How to Optimize Windows 11 for Gaming

How to Optimize Windows 11 for Gaming

There are many ways you could make your Windows 11 system more performant for gaming. Luckily, you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to get some of them up and running. Here are some simple ways to improve your PC performance.

Enable Game Mode

Game Mode has been available since Windows 10 and was carried over to Windows 11. According to Microsoft, entering Game Mode increases your frame rate and makes for a more consistent gaming experience. It does this by prioritizing processing threads from your game, giving it a fast track to your GPU and CPU.

Windows 10 and 11 PCs come with Game Mode enabled by default. However, you may have turned yours off inadvertently if you were tweaking settings. To turn on (or off) Game Mode in Windows: