Developed by Riot Games, League of Legends is one of the popular multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games. It was released back in 2009 but still, this game has millions of players globally. To make this game interesting and fresh, Riot often releases new updates to the game. But unfortunately, despite its popularity, this game has its fair share of bugs, errors, and technical glitches. FPS drops on AMD processors and graphics cards are one of the common issues faced by many players around the world.
At the time of writing this guide, we have not come across any official method to fix League of Legends FPS drop issue on AMD processors & graphics cards but luckily, some players have provided the best potential solutions to get rid of this issue.
How to Fix League of Legends FPS Drop Issue on AMD Processors & Graphics Cards
Are you experiencing an FPS drop issue in League of Legends? Then this possible method will help you to get rid of it. Before you start the following troubleshooting step, make sure your PC meets the minimum system requirements to run this game smoothly on your device. Click here to know minimum and recommended specs.
If your system is already a powerful enough to play this flawlessly, and the issue persists, below is the best method to fix this problem.
The best and most effective method to fix this problem is to disable SMT (Simultaneous Multithreading) from BIOS or AMD Ryzen Maser Software. To do this, below are the steps:
1. First of all, reboot your PC
2. Press the F2 or Del keys and enter them into the BIOS
3. Go to Advanced Settings >> CPU Configuration
4. Disable SMT from “SMT Control”
5. Once done, relaunch the game and you will not face the FPS drop issue while playing League of Legends.
This is a temporary solution you can try until the developer releases a hotfix. Thankfully, Riot Games is well aware of this issue and they said – “This is actually a known issue with AMD processors and graphics cards that we are investigating. We don’t have any ETAs on a fix for this as of now, but hopefully, we can see one in a patch/update in the near future.”
However, they have not revealed the ETA so no one knows when this issue will get resolved.
That’s it for this guide on how to fix the League of Legends FPS drop issue on AMD processors & graphics cards.
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