Shadow of the Tomb Raider FPS Drop & Spikelag Fix

Many PC players are experiencing some serious FPS drops, stuttering and spikelag issues in Shadow of the Tomb Raider. This makes the gameplay a lot less enjoyable and at times even makes the game unplayable.

If you’re one of those players that can’t wrap their head around fixing these issues, then just follow our step-by-step guide below for all the possible solutions to FPS drops and spikelags in the game.

Step 1: Change Game Settings

Some of the game’s settings may not be optimized to work properly on your system. So in order to force the game run as it should here’s what you can do:

1. Go to “SteamLibrarysteamappscommonShadow of the Tomb Raider“
2. Right-click on the “SOTTR.exe” file
3. Choose “Properties,” and click on the “Compatibility” tab
4. Check the box with “Disable Full Screen Optimization“
5. Click “Apply” and close the window

After that you need to make Steam launch the game at high priority, here’s how to do it:

1. Go to your Steam Game Library
2. Right-click on Shadow of the Tomb Raider
3. Choose “Properties,” and click on the “General” tab
4. Click on “Set Launch Options“
5. Type in the “-high” command (without the inverted commas)
6. Press “OK” and close the window

Lastly, you can change the graphics settings inside the game’s menu to the following recommended ones:

1. Launch Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2. Go to “Settings“
3. Choose “Display and Graphics“
4. Set Anti-Aliasing to one of the following options:
   • Off
   • SMAA
   • TAA
5. Set VSync to Off

You can also set your display mode to Windowed, and set the actual resolution of your monitor. Try a few of these options and your FPS should stabilize.

Step 2: Change nVidia Settings

This step will be useful for those who use nVidia graphics cards. In addition to the previous step you can do the following adjustments:

1. Launch nVidia Control Panel
2. Choose “Manage 3D Settings,” and click on the “Program Settings” tab
3. In the list of applications select Shadow of the Tomb Raider
4. Enable “Threaded Optimization“
5. Disable VSync
6. Set “Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames” to “1“
7. Set “Texture Filtering” to “Performance“
8. Click “Apply” and close the window

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With the help of these settings adjustments you now should be able to run the game without any FPS drops and spikelags. For other related Shadow of the Tomb Raider guides at GameSkinny, just follow the links below:

• Challenge Tombs Locations & Solutions Guide
• Trial Of The Eagle Collectibles Guide
• Complete Cozumel Collectibles Guide
• Head Of The Serpent Puzzle Guide
• Best Skills Guide
• Crypt Locations Guide