If you are playing Hogwarts Legacy on PC through Steam, there is a way to fix the stuttering issue, improve performance, and enhance FPS.
Hogwarts Legacy is one of the games that seem to experience stuttering issues on a PC. Although there are several fixes listed in the list of known issues, this guide offers an alternative solution. Until a patch is released to address performance issues, this guide provides a temporary fix. If you wish to have a better gaming experience on PC, refer to the best settings guide to boost your FPS.
How To Fix Hogwarts Legacy Stuttering On PC
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to fix stuttering issues in Hogwarts Legacy on a PC. This was shared by a user on Reddit so credit goes to them.
- Open Windows search and look for “Exploit protection”.
- Go to the “Program settings” tab.
- Click “Add program to customise”.
- Select “Choose exact file path”.
- Locate the HogwartsLegacy app, which is usually located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy.
- Scroll down to “Control flow guard (CFG)”.
- Change the “Override system settings” to “off”.
- Click “Apply” and restart your PC.
For additional improvements, consider updating your DLSS drivers which can be done manually. Additionally, you can also follow these steps on the file path “…\Steam\steamapps\common\Hogwarts Legacy\Phoenix\Binaries\Win64\HogwartsLegacy.exe”.
If the game experiences performance drops during cutscenes, another solution is to open the field guide and then close it. This should help stabilize the frame rate and return it to normal. Although these issues may seem like a memory leak, there is no conclusive evidence to support this claim.
The PS5 and Xbox Series versions appear to be in a better state and do not experience major performance issues, unlike the PC version. Although it is possible to brute-force better performance on a PC with a high-end GPU and CPU, the game should have been optimized to run smoothly on a wide range of hardware, which it currently is not.
Hogwarts Legacy is currently available for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series and is planned to launch on PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. It will be interesting to see how these last-generation consoles perform with the game, given its demanding requirements on PC.
