Known issueFixUpdated 2026-11-04 · -1 replies on Steam
Crimson Desert Enhanced: Latest update ruined performance (RTX 4070 Ti / i9-13900K) (Workarounds)
Short answer
Suggested fix (unconfirmed): Enable DLSS to mitigate performance drops, and wait for an official hotfix from the developers.
The problem
Hello, I am writing to report a severe performance issue with Crimson Desert following the installation of the latest update. My system • Intel Core i9-13900K • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti • DDR5 RAM Please note that all my system drivers, including my NVIDIA graphics drivers, are fully updated to the latest version. Despite this, the experience since the update has become incredibly frustrating…
What players suggest
Sadly, same here. Huge drop of fps after the update, maybe they will fix this after a couple of days.
I always keep an eye on it, I always monitor temperatures and FPS, and with each update the game's performance on my PC worsens, but the same doesn't happen with games like Tarkov or Dragon's Dogma 2 or any other title or even Witcher 3.
exactly the same with my problem since last week october 22-23 after the update, my fps is smoothly stabilizing almost 200fps but since recent update the fps drops split second to 70fps and mouse freezes but completely goes back to normal but it keeps re-occuring every minute of the game from start to finish in-game. contacted steam support regarding about it but they cant fix the issue and even…
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Source: original Steam Community discussion. Quotes are shortened; all credit goes to the posters. Tags: crash, performance, nvidia