Welcome back, in today’s video I’ll be showing you how to make games load faster on a Windows
11 PC or laptop. These methods will be for all games in Windows 11 and hopefully you
will notice a difference in the loading times. I do have a separate video which will show you how
to boost FPS in games in Windows, so feel free to watch that one after this for more methods
to improve your gaming performance. Click the card onscreen now to watch that. Remember to
leave a like and feel free to subscribe if the video helps, let’s get into the methods.
Firstly, I’ll be assuming that none of the games you are wanting to play have any problems with
them. If you think there is a problem with the game, I recommend reinstalling or repairing it.
Also, there is a chance that viruses could be causing problems,
so make sure you have scanned your PC. The first method is to disable start up apps
in Windows 11. These apps will run automatically every time you boot into Windows and will slow
down your PC as they use up your system’s resources. You should notice a boost in
performance and faster loading times if you turn off a few start up apps. To disable start up apps,
head to the main settings page by searching for it. In the settings, click on apps from the list
of options on the left. In here, click on start-up which should be the bottom option on the list.
On the next page, you will see the list of apps, and some will be turned on which means they will
run at start up. Feel free to go down the list and turn off any apps you know you don’t use.
You can use the sort function at the top to help show you the apps that
have the biggest impact on performance. The next method will be to change some of
the power settings on your PC. You may be able to increase performance by changing the power plan.
To edit these settings, first go to the control panel. You can get there by searching for it in
the search bar. In the control panel, go to system and security and then find power
options from the list. If you haven’t already, you might find that turning on high performance
will help speed up your PC, but you will increase power consumption, so if you are using a laptop,
this will shorten the battery life. Whilst you’re in these settings, click on where it says “choose
what the power buttons do” from the options on the left and then click “change settings that are
currently unavailable” in blue. Make sure “turn on fast start-up” is selected. If it is already, then
you don’t need to change anything. These power settings changes should improve PC performance
in general and improve game loading times. Next, it’s worth freeing up space on your device.
This method should help most if your drive is near capacity. A few quick ways to free up space would
be to empty the recycle bin, which can be done by right clicking on it. You could sort through
your downloads folder, or uninstall a program you are no longer using. You can uninstall a program
by going to settings, then apps, then apps and features and then finding the app you want to
uninstall and then finally click on the three dots icon and choose uninstall. Click the card
onscreen now to watch a video of mine with loads more methods to help free up space on your device.
The next method is to close any programs that are running in the background or close apps that you
aren’t using. To do this, go to the task manager. You can get there by right clicking on the start
menu icon in the taskbar at the bottom. In here, it might be good to look for apps that are using
a lot of resources such as CPU or memory and close these when you aren’t using them.
Don’t end the task though for any programs you don’t recognise as they might be system services.
The final method I have is to get an SSD or solid-state drive if you don’t have one already.
I’ve left this to the end as of course it would be nice to avoid purchasing extra hardware
if we can improve loading times without it but if your games are still taking ages to load and
you have quite an old machine, an SSD should yield huge improvements. If you do get one,
you will need to install the operating system, the game store such as Steam and
the games themselves you use most often onto it for the benefits.
And so that is how to make games load faster on a Windows 11 PC or laptop. Click the card on
screen now to watch a video of mine showing you ten easy ways you can speed up your Windows PC.
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