How To Configure Windows 11 For Gaming

Today I'm going to show you how I configure a gaming system running Windows 11. There's lots of tweaks that can be made to Windows 11 that make games run much better. I'm going to cover not only settings that make games run better but also settings that make gaming more enjoyable in Windows 11.
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[@Chilledoutredhead]

great video, and great that you explained what a lot of the features do. too many just blindly follow along to these types of videos and can end up breaking their OS, so its nice when an explanation comes with the tweak :)

[@wolfstorm5394]

Sure but most of these tips like many similar videos out there don't really do anything for any perceivable performance increases besides just overclocking

[@deanhogbin7798]

wow these steps really helped my fps count was playing a plagues tale the first one yesterday and my frame rate kept dipping below 60fps now with all your settings tweaks i'm getting 70-90fps well chuffed thanks dude

[@pratik3162]

Did it really work?

[@dumwee]

@@pratik3162depends on systems, with low specced pc you can get pretty good boost.

[@Methodical2]

@@pratik3162 I saw increased FPS in a game.

[@Grimalken1969]

I thought I'd done all of this type of stuff already, the first five minutes was all things I hadn't done and I really needed to do. Thanks.

[@angvil]

your videos are very helpful but timestamps would be just perfect for people to find the exact part they need and its good for SEO google searches if named properly

[@ArM4ND01]

Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!, for creating this video. I'm now subscribed, it's now bookmarked, and I will use it whenever I have to reimage my computer.(It's my OCD)

[@nathansuss]

Great video, half this stuff I've never tried before, I'll definitely try some of it

[@StonedSolid]

Thanks for this man. I love that you include explanations each and every tweak, excellent video.

[@quietnites7561]

how convenient i needed this and it was uploaded yesterday...

[@thisoldminer]

Great info Rich... keep it coming plz.

[@Simon_Hawkshaw]

Thanks so much for this great, and easy to follow, advice. Much appreciated.

[@svetlanadiaries]

Thank you very much! I have my new gaming pc and this was helpful!😊

[@lilSmurf69]

cant believe it took algorithm so long to give me your channel i like the side by side performance benchmarking

[@rmorenberg]

I always enjoy you presentation style and of course your videos

[@Uglylizard66]

Thanks for taking time make great video.

[@Neil-Norwich]

Thanks so much for your in depth video guide :) (regards Neil UK)

[@rodrigopinchiari4027]

Greetings bro! Excellent video and explanation!!! Thanks! 😉

[@MrDirtyTubeSock]

I just wanted to say thank you. it was driving me nut seeing another youtuber with the same CPU and GPU combo getting like 15% more performance than my system. Following some of the suggests in your video like turning off Core Isolation gave me extra 30fps in my Cyberpunk benchmark, which is crazy.

[@MaverickSpawn]

Thank you for this video, this is exactly what I was looking for.

[@thewildalbert]

you lie

[@cheezyjokester]

Great video! I have been PC gaming since my 486 into the Pentium era. Some of these I knew, but many I never thought about. Thank you for the great walk through! Also love the decor.

[@USclasSICK]

Thank you for your content. Im 34 years old, and I just bought my first PC since being a kid, and you have helped me so much. I got an i7 13700k with a rtx 4090, so you can see that for me. It's a steep learning curve, but you've definitely been a big help. Thanks

[@MisterJohnxD]

I hope your GPU doesn’t get bottlenecked

[@USclasSICK]

@@MisterJohnxD why would that happen? I haven't OC anything. I only fixed the resolution to match the monitor

[@wolniacha_tv]

@@USclasSICKit means that your gpu is capable of running more frames than cpu can handle. Just launch some old game in 720p and then 1080p and you will perfectly see that it has the same number of frames. Also I would strongly advise you to check in bios whether you have your xmp profile turned on 😊

[@Dibbs.]

get an i9, 4090 is too beefy for i7.

[@wolniacha_tv]

@@Dibbs. nice buzzwords, now Please elaborate

[@DuckyOnQuack.999]

I. Recommend keeping game mode on regardless when you open a game other apps look for this toggle so they can slow down to offer more resources for your game.

[@b9bot148]

Yea, I would like to see a video about game mode and if it actually does anything to help games run better.

[@CyberCPU]

It's coming soon.

[@filipack]

Game mode make sense only if you are using Ryzen 9 7900X3D or 7950X3D. Why? Because 7900 & 7950 X3D version has two chiplets and only one of them has 3D V-cache. So AMD somehow using this "game mode" to identify you are starting to play any game and "park" those cores which are on the other chiplet without 3D V-Cache. For that reason 7800x3d reach better performance. 7800x3d has only one chiplet so system using it on full performance. Please dont be afraid of buying Ryzen 9 7000x3d versions tho... only install drivers from AMD and make sure you are using game mode in windows. This way you will get full performance of 3D cache ;) Small "Hack": If you want to test it open Resource Monitor, in CPU tab see when you run a game if your cores 16 up to 31 have been parked. You can even rename for example Cinebench.exe to aagame.exe, run cinebench and see if it parks cores (16-31). GL

[@SniperWolf2024]

1-2 FPS boost. If you do all the tweaks in the book you gain about 10-16 FPS if you do it right. You should get more hits. Smoothest game play ultra low latency

[@quintit]

First, look into Windows server, ltsc, tiny10 or atlas OS. If youre not up to a reinstall, look into a setting in edge. Under "system and performance", turn off "startup boost" and "Continue running background extensions and apps when Microsoft Edge is closed". This has been on by default whenever I install windows and seems to be the reason you'll notice 3 edge services always running when youve literally never opened edge in your life.

[@bardockshiny]

or uinstall edge with some force uinstall tool, works better, just remember to do it again after every windows update

[@alexxmigss]

Just followed your advice! Seems a lot like Chrome. Disabled!

[@quintit]

yea lol, im using Atlas OS now, which completely nukes 99% of the additional windows bullshit, ie auto updates/store/edge. It also disables those system sounds that blow out your headphones. I've also switched to linux by now on my main rig as well. For now I still have windows running until I have absolutely everything backed up and set up.@@bardockshiny

[@elitepauper7400]

Tiny11 is much better

[@quintit]

@@elitepauper7400 I'm using windows ltsc now, thanks for that recommendation tho, never heard of ot

[@TheFateXX]

Nice video. instant subscibed because you explained the steps and what they do

[@rickinwast]

Accolades! I was having a bad experience with RDR2 running like thick molasses :-) I mean, watching paint dry very slowly from the time the game launched to inside setting. Your recommendations fixed this! ~ Game Changer~

[@nitroxide17]

This is gold. Another setting that I heard improves performance is Setings->Privacy& Security -> Device encryption -> Device encryption to OFF.

[@user-pp7jg1qq7d]

LOL...

[@robyronin]

This is a real Tech Wizard. Liked and subbed.

[@pkillthrills5693]

Thnx man, really usefull video!

[@dantecruzz]

Playing FIFA 23 on pc and i started realizing glitches and bugs but after turning off "Game Mode" everything became stable once again

[@r.abarajithan8498]

Hi, i would like very much to give thanks you..your every videos will be very interested and usefulness

[@rager86]

this really really helped. thanks!

[@rezopolis]

Great video gramps you good

[@TiagrajI]

Superb. Thank you so much

[@Anonomoss]

Hey there, I really appreciated this video. And obviously you really know your stuff. I have an off topic question I'm hoping you might be able to easily answer? Last year I Built a monster machine; AMD Ryzen 9,5950 1 TB Gen 4 M2 SSD, 64 gigs of DDR 4 3200 memory, Nvidia RTX 3080, Windows 11, ASUS dark hero 7. and my question is; I built this machine to game and to do content creation. I use Photoshop elements 2023 and I'm using a 4K monitor. And anytime I try to use brushes in Photoshop especially the cloning tool, My machine just absolutely crawls and stutters it's horrible and obviously quite a bummer considering I spent all this money making machine specifically to do things like that. I was wondering if there were any settings I might tweak to get Photoshop elements 2023 running normally? I've done the obvious thing such as gone into the settings within the program and make sure it's you know using my Nvidia 3080 for help, but it runs like shit. Any suggestions are highly appreciated...

[@zhuguidai]

ATI graphics cards? Bro made me think I was watching something from decades ago for a moment

[@CrazyhorseDK]

nice vid my man as allways

[@guerrillagames7279]

Great vid. Just hot a pc and will be doing this

[@safari99sm]

I would do some research on the NVidia settings my man... Use normal (Optimal power for 2000 series and below) in power management and in texture filtering use performance if you want the best results!

[@timofaust1315]

Yeah, with my 4090 I really really want my card not to run at higher wattage while I am idle or just browsing.

[@Methodical2]

@@timofaust1315 Yep. I check HWinfo and those changes pegged my 4090 so I had to revert settings. I also don't want it pegged with no load.

[@swede7581]

Thanks 4 this 1. I just bought a new pc(from a store n asked if it was ready n fixed settings 4 gaming only)Yes n the win 11 pc was to say the least almost as slow as my older win10 i5 9400f gtx1650 n compared to new i5 12400f rtx3060 12gb 16gb 3200mhz it should be a noticable difference i think(atleast all game installes have dramaticly changed from hours to minutes example 6hours takes now 20min so that is a big change for me now) So i hope this will help out win11 n gaming(i got tired yesterday of pc almost stopped a while while gaming due to something w defender n other stuff that started up big time) Thanks 4 this help video

[@Vavanacasa]

Nice onde dude, i like you i like you videos and i like tour knowledge...keep the good work

[@Futball_Life]

Subscribed!

[@rickgraf8017]

Hi Rich, Great channel and videos. Happy Friday! What benchmark do you use to check the expected performance from your hardware? I've been using 3dMark Timespy Extreme, but seems like my results are considerably lower when compared to others results with the same hardware. tia

[@CyberCPU]

I use MSI afterburner.

[@Darkhalfcustoms]

Time spy also grades how stable your system is at speed not just performance. So scores can change a bit with every test run.

[@anglespoggle]

I’d love some tests on game mode!

[@adamu6941]

great and safe way to optimize ;) Ty

[@wardog3496]

Thanks. Subbed

[@RazShape]

Thank you man

[@Bluebearyhum3]

Hey man great video! How do you feel about turning off ecores for gaming ?

[@Steeljohnjo]

Nice clear video

[@achilleasdimitriosagaklees6219]

Hi like the @Chilledoutredhead say....GREAT video, so easy to understand for someone like me, im biginner pc gamer jump from ps4.Thank you so much.

[@EdMaldo-me8gn]

just subscribed . Great video.

[@CyberCPU]

Thanks for the sub!

[@LILCAT30]

Thank you so much for the info. I just updated today to windows 11 and it's all new to me. I do have a question, Do I have to do anything in my BIOS due to the new windows version update? I'm running a AMD build.

[@justlifetv2024]

THANKS GREAT HELP BRO! id like to know if game mode is better be be on or off?

[@user-zp3kd6xo8g]

Tysm!

[@Jonxij]

Thanks!

[@yggdrasil1706]

FPS Gamers should also Disable Enhance pointer precision. Windows by default turns that on.

[@banjomir519]

Why?

[@SniperWolf2024]

Yes all gamers. But 90% don’t know this simple tweak. But the best one!

[@nortonmc6127]

@@banjomir519 Pointer precision is basically mouse acceleration which adjusts the mouse cursor movement speed based on how quickly you move the mouse. It's bad for precision and consistency

[@xTopCityx]

@@banjomir519 What nortonmc6127 said but I'll explain it differently. Disabling it gives your mouse a set speed so you're always aiming at the same speed instead of aiming being slower initially.

[@purvue]

Lets say you move the mouse 2 inches slowly you will travel on screen an X amount. But if you move the mouse the same 2 inches but you do it faster your character will moves way more in the game. The acceleration makes it inconsistent which makes you take longer to get use to the feel. ​@banjomir519

[@kristaps2010]

yea, good video 100% THANK YOU

[@TurboLoveTrain]

Neat. Great video. My only issue with MSI afterburner is it doesn't automatically come on with windows by default. It took me way to long to notice this.

[@alexmcgrgr]

It does it you check the start up box in Afterburner👍

[@Methodical2]

I saw some nice FPS gains in The Last of Us with these settings (did not change Nvidia power setting to extreme power though). I haven't played other games just yet.

[@c4nchi]

If you are using a Laptop use balanced power profile and let nvidia power management on normal because that 2 things makes your gpu work constantly consuming more batery.

[@SweetDreamsLB]

Who is gaming on a laptop on battery and not plugged in?

[@Yngwiejmalmsteen08]

Great video can I ask if you have experienced a issue in windows 11 when copying a file from a m.2 drive to my m.2 running windows that’s over 20gb the transfer rate starts off steady then drops to 0bytes/s

[@xserinkayax]

Turn on the game mode, I tried it in the New World game, it increased the performance by 10%.

[@Jakiyyyyy]

You could just compile both videos into one though. It's basically the same. Windows 11 is great, it's just that everyone keep hating on it for some reason because the internet told them to do so? Also the Task Schedule tricks are what kinda new to me and the main point of this video. Thanks.

[@dougmasters4561]

No its because when we switched we found out that someone with a lot of tiny bad ideas made a lot of the tiny things utterly stupid to use for no good reason.

[@christophervanzetta]

@@dougmasters4561people have complained over every windows upgrade just because they like taking longer to do the same thing that’s quicker on the newer upgrades . It makes no damn sense!

[@Ladioz]

While I really enjoy these videos, especially the part about telling windows defender to scan when you want rather than when it wants.... i would like to see how much difference it makes, especially with a side by side benchmark clip at the end of the video. Im not expecting fps numbers to increase, things like this can also simply mean that the system will respond or feel better when there arent scans in the background.... cheers..

[@baldknobby]

I completely disable windows defender.

[@wz-fv2ix]

@@baldknobby we aint that stupid yet

[@christophervanzetta]

@@baldknobbySo you can be hacked easily? I’M NOT THAT STUPID! 😂

[@baldknobby]

Haven't been hacked, smart enough to not download/open/browse stuff to get me hacked I guess. Been using/building PC's since 1998.

[@Coyotemoon73]

I've been watching a lot of videos lately and some say one thing and the others say a different thing. Which is better to use for gaming pc, using an hdmi cable or a displayport cable?

[@jobasti]

​ @CyberCPU - Revisiting this video after a few months and having a lot of trouble with "idle power consumption". The 2 settings "Energy plan: High Perfirmance" and "Nvidia Power-Management Mode: Max Performance" make it that the Ryzen 9 5950x and my 3080 Ti use a very much more idle power then normal. The CPU idles at 120 instead of 20-60w and the GPU idles 113-143w instead of 25-39w, changing theese and reboots solves the problem. Sometimes you just idle or want to watch YT. Idling at 255-280w instead of 80-130w is quite a lot, living in Germany (#3 most expensive power prices, worldwide") i reverted theese settings to not bleed me dry in money. A "info/Disclaimer" about this would be nice. But again, Awesome video, love it!

[@jobasti]

I will do this for my next clean install again, but less "energy-aggressive" 👌

[@isaacvelasquez4508]

how did u check idle thing?

[@jobasti]

@@isaacvelasquez4508 Power-Meter on my outlet

[@jobasti]

@@isaacvelasquez4508 Power-draw-meter on the outlet

[@owieczkacs]

thank you

[@incrediblyStupid678]

Great video, but I'd just like to say: if you use your PC for anything else but gaming or if you play pirated games, you may want to leave core isolation and other security features on.

[@Shifo_47]

thanks❤

[@gotbordercollies]

Great info, love the hat

[@CyberCPU]

I stole it from Arthur Morgan. 😂🤣

[@gotbordercollies]

@@CyberCPU It looks great on you.

[@1donjuego]

Yes, please get into and test Game Mode. I'm hesitant to turn it off based on rumours.

[@McDudes]

Does the Windows Defender settings in Task Scheduler turn of the function to stop harmful files to get installed on pc?

[@11raining]

very good video

[@raul4875]

Hi, Thank you for the tips, you are a Legend !! However....my windows got an update and after the update some settings changed to how they were before. This is annoying, is there any way to stop this ?

[@nicholasreynolds6609]

Graphics Settings was missed in Windows. Also, it would be nice to see a utility for prioritization. I use Process Lasso (free). Also, Glary Utilities seems to work well for me, though optimization software rarely works. Do you ever setup a Scheduled Task or add to shell:startup or shell:common startup, a batch file to clear %temp% and temp? Lastly, I have wanted to find something like Killer Ethernet Suite, so I can set local QoS on my PC. Not sure if there is a free option for a PC I am working on for Killer Ethernet Suite or Process Lasso.

[@frankmjr6571]

Wow, thanks for the tips. Turning off core isolation was a game changer.

[@hoanganhpham7108]

how much it effect to fps?

[@thomasyoung1685]

Haha every time i get a new computer i come back to this video i think I've 4x the like button on this video now

[@banjomir519]

Very informative video, thank you!

[@sonicfantech]

i Think that Windows 11 has got Better, That'sGood

[@mutosanrc1933]

Is it still so that a fresh Installation is much better then update from Win10 to 11? And in the past I reinstalled my Windows after 6-12 month. Is that also still recommended?

[@Fropxy]

thx for video, i wish some day would be possible to install a preconfigured legal vewrsion of "gaming" windows..

[@swede7581]

Yes do a video of game mode on vs off because some games on win10 atleast crasched instead of helped for me at all and that was far cry 6 and a few others i cant remember. So yes would be great to really know if its a thing to use or not in 2024 Thanks again for a great video m easy to understand all of it even for me when english is 2nd language

[@jonnyhaze]

I've heard different things regarding leaving power settings on balanced rather than high performance. If you care about you electricity bill or want your components to run cooler when not gaming than isn't it better to just leave it on balanced? Pretty much all modern games will be detected by windows to switch power delivery mode to high performance when gaming so i don't see how that is going to help. If you have a gaming laptop i would definitely leave power mode on balanced since that is going to directly effect your battery life.

[@avox5651]

and what is best minimum processor state they say 5 is best .but i think 0 is faster some people say 100 but when i put it to 100 lets just say lets not do that lol.

[@m.heyatzadeh]

​@@avox5651don't touch CPU power state as it can cause your CPU run high speed even when it's not needed. It'll cause CPU to run hot.

[@Pandoratomorrow11]

i keep this always open and switch to balanced when i play and when i dont play i just put in low battery

[@dwrek2054]

I'm pretty sure you don't want to disable Xbox gamebar if you use a 3d cache ryzen CPU(maybe just the 7000 series). It uses the gamebar to know when you're playing a game or not so it can utilize the 3d v-cache

[@jackcollazo]

Great video but windows 11 already has a "Game Mode" feature in the Game Settings where when turned on it optimizes the PC for better performance. Pretty much everything I went through in this video has already been applied because I had game mode on.

[@matthewstreacker7402]

When I tell you these optimizations made my pc feel like an actual gaming pc im not kidding! I’ve had a pc for around 4 years now and ive never had games run so snappy and smoothly. It’s odd that it’s the first time that my fps somehow feels accurate? I’ll have 120 fps now that looks smoother than 120 fps did before. Don’t know how that works but I’m stoked

[@Mr.Eminem]

Bruh u made no sense...

[@matthewstreacker7402]

@@Mr.Eminem Cool who asked you

[@Bu2Spike]

I have an Acer nitro 5 with Windows 11 and will these options from your video allow Windows 10 games to work on my laptop now?

[@johnniequinn3215]

When you do the benchmarks, I assume you will be listing your specs. Are you also imaging your builds for consistency or is this a dual boot setup?

[@CyberCPU]

The Windows 10 and windows 11 videos we're done with separate hard drives. So when I put Windows 10 and 11 up against each other I have both installs to flip back and forth between. The optimized installs of both Windows 10 and 11 from this video and the last will be the same installs that I put up against each other.

[@Dan_The_Man1]

I'm running a 4090 and i9 13900k, for star citizen we use to have to disable e-cores but not anymore due to a patch awhile back BUT if anyone is wondering why they are still stuttering with e cores enabled with this CPU (maybe others) I had to enable core isolation (memory integrity) and it runs flawlessly now. So there could be a possibility certain games could react differently. I'm assuming most games would run better with it off.

[@wolfstorm5394]

I saw some talk about how game mode would section off CPU cores for your games to run, like how console does it, the OS runs on cores not being touched by the game, so depending on how many cores you have and how fast they go it can affect how useful game mode is for you, but that was specifically for windows 10, idk how true this is or if its the case on Windows 11

[@lnstall_Wizard]

Will windows settings carry over after upgrading?

[@gamingtrucker1940]

I know there is a hidden power option called extreme performance or something similar, is there any difference in that one or the high performance one?

[@dzekydeblau]

Ultimate performance, not really just stick to balanced unless you want your cores to be unparked all the time for some reason

[@reigolaev9386]

i have mid range computer with ryzen 7 5800 cpu and rtx 3060 should i use intelligent standby list cleaner and process lasso does this help with more fps

[@ardithconley2628]

Hey doyou remember Warp Which got rebranded and dropped by IBM? It was a better windows than windows and ran windows apps better than windows. I see things like Atlas OS which is kind of the same thing. You still need a paid version of Windows Pro to make this work. I would love to see some kind of linuux that would do the same thing as OS/2 Warp did. That would turn windows into the kind of operating system it should be. One that shared you PC resources and just ran you programs with out all the mess. No back doors and phone home and else where.

[@chronosschiron]

the xbox game bar is needed for some pc game pass games to work right so ya know had that issue on a WIN 10 machine running forza 5

[@TAC0FACE]

good stuff. But I left Xbox accessories on bc some games I'll use a xbox controller for PC. Learned a lot though thnx!

[@MuzdokOfficial]

Great video and well explained for the commun user😎

[@leteaa]

yea you should test game-mode again for sure, cuz on my system its actaully better to leav it on for gamign ^^

[@Ninja_Warrior99]

I use my PC primarily for Roblox video games. When I’m not actively playing, Roblox is usually running by macro. I am concerned if I make the windows defender setting changes to “when idle“, then it will never run. Is this correct? I guess the only option would be to change the setting when I play actively and then undo it each time.

[@timullits639]

ATI graphics cards? - Its been a while since Ive heard that brand name :)

[@rickinwast]

For a gaming laptop… Will some settings impact or raise the temperature?