How to Improve Windows 10 Performance with Games

Windows is a system that has many effects or ways in which design is more important than functionality, being parts that usually consume a lot of system resources. Well, unless you have an ultra powerful computer, it is good to suppress this type of process if we want all the performance to be with us when playing. We will also have to see another series of parameters, so let’s go by parts.

Compatibility and requirements

Before starting to tweak our operating system, we must make sure 100% that we have a team powerful enough to make the game we want work.

All the games on the market indicate, on the back cover, the minimum requirements to be able to work or at least to work with a certain fluidity. Obviously, if we have a state-of-the-art computer with a lot of power, we can assume that it will be able to play any of today’s video games, but if our computer is already a few years old or is not one of the most powerful, we should compare the minimum requirements of the I play with what we have mounted on our PC.

If we do not reach the minimum required by the video game, it will be better to try with another title, but if we are fair, we can adjust certain parameters within it, such as the resolution and the details of the image, to be able to play, although, like It is normal, we will not have a 100% operating experience, in its visual section at least.

Fortunately, we can accompany all this with certain changes in the computer that allow us to make it run as smoothly as possible.

Game Mode in Windows 10

One of the first options that we must know about our operating system is Game Mode. This mode is automatically activated when programs and games are running in full screen, taking care of optimizing and accelerating the operating system for optimal performance.

To know if we have it activated or not, we must do the following:

• We must go to the Settings menu.
• Once inside we go to the Games section.
• Then we will see how on the left side we have a place where it says Game Mode .
• If we enter it we will see how we can activate or deactivate it , something that, of course, must be active. If we are not going to play for a long time, we can deactivate it, since this consumes memory.

• Now we must configure the system so that it always uses the most powerful graphics by clicking on Graphics Settings and we add the executable files of the games so that we just start to play with them, they are already executed directly at the maximum possible performance.

To update

Another facet of the system that we must be clear about is keeping everything up to date, because that will mean that we have the latest of the latest for the system.

Update Windows

The first thing is to know if we have the latest possible version of our operating system, because if that is the case, we will ensure that there is no error or problem that we have not solved and we will be able to play without incident. To check the updates we must do the following:

• We go to Settings (click on the Windows keyboard + i).
• We select Update and security and then Windows Update .
• Click on Check for updates and if we have pending we should install them.

Update Drivers

The drivers is something that the Microsoft system itself does not update and that is why most of the time it is not that they are excessively up to date. To solve this there are programs that we can install on our PC that analyze the drivers and are responsible for downloading, installing and updating them. In this way the drivers will be up to date, especially those of the graphics card are interesting, since this way we will have much more chances of it working 100%.

Update DirectX

DirectX is a series of resources and application programming interfaces, that is, APIs, that have been developed by Microsoft with the aim of helping the development of everything that has to do with multimedia and operating system games.

To know if we have the latest version of the DirectX (currently 12) updated, we must perform these steps:

• We open the start menu and in the search box on the taskbar we write dxdiag .
• At that moment we will see how it shows us, in the upper section of the window, access to said tool, so we must press it to open it.
• A good number of data appear such as the date, the name of the computer, the version of the operating system, the language, the version of the BIOS, the processor, the memory and almost at the bottom we will see the DirectX version , where it indicates the version what we have.

• If we need to update it, we only have to go to the web where the Installer is , choose the language, click on Download and then execute the dxwebsetup.exe file that is on our hard drive.
• We just wait for you to install them and you’re good to go.

Optimize Hardware

We must be clear that all our hardware works well, since video games tend to be very demanding with many of the parts of our computer.

The fans can be an essential part when playing games, since by demanding a lot of performance from the system, they will have to work continuously, lowering the temperature of the internal components of the devices. The plate itself and everything that it encompasses is also required a lot, especially in the latest generation, so its operation must be correct and thus we will enjoy a really good experience. On the other hand, the power supply is another of the hardware components that we should have in perfect condition, since we can spend hours playing and, therefore, it will be working for a long time.

Optimize Windows

After seeing all our PC in terms of hardware and updates, in addition to knowing the Games Mode, the next steps would be to configure the system so that it gives us the maximum of its performance to play.

Enable Maximum Performance

Power plans allow us to adjust the performance of the computer, so we will have to modify it and get the most. For that we must do the following.

• We go to the Control Panel , writing it in the task bar and selecting it in the window that appears.
• Then we go into Hardware and sound , to then select Power Options .
• In the low part we have to select High Performance .

There is also a Maximum Performance plan, but it is only present on Microsoft operating system workstations. To access it you have to do the following.

• We write in the CMD taskbar and when it comes out, right-click and select Administrator .
• Then we write the following and hit Enter .
  • powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61
• Then we return to the energy part of the control panel and this new Maximum Performance plan should appear.

Disable effects

We can limit the effects and transitions of the Redmond operating system, since they consume a lot of resources, which we need for our video game. For this we must do the following:

• We go to the advanced configuration of the system , writing it in the task bar and opening what we get.
• In the Advanced Options tab, click on Performance Settings .
• In the new window we have to click on Adjust to obtain the best performance . This will disable all the boxes at the bottom.
• It only remains to click on OK .

Disable programs at startup

Many programs start as soon as you turn on the computer and take up memory, not having to be there in the background. So we are going to disable them.

• We enter the Windows Task Manager (Control + Shift + Esc) and go to the Home tab.
• Now we must deactivate everything that is not programs that the system uses to function like drivers and this type of thing. We will only disable those that we are completely safe.

Disable automatic updates

If Microsoft software starts to download updates that will cause the system to have less performance, so we must deactivate them so that they do not interfere with our game.

• We enter Configuration with the Windows + I keys.
• We go to Update and security and then to Windows Update .
• Click on Advanced options .
• Now we are inside Update Options and we must disable the first three options.
  • Receive updates on medium-duty connections.
  • Download updates on medium-duty connections
  • Reboot this device as soon as possible when a reboot is required to install an update.