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if you want a better gaming experience in your PC the first thing you probably

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think to do is upgrade your graphics card and if you can't do that easing up

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on the in-game settings can at least get you more frames per second without

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spending any extra money but did you know there are actually several settings

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in Windows that can make a significant difference let's get started by talking

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about the most straightforward of these settings game mode this was introduced

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in Windows 10 and Microsoft has kept it around in Windows 11. game mode

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suppresses distracting notifications so you won't get interrupted during your

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very important game but it also prevents certain background processes like

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Windows update from hogging system resources which can result in a smoother

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frame rate it's typically a good idea to have this turned on which you can

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confirm by opening up the settings app and going here but in terms of

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performance benefits don't expect anything Earth shattering this aspect of

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game mode is really only helpful if you have a lower end system where background

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tasks tie up a high proportion of your memory and CPU Cycles or if you're one

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of those folks who just leaves tons of things open before firing up a game

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would it kill you to just clean up a little bit another group of settings to

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tweak are the Windows visual effects which you can access by going here in

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the settings app clicking Advanced system settings then opening up the

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performance settings you'll see a big list of visual effects that make Windows

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look prettier but if you're rocking a very low end system such as one running

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on integrated Graphics try selecting the adjust for best performance option which

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will disable all this eye candy and free up more of your system's power for

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actually rendering games but let's say you're fortunate enough to have a mid to

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Upper range pretty soon there are some settings to change that could help you

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wondered what that enhanced pointer Precision box in the mouse settings

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actually does it's been there since the days of Windows XP and it's actually a

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mouse accelerator so when you move the mouse quickly the cursor will travel

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farther than it would otherwise although some folks like this feature for

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navigating around a high-res desktop it can cause some weird behavior in games

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where you use a mouse so turn this feature off if you never seem to be

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pointed the right way while you're gaming using my 360 no scopes they never

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hit moving on if you've got an HDR monitor give Windows Auto HDR a shot

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although lots of modern games have HDR support built in there are plenty of

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older but still popular games that do not Auto HDR uses an algorithm to

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enhance bright and dark areas of the picture in games that don't have HDR

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support and although the quality can vary wildly depending on which game

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you're playing and how good your monitor is we've seen it deliver impressive

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results in certain titles you can try it out by simply going here finally here's

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a trick that requires a bit of tinkering in the registry ever hear of Nagel's

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algorithm it's okay even many seasoned

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computer enthusiasts haven't but it's not that hard to understand it's a tool

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that combines small packets of data into larger ones with the goal of reducing

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congestion on the network by sending fewer packets overall basically like

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public transit but with less piece smell but in multiplayer games this can be a

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bad as waiting for the system to combine these packets introduces extra latency

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which can manifest as lag when playing online Windows enables Nagel's algorithm

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by default but you can turn it off by firing up the registry editor looking up

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this key creating these two new values

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and setting them both to one restart your computer and you'll be all set

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we're all out of time but let your fellow Gamers know down in the comments

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section about other Windows tricks that have helped you out in your games like

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maybe deleting system 32

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