Baldur’s Gate 3 is one of the games that marked this year 2023, which was nevertheless busy in terms of release. However, it requires a solid configuration to run on PC.
Baldur’s Gate 3 is undoubtedly one of the flagship games of this year 2023. The title from Larian Studios has conquered hearts to the point of having record ratings and attendance. A success due as much to its storyline, its gigantic world, its multifaceted gameplay as to excellent graphics. However, it requires a good configuration for PC players and, since a game is never perfect, its last act is somewhat greedy and performance takes a hit. However, a simple way can slightly improve this problem.
A DLSS 3 mod that improves Baldur’s Gate 3 performance
A journalist from WccTech carried out tests to improve Baldur’s Gate 3. Larian Studios is aware that this part is quite poorly optimized and the Belgian studio is trying to fix these problems. Despite some improvements, the result is still not the most satisfactory. The journalist explains that he felt little difference and that his framerate is still quite low despite his muscular configuration (AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, 32 GB DDR5). It is in this context that the man decides to try the DLSS 3 mod recently published by PureDark on his Patreon.
His test consists of going from the Steel Foundry to the Magic and Spells store via the busiest part of the city. From averaging around 52fps, the reporter got an average of around 82fps. A 56% performance improvement in Baldur’s Gate 3 which is clearly not negligible. However, he also noticed that in this period, 1% of the time, the frames per second dropped to 35fps and that it could even drop below the 30fps mark despite his high-end configuration. These FPS drops already occurred without the mod and are only slightly improved according to its results.
A tip like any other to improve the performance of Baldur’s Gate 3, but you will absolutely have to go back to checkout, the miracle mod being blocked behind a paywall. Otherwise, it is always possible to wait until Larian manages to correct the technical problems on his own. On the other hand, it seems a good solution for the most impatient.
DLSS 3.5 more complicated to mod?
Nvidia recently launched DLSS 3.5 including Ray Reconstruction to its Deap Learning Super Sampling technology. DLSS 3 therefore made it possible to save images per second thanks to an AI which generated additional images. This version 3.5 allows you to embed technology which improves the calculation of Ray tracing when DLSS is activated and will save a few FPS in the process. Wonderful, isn’t it? However, Bryan Catanzaro, one of the big names behind DLSS at Nvidia, recently announced that creating mods for DLSS 3.5 will be much more complicated. The man explains in particular that this new version requires much closer integration with the game, making the creation of an external mod more difficult.