Monster Hunter Wilds looks great for some, awful for others—and devs might be right about the fix

At launch, Monster Hunter Wilds’ biggest debate isn’t about its expected low difficulty, as many anticipated—it’s about graphic performance problems.

This shift in focus is actually surprising, considering how much the MH community was worried about the game’s difficulty leading up to release.

MH Wilds launched on February 28 to mixed reviews on Steam, currently at just 47% positive ratings. Most of the negative feedback centers on poor PC optimization, with players reporting severe frame rate drops, even on high-end GPUs.

However, many players claim to be running the game smoothly—even on mid-range setups that require lower settings.

Some Monster Hunter Wilds players think launch performance is actually great

Several players shared that their performance on MH Wilds’ launch has been better than expected, with some even reporting improvements over the game’s beta test last year, despite not upgrading their hardware.

“Not sure what people are talking about. My performance has been very smooth on ultra […]  and I’m only using a 6750xt,” one player wrote. “Beta 2 was crashing as soon as I’d leave the camp on lowest settings, but I haven’t even noticed a dropped frame yet playing on medium now,” another one added.

Some players also mentioned that while others reported issues on PlayStation 5, their experience had been smooth.

“Framerate mode is super solid on the release version on both PS5 and PS5 Pro. It’s like a locked 60, with the pro having more fidelity and being more stable,” one player explained. “Runs and looks amazing on PS5,” a second one agreed.”

Updating your graphics card drivers might be the MH Wilds performance fix, as devs already suggested

Monster Hunter’s official support page on X advised players experiencing performance issues to update their graphics drivers and turn off compatibility mode as a potential fix.

While it’s common for developers to blame player configurations, some users confirmed that updating drivers actually resolved their issues for both Nvidia and AMD cards.

“Update your graphics drivers […] I have a 3060ti and I’m running medium,” a player recommended. “Performance was way better than beta for me (Also might have helped that I upgraded drivers),” another replied. Several others mentioned that updating drivers did fix the problems for them.

Many others echoed similar results, suggesting that a simple driver update might solve the problem for a large portion of players.

If you’re running into performance issues, install the latest optional drivers, as mandatory updates may not yet include optimizations for MH Wilds. As of Feb. 28, the drivers optimized for Wilds are:

• AMD: 25.2.1 Optional Update
• Nvidia: GeForce Game Ready Driver version 572.80

After that, check our Monster Hunter Wilds page to find the latest game guides.