Optimizing Silent Hill 2 for Best Performance
A Performance Guide for Silent Hill 2 FPS Boost, lag and stutter fix
If you are having Silent Hill 2 lag issues or low FPS On Low-End PCs, this guide will help fix all fps drops and performance issues.
Game Info
- Configuration file location : %LOCALAPPDATA%\SilentHill2\Saved\Config\Windows\
- Game Engine : Unreal Engine 5
What May be causing you Performance Issues
CPU Settings
There are a few things you Should try first :
Close up other programs (especially resource intensive programs like web browsers).
Give Silent Hill 2 High priority via task manager.
- Run Silent Hill 2.
- Open Task Manager [CTRL+SHIFT+ESC].
- Switch it to the More details view by clicking “More details” button in the bottom right corner.
- Switch to the “Details” tab.
- Right click “SHProto-Win64-Shipping.exe” on the list then “Set priority” then “High”.
Silent Hill 2 Shortcut Optimizations
Create a shortcut of Silent Hill 2’s .exe file on your desktop.
1. Right click on it and press properties and the Compatibility tab.
2. Check override high DPI scaling Behavior.
3. Check Disable fullscreen optimizations.
4. Finally, check Run this program as an administrator.
Update Your video card drivers
- Press Windows + R.
- Type “DxDiag” and click OK.
- Once the DirectX Diagnostic Tool finishes loading, select the Display tab. The video card’s name and manufacturer will be listed in the Device section.
- The current driver version will be listed in the Driver section.
- Visit the website of the driver manufacturer to get the most up-to-date driver.
Issues fixed
Freezing and stuttering in Windows 10
Disable Game mode :
- Open the Settings menu by clicking the cogwheel icon in the start menu.
- Click on game settings
- Select the Gaming section of the settings menu.
- Navigate to the Game Mode section in the side bar.
- Click to toggle Game Mode on or off.
For Increasing FPS, fixing lag and stutter on all PCs
Install this custom made config file by me to fix all your performance issues such as lag, stutter, and low FPS.
What low end PCs Config file do ?
Set game graphics lower than what is available in-game.
Where is the Config file for Silent Hill 2 located ?
%LOCALAPPDATA%\SilentHill2\Saved\Config\Windows\
How to install ?
Download the config, copy it to config file location, replace existing files if needed, enjoy! and if you get confused just follow the video tutorial above.
Download FPS Boost Config File
Automatic Optimization with SKUZA Game Booster
For a hassle-free experience, use SKUZA Game Booster to automatically optimize Silent Hill 2 and other games. SKUZA Game Booster offers:
- Automatic game optimization with a single click
- Advanced performance tweaks
- Real-time system monitoring
- Customizable game profiles
- And much more!
Features of SKUZA Game Booster
Game Optimizer
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Windows Optimizer
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Simply select Silent Hill 2 from the list of supported games, pick an optimizations mode, click Apply and let SKUZA Game Booster handle the rest.
