This modder-turned-developer shows how you can triple FPS when properly porting a PC game from consoles

Oct 16, 2024

Durante triples FPS by optimizing console-to-PC game ports for Ys X.

This modder-turned-developer shows how you can triple FPS when properly porting a PC game from consoles

: Peter 'Durante' Thoman and PH3 Games have optimized the PC port of Ys X for Nihon Falcom, achieving frame rates exceeding 300 fps. The work includes CPU optimization, enhanced graphics features, and local co-op, improving from 106 fps to 314 fps by launch. Testing optimized driver issues and performance with high-end settings, ensuring stable 60 fps at 1440p on modest hardware. A demo is available until October 21, with the full launch on October 25.

Peter 'Durante' Thoman, renowned for his DSFix mod for Dark Souls, leads PH3 Games to improve Nihon Falcom's PC game ports dramatically. Their latest work on Ys X includes achieving frame rates over 300 fps through significant optimizations and adding PC-exclusive features like local co-op and custom key bindings.

PH3's optimization efforts extend throughout the game, implementing features like enhanced draw distances, better shadows, and multiple supersampling methods. They pushed the frame rate from 106 fps to 314 fps between the beta and launch, enabling stable performance by prioritizing CPU-bound frame rate improvements and issues with drivers.

Nihon Falcom's Ys X now promises 60 fps at 1440p with just a GTX 1650 and minimal storage requirements. The game releases in English on PC platforms on October 25, with a demo available until October 21 that allows progress continuation to the full game.