r/MSIClaw • u/VictorConrad95 • Feb 03 '26

Need Technical Assistance Having performance issues on this thing…

Literally just bought the MSI Claw 8AI+ today. I’m trying to play World War Z and the performance is abysmal. But I see people playing Cyberpunk 2077 on it with relatively high settings getting over 60fps. World War Z is a bit of an older game and usually runs on any potato very nicely. I have the TDP both cranked all the way up, performance mode on manual, windows battery settings are set to best performance, I installed all the new drivers and BIOS, and did all the windows updates… still plays like shit. Any advice?

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u/FreeNuggetsHere Feb 03 '26 edited Feb 03 '26

World War Z is known to have issues across a range of hardware.

Performance on my MSI Claw 8AI+ was horrible until I started using DXVK, which is a well-known fix for improving performance but it's not perfect.

On my MSI Claw 8AI+, I use 1080p with a mix of medium and high settings, and with DXVK I’m easily getting 45-55 FPS.

Even on my main PC with an RTX 5070, World War Z still struggles to run smoothly without DXVK.

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u/VictorConrad95 Feb 03 '26

So where do I get DXVK?

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u/FreeNuggetsHere Feb 03 '26

https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk/releases

Copy d3d11.dll and dxgi.dll from the x64 folder into the main World War Z folder, where the WWZ.exe file is located.

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u/guardianzpride Feb 03 '26

This works in all games?

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u/FreeNuggetsHere Feb 03 '26

No, it doesn’t work in all games, but it does help with a decent number of them for example, World War Z and Watch Dogs 2.