How PROS Optimize Windows For FPS Boost (Optimization Guide)

Learn pro tips to optimize Windows for gaming, boosting FPS and reducing input delay on any PC or laptop.

Key Takeaways

Disabling certain security features can improve FPS but may reduce security; weigh risks accordingly.
Visual and system performance tweaks can significantly reduce input lag and stuttering.
Hardware settings like GPU scheduling and monitor refresh rate are crucial for optimal gaming performance.
Managing startup apps and services helps free up system resources for gaming.
Mouse and audio settings adjustments contribute to a smoother and more responsive gaming experience.

What the video covers

Create a system restore point before starting optimizations to ensure safety.
Disable Memory Integrity under Core Isolation to reduce CPU load and increase FPS, with a security trade-off.
Adjust visual effects for best performance by disabling unnecessary animations and transparency.
Turn off periodic scanning in Windows Defender to avoid stutters during gaming sessions.
Enable Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling to reduce system latency and improve performance.
Set mouse settings to disable Enhance Pointer Precision to avoid mouse acceleration.
Use the highest possible monitor refresh rate and consider overclocking your display for smoother visuals.
Disable unnecessary startup apps and Windows services to free system resources.
Turn off spatial sound and Game Bar to prevent potential stutters and input lag.
Optimize network adapter settings including DNS changes recommended by Epic Games for better connectivity.

Chapters

Is it safe to disable Memory Integrity for better FPS?

Disabling Memory Integrity can improve FPS by reducing CPU load, but it lowers security. If you are cautious about downloads, it can be disabled during gaming for performance gains.

How does Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling affect gaming?

Enabling Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling reduces system latency and improves performance by allowing the GPU to manage its own memory more efficiently.

What mouse settings should I change for better gaming performance?

You should disable Enhance Pointer Precision to turn off mouse acceleration, ensuring more accurate and consistent mouse movements during gaming.

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From disabling memory integrity to using a custom power plan, this is how pros optimize Windows to improve gaming performance and reduce input delay. And yes, this optimization guide will benefit any PC or laptop. So if it does help out, please consider liking and subscribing.

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please consider liking and subscribing now to begin it's always a good idea to have a restore point even though I doubt you'll need it it's better to be safe of an sorry for most people around 10 GB should be more than enough after that

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Now, to begin, it's always a good idea to have a restore point, even though I doubt you'll need it. It's better to be safe than sorry. For most people, around 10 GB should be more than enough. After that, it'll create one in case you do need to roll back for any reason.

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like to disable now yes this is a security feature however it is very CPU heavy so if you do disable it you will get more FPS however if you are paranoid you can just keep it on if you like if

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Now you can head into the settings, into Privacy and Security, Windows Security, Device Security, under Core Isolation, Details. You will find Memory Integrity, which I like to disable.

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gaming and as you can imagine that can cause stutters it's something you should be scanning manually not automatically after that I go into General and I deselect all of these and then I like to disable this one right here next we've

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Now yes, this is a security feature; however, it is very CPU heavy. So if you do disable it, you will get more FPS. However, if you are paranoid, you can just keep it on if you like. If you're careful about what you download, you should be fine, but at least while gaming, you should have this off.

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up the Run box and type in system properties performance. EXE and this will open up the visual effects tab if you click on adjust for best performance you'll notice it unchecks all the settings but what we need to do is Tick

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Also inside Fret Protection, I like to go ahead and disable periodic scanning, as this can actually occur when you're gaming. And as you can imagine, that can cause stutters. It's something you should be scanning manually, not automatically.

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100% then head into Advan settings where you should then make sure you're using the highest refresh rate possible so the one at the top I also recommend that you go into your monitor settings and see if there's an overclock option with mine

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After that, I go into General and I deselect all of these, and then I like to disable this one right here.

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it's a great idea to use the blur Busters UFO test to see if there's any sort of overshooting or ghosting if you do notice any you can simply reduce the setting back in display if you scroll down to where it says Graphics change

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Next, we've got Accessibility in the Visual Effects, where you can turn off the transparency effects. And as you can imagine, it turns off those translucent effects, which could give you a slight FPS boost. There's also animation effects as well if you don't want those.

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optimizations for window games as this will reduce latency once you do restart your PC oh and if you click on browse here and find the client itself this is the name of it you'll see that it's on the list if you click options and select

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From there, open up the Run box and type in systempropertiesperformance.exe, and this will open up the Visual Effects tab. If you click on Adjust for Best Performance, you'll notice it unchecks all the settings. But what we need to do is tick these five essential ones, which I'm doing on screen right now, to get the basic functionality from Windows. It's just more stripped down without all the fancy animations and stuff like that.

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then appear in Communications firstly make sure that this is set on do nothing after head back into playback you should find your exact headphones with a little tick here just click on properties inside here I go into levels make sure

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Next, in Display, make sure scaling is at 100%. Then head into Advanced Settings, where you should then make sure you're using the highest refresh rate possible, so the one at the top. I also recommend that you go into your monitor settings and see if there's an overclock option. With mine, luckily, there is, and it goes all the way up to 280 Hz.

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recommend spal sound going down from there you'll find mouse head into Mouse pointer then Mouse again additional Mouse settings inside the mouse properties go into Point options and please ensure that this option enhance point the Precision is turned off as

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In addition to that, you may have another setting called Response Time or Overdrive, where I recommend you also set that to the highest one possible. When doing this though, I think it's a great idea to use the Blur Busters UFO test to see if there's any sort of overshooting or ghosting. If you do notice any, you can simply reduce the setting.

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it is still personal preference so it is up to you as for poly rate you've probably heard that it is great to use a higher polym rate the problem is though if your PO rate is too high this can

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Back in Display, if you scroll down to where it says Graphics, change default graphics settings. If you see this setting called Hardware Accelerated GPU Scheduling, you want to turn it on to reduce system latency and improve performance.

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use a wireless mouse which I'm assuming a lot of you do now please please please do ensure that you have the dongle set up properly and it isn't too far from the mouse you want to keep it as close

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And then, if you play full screen window mode like Peter Bot does, you want to make sure you enable optimizations for windowed games, as this will reduce latency once you do restart your PC.

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game bar make sure this is disabled as I've heard that it can actually cause stutters to stop it from popping up just head into it then in the settings at the top just uncheck this set here an optional thing that people do is to go

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Oh, and if you click on Browse here and find the client itself, this is the name of it, you'll see that it's on the list. If you click Options and select High Performance, this will prioritize your GPU over integrated graphics, which, as you can imagine, you want to do.

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mode this is something I really like and I do use now these days as I feel like it does make my frame rate more stable inside the app section under installed apps you want to go through all of these

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If you scroll down slightly, you'll find Audio. Just head into Sound, scroll down to see more sound settings. A sound box will then appear. In Communications, firstly, make sure that this is set on Do Nothing.

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like when it comes to these files right here the visual C++ um you definitely don't want to get rid of these as they'll have some sort of Purpose with some software furthermore if you do use an app but you don't want it running in

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After, head back into Playback. You should find your exact headphones with a little tick here. Just click on Properties. Inside here, I go into Levels, make sure this is at 100%. I then go into Advanced and make sure this is at the best studio quality. So that right there is 48000. But do make sure that both exclusive modes are ticked right here.

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in apps if you go into startup you can also go through this and turn off apps that you don't want starting with windows again don't go crazy is for some stuff you should leave this on from there we're going to type in services

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I also don't recommend spatial sound.

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now if you do actually use this you obviously don't want to do it but if you literally just right click on it go into its properties then head into the startup type and disable it that's literally all you need to do to disable

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Going down from there, you'll find Mouse. Head into Mouse Pointer, then Mouse again, Additional Mouse Settings. Inside the mouse properties, go into Pointer Options and please ensure that this option, Enhance Pointer Precision, is turned off, as this will disable mouse acceleration, which you do not want to use.

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this is because of a fast start feature to fix this head into power options Click Change settings that are unavailable and simply uncheck this option now when you shut down your PC your PC will fully shut down and the up

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From there, you can go into your mouse's software and set up a high DPI. The reason why is because it has been proven to reduce pixel skipping and lower latency. However, it is still personal preference, so it is up to you.

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go into more adapter options then you want to make sure that the ipv4 box is ticked and then you want to into its properties where you can now change your DNS server which is something epic games actually recommend inside here you can

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As for polling rate, you've probably heard that it is great to use a higher polling rate. The problem is though, if your polling rate is too high, this can cause issues like FPS drops and stutters. So because of that, I don't recommend anything more than 2,000 Hz. I do believe the most consistent one is 1,000. It's what pretty much everyone uses, including the pro Peter Bot.

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via going into the CMD then type in ping followed by Google's primary DNS address as you can see from the results it turned out to be slightly faster than the other one so that's what I ended up using additionally after you do this you

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Also, if you use a wireless mouse, which I'm assuming a lot of you do now, please, please, please do ensure that you have the dongle set up properly and it isn't too far from the mouse. You want to keep it as close as possible to reduce any sort of interference, which can in turn cause input delay.

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go into power management and uncheck both of these power saving options right here make sure to actually uncheck the second one first followed by the first one and after you have unchecked both of those you can go into advanced inside

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Try to avoid RGB effects on your mouse and keyboard, as that's also been proven to slightly drop your FPS.

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settings so for the first one here that's the ARP offload or rather all the offload settings I like to go ahead and disable them as for flow control I know this does sound kind of like counterintuitive but I've read that the

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Next, you want to go into Gaming. Under Game Bar, make sure this is disabled, as I've heard that it can actually cause stutters. To stop it from popping up, just head into it, then in the settings at the top, just uncheck this set here.

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sure that's disabled I believe it is by default under that we've got some more uh offload settings I like to go ahead and disable there's another one here that's NS offload get that disabled and scrolling down we've got some more

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An optional thing that people do is to go into the PowerShell, run as admin, and paste in this command, where it will get rid of it completely, although I don't really think it's that necessary.

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some reason you do have have like any sort of negative effects go ahead and set them back to default it's that easy to fix it next in system head into notifications I recommend the Do Not Disturb setting to prevent any

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You've also got Captures too. I like to go ahead and turn this off.

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you can go into the CMD and paste in this Command right here which will create a ultimate power plan to enable that you need to go into the edit power plan settings where you can actually select it I only recommend the use of

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And we've got Game Mode. This is something I really like and I do use now these days, as I feel like it does make my frame rate more stable.

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do it for you that's why I like to pause my updates I like to unselect this I like to then go into advanced options have all of these unselected then go into delivery optimization and uncheck this one right here for further General

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Inside the app section, under Installed Apps, you want to go through all of these and uninstall any that you don't use. So for example, Microsoft OneDrive, I do not use that, so it will be getting uninstalled.

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deleting stuff you need to make sure you know what each one of these do but you can just simply Google it to find out while doing that it's also not a bad idea to open up a run box and actually

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However, don't go too crazy with this. You only want to uninstall something that you know what it does.

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drivers these days you'll not really find much downside in my experience I've downloaded the latest driver within a week and honestly it's been really stable and I've had no issues however for a lot of people when they're installing a fresh driver they'll use

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Like when it comes to these files right here, the Visual C++, you definitely don't want to get rid of these, as they'll have some sort of purpose with some software.

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overclock tool to try it for yourself you need to get the Nvidia app then just follow these steps which are on screen right now that will then initiate the latest update to download and install where you'll notice a new section called

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Furthermore, if you do use an app but you don't want it running in the background, you can click on the three dots there, go into Advanced Options, and then you can basically stop this from running in the background by clicking on Never. And this will also lower your overall process count.

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test your graphics cards capabilities over the course of 10 to 20 minutes they recommend that you leave your PC idle while this is performed then once the scan has finished and your GPU has being overclocked you can expect similar

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Oh, another thing, in Apps, if you go into Startup, you can also go through this and turn off apps that you don't want starting with Windows. Again, don't go crazy. For some stuff, you should leave this on.

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happen really is your PC becoming unstable which if it does you can simply deactivate the overclock by literally just unselecting it and it'll go back to normal next you want to head into the Nvidia control panel go into manage 3D

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From there, we're going to type in Services, and basically what we're going to do in here is disable some of the services to lower our overall processes in Windows. It'll basically be stuff it has no sort of use whatsoever and you will rarely use, like the Wallet service right here.

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selected with the highest refresh rate Possible Oh another thing that Pros tend to do is increase their digital Vibrance this makes the game colors pop a lot more so they're a lot more like brighter and just overall vibrant next is Ram

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Now, if you do actually use this, you obviously don't want to do it. But if you literally just right-click on it, go into its properties, then head into the Startup Type and disable it, that's literally all you need to do to disable a process or service.

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actually select the setting you'll know if it's worked if you actually get the speeds you are supposed to get to make sure that it's worked you can go into your Windows settings and actually see your RAM details over the speed and from

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After that, the thing you can do is head into the Task Manager and look in Performance. For your surprise, the uptime may be very, very high, like some of these examples are on screen. Like some are just ridiculous.

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which in turn can slightly boost your FPS and lower your input delay however the result result of this do seem to be dependent on what your system is so it's one of them where you should try it for

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And this is because of a fast start feature. To fix this, head into Power Options, click Change Settings That Are Unavailable, and simply uncheck this option.

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you can just simply delete it and finally I want to end this with a quick system check via going into the CMD where you can paste in this command that I'll have in the description and what this does is it checks your entire PC

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Now, when you shut down your PC, your PC will fully shut down and the uptime will be reset.

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go through and actually find all the missing SL incorrect corrupt Windows files and actually replace them for you but there's no need to run that if no corruption has been detected I was just using this as an example oh another

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Next, in the Network Settings, you want to click on Advanced Settings, click on your main network adapter. So for my system, this would be my Ethernet connection. It should give you like a drop down in here. Yo.

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Topics:Windows optimizationFPS boostgaming performanceinput delay reductiondisable memory integrityhardware accelerated GPU schedulingmouse settingsmonitor refresh ratedisable startup appsWindows gaming tweaks

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