Lower one or all of these settings for a steep jump in performance.īy default, Dishonored 2 will render too many pre-rendered frames for smooth performance. It seems these three settings are the biggest hits on performance in Dishonored 2: In the meantime, here are some ways you can temporarily alleviate all the problems in Dishonored 2 so you can at least make it playable.īefore getting started, here are a few basic ways to improve performance. The current release of Dishonored 2 on PC is a mess of bugs, with a number of settings and factors lowering framerate for seemingly arbitrary reasons - automatic low CPU priority in the Task Manager, FPS linked to mouse speed, and far too many pre-rendered frames.īasically, Dishonored 2 needs a patch pronto. Dishonored 2is getting slammed on Steam for a buggy PC release, and some of those bugs are causing huge FPS drops for players expecting much better performance.