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Raising the FPS cap from 60 to 120

by zero.one00110 Aug 20261 min readOriginal thread on Discord

A player asks how to unlock 120 FPS on an NVIDIA laptop. The answer: open NVIDIA Control Panel, go to 3D Settings > Program Settings, add Kathana, and set Max Frame Rate to 120; if the game still sticks at 60, the monitor's refresh rate is the limit. A follow-up reply covers Linux (Ubuntu) users capping FPS with mangohud via a Steam launch option.

nvidia control panel -> find "3d Settings" -> click "Program Settings" -> Find Kathana or Add it manually -> Max Frame Rate = 120

Might locked by your monitors refresh rate.

for Linux (Ubuntu) user:

install mangohud with apt sudo apt install mangohud, then add this launch option on kathana properties in steam:

MANGOHUD_CONFIG="fps_limit=60,no_display" mangohud %command%

remove no_display if you wanne see the statistics on screen like FPS/GPU and graph

Screenshots

NVIDIA 3D Settings panel showing Program Settings tab with KathanaOnSteam selected and various graphics options listed, including Max Frame Rate set to 300 FPS
What this shows

I would like to use the following 3D settings:

Global Settings | Program Settings

  1. Select a program to customize: KathanaOnSteam (d:/steam/st...) | Add | Remove | Restore
  • Show only programs found on this computer
  1. Specify the settings for this program:
FeatureSetting
CUDA - GPUsUse global setting (All)
CUDA - System Fallback PolicyUse global setting (Driver Default)
Low Latency ModeUltra
Max Frame Rate300 FPS
Multi-Frame Sampled AA (MFAA)Use global setting (Off)
OpenGL GDI compatibilityUse global setting (Auto)
OpenGL rendering GPUUse global setting (Auto-select)
Power management modeUse global setting (Normal)
Preferred refresh rate (MSI G32C4 E2)Use global setting (Application-controlled)
Texture filtering - Anisotropic sample opti...Use global setting (Off)
Steam properties window for Kathana showing General settings with Launch Options configured.
What this shows

KATHANA

General

General Compatibility Updates Installed Files Game Versions & Betas Controller Game Recording Privacy Customization

General

Enable the Steam Overlay while in-game

Launch Options

Advanced users may choose to enter modifications to their launch options.

MANGOHUD_CONFIG="fps_limit=60,no_display" mangohud %command%

From the replies

  • bahadhur12 Aug 2026

    I does not fix the situation. But it make the freeze happen lesser frequently than before setting.