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Hey,

as the title says - my pc got the recomennded requiremnets for BG3 but I still got a lot of problems with the graphics
I can not play without FPS drops and also some black squares appearing at the left side of the Monitor.

I tried with volcano and Direct X 11 but when I play on direct X the screen is fluttering

Here are my PC specs:
[img]https://ibb.co/qM2dHhh[/img]

and here the Requirements:

Baldur's Gate 3 PC Minimum system requirements for Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel i5-4690 / AMD FX 8350
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 970 / AMD Radeon RX 480 (4GB+ of VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 150 GB available space
Additional Notes: Default API is Vulkan 1.1. Directx11 API also provided. The minimum requirements might decrease over the course of Early Access, as performance improves

Baldur's Gate 3 PC Recommended specs for Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64-bit
Processor: Intel i7 8700k / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: Nvidia GTX 2060 Super / AMD RX 5700 XT (8GB+ of VRAM)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 150 GB available space
Additional Notes: Default API is Vulkan 1.1. Directx11 API also provided. The recommended requirements might decrease over the course of Early Access, as performance improves


I tried to play on low graphics ( which looks so bad and I just dont get it why I should play it on low graphics if my PC should do the job ;( ) and I tried it also on middle graphics but still FPS is dropping and the environment loads so slow.. textures plopping on after some time.

Does anyone have an idea what I can do? Or what to change on my PC ?
I was thinking if the SSD could be the problem :-/ got 130gb free space on it.

Thanks for reading

Make sure a) your gpu drivers are up to date and b) switch APIs and see if that helps.

You say you have 'a lot of problems' but you only mention two.
FPS drops are not necessarily down to your hardware - they could be due to the game area that you are in.
If the black squares are always in the same place on your monitor then they nay be down to your monitor.

1. Update your graphics drivers.
2. If you are using DX11 then try switching to Vulkan.
3. Check what screen resolution you are using and change to 1080 x 1920 @60Hz if necessary.
4. Lower your settings in the options to low and then raise them one at a time until the problem(s) reappear.
5. Have a look on YT to see if there is a video or three about optimising your video card for gaming and or BG3.

To resolve this issue (black flashing rectangles during cutscenes) I disabled Bloom in the video settings. I heard this suggested on reddit after a google search.

Prior to Hotfix 4 and the most recent Nvidia update I was running direct X11 without issues, but then I started to get more stutter (which was tolerable) but also audio crackle (which wasn't) so I tried Vulkan just to see if the same issue would persist. Heard the same audio crackle, but also started seeing the black squares. Turning off bloom fixed it for me after trying several other things. I'm on windows 11 MSI GE68 HX 13V i9 RTX 4060 16gb storage 1T

For the audio issue I couldn't figure that one out, thought it might be possible that the lows were just trying to blow out my laptop speakers lol, but it wasn't an issue a couple weeks ago. With headphones on the crackle is less frequent or perhaps just less audible which made me think it confusing the output or something, but again not a prob before. I had read a few things about disabling spatial audio, but I don't have that option as there is no spatial audio on my setup, the speakers are realtek changing from 24bit 4800hz to 16 4800hz seemed to improve the issue though I wasn't quite sure (those are my only options). All the drivers were current. Going into Nahimic and adjusting my settings, I saw that it had defaulted to movie for some reason which must have been jacking it up. I switched to gaming and that seemed to work also 24bit without issue, least in Vulkan.

Not sure if any of that is helpful for your case