How to Improve Gaming Performance on Windows 10

Although it's said that Windows 10 is the best operating system for playing games, the player still encounters a not smooth situation when playing games on Windows10. For most players, the most uncomfortable thing is facing the unsmooth gaming experience caused by stuttering except for failing in their favorite game. Changing a computer with a higher configuration is a worry-free way, but it costs a lot. Therefore, it is more crucial to improving gaming performance based on the existing configuration of the computer.

So，in addition to some common ways, like using Game Mode, disabling Nagle's Algorithm, tweaking Windows 10 visual effects, choosing a power plan, what else can we do to improve gaming performance on Windows 10? We have already written an article about using registry tricks to do that, which is Windows 10: Five Useful Registry Tweaks for Gaming Performance. But if you want to try something more, this article will provide you with more useful tricks to boost your gaming performance.

Way 1： Manage active hours

Windows 10 might updates automatically without your permission when you are playing games. It's depressing when this situation happens. Instead of disabling automatic updates, there is a wiser way to fit this problem---manage your active time. After setting active hours, Windows won't update or reboot during playing games anymore.

Steps:

1. Press Windows + I key together to open Settings.

2. Then choose Update & Security to continue.

3. On the right panel, click Change active hours.

4. Then set the start time and end time based on your needs. Then click "Save".

Way 2: Disable search indexing

If your computer uses SSD or a slow CPU, it's recommended turning off the Windows search index feature so that you can get better gaming performance on Windows 10.

Steps:

1. Right-click This PC on the desktop and choose "Manage".

2. In the pop-up interface named "Computer Management", click Services and Applications, Services one by one, and then find Windows Search on the right.

3. Right-click windows search and choose "Properties".

4. Choose the stop button to disable it. To prevent it from running again, we can click Startup and select "Disable".

Way 3: Set priority for your game.

Once you have prioritized your game, your game will still run at a higher performance when you have several large applications running in the background. In this way, even if you forget to close the background applications, you will not be excessively stuck while playing the game.

Steps:

1. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del key and click "Task Manage".

2. Choose the Details tab, and found out the game you are playing.

3. Right-click and choose Set priority.

4. Choose "Above normal" or "high", and agree to change priority.

Way 4: Deal with overheating of the computer

If the computer is overheating when playing games, it will definitely affect the gaming performance. So we need to learn some tricks to deal with overheating on Windows 10. Here are 3 common ways to cool down your computer for boosting game performance.

1. To buy a cooling pad for your laptop. It is an easy but effective way to deal with overheating. Just place it under your laptop and plug it into the USB port, it will work for you. Remember to open it before you play pc games so that the good gaming performances of laptops can last longer.

2. It is also an effective method to clean the dust on the radiator and vent. Generally speaking, the radiator and vent need to be cleaned three or four months a time. If you are removing dust on the radiator and vent for the first time, it's recommended that you ask a professional to help you disassemble and clean the computer.

3. To activate the heat dissipation mode. Don't forget to use the service that comes with the system to cool down your computer. Activating the heat dissipation mode will allow the computer to dissipate heat automatically, which improves gaming performances to some extent and protect a computer from overheating.

Steps:

Control Panel ➔ click Hardware and Sound ➔ Power Options ➔ Change plan settings ➔ Change advanced power settings ➔ Processor power management ➔ System cooling policy ➔ Change the setting to Active ➔ Click OK

Way 5： Optimize online gaming with faster DNS

The choice of DNS server can affect how fast a website loads. So to choose a better DNS server for it can speed up your computer and increase gaming performance on Windows10.

Steps:

1. Press Windows + I to open Settings.

2. Find Network and Internet and then click Change Adapter Options.

3. Double-click on your active network adapter, and select "Properties".

4. Choose Internet Protocol Version 4 or IPv6 and click "Properties".

5. For IPv4, enter 1.1.1.1 and 1.0.0.1. For IPv6, enter 2606:4700:4700::1111 and 2606:4700:4700::1001.

6. Click "OK", and restart your default browser.

Way 6： Close background apps to increase FPS on laptop

In this way, you can see the applications which occupy lots of memory and stop running them. In the meantime, you need to stop unnecessary apps such as browsers and video editing software. But it should be noted some large games that require a lot of resources to run. In this case, please allow them to access the resources they need.

Steps:

1. Right-click on the toolbar at the bottom of the desktop and select "Task Manager".

2. Click Memory in the Process tab to see the memory usage.

3. Found out the apps which occupy lots of memory, right-click and select End Task.

Way 7： Delete useless data by using third-party software

We can use Windows 10 system operations to clean up junk files, registry, and other useless data, but not everyone is willing to remember all the steps and do them regularly. Therefore, some third-party cleanup software comes into play. Here, I recommend a software named system genius. It can not only clean up junk files, useless registry and release disk fragments, but also disable unnecessary system services. There is no need to remember complicated step, just a few clicks can easily clean up useless data, improving windows 10 performance for gaming.

To clean junk files and registry, you just need to click Clean All, Scan, and Clean one by one. To release the system disk, please follow 3 steps: System Disk ➔ System Disk Cleanup ➔ Release.

In addition to those functions mentioned above, system genius can enable or disable startup programs, and manage all the system service on your laptop. It is multi-functional and provides a helpful way to optimize your Windows computer.

Three tips for playing pc games on Windows 10

Here are 3 more tips for playing pc games on Windows 10

1. Before downloading any software, please check whether the software contains bloatware, malware, or resource-consuming features.

2. Only install the games that your Windows PC can support to obtain the best gaming experience from your computer. Each game has a published list of minimum specs requirement, be sure to know that before installing.

3. If you play games on your laptop, don't forget to connect the power adapter. When only using the battery, the laptop will be in an energy-saving state, which will generally limit the performance of the CPU and graphics card. So, it will freeze easily when playing large games.

After trying the above methods, your game performance should be improved. But if you have tried all the methods mentioned above and are still not satisfied with the effect, you need to consider upgrading your hardware. In general, you need to consider upgrading graphics card, processor or RAM, but if the hardware has not been upgraded for many years, then all devices may need to be upgraded.

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