If you are a gaming enthusiast with a struggling gaming rig, you might have wondered many times how to boost graphics card performance. Most gamers get only 85-90% efficiency from their PCs. It would be a matter of sorrow if you have to struggle with the frame rate in a gaming PC or gaming laptop. By adjusting some settings and some tweaking, you can ensure a system where both CPU and GPU can put 100% all their power on the games. Today we will show you how to how to boost graphics card performance and get the most out of your gaming rig.
Upgrade to an SSD
Where are the games and applications being loaded from? Obviously, from your storage drives, it is mostly HDD (Hard Disk Drives) or SSD (Solid State Drives). HDD is less expensive, but SSD is too much faster than HDD at an expensive cost. Even the best graphics cards cannot guarantee you the maximum performance without an SSD. You should buy an SSD if you want to get the smoothest texture loading and least amount of lags.
Defrag Your HDD
If you cannot afford to upgrade to an SSD, you should defrag your HDD regularly. The more you delete and add files on your hard drive, the files become scattered. It is called fragmentation. Suppose, a game folder of 10 GB can be scattered into 20 different segments of your HDD. So, when you will play that game, your PC will have to visit those 20 different locations in order to access full data. That’s why you need to defrag your hard drives in free time (when the game is not running).
Tweak Your PC Settings
First, make sure that your PC is utilizing the maximum power. To do so, go to “Power Option” of your operating system and choose “High Performance”.
If you are on Windows 10, luckily there is “Game Mode”. You can search for it in the settings and add your game to this mode. If you do so, your PC will recognize the game when you start it and thus utilize maximum resources on it.
Install The Latest Drivers
You can never expect a better performance from the best graphics cards unless your PC runs it with the latest released graphics driver. You should check the manufacturer’s website of Nvidia or AMD to look for any new graphics driver.
Those who play games without graphics cards, they should also update their Intel or AMD VGA drivers to improve their gaming performance.
Keep Your PC Clean
Do you know who the real enemies of your PC are aside from viruses, hackers or thieves? Those are floating around you-dust and dirt. Specks of Dirt obstruct the airflow and sometimes block the circuits, which results in overheating. If you have a desktop PC, you should open the casing and remove the dust and dirt with the help of an air blower or brush.
Avoid Overheating
Besides keeping your PC clean, you need to upgrade your cooling system in order to save your processor, RAM or graphics card from overheating issues while gaming. Doing so will give you a stable performance with no framerate drop. If you are a Desktop user, you should install Casing Cooler, CPU Cooler, and RAM Cooler. For Laptop users, a laptop cooler is a must while gaming. It has been observed that Internet connection is also a reason for overheating for laptops.
Unless you are playing multiplayer games online, you should turn on flight mode in your PC while gaming. If you play cracked games, then there is no need to keep the Internet on. Otherwise, you can play single player games on Steam in offline mode to boost graphics card performance of your PC.
Manage Automatic Updates
If your PC is connected to the Internet, it may download its OS updates automatically. It is obviously good for your PC, but it may slow your computer and also the Internet while downloading and installing those updates. However, if it happens while you are playing a game, you might face a huge lag in the performance. Also, if you are playing a multiplayer game that depends mostly on the Ping, you will be in trouble. For this reason, you should set your connection as a ‘Metered Connection’ in windows 10. For previous versions of Windows, you can turn off automatic updates manually from the setting.
Close or Disable Unnecessary Background Apps
Before starting a game, you should close as many applications as possible to get the most out of your CPU for your gaming. You can turn off the browser, torrent client, download manager or any other running applications. Even the best graphics cards can fail to provide their outputs at the maximum level if there are already other resource hungry applications running in the background along with the game.
Use Game Boosters
You can take help from 3rd party game booster applications such as IObit Game booster, Razer Game Booster etc. These programs will help you tweak PC settings and close unnecessary applications to give you a smooth gaming experience. These game boosters can also detect your AMD and Nvidia graphics cards and notify you if there is an update of the graphics driver.
Overclock Your GPU
Most mid to high-end graphics cards can be overclocked. But you need to be careful in this step. You must have a decent cooling system before you overclock your GPU. Otherwise, your graphics card may be damaged from overheating. Water cooling is the most recommended cooling system when you overclock your CPU or GPU or the both. For this reason, you need to buy casings that have water cooling support.
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