Star Wars Jedi Survivor: Improve Performance on PC with this Fix

Published: Apr. 29, 2023
Updated: May. 06, 2023

German English

Star Wars Jedi Survivor is out and gamers across all platforms are complaining about performance issues, but PC in particular has been hit hard once again. We'll show you a real fix for the problem, not the "update your drivers," kind - trust us!

What's it about? On PC, Start Wars Jedi Survivor suffers from an overflowing VRAM cache and extreme CPU dependency. On Reddit, a user found a wonderful fix that seems to work flawlessly for most players. We've broken down this help guide further and can now provide you with the ultimate guide to improving performance in Jedi Survivor.

Performance Fix for Jedi Survivor - 25% more frames with just a few settings

Short preparation: We start the improvement guide outside the game and then go into the game. In order to be able to follow the guide without gaps, you have to download the following programs and have folders ready.

Performance-Fix #1: Enable Jedi Survivor Nvidia ReBar

Every gamer with an Nvidia card has probably already activated the option for the Nvidia ReBAR in the bios. With this option, your graphics card can better manage the system resources available to it. In short: Your performance generally increases! Activate this in the bios if you haven't already.

But even players who have already activated the Resizable BAR will have to do it again. Because Star Wars Jedi Survivor doesn't automatically support this Nvidia function:

  • Open Nvidia Profile Inspector
  • Search for "Star Wars Jedi Survivor" in the list above.
  • Scroll down to item 5 "Common". Here you will find ReBAR.
  • Activate the option "rBAR - Feature".
  • Set rBAR - Options to "0x0000001 (Battlefield V, Assassins Creed....)
  • Set rBAr - Limit to "0x0000000040000000".
  • And shader cache to the value of your graphics card. For example, a 3080ti has 12 GB VRAM, so I set the cache to 10 Gb.

On the top right, you will find the button "Apply Changes". Click on it and close Nvidia Profile Inspector. Now open the SwGame folder under AppData, which of course you have already prepared.

Performace-Fix #2: Rewrite the graphics settings in the files

Once you are in the path "AppData/Local/swgame/saved/config", go to the folder "WindowsNoEditor" and open the file "GameUserSettings.ini" with Notepad++. Here you will find various settings, which you adjust as follows (CTRL + F to find the settings):

  • bUseDesiredScreenHeight=True
  • sg.AntiAliasingQuality=0
  • bUseVSync=False (for G-Sync or FreeSync)

Save the file and close it. To prevent Jedi Survivor from overwriting the file the next time you start it, set it to read-only:

  • Right-click on the file.
  • Click on Properties.
  • Under Attributes, check the Write Protected box.

For powerful hardware: Finally, open the Nvidia control panel and open the 3D settings. Here you look for Star Wars Jedi Survivor again. If it is not in the list, click on "Add". Found it? Good, here you adjust the following settings:

  • Enable Anisotropic Filtering - x16.
  • Antialiasing mode - Extend the application setting
  • Antialiasing setting - x8

It's in German, but you get the point!

Performance fix #3: Optimize in-game settings

You should already be feeling the first effects of Jedi Surivor's performance fix, but there's more! Go into the game's graphics settings and change the following settings:

  • RayTracing - Off
  • AMD FSR - Quality
  • Motion Blur = Off

Performance-Fix #4: Use RivaTuner to optimize the frame times

As a final fix for Star Wars Jedi Survivor's lousy performance, we optimize the frametimes. Frametimes describe the time between the display of single images. If not optimized, they can jump between, for example, 14 ms and 22 ms, which causes micro stutters. If we set our own frame cap, we ensure that the frame times remain constant to guarantee a smoother display.

Improve stutter & frame times in Jedi Survivor:

  1. You need to download MSI Afterburner and Rivatuner (both are included).
  2. Now install and run both programs.
  3. In MSI Afterburner, go to the settings and then to the "Monitoring" item.
  4. Scroll down until you get to "Frame Times", click on "Show in OSD" and select the option to show graphics and text.
  5. Now start Jedi Survivor and walk around a bit, and also fight. Keep an eye on your FPS and Frame Times!
  6. Make a note of the lowest frames you've noticed. Let's say your lowest was 72 FPS.
  7. Tab out of the game and go to Rivatuner. There you will see the option "Frame Limit". Set the frame limit 1 or 2 frames below your lowest FPS. So in your imaginary case set it to 71 or 70You've noticed that the

graph showing you your frame times is now stable. Unfortunately, Star Wars Jedi Survivor is very poorly optimized, and you'll still face worse frames than necessary here and there, but believe me, it's significantly more pleasant.

This is how much performance (FPS) we gained with the fix

Still have questions or problems running our guide? Write us a comment or contact us via social media (Linktr.ee). We'll be happy to help you as much as we can beyond the article!

 

Every tip mentioned in this guide has been practically tested by our team to ensure you receive reliable and accurate information.
The interest in digging deep into the gaming industry stems from the DayZ Mod for Arma 2 in 2012. Kevin started working in the gaming industry in 2016. First as a trainee at Survivethis, the biggest German Survival-Games-Site at that time. Only half a year later, he got accepted at Gamestar and later MeinMMO. Now, on Guided.news he implements all his Knowledge to deliver comprehensive news, guides, interviews and more unique topics.
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