Stutter. Freeze. Speed-up lag. His Mbappé dribbled past a defender, then teleported into the stands.
Arjun had just downloaded FIFA 23 on his PC. He’d been waiting for months — a solid gaming laptop, an Xbox controller, and a Friday night with no plans. He launched the game, picked PSG vs. Man City, and within 30 seconds, the match turned into a slideshow. fifa 23 on pc
He navigated to C:\Program Files\EA Games\FIFA 23\FIFA23.exe → right-click → Properties → Compatibility → check “Disable fullscreen optimizations.” This fixed the random alt-tab crashes. Stutter
He tried using the in-game “No Limit” option — bad idea. Instead, he used NVIDIA Control Panel (or AMD Adrenalin) to cap FPS at 144 (or 60 for slower systems) and turned off V-Sync in-game. The input lag vanished. His Mbappé dribbled past a defender, then teleported
Over the next hour, Arjun learned three things that saved his experience — and could save yours too.
Frustrated, he almost refunded the game. But then he remembered a forum post: “FIFA 23 on PC isn’t broken — it’s just picky.”
FIFA 23 defaults to DX12, which causes stutters on many PCs. Arjun went to Game Settings > Display > Rendering , and switched from DX12 to DX11. Immediately, the game felt smoother. No more freeze-spikes during corner kicks.