If you playing Hogwarts Legacy on PC and are having some major issues with lag and stuttering there are some things you can do to fix performance considerably. So follow along as this article shows you several key changes you can make to the game to fix stuttering and lag during all aspects of gameplay.
Related: How to fix Hogwarts Legacy crashing, freezing, not launching.
Newly released games on PC are prone to having performance issues early on and Hogwarts Legacy is no exception. Even on high-end PCs Hogwarts Legacy is proving to be a hard game to get high frame rates. To the point that even RTX 4090 series cards are struggling to run the game at maximum settings. While a good percentage of these issues will probably be solved in future patches (hopefully) there are some changes you can make right now that will make a huge difference to gameplay.
Before you begin make sure that you have looked over the system requirements for the game properly and aren’t trying to play the game with below minimum spec hardware.
MINIMUM SPECS FOR HOGWARTS LEGACY
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i5-6600 (3.3Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 1400 (3.2Ghz)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 470 4GB
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 85 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD (Preferred), HDD (Supported), 720p/30 fps, Low-Quality Settings
RECOMMENDED SPECS FOR HOGWARTS LEGACY
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: 64-bit Windows 10
Processor: Intel Core i7-8700 (3.2Ghz) or AMD Ryzen 5 3600 (3.6 Ghz)
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1080 Ti or AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT or INTEL Arc A770
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 85 GB available space
Additional Notes: SSD, 1080p/60 fps, High Quality Settings
How do you fix Hogwarts Legacy Lag & Stutter Issues on PC?
If your hardware is all good, there are a couple more changes you can make that make a huge difference to lag and stuttering.
- First, go to Display Options in Hogwarts Legacy and set Upscale Type to None. Once you have done this you can move on to the next and most important step.
- Next, open the Start menu and search Exploit Protection, then open it when it appears.
- Here change to Program Settings, then click Add a Program to Customise and click Choose Exact file path.
- Now find and select the HogwartsLegacy.exe inside the SteamLibrary > steamapps > common > Hogwarts Legacy folder.
- This will place a new entry on the main page, so click on it and then select Edit.
- Now scroll down to Control flow guard (CFG) check the Override system settings box and disable the other two settings. It should look like the screenshot below.
- Finally, click Apply to save the changes.
After you have made all of the above changes you should be able to play Hogwarts Legacy without any lag or stuttering in the worst-case scenario you should see a considerable decrease in lag. I also suggest making sure that you make sure Windows is fully up to date, along with your BIOS and your graphics drivers.
Having problems with Hogwarts Legacy crashing on PC as well?
If you are also having some problems with Hogwarts Legacy crashing on your device check out some of the solutions found in the following guide.
How to fix Hogwarts Legacy crashing, freezing, not launching.
