Quality: Custom

• Dynamic Resolution: Off

• Anti-Aliasing: Low (You’ll barely notice the difference, but your FPS will.)

• Shadows: Very Low (A huge FPS hog. Nuke this setting.)

• Environment Details: Medium (CRITICAL SETTING. This is a massive FPS killer. Medium is the sweet spot.)

• Texture details: High (Modern GPUs can handle this. Keep your visuals crisp!)

• Tessellation: Very High (Surprisingly low impact, makes stuff look less blocky.)

• Terrain: High

• Clutter: Medium (CRITICAL SETTING. Too much grass can tank your FPS.)

• Fog: Medium (Trust me, you won’t notice the difference.)

• Water: Very High (The water in this game is gorgeous. It’s worth the frames.)

• Screen Space Reflections: High

• Volumetric Clouds: Off (These look cool, but they are FPS assassins. Nuke ’em.)

System Maintenance: Nuke the Junk Files

Your PC builds up digital dust bunnies over time. These temp files can bog down your system. Time for a deep clean.

Step 1: The ‘Run’ Box Method

• Press Win + R to open the Run box. Type prefetch and hit Enter. Delete everything. (It’s fine if some files won’t delete.)

• Press Win + R again. This time, type %temp% and hit Enter. Delete all that junk, too.

Step 2: Windows Disk Cleanup

• Hit the Windows key and search for “Disk Cleanup”. Open it.

• Select your main drive (usually C:).

• Check every single box available and click OK. Let Windows do its thing.

System Power: Unleash the Beast

We need to make sure Windows isn’t holding your CPU back to save a few pennies on the power bill.

Windows Power Plan: High Performance

Go to your Windows Control Panel, find Power Options, and set the plan to High Performance. This lets your CPU go full throttle all the time.

BIOS Tweak: Disable C-States (Expert Mode!)

WARNING: This is for advanced users only! Messing around in your BIOS can brick your system if you don’t know what you’re doing. C-states let your CPU save power. Disabling them can prevent FPS dips, but it’s risky. If you’re not 100% confident, SKIP THIS STEP.

Final Shortcut Tweaks

Just a couple more clicks to make sure Windows isn’t messing with your game behind your back.

• Find your game shortcut on the desktop. Right-click it and go to Properties.

• Go to the Compatibility tab.

• Tick the box for “Override high DPI scaling behavior.” In the dropdown menu below it, select “Application”.

• Tick the box for “Disable fullscreen optimizations”.

• Tick the box for “Run this program as an administrator”.

• Hit Apply, then OK. You’re done!

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