In this video, I’ll be showing you ten easy ways you can boost your FPS or frames per
second in any game on Windows 10. These tips should help improve your gaming experience
and we’ll only be focusing on easy methods to boost your game performance, so no matter
your computer experience, you should be able to follow along with the video without running
into any problems. Even if you’ve already done some of the methods, hopefully you’ll
find a few more to further boost your FPS. Remember to leave a like and feel free to
subscribe for more tips if the video helps, also let me know in the comments what games
you’re playing right now! Let’s get into the first method!
The first method to boost your FPS in games is to change the power plan of your PC. If
you have never changed this in the past, it’s likely that your power mode will be set to
balanced but we can change it to high performance. Of course, this will use more power, but if
you’re happy with that it’s not too difficult to change. First go to the control panel,
you can get there by searching for it in the search bar. In the control panel, click on
system and security. Now look down the list for the category called power options and
click on that. Look for high performance, and if you don’t see it, you might need
to click on the arrow to show additional plans. Check the box next to high performance to
turn it on and that’s it, let’s move on to the second method.
The second method to boost game performance is to turn off start up apps as well as close
background apps. Apps that run at start up will cause your PC and games to run slower.
Turning off these programs will free up memory for your games and reduce the load on your
hardware. We’ll start by disabling apps from running at start up. To do this the first
thing we need to do is go to the task manager. You can access the task manager by right clicking
on the taskbar at the bottom of your screen. Now find the tab called start up, it should
be the fourth option and click on it to show the list of all the applications that can
start up when you turn on your PC. You’ll need to go down the list and look for any
programs you know you don’t use, or those that you don’t use regularly. Disabling
them in here won’t make them stop working, however they might take a bit longer to run
when you want to use them. But of course, if you don’t use them that often, this won’t
make too much difference. To disable an application in here, all you need to do is right click
on it and then choose ‘disable’. It’s helpful to look at the start up impact column
to help make your decision on whether it’s worth disabling them. You can always enable
the program again by right clicking on it and selecting enable. To now disable background
apps, find the small up arrow towards the right side of the taskbar and if you click
on it you’ll see some of the apps that are currently running in the background. Choose
a program that you don’t use and right click on it. If I choose Chrome for example, I can
prevent it from running in the background which it is currently set to do. Also, click
on exit for any of the apps you aren’t using to close them fully.
The next method to boost FPS is to make sure that Game mode is turned on in the Windows
settings. Game mode is built into Windows 10 and should improve game performance by
automatically optimising your PC to play, when you run games. To check if Game mode
is turned on, first go to the main settings page, you can get there by clicking on the
cog icon within the start menu. In settings, go to the gaming settings and now in here,
choose game mode from the options on the left side. You should now see the option to turn
on game mode. Turn it on if it isn’t already! And now let’s move onto the fourth method.
The next method to improve FPS in games is to update our graphics card drivers. I’ll
first show you how to check for updates automatically in Windows and then I’ll show you how to
get them from your manufacturer’s website. Firstly, to check for updates within Windows,
go to the device manager. You can get there by searching for it in the search bar. In
the device manager, find the section called display adaptors and then expand it. Now double
click on your graphics card from the list and when the new window opens, go to the driver
tab. Click on update driver and then choose the automatic option. Allow Windows to install
any driver updates it finds. If Windows didn’t find any updates, then we can also update
our drivers manually. To do this, you will first need to go to your graphics card manufacturer’s
website. You will also need to know your graphics card’s name too; this was in the device
manager where we just were if you’re unsure. I’ll show you how to get Nvidia updates
for my graphics card, but if you’re graphics card is made by another manufacturer then
the process should still be similar. I’ll link the websites to the most common graphics
card manufacturers in the description to help you out. On the Nvidia website, go to drivers
and then all drivers. Fill out the information for your graphics card, if you’re unsure
what to search for, let me know in the comments and I will try and help. Click on search and
then you should be on a page that lets you install the latest driver. Click download,
and once it’s finished click on it and then choose yes on the user account control screen.
Now click on OK to choose the file location and then wait for the progress of saving the
files to reach 100 percent. When the installer loads, the first page will give you the option
to install GeForce experience as well as the driver. If you just want the driver, make
sure you choose this option. Follow the rest of the installer now, it should be simple,
but your screen may go black whilst the update is being installed. Now let’s move onto
the next method. The fifth method to boost FPS is to free up
drive space, this should especially help if your drive is near capacity. The easiest way
to do this is to first go to the settings page which can be accessed by clicking the
cog icon within the start menu. Now go to system and then choose storage from the options
on the left. Turn on storage sense at the top if it isn’t already and now click on
the blue “configure storage sense or run it now” link below this to open the settings.
You can change the frequency that storage sense will run at the top, feel free to make
this whatever you want depending on your situation. If you want, you can check the box below this
to delete any temporary files and set it to delete files that have been in your recycle
bin and downloads folder for over 30 days. If you’re confident you don’t need any
of these files, then you can run storage sense now by clicking on the clean now button at
the bottom. You can also free up space by searching for disk clean-up and running this
tool by checking the boxes of the files you are happy to delete. Please double check though
to avoid removing anything you want to keep. The next method is to make sure Windows 10
is updated and also to check for viruses. If you are running an older version of Windows
10, there might be compatibility problems causing performance issues. To check for and
install any new Windows updates, first go to the main settings page. Again, you can
get there by clicking on the cog icon within the start menu. In settings, go to update
and security and then click on where it says check for updates. Install any updates if
there are any. If you run into any problems or if Windows isn’t updating for some reason,
then click the card now or go to the link in the description to a video of mine that
will show you how to fix Windows update problems. Now to check for viruses in Windows 10, choose
Windows security from the options on the left and then click on open Windows security. Now
choose virus and threat protection from the options on the left. In here, you can choose
quick scan or if you go to scan options, you can click on full scan and then scan now to
search for viruses. Allow Windows to perform the scan and then we can move on to the next
tip. The seventh method to boost FPS is to turn
off some of the visual settings in Windows. I would say that you only need to do this
if your PC is old and slow. So, feel free to skip straight to method eight if you want.
Visual settings and animations can slow down your PC and may affect game performance. It’s
worth a try to see if it helps as it’s easy to revert any changes you make. To change
the animation settings, search “advanced system settings” and click on view advanced
system settings. In the new window, click on settings in the performance section, it
should be the top settings option. This will bring up the performance options window, and
in here you can you deselect as many boxes as you want to increase performance. Remember
to click OK or apply once you are happy with the changes. Let’s move on to the eighth
method. The next method is to download and install
a game booster, game boosters should help optimise your PC for gaming and that could
improve FPS. I’ll leave a link to Razer Cortex, which is a popular game booster. There
are others available so have a look around and see which you think might help you best.
There should be installation instructions on the website of the game booster you use.
The ninth method to boost FPS is to simply lower the resolution and graphics settings.
I’ve left this one to towards the end as I guess a lot of you were probably hoping
to avoid doing this. But this is definitely one of the best ways to increase FPS and you
should be able to do it by going into your games display, visual or graphics settings.
Let’s move on to the final method. The final method is to physically clean your
PC. Also try and increase ventilation to allow your computer to run cooler. If your PC can
run cooler, it will be more efficient when trying to run your games.
And so those are my 10 easy methods to boost your FPS in games on Windows 10. You can also
improve FPS by upgrading your hardware or overclocking your graphics card but hopefully
these methods have allowed you to avoid these costly and complex solutions. If you have
any questions, let me know in the comments. Remember to leave a like and feel free to
subscribe if the video helped. Thanks so much for watching and I will see you in another
video!