Enlisted is an intense, World War II-based online first-person shooter that has taken the gaming world by storm. With an emphasis on tactical gameplay and realistic graphics, it's no surprise that players are constantly seeking ways to boost their FPS and performance. This article will explore the best tips and tricks for optimizing your Enlisted experience and achieving peak performance. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or a new recruit, these techniques will help you dominate the battlefield.

Adjust the Enlisted In-Game Settings

When playing Enlisted, changing your in-game settings usually makes the biggest performance improvement for low to mid-end systems. Open up your settings, and make changes according to your system’s specifications. Most of the setting changes showcased apply to low-end PCs. If you experience performance issues while using the recommended system requirements, then follow the next steps.

Navigate to your Graphics settings and set the resolution to your native monitor resolution. Be sure to run Enlisted in Fullscreen mode. If you’re using a powerful NVIDIA GPU, set the NVIDIA DLSS option to Performance; otherwise, disable it. Your Resolution Scale should be 100%, although reducing it will benefit your framerate. Consider lowering your resolution if you still need more performance after these tweaks. Be sure to set Temporal Antialiasing Quality to Low and to disable NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency and V-Sync.
Limit your framerate to a value above your screen’s refresh rate but below the maximum FPS you can get.

As for the other graphics settings, be sure to reduce them to a minimum to increase your performance:

Texture Quality to Low
Disable Anisotropy
Reduce Enhanced Texture Filtering to the minimum
Shadow Quality to Low
Disable Shadows from effects
Global Illumination Quality to Medium

Change the Enlisted Process Priority

To further increase the Enlisted game performance on your PC, we will change the application’s priority compared to other programs running in the background. Right-click your taskbar to open up your Task Manager. In the Processes tab, right-click the Enlisted game process and select to go to details. In the Details tab, the application should be highlighted. Right-click the game process and set the priority to high.

This will allocate more resources to playing Enlisted and should increase your performance, especially if other programs run in the background. To reduce the CPU utilization from other programs, we suggest ending some programs from running in the background, which you don't need when playing Enlisted. Only end programs from running, that you know won't break your operating system. You can prevent programs from starting on system boot in the Startup tab.

Task Manager > Details > Enlisted > Set Priority

Update Device Drivers

Ensure your peripherals and other devices are running the latest driver. In some cases, outdated driver software for your components can be the culprit of stuttering or FPS drops. Search for Device Manager in your taskbar to open it up. Expand Mice and other pointing devices. Right-click your device, select Update Driver, and Search Automatically for updated driver software. Repeat this step for each device if you’re unsure which device you are currently using. You should also update your network adapter, display adapter, and disk divers.

Device Manager > Devices > Update Driver

Update Graphics Card Driver

NVIDIA graphics cards can utilize the GeForce Experience application. Click here to download the application to your system. When the download is completed, open up the application, and in the Drivers tab, select Download. This will download and install the latest GPU update and should take a few minutes to complete.

Update Operating System

To optimize your system for performance, you should ensure your operating system is up to date. Search for Update in your taskbar search. In your Check for updates system settings window, download the latest update and restart your PC after the download is completed. This will help you with performance issues.

Disable Xbox Game Bar Recording

Some native Windows 10 settings can reduce your overall performance while playing Enlisted. Disable Game Bar recording, as it continuously records your gameplay and audio. In your taskbar search, enter: Game Bar to open the Game bar system settings.

Uncheck the recording option. In the Captures tab, make sure to disable the background recording additionally. These settings will only reduce your performance if you want to record your gameplay when I suggest using OBS Studio or an external capture card if you lack performance.

Adjust the NVIDIA Control Panel Settings

Making changes to your NVIDIA control panel can be essential. Change a few options in your NVIDIA control panel to improve the Enlisted game performance on your system. To open your NVIDIA control panel, right-click your desktop and select NVIDIA Control Panel. In your control panel, navigate to Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings.

NVIDIA Control Panel > Manage 3D Settings > Program Settings

Select Add a program to customize and then add Enlisted from the program list. If you can’t find the game in the program list, click on Browse. In your file explorer, you will have to locate the drive and path on which you installed the game on and add it to the program list from there.

Ensure that the CUDA setting is set to your main GPU, set the Power management mode to Prefer maximum performance, and set the texture filtering quality to Performance.

Change the Enlisted Graphics Preference

Windows 10 allows you to utilize power user settings, such as your graphics settings. To change your graphics settings, enter Graphics Settings in your taskbar search to open up your native settings.

When selecting Browse your file explorer will open up, where you will have to navigate to the drive and path where Enlisted is saved. After adding the program to your graphics settings list, the operating system lets you choose between the following:

Let Windows choose
Power Saving (Usually Intel HD Graphics)
High Performance (Usually, your graphics card(s)
Specific GPU (Choose which GPU to use)

For the most system performance, use the High-Performance option. If your GPU is bottlenecking your performance, you should set it to Let Windows Decide. Don't forget to apply your changes.

Graphics Settings > Graphics Preference > High Performance

Delete the Windows Temporary Files

Your hard-drive might be cluttered with unwanted files. These files will induce lag if not removed properly. You can delete your temporary files manually, or you can use PC cleanup programs, such as CCleaner. These applications are usually the best choice as it will automatically keep your hard-drive clean for you. To manually delete your temporary files, enter %temp% in your taskbar search and hit enter. A new folder will open up. Make sure to delete the content of your temporary files folder.

In some cases, this can take a couple of minutes if you haven’t done this before. Some files will most likely stay in your temp folder, as these are still in use by your programs. In order to completely delete these files, you should also make sure to empty your recycle bin.