How to Enable and Increase FPS in PABG: 90, 120 FPS, and the Frame Counter

A high FPS makes PUBG feel smoother, reduces input lag, and helps you react faster in firefights. In this guide, we’ll explain how to check your current FPS, boost performance, and enable 90 or 120 FPS modes if your device supports them.

PUBG itself doesn’t have a built-in FPS counter, so third-party programs are usually used to display it. The most popular options are Steam, MSI Afterburner, NVIDIA App, and AMD Software: Adrenalin Edition. The simplest option is Steam’s built-in counter.

PUBG Mobile doesn’t directly display the current FPS. However, you can adjust the graphics settings to the maximum FPS, and you’ll know the FPS has increased based on how smooth the gameplay feels.

The biggest performance gains on a PC come from reducing shadows, effects, post-processing, and foliage. It’s also worth installing the game on an SSD, updating your graphics card driver, closing background programs, and playing in full-screen mode. We’ve already covered the detailed settings in a separate article.

On a phone, the FPS may drop due to the smartphone overheating. If this happens, set your phone aside and let it cool down on its own. Don’t turn it off—that way, it will cool down faster. Or buy a mobile cooler—it works just like similar external coolers for laptops.

By default, Windows uses Balanced mode, which limits CPU performance. This is especially critical for laptops. For gaming, it’s best to select “High Performance” or “Maximum Performance.” Press Win + R, type “powercfg.cpl,” and select a new setting from the menu that appears.

Open “Settings” > “Gaming” > “Game Mode” and turn it on. This will allow Windows to allocate more resources to the game and reduce the impact of background processes.

Go to “Settings” > “System” > “Display” > “Graphics” and enable “GPU scheduling” with hardware acceleration. On some PCs, this may slightly increase FPS and reduce the load on the CPU.

If you’re not using the built-in screen recording feature, disable Xbox Game Bar and background recording in “Settings” > “Games.” You should also close Discord, Overwolf, and other overlays. This will free up some system resources.

Before launching the game, close your browser, streaming services, and other unnecessary applications. You should also disable any unnecessary programs in startup via Task Manager.

You can find additional settings in the dedicated software for your graphics card. For example, in the NVIDIA Control Panel, you can set:

You can find similar settings in AMD Radeon Software. The program lets you enable Esports Mode, which sets all settings to Performance. Alternatively, you can manually set most settings to Performance while maintaining a balance with graphics quality.

On a PC, all you need is a monitor with a refresh rate of 90, 120, 144 Hz, or higher, and to disable the frame rate limit in the game settings.

In PUBG Mobile, the 90 FPS and 120 FPS modes are only available on supported devices. If your smartphone officially supports higher frame rates, simply go to “Settings” > “Graphics” and select the highest available FPS mode. If this option isn’t available, it means your device or the current version of the game doesn’t support this feature.