It's no secret that a lot of high-end PC games take very very expensive and very specific hardware to run
Well you may also find yourself being left behind in the modern age of PC gaming due to your computer
Being a little bit old and outdated well today. I'm going to do my best to help you guys out
What's up, guys Jimmy here welcome to chaos top 10 - today?
We're gonna be taking a look at and counting down ten ways where you can make PC games run better
Faster and smoother on your computer this is for you guys. Who've been true
You have trouble getting newer games to run on your older, PC setup
Or maybe you're just new to PC gaming in general and hopefully this helps you guys out
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And now let's go over some ways to make PC games run better on your setup
Kicking off the list this is a no brainer, but I'm gonna go over it anyway lowering the FPS the frames per second
Okay
Us gamers love running things at 60fps and even higher if we're able to and that's one of the main draws of
PC gaming actually you can run games at much higher frame rates than what's possible on console, but if your computer isn't running that
150 FPS game very well you may have to sacrifice and drop things down a bit go into your game settings find the FPS cat
Try lowering the frame rate and playing the game switching between the gameplay and settings to finally find that nice balance
If lowering the frame rate doesn't do anything at all you may have some more complicated issues at hand
But this is a very good starting point to get your game to run smoother you may have to sacrifice a little bit
But hey in the end you want to play the game
At number nine lowering the visual quality
PC games have a lot more game play settings than console games do leading to much more detailed visuals
But because PC games are designed to be more complicated this can often lead to people forgetting that things like textures
Resolution and shadows can actually be adjusted if you have a powerful computer
You should have no problem running all your settings at high while still maintaining a consistent frame rate
but if you're experiencing choppy gameplay or low frame rates you might want to go into your settings and
Lower the quality of the game's visuals most games will have a handful of settings like low normal high very high extreme
Stuff like that it's not that hard to find
Try lowering your settings one by one to see if it makes a difference in the overall gameplay if your computer isn't working so hard
Just to load the game the gameplay itself will improve
And hey if you have to sacrifice being able to see the detail moss on a rock and a creek or something well
Sometimes you just got to make that sacrifice
At number eight we have another well. Duh, but we're gonna go over it anyway
Updating your drivers okay many people don't play regular enough to even think about this
But if you fail to keep your drivers for your graphics card up-to-date newer games will no doubt
Look like crap because they're constantly improving low frame rates bad resolution screen tearing pretty much
Everything you don't want in a video game will happen if you try to run a high-tech games with outdated drivers and drivers are always
Going out of date and regardless of how good your actual graphics card may be if you don't keep them updated
You're not going to get the full potential of it keep your drivers up-to-date if you have Windows 10 you you could simply type
update device drivers in your bottom-left search bar and you should be taken straight to your settings where you can do as you please and
number seven run in windowed mode another common thing that people new to PC games tend to miss is the ability to switch between
Full-screen mode and windowed mode and the fact that running the game in these two modes
Actually makes a massive difference if you have a powerful PC running a game of fullscreen a window doesn't really change anything
But if your hardware is a little outdated or your computer is a little
you probably noticed windowed running slower than it went in full screen running the game in windowed forces your computer to
Continuously render your computer's background and desktop while running your game
If you run the game in full-screen however this will often lead to an increase in game performance since you aren't
Forcing your computer to actually do two tests at once
Go into your game settings and make sure that you're running the game at full screen and not windowed or
Borderless windowed it you may be able to see a difference
Maybe maybe this will help out a little if you have an older set up
and
number six using the right
Resolution if you're gonna be playing PC games you absolutely have to know what the resolution of your computer is is it?
1280 by 720 is it
1366 by 768
Or is it 1920 by 1080?
These are things that you need to know as running a game at a resolution that doesn't correspond to your computer will
Often lead to bad performance if you type
Screen resolution into the search bar on the bottom left of your windows computer. It should tell you what you're actually running
You can then use this info to change the settings accordingly in all your games to create a smoother gameplay
Experience a lot of games will be able to read what your native resolution is but it's it's just it's a good thing
It's a it's a good thing for yourself in case the game doesn't have that feature to know what your computer's resolution is running it
Cracking into the top 5 today verify integrity
Alright, if you're running games on sting chances
Are you know about this beautiful feature ok?
because games are updated so
frequently in the modern age of gaming this can often lead to some players being left behind after failing to update and then hindering the
performance of the game if your steam game starts running like crap out of nowhere
You don't have to delete and reinstall necessarily. Go to your Steam library right-click on the game
That's not working correctly and then go down to properties
Then go to local files tab and click on verify integrity
Of game files this will search the Steam servers for any updates or files of that game that your version of the game
May not have and then guess what it will automatically install them for you
It is a very very nice feature from valve to help make sure that everybody is on the same page
It's kind of like a Windows Update for your PC, but in the form of gaming on Steam. It's a very good thing
At number four turning on an FPS counter steam comes equipped with an FPS counter that you can place on your screen
anytime you want to and if you're playing a game that doesn't have the feature you can still download a
Third-party app to do it for you
It is definitely recommended that you turn on an FPS counter
So you can see how well visually your game is performing at any given time this will also help you see exactly what?
situations will hinder your games performance
maybe it's a certain spot in a level or
Certain loading for a screen who knows I mean it could be fight sequences or areas with a lot of action
settings with a lot of fire
It could be a lot of things okay having an FPS counter will help you pinpoint exactly
Where the area of slowdown is happening?
And it's a good start to adjusting your settings to get things running more consistently and you can use any of the stuff
We've talked about above to adjust those settings
at number 3
Anti-aliasing and this is a feature that a lot of people forget about but it's actually a deal it can have a decent impact on
the overall performance of a game
anti-aliasing is the system that smooths out jagged lines in the game's visuals making things look less blocky and
actually more realistic when going into the graphics settings of a game and looking at the
Anti-aliasing settings you're likely either see a slider or a series of numbers with X after them 2 X 4 X etc
And if your game is running poorly
Try turning this completely off and see if it makes a difference if it does then start slowly turning it back up
To find that proper number where things are balanced smooth, and your gameplay is running good
at number two finding
Optimization software if all else fails everything else we've talked about doesn't do it your computer is just that old
You may need to get a third-party app involved with getting your computer up and running as intended
Because modern computers are so complicated it can be tough to see exactly where your PC is using all of its resources
And whether or not it is
Energy-efficient defragging your hard drive can also help with the process you guys do a little research, so what software is best for your particular
Situation and Windows does have some applications built into it with these scenarios
But they can only do so much if nothing seems to work
You guys may need to do a little digging and I will say I use CC cleaner
For a lot of my stuff on mic off
It's free to use so I'll put a link in the description if you guys want to check it out
and if all else fails again
Here's the number one thing get new hardware there may come a point
Where you just have to drop a few bucks guys probably the one thing nobody likes to do
But it's going to be necessary eventually if your computer is old out-of-date. Just can't keep up. It's time to upgrade guys
You don't have to get a whole new rig if you are savvy enough to pinpoint the exact problem with the performance of your games
You should be able to figure out what specific piece of hardware needs to be replaced perhaps
You just need some more RAM or maybe you need a new graphics card
But you should be able to accept the fact that eventually your computer will be out of date
And you should probably start looking online for a new one
I hope it's not the case for you, but it happens because computers are expensive
But keep in mind that no PC lasts forever, and there you go guys
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