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THERE’S NO BETTER WAY to experience gaming than on a dedicated PC with a high-end graphics card, liquid cooling system and RAM to spare. Still, even the very best hardware can have issues running the latest games. You may find that textures don’t live up to the promise of those 4K YouTube previews. Gameplay itself sometimes can be glitchy or the controls don’t respond in the way you want them to. Such bugs can often be patched simply by updating the game itself. Even when a game seems to be operating at peak performance, though, you want to know that it and your operating system are making the very best use of the hardware available.
In this guide, you’ll discover how to tweak Windows 11’s settings to optimize your gaming experience. Some of these steps are straightforward, such as activating Windows’ ‘Game Mode’ and enabling AutoHDR. You’ll also learn how to check you’re running the very latest drivers for all hardware components, as well as how to monitor game performance to measure the effectiveness of any changes via the Xbox Game Bar.
Some of these optimizations come at the expense of other system resources, such as background processes, so we always recommend using a dedicated gaming PC.
