Warhammer 3 Optimization Guide for Best Performance and Visual Quality

BLG writes: "Total War: Warhammer 3 is finally out and the reception has been pretty mixed so far. A good chunk of players aren’t happy with some of the new factions and mechanics but the main point of contention is definitely the performance issues. While the game is running better than its predecessor in some respects, the Warhammer 3 optimization is overall less than ideal. Let's fix that."

[Atom666]

A 970 4gb is flirting with low-end gpu specs for this one.

FWIW, those fps hits might be reduced further by turning down the lighting.

[Minimoth]

One of the main reasons why I decided to put this together was to show that you can get decent performance and decent visuals even with modest hardware. I did mention the lighting.

[Atom666]

Looked like you still had lighting on high in performance setup but it might just be that your pics got mixed.

[Minimoth]

Ah, you know what? You're right, I only turned the lighting off for one of the configurations. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll need to go back and fix that.

[Atom666]

All good- I appreciate the time you put into the article. These are helpful for a lot of people (I only upgraded from a 980 last year myself). I still found myself spending an hour+ tweaking settings this weekend, though.