It’s been a while since someone wrote a good guide about this topic, but it’s still relevant and Nvidia has changed up some settings in the meantime. The following steps worked perfectly for me, so they might not be the best for everyone else. I have an AMD Ryzen 5 2600X Six-Core Processor, 16 Gigs of RAM and a GTX 1070 and get between 100 and 130 FPS at average. I haven’t played through the entire game yet (as of the 4th of November) so I can’t guarantee that some super FPS-heavy area later on will ruin performance. I also use a 144hz G-Sync monitor so maybe some stuff might not work out for you.
How to Fix Metro Exodus Stutter 2022
Use DX11. DX12 ruins performance for me and introduces heavy stuttering and low FPS. So use DX11, it doesn’t look any worse.
Set Texture Filtering to “High Performance”. This doesn’t impair the visuals of the game as far as I can tell.
Enable “Trilinear Optimization” in the Nvidia Control Panel.
Enable “Threaded Optimization” in the Nvidia Control Panel.
Also be sure to set the config file to “read-only”, because otherwise it will reset when you launch the game next time.