Known issueFixUpdated 2026-11-04 · 14 replies on Steam

Crimson Desert Enhanced: Performance issue (Workarounds)

Short answer

No confirmed fix yet. Players suggest: a bit strange that u crash, i have this PC for about month and i'm playing CD for 3 weeks now and had 0 crashes so far maybe try to reinstal drivers or/and game ?

The problem

Hey guys, I’m running an ASUS PRIME RTX 5080 16GB paired with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D (8-core). Most of my settings are on Cinematic, with only the displacement scale set to Medium. I’m playing on a 1440p 240Hz monitor. Before this update and DLC release, I was getting around 75 FPS in Balanced mode. Since the update, my performance has dropped to about 50 FPS. The game also crashes whenever I…

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What players suggest

I never use Frame Gen because it makes my game crashes for some reasons (opening maps, settings constantly) and it gives a bit of a blurry image, so I was never a fan. But it was running beautifully without FG before this DLC release. a bit strange that u crash, i have this PC for about month and i'm playing CD for 3 weeks now and had 0 crashes so far maybe try to reinstal drivers or/and game ?

Sorty

same here. if we all (a lot of us) have this problem, the devs certanly will work on it. I set my fps to 90, before and now, but now my cooler have more work (louder). The map seems to use more ressources - make sense because bigger. I have also stutters, if i switch in the skill tree with the mouse between all the skills.

dominik

a bit strange that u crash, i have this PC for about month and i'm playing CD for 3 weeks now and had 0 crashes so far maybe try to reinstal drivers or/and game ? Those crashes only appear when I switch Upscale Resolution from different preset and apply. I was streaming it this afternoon and I had like 5-6 crashes

Jordtastic

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