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Increase FPS and Gaming Performance

Gamers always want a higher FPS and a better graphics experience. Gaming and video editing are the most demanding tasks a computer can take on.

There is no way around it, the higher the resolution, the better quality graphics, the more rendering in games such as multiple player fight scenes will simply take a high-end computer to achieve. While high RAM, fast processors, and hard drive speeds are important. The most important part of improving your Frame Per Second rate is a high end video / graphics card. One of the best graphics cards at this current time is selling for $8,000. There are many in the $3,000 range as well. Simply put, you will get the computer and gaming experience you pay for.

Console gamers are different. That Playstation, Nintendo, or Xbox is designed to run the games it plays. So every game that is made is designed from the ground up to support the hardware limitations of that specific Console.

Computers games are different as every computer is different and just because it works great for your buddy with a $5,000 computer doesn’t mean your $2,000 “gamer computer” will handle it.

Pre-game Information

You need to know your current frame rate and the monitor’s refresh rate.  The refresh rate is the number of times your monitor recreates the screen every second. There is no reason to achieve a higher FPS than what the monitor can display. So if the monitor display 60GHz then you will want to get a rate of 60 FPS for games.

  1. Click the Start button and then click “Settings.”
  2. In the Settings window, click “System.”
  3. Then click on “Display” and then scroll down and click “Advanced display settings.”
  4. Note the monitor’s refresh rate. 

The next step is to find out what your current FPS is now. Many games can display the frame rate while playing. Check with your game’s video settings to turn that on.

Nvidia’s GeForce Experience is one way to turn on FPS for games.

Another option is to use a free program called Fraps

So if your display can only handle 60 GHZ but you are wanting 144 FPS, you won’t see the difference until you have a display that can meet or exceed that. If your monitor can’t handle the higher FPS then you need to replace the monitor. If it is a laptop then you need to either play with an external monitor or get a different laptop. 

 

Here are some methods to increase your computers FPS

Confirm your computer specs can handle the game.

Just because it runs doesn’t mean it will run well. Make sure your computer specs fall in the Recommended System Requirements not the Minimum System Requirements.

You need a very fast computer to run high-intensity games at high-quality settings to maintain high FPS. Even many Pre-built $1,000-2,000 gaming desktops and laptops have limitations. First off I strongly believe you need a desktop to achieve the best gaming experience. I have lost count how many gaming laptops I have seen that couldn’t keep up. Games and videos take power and power generates heat and heat will slow down the computer. Gaming laptops most common issues I hear are they running slow and hot. You get what you pay for with computer hardware. A $100 graphics card will not handle what a $3,000 graphics card can.

Recommend Specs

Processor: I recommend an Intel I9 Processor and no less than a I7 Processor or AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper 3960X 24 Core

Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card  – the graphics card will make or break it for gaming. A NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti graphics card is a great option as well.

RAM: 32GB of RAM at least, I prefer 64GB or higher.

Hard Drive: M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD for your hard drive. A regular spinning hard drive will just not have the speed to keep up with many games. The hard drive is the main reason for every slow computer call I get for a gamer or regular user. A solid-state drive is a must and at that PCIe will be faster.

I have calls from gamers with $6,000 or even $10,000 machines who struggle at some games. I myself have a $5,000 machine and can only run medium graphics in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. So if you have a $1,000 or less computer or running a non-gaming laptop then you can tweak all you want but you probably will never get your machine to do what you want it to do.

I know money is a limitation for most people and that is probably why you are here, you bought a gamer system already and it isn’t handling what you expected. If you demand the best quality and speed you will need to pay at least $5,000 to ensure you have a computer that can handle it.

Enable Game Mode in Windows 10

 Windows 10 has “Game Mode” enabled by default but it doesn’t hurt to double-check. 

To control Game Mode, open the Settings window from the Start menu or by pressing Windows+i.

Head to Settings > Gaming > Game Mode.

Here, you’ll find Game Mode, which you can turn on or off.

Some people have actually had a better gaming experience by turning off Game Mode. If you’d like to disable Game Mode, just click the switch and set it to “Off.”

Optimize Your Games Graphics Settings

Every game will vary in what settings it allows. The higher the graphics quality the slower the FPS.

If you go from “Ultra” to “High” or “High” to “Medium”, it won’t have to render as many details and therefore can spit it out faster. Reduce the quality of graphics settings “post-processing” and “special effects” so the clouds and sun might look less pleasing but your games to get a significant performance boost from the processing power freed up.

Turning off shadows, texture effects like “render distance” and “texture quality” and aliasing might make things look less pleasing but it will speed up the performance.

Turn off anti-aliasing.

Reduce your screen resolution

The higher the resolution, the more rendering is needed and therefore more hardware power. Lowering the resolution in the game or for the whole Computer can be a huge difference in frame rate.

To change your screen resolution on the computer.

  1. Open Screen Resolution by clicking the Start button , clicking Control Panel, and then, under Appearance and Personalization, clicking Adjust screen resolution.
  2. Click the drop-down list next to Resolution, move the slider to the resolution you want, and then click Apply.
  3. Click Keep to use the new resolution, or click Revert to go back to the previous resolution.

Graphics Card Settings

The most important option is changing your power mode to maximum, it will use more power, generate more heat but increase the FPS.

Nvidia’s settings to maximize performance. Try this by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting Nvidia Control Panel from the pop-up menu. Once the application opens, select Manage 3D Settings listed on the left under 3D Settings, and then click the Global Settings tab shown on the right.

Next, scroll through the list until you find Power Management Mode. Make sure that this feature is switched from Adaptive to Prefer Maximum Performance, then click the Apply button. See if this fixes any slowdowns or FPS issues you may be having.

Razer has a software called Cortex which prioritizes processing resources for your game and does other things like turning off your computer’s CPU (central processing unit) sleep mode. Cortex is entirely free so it won’t hurt for you to try it

Update Windows and Drivers

Make sure Windows is up to date and make sure you have the latest graphics card drivers. If you use Nvidia GeForce Experience, start the app and click “Drivers” at the top of the window. Click “Check for updates” to see if there are any new ones to install.

The last Option is Replacing the Video Card

If you have a desktop then replace the video card with something beefier. The higher the number the better it will be.

At the time of this writing, GeForce RTZ 3090 is $3,120 on Amazon and $1,5000 on Bestbuy and these is the specs.

  • NVIDIA Ampere architecture, with 1395MHz core clock and 1695MHz boost clock speeds to help meet the needs of demanding games.
  • 24GB GDDR6X (384-bit) on-board memory, plus 5248 CUDA processing cores and up to 936GB/sec of memory bandwidth provide the memory needed to create striking visual realism.

I paid $460 for my graphics card and it is ASUS GeForce RTX 2070 Super Overclocked 8G EVO GDDR6 Dual-Fan Edition VR Ready Powered by NVIDIA Turing with 1845 MHz Boost Clock (OC Mode), 2560 CUDA Cores and overclocked 8GB GDDR6 memory. Supports up to 4 Monitors with 3x DisplayPort 1. 4 and 1x HDMI 2. 0 port

As you can see, paying more for a video card gives you a lot more power, especially in video memory and CUDA processing cores.

No amount of optimizing will give you better performance than getting better hardware.