1. Turn on gaming mode

  • Press the Start button on your keyboard and type Game Click Game Mode Settings when it appears at the top of the Start menu Click the button to turn on Game mode

2. Disable notifications

  • Press the Windows start button on your PC or keyboard and type Focus Assist In the focus settings click on notifications - “alerts from apps and system, do not disturb” Find the setting “turn on do not disturb automatically” Tick “when playing a game”

3. Turn on Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling

  • Press the Start button and search for Graphics Settings Then click to turn on Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling Scroll down and view the settings for “graphics performance preference” from there you can choose the app to set your preference. For Nvidia, this is the Nvidia Control panel. You can select this as a desktop app or Microsoft store app via the dropdown Click on the app, click options and select high performance Repeat for any game where you want maximum performance

4. Adjust for best performance

  • Press the Windows start button on your PC or keyboard and type appearance and performance Click on “Adjust the performance and appearance of Windows” when it appears Look for the setting that says “adjust for the best performance”  Select that and click apply On the advanced tab click to check that best performance is set for programs and not background tasks

5. Turn off enhanced pointer precision

  • Press the Windows start button on your PC or keyboard and type mouse pointer Click on “change the mouse pointer display or speed” Under the setting marked “motion” untick the option to “enhance pointer precision” Click apply

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6. Update your drivers

7. Turn on Nvidia G-Sync

8. Set your monitor refresh rate

  • Right-click on your desktop and click display settings Scroll down until you see “advanced display settings” Then scroll down to refresh rate and click the dropdown. From there select your monitor’s maximum refresh rate.

9. Start-up settings

  • Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to launch Task Manager Look for the Startup tab and click that Search through the list of apps and look for anything that you don’t use regularly Right-click on the offending apps and click disable