On a NVIDIA RTX 3080 (laptop, 16GB) (paired with a balanced Intel Core i5-13500H (laptop)-class CPU), South of Midnight runs at roughly 91 FPS at 1080p with our optimized settings — up from about 92FPS with everything maxed. Here's the configuration and what each setting costs.
The NVIDIA RTX 3080 (laptop, 16GB) is a mainstream 1080p graphics card with 16GB of VRAM, and South of Midnight is a demanding, graphically heavy game. Paired with the Intel Core i5-13500H (laptop), it runs great at 1080p — about 91 FPSwith FrameCoach's optimized settings. That already clears a smooth frame rate on High, so our tuning keeps the visuals as high as possible instead of chasing extra frames.
Across resolutions you can expect around 91 FPS at 1080p and 73 FPS at 1440p, dropping to roughly 60 FPS at 4K. Its 16GB of VRAM is plenty for South of Midnight, so textures can stay maxed. The biggest free win is DLSS upscaling — set it to Quality for a large FPS boost at little visual cost.
| Resolution | All-High FPS | Optimized FPS |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p | 92 | 91 |
| 1440p | 55 | 73 |
| 4K | 31 | 60 |
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With FrameCoach's optimized balanced settings, the NVIDIA RTX 3080 (laptop, 16GB) averages around 91 FPS at 1080p in South of Midnight — up from about 92 FPS with everything on High.
At 1440p with optimized settings, the NVIDIA RTX 3080 (laptop, 16GB) averages roughly 73 FPS in South of Midnight — a smooth experience.
Use a balanced preset, keep ray tracing off for maximum FPS, and ease the heaviest options like Global Illumination (Lumen) and Shadow Quality down a notch. The full per-setting breakdown is above.
FPS figures are estimates from a generalized model (hardware tier × game load × per-setting weights), not live benchmarks — real performance varies by scene, drivers and game version.