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This game looks really good, but sadly it's just unplayable on mid PCs. The GPU consumption is just extreme :/

Got to dig a bit to get this to be playable. Make sure you can see hidden items in File Explorer, then go to:

C:\Users\YourAccount\AppData\Roaming\itch\apps\frieda\Frieda_1.2\Frieda\Saved\Config\Windows

Copy the file GameUserSettings.ini to the Desktop. Rename this to something like GameUserSettings-OrigBak.ini. Place this back in the folder I pointed out here.

Open the original GameUserSettings.ini file with Notepad or other light text editor. This is where you can change the graphics settings for Frieda. This is my version of the file. I changed everything in [ScalabilityGroups], and set all Resolutions to 1280x720. I capped frame rate to 30 fps.

I'm running a laptop from 2018 that has a 8th Gen Intel i7-8750H CPU, Nvidia GTX 1050 GPU w 4 GB VRAM, m.2 SSD and 32 GB System RAM. It's on Windows 11 25H2. I have the latest drivers loaded for the 1050 (on security updates now since last Nov 2025). 

Everything runs smoothly for me. Good luck!

[ScalabilityGroups]

sg.ResolutionQuality=80

sg.ViewDistanceQuality=1

sg.AntiAliasingQuality=1

sg.ShadowQuality=1

sg.GlobalIlluminationQuality=1

sg.ReflectionQuality=1

sg.PostProcessQuality=1

sg.TextureQuality=1

sg.EffectsQuality=1

sg.FoliageQuality=1

sg.ShadingQuality=1

[/Script/Engine.GameUserSettings]

bUseVSync=False

bUseDynamicResolution=False

ResolutionSizeX=1280

ResolutionSizeY=720

LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeX=1280

LastUserConfirmedResolutionSizeY=720

WindowPosX=-1

WindowPosY=-1

FullscreenMode=1

LastConfirmedFullscreenMode=1

PreferredFullscreenMode=1

Version=5

AudioQualityLevel=0

LastConfirmedAudioQualityLevel=0

FrameRateLimit=30.000000

DesiredScreenWidth=1280

bUseDesiredScreenHeight=False

DesiredScreenHeight=720

LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenWidth=1280

LastUserConfirmedDesiredScreenHeight=720

LastRecommendedScreenWidth=-1.000000

LastRecommendedScreenHeight=-1.000000

LastCPUBenchmarkResult=-1.000000

LastGPUBenchmarkResult=-1.000000

LastGPUBenchmarkMultiplier=1.000000

bUseHDRDisplayOutput=False

HDRDisplayOutputNits=1000