How To Fix Low FPS In Clair Obscur Expedition 33 (Optimized…

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 offers some jaw-dropping visuals by harnessing the power of Unreal Engine 5. While the character design and environments look amazing, those visuals come at a cost of performance, which can be felt when particle effects fly around the battlefield during combat. So, here are some best settings for Clair Obscur Expedition 33 that will optimize the game's performance on your PC.

Best Graphics Settings for Clair Obscur Expedition 33 on PC

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 Best Graphics Settings PC

Players can find all the graphics settings for Clair Obscur Expedition 33 under one tab, making it easier to tweak all the settings simultaneously. However, each setting is popular under a particular category, and we'll see some good FPS gains by optimizing the graphics settings under Rendering. So, here are all the best settings for max FPS.

Category	Setting	Best Preset	Notes
General	Quick Preset	Custom	We'll tweak all the settings to make the game more optimized, so no need to choose from a pre-determined preset here.
	Scaling Type	DLSS/XESS	Players using Nvidia RTX GPUs can benefit from the DLSS scaling tech here. Sadly, there isn't an FSR option, which is a great option for AMD and other GPUs. So, non-RTX players will have to use Intel's XESS until FSR possibly gets added later on.
	Scaling Mode	Quality	Although balanced is the way to go in most situations, the image quality becomes quite messy in some scenes with anything lower than quality.
	Max FPS	Unlimited	-
	Vsync	Off	Clair Obscur Expedition 33 requires players to have impeccable timing when it comes to parrying and blocking, and Vsync will only add input latency.
	Display Mode	Fullscreen	Fullscreen works flawlessly, but borderless fullscreen works just as well. It's only a matter of personal preference.
	Screen Resolution	Native	-
Image	Gamma	Up to the player's personal preference
	Contrast
	Brightness
Post Process	Motion Blur	Turn all of these on except motion blur, as it distorts the visual quality of the game.
	Film Grain
	Chromatic Aberration
	Vignette
Rendering	Anti-Aliasing	High	If you're using an upscaler, it'll handle most of the smoothing of edges.
	Shadows	Medium	One of the higher-cost settings, medium, is the best preset for this.
	Global Illumination	High	-
	Reflection	Medium	It only becomes active when you're around reflective surfaces or water bodies. Best to leave it at medium to avoid FPS drops in the aforementioned areas.
	Post Process	Epic	It does not impact FPS, but will make the quality of previous post-processing effects a lot better.
	Texture	Depends on the GPU VRAM	Low-Medium: 6GB VRAM, High: 8GB VRAM, Epic: 8-16GB VRAM.
	Visual Effects	High	The game has a high use of visual effects that can cause FPS drops randomly in intense fights. Players can drop it to medium if their performance is tanking during combat.
	Foliage	High	Controls the textures for grass and other greenery in the environment.
	Shading	Medium	-

These optimized settings for Clair Obscur Expedition 33 were tested on a PC with an Intel i9-14900HX, Nvidia RTX 4080 GPU, and 32GB RAM. The FPS were averaging around the 75-80 range, with 1% lows being at 50 FPS. Considering the current state of optimization for the title, these are pretty playable framerates. The FPS drops issue was not entirely fixed, but became better and wasn't noticeable in-game.

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Released: April 24, 2025
ESRB: Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Strong Language, Suggestive Themes, Violence
Developer(s): Sandfall Interactive
Publisher(s): Kepler Interactive