Warner Bros. Interactive has confirmed that the PC version of Batman: Arkham City, which was released on the 22nd November, is having issues with DirectX 11.
According to a post in the official forum, “We have received reports of performance issues from players of Batman: Arkham City on PC. After researching the matter, we found that running the game with DX 11 is causing the performance issues. We’re working on a title update to address this matter and expect to make it available in the near future. In the meantime, a workaround for this issue is to run the game with DX 9 instead of DX 11.”
In order to get the game to run correctly, players have to turn off both DirectX11 features and tessellation. The procedure for doing this is as follows:
For the Games for Windows LIVE version:
Start > All Programs > Games > Right click on Batman: Arkham City and select Launcher > Settings
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Open the Start Menu
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Select All Programs and then the Games folder
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Right click on Batman: Arkham City and select Launcher
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Choose Settings then click on the arrow next to DX options to change
For the Steam version:
Launch Steam Client > Library > Right click on Batman: Arkham City > Configure PC Options
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Open Steam
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Select Library
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Right click on Batman: Arkham City and select Configure PC Options
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Choose Settings then click on the arrow next to DX options to change
Warner Bros. Interactive is promising a patch will fix the issue. Let us know if you’ve been enjoying the PC version of Batman: Arkham City.
