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Role-playing (RPG) · Adventure · Visual Novel · 2023

The Lich Wars

A story-rich gothic RPG. Live as a musketeer in the 1700s, fighting through two wars of the undead in a 30-year career. Serve a country burdened by guilt & black magic, where ne...

Base FPS
60
CPU dependence
1.1×
VRAM base
10 GB

Developer: Psychic Software · Publisher: Psychic Software

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Workload profile
Balanced

How this title tends to pressure your system during typical gameplay.

VRAM demand
High (10 GB+)

Estimated VRAM floor for stable high settings at 1080p.

Base target
60 FPS

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Recommended Settings for The Lich Wars

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Volumetric Quality
Medium

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Upscaling (DLSS / FSR)
Quality

Boosts effective 1% low fps and reduces GPU load.

Build Configuration

Algorithm

Resolution-scaled hardware vectors combined with per-game load offsets. Details on Methodology.

Estimated Game FPS
58FPS

The Lich Wars · 1080p · realistic optimized settings.

Bottleneck Level
27%

Percentage of frames capped by the weaker component.

CPU-bound at 1080p

Intel Core i5-12400F can't keep NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super fully fed in The Lich Wars. Lower resolution amplifies the gap; a faster CPU would unlock frames.

Estimated System Load

CPU Load91%
GPU Load72%

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Suggested CPU

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X

Rebalances your NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super — pushes projected bottleneck under 8%.

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