Luckily, you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to get some of them up and running.

Here are some simple ways to improve your PC performance.

Windows 10 and 11 PCscome with Game Mode enabled by default.

8BitDo Ultimate 2 Wireless Controller on a table surrounded by gaming items.

However, you may have turned yours off inadvertently if you were tweaking tweaks.

Unfortunately, it might cause performance issues on your machine.

Virtualization allows for the emulation of other operating systems like Android and Linux.

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The downside of this flexibility is that it could slow down your gaming experience.

Optimize Your Power parameters

Power parameters have been a core part of Windows since XP.

However, most Windows 11 systems come with their power set to “Balanced” by default.

A person holding an Xbox controller and Windows 11 wallpaper in the backgound.

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While many of them are harmless, some of them can significantly impact your gaming experience.

Disabling your startup appsis simple.

However, that’s not the only way that users have to free up disk space.

Flip the switch beside ‘Game Mode’ to ‘Off.'

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Don’t forget to empty your Recycle Bin either.

Update Drivers and Software

Drivers are necessary to get your operating system talking with its peripherals.

You should try tokeep your drivers for Windows 11 updatedas much as possible.

Memory Integrity has been disabled on our example PC.

To check for driver updates, you could use Windows Update itself.

It will scan your system for outdated drivers and offer you newer versions.

By default, Windows 11’s visual performance parameters are set to balanced.

Toggling off the Virtual Machine Platform optional feature.

it’s possible for you to always reset it after you finish gaming.

However, there’s no replacement for a proper upgrade.

Select ‘Best Performance’ in the Power section.

A mixture of enabled and disabled Startup Apps on Windows 11.

The Storage screen in the Settings app on Windows 11.

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AMD Arenaline Software with Driver Details

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