I Tried Every Windows Optimization for FPS (+ Benchmarks)

[@sopelcio]

props for shutting down all those pseudo-optimizations and showing what really works

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Just doing what had to be done a long time ago, thanks for watching!

[@yhiz4757]

U should test the difference between a regular windows install and a debloated windows install using a tool like Chris Titus utils

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Brilliant idea! I'll be on it ASAP, ty

[@peterpanda7475]

I'm using AtlasOS, wonder if that also changes anything 🤔

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@peterpanda7475 I have tried AtlasOS briefly in the past, just to see what it's all about, a comparison video (Custom OS vs Windows 11/10) will be coming soon so stay tuned! 👏

[@DmitryT-f7s]

@@FrameSyncLabsthat’s great, thank you, but those custom ISOs are a little bit scarier to run compared to the Windows 10/11 LTSC versions or those from Chris Titus

[@AkaraVortex]

For what I've tested there is no measurable difference, from optimized win 10 to standard win 11, really the only notable difference is disabling defender and couple of services.

[@Bargate]

I'd say anything that is like 0.5% to 2% could literally be margin of error as well. It's pretty hard to test exactly the same every single time in game. How you move the camera could affect it even if you try to use the same spot

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I've tested each multiple times to try and avoid that, but obviously you could be right as every run is different and a 1% difference is tiny

[@carlkitchen]

Important note about hyperthreading and e-cores: It's highly depended on the software/game as to whether you'll see a gain or a ~loss~. Can even depend on which processor you have as lower core count/less capable chips will suffer more with them disabled. Some high end chips with multiple core complexes can see reduces performance because the number of used cores is splitting across them incurring a latency penalty (or using the wrong cache on X3D models). And more games seem to have a gain with them on than ones that gain with it off (hence why they are on by default). So at bare minimum you should test each game you play and decide from there. If you're not sure then it's generally better to just leave it on as even windows and the multiple programs & services that you might run in the background would benefit from being on.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Well said, the games I tested are Valorant, Fortnite, CS2, and can confirm they benefit from it being off on an 14th gen intel i5 running Windows 11 24h2. Anything different (as in game, or cpu), please test it and see how it works for you, or better yet, use Process Lasso and only set specific games to use physical cores while having HT/SMT enabled for other apps/games - next time I'll mention it in the video to help make things clear. Thank you Carl!

[@a4k0san]

u should almost never disable hyper threading

[@FrameSyncLabs]

If you really dont want to disable hyperthreading - thats fine. You can literally set your game to run only on physical cores using Process Lasso and see if it benefits from it! I'll make a separate video regarding this very soon. Thank you

[@PedroAndrade25]

@@FrameSyncLabs A in-depth Process Lasso guide would be very much appreciated.

[@ATom-jm2jw]

you should almost always disable hyper threading actually. Nowadays it's just a marketing technology. General consumer doesn't need >3 cores at all. Only rare games utilize multiple cores and even then it still could sometimes be better without HT. The only downside is HP disables Sleep Mode

[@user-vk2cd9qw7i]

@@ATom-jm2jw I have high multi core utilization when gaming. More games than you'd think do utilize multiple cores, but typically not fully. The main benefit is that people very rarely have only their game running. A browser, discord, teamspeak, etc are almost always open for me, plus others sometimes as well.

[@griffin1366]

Unless you have a 6C/12T CPU or stream / video edit, it's not needed anymore.

Those thumbnails may only be true when switching to high performance mode in a gaming laptop that had some kind of power saving feature still enabled, but most are still fake results. You should've also tested Resizable BAR ON vs OFF but other than that, I like that you kept the video short (

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thanks! I decided to leave resizable bar on vs off for another video in which we'll test it in more graphically demanding games, I got you! :) (I actually did test it in cs2/fortnite/valorant before, but didnt make a difference for my system in those games, in case you're wondering)

[@Bargate]

Even then the only way you're getting a 500% uplift on a gaming laptop if is your GPU literally off and your CPU is heavily downclocking itself like if it's on eco mode. Most balanced options still run the GPU and CPU at decent speeds just not max but that wouldn't result in 500% extra FPS. It's still heavily misleading in my opinion because no laptop is going to default eco mode while plugged in unless the user knows the settings and does it manually.

[@slotddTech]

Dang, earned a sub, great quality, thought you had atleast 100k

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Glad you liked it and ty for subbing ❤

[@zachariah6514]

I think you may have just solved alot of issues for me that i have had with my system for YEARS, i will be back here after trying these tomorrow and will edit my comment and speak on some results. Cant wait for the video you are planning on making for intels p and e cores etc. subbed! 🎉

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Would love to know how it went for you, thanks for the sub!

[@Y3ZFLY]

I loved the part where you ignored shitty timer resolution

[@lvSapphire]

great content bro keep this up

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thanks, will do!

[@ThePhenoix504FI3D1]

The graph doesn't allign with what you narrated 4:14 You meant enabling it will gain performance right?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@ThePhenoix504FI3D1 That's an oopsie on my side hahah! I labelled them wrong - Hardware Prefetcher OFF gains performance. Good catch, ty!

[@ThePhenoix504FI3D1]

@@FrameSyncLabs no problem man, great video overall

[@SojournOneTRICK]

@@FrameSyncLabs uuh

[@suryanshpundir6179]

You didnt talk about virtualisation from bios i guess which gave me a significant boost. This turns core isolation off but only turning off virtualisation from bios does that and not from security centre.

[@meesam420]

Subbed! excellent straight forward info!

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thank you so much!

[@zer0mhw908]

Quick tip for Nvidia users, if the person recording the tutorial opens the Nvidia control panel you can close the video

[@ADepressedGuy-l1p]

Please elaborate

[@Rayjacker]

@@ADepressedGuy-l1p Unless it's to make sure you're running on your Nvidia GPU (i.e. on laptops), most changes do effectively nothing and you are better off leaving them on default settings. Things like texture filtering and antialiasing are configured in your games so it is pointless to do it in your driver.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

So glad I didn't open the control panel in this video haha. However, it's there for a reason, right? Not all nvidia control panel settings are bad, some actually do help if you know what you're doing. At the same time, I do feel you, because as soon as you see the control panel pop up, you know it's gonna be the same settings from 10 years ago that someone just copy-pasted over to their vid, oh well.

[@zer0mhw908]

​@@FrameSyncLabs indeed, most recent games dont even accept the changes you do in there, also i love when they tell you do drag the slider to the magical "performance mode"

[@zer0mhw908]

​@@ADepressedGuy-l1p Ray said pretty much all there's to it, also "performance mode" does not get you more fps, it only makes you gpu boost clock always be maxed out

[@pim433]

Great vid mate!

[@skrazzo8039]

Awesome content, thank you for the warnings and quick explanations, really put my morning coffee on the next level

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Nothing better than a morning coffee with some good ol' optimization videos, glad you enjoy it, and thank you

[@Vizzythong]

Got a question what about the high precision event timer in device manager enable or disable? thank you

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I personally had much worse performance with it enabled, but HPET is a tricky "tweak" so I'll make a separate video about it in the next couple of weeks.

[@Vizzythong]

@@FrameSyncLabs Thanks

[@BeatmasterAC]

according to the OBS Admins, if you want to stream / record propperly, Game mode should be turned on (at least on Win10). The timer Resolution is also mainly for recording and streaming. You can see the difference when using LatencyMon. Reflex: did you turn it off on the Control Panel / Driver and/or in Game (CS2)?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I can't argue with the OBS devs/admins - if they say /their/ app works better with game mode ON, then please make sure you enable it while using OBS. The timer resolution changes shown in LatencyMon are in MICROseconds (1000us = 1ms), so I'm still skeptical about the "usefulness" of timer res... might have to test further to confirm. By Nvidia Reflex I meant the In-Game setting in Valorant, CS2 and Fortnite mainly, not the low latency mode in nvidia control panel, sorry for not making it clear! :)

[@BeatmasterAC]

@@FrameSyncLabs all good, thx for the clarification.

[@_unix.]

should i turn off SMT in the bios fort gaming and it is the same thing as hyper threading but with AMD ?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Hi unix, yes, its the equivalent of Hyperthreading for AMD

[@F0rland_]

What version of Windows are you on when you are doing the tests?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

It's Windows 11 24h2. Forgot to mention in the video, I aplogize!

[@godsbattle]

Great video brother !

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@godsbattle Tysm bro, glad you like it!

[@dal2804]

How do you disable e cores?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Restart your PC and spam the "Del" or F2 key to enter the BIOS, there you'll find E-cores so you can disable them, have in mind only Intel CPUs have efficiency cores at the moment.

[@dal2804]

@ in my asus motherboard i tried looking for the e cores option and yet i still dont see them😞

[@mashuyz]

@@dal2804 What is your CPU, only 13th gen or higher have E-Cores. If you have good cpu search for option called "Active Efficient Cores".

[@Bargate]

​@dal2804 It's Intel CPUs from 12th gen on. 11th gen and before doesn't have them and 12th gens e cores dont start appearing until 12600. Also if you have the newest 200 intel CPUs there is no hyperthreading at all so there won't be that option.

[@charlybe]

Keep in mind you will loose a lot of multi-tasking performance if you disable e-cores in the bios.

[@LucyScarlet-m5l]

how gsync should increase the fps? doesnt make sens???

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I was shocked too, not sure how did that happen, I ran it 3 times to confirm and the result were the same. I'll dig more into it later and try to figure out whats going on :) In the meantime if anyone wants to test it on their system, please do and let me know if it shows the same results!

[@kalyas1k]

As I understand it, any custom windows settings like reviOs, atlasOs give the same results?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@kalyas1k I will make a separate video about ReviOS and AtlasOS soon, as I think they're the most popular ones right now. Then we'll compare the results to a normal Windows install to figure out whats better

[@kalyas1k]

@@FrameSyncLabs That would be interesting. I used to use atlas os for many years, but lately I'm not even sure whether to stay with it or start using just regular windows.

[@griffin1366]

Yes

[@Menle_21]

You are really awesome because you explained everything in a concise way.

[@VNSX]

Subscribed , Thanks bro 🗿

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Always :) Thanks for the sub!

[@alb-bos]

How do I enable core parking? Its missing from power management options ...

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@alb-bos Im not at home right now, but Im sure you can park/unpark them using an app called "CPUUnpark", hope that helps :)

[@mykelneid6152]

the hardware prefetcher thing is it a mistake that your conclusion is to turn it of while the chart suggests otherwise?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Yes, sorry, I accidentally mislabelled the results, OFF is the one that gives a performance boost!

[@marcohessel2940]

hello, would u mind take a screenshot of your nvidia control panel settings? not sure i understood

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I am currently working on the best nvidia control panel settings video (+ best driver version), so it shouldn't take long before it's uploaded. Please make sure you subscribe and hit the notification bell so you don't miss it - thank you! :) PS: It's not your fault, I just didn't explain the settings as I wanted the video to be as short and to-the-point as possible.

[@JackLemmon-w2k]

Excellent no frills video. Really appreciate my time being respected!

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Always! Thanks for watching

[@m1rf1x61]

in the video I saw that the revision tool is installed, that is, you use revios, do you use the BCD parameters that are used in the revios playbook? (disable dynamick tick and others

[@FrameSyncLabs]

In this video I used a clean Windows install (not custom os), I think you mean one of my other videos in which I did use ReviOS. If so, yep, I think I might have, not 100% sure though. Regardless, I'll be making a new video soon comparing custom OS like Revi and Atlas to a regular Windows installation and all the settings used will be shown there :)

[@mateo08873]

Hi, can you tell me how do I turn off the e-cores in the bios because I know that would help me alot. Btw i have an Intel i5 12400f and a asus motherboard. I hope you know how to do this. Thankss

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Restart your PC then spam the "Del" or F2 key to get into the BIOS, then in the bios search bar, type e-cores or efficiency cores, there you'll be able to disable them. First check if your processor has e cores, just google it beforehand, hope that helps!

[@vlad54rus-a]

i5-12400f doesn't have e-cores, so there's nothing for you to disable.

[@robbfps2473]

can you try cpu idle on/off

[@juancarlospachecogarcia372]

hardware prefetcher ON or OFF? You say to disable it, however the graphics show more FPS when you enable it

[@FrameSyncLabs]

That's my bad, I mislabelled the results, OFF is the one providing a performance boost - just swapped the titles accidentally! 🫣😁

[@juancarlospachecogarcia372]

@@FrameSyncLabs and how does disabling it affect inputlag?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@juancarlospachecogarcia372 For me (and others) it definitely makes the mouse movements feel more "raw", it's kind of similar to when you first disable mouse acceleration in Windows (not as pronounced, but still makes a difference). Might take some time getting used to, but give it a try and see if you like it. I'm not exactly sure about the reason as to why it changes the mouse feel, but eventually we'll buy an LDAT or 1000FPS camera in the future so we can test the input lag accurately and get to the bottom of it :)

[@b4dman]

good job, +sub 👍

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thank you so much, appreciate it

[@madmaster3d]

u have any idea for intel 4000 hd fps boost? i saw alot video optimizaiton pack still same sh it

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Wish I could help, but this is an integrated graphics card and is genuinely not suitable for gaming. I don't personally (and truthfully) think there's much you can do other than buying a laptop (or PC) with a dedicated graphics card.

[@caiofabar]

if i dont find hardware prefetcher on my bios, is it the same as disabling the SysMain service?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

They're different, in simple words: Hardware Prefetcher predicts and prefetches data into the processor's cache before the program requests it. (Disable for most competitive FPS games) SysMain on the other hand, is there to attempt and make the start time of applications faster. (Disable it if you have an SSD)

[@laurosalvatore8900]

Do you think I'd benefit from any of these settings on an i7 6700 and a GTX 1050ti? Sitting at 16gb of DDR4 RAM

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I had a similar PC back in the day on which I used these settings and it still gave me a good boost. Obviously every computer is different, but give it a try :)

[@laurosalvatore8900]

@@FrameSyncLabs Tbf I only play Valorant, I noticed that for some reason running windowed fullscreen made the game extremely juddery, overall the other tweaks gave me better responsiveness, but I do feel some worse lows too.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Try turning "Optimizations for Windowed Games" on or off, see if that helps and let me know

[@laurosalvatore8900]

@@FrameSyncLabs Sadly I'm currently using Windows 10 so that's not available to me.

[@Luiene]

I had a question about power plans with the balanced power plan my cpu clocks 4.07 max and with a different power plan my cpu clocks to 4.21 and higher off of load. should I use the balanced or the other power plan?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Whats your CPU? I'll try and see if I can help

[@roguemo]

first video i watch from you and you earned a sub ❤ keep it up

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Awesome, thank you! Will do :)

[@jotunbjorn]

NIce vid. I found that using MSI mode causes stutters in some games so I don't use it.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Glad you liked it! There's no "one fits all" tweak, so testing it for yourself was a good call, thanks for the info!

[@JAAAPB]

how to know Default Core Parking ?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Im not on my PC now but you should be able to reset the core parking index using an app such as "CPU Unpark" or "Core Parking Utility". If that doesnt help - let me know and I'll reply when I'm home.

[@ms_tf7579]

Great video it really helped me thank you

[@sharkosaurfps]

what settings did you change in nvidia control panel for high performance?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I'm currently making a video that will explain exactly what settings I used, plus the best NVidia driver for gaming. Make sure you're subscribed with the bell on so you don't miss it, ty!

[@Raulster]

If you have a G-SYNC monitor and play in windowed/windowed borderless, the G-SYNC capability is drastically decrease, G-SYNC only work ideal in Fullscreen/Fullscreen Exclusive. Also I know that in control panel you can choose G-SYNC to use windowed as well but is broken, bugged idk

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thanks for the heads up! It could be true... I haven't tried G-Sync in windowed mode personally. Also the G-SYNC bench in this video MIGHT be flawed (I was shocked to see it got me an FPS boost, which it shouldn't) so I'll need to re-test on a lower end system to figure out what's going on.

[@vlad54rus-a]

With modern games featuring Flip Model Presentation - G-Sync can work in Borderless windowed as good as does in fullscreen mode. Modern GPUs with Multiplane Overlays support also make G-Sync work in non-fullscreen windowed. All that works with Nvidia G-Sync set to "Enable for fullscreen". For "Enable for fullscreen and windowed" - I've personally had some random stuttering issues, so I wouldn't recommend enabling it.

[@lukasbd4]

Thanks for the video! I tried disabling Hardware Prefetch in BIOS but I can't find it, using a 12900k on a Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master motherboard, I also searched for it with the BIOS search function, but no results - I'm using the latest BIOS version, does anyone know how to find it? Is it named differently? Couldn't find anything on Reddit etc.

[@MrVex-666]

Thank you for the video. I have done some of these optimisations on "old reliable" PC to squeeze out every last drop of performance but in a couple of days I will be building a new one because parts arrived, so this video is very helpful on what to do, or not :D

[@FrameSyncLabs]

That's exciting 🙌 Best of luck (or skill!) Hope it turns out well! What's the specs?

[@MrVex-666]

@FrameSyncLabs Thank you. To keep it short, I've managed to get a Ryzen 9800X3D, B650 Tomahawk, 32GB 6000 cl32, 2TB m.2 and a Sapphire Nitro+ 7900XTX and a 860W platinum PSU. There's a bunch of other things but I don't want to make a wall of text xD

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@MrVex-666 Lets goo! Managing to get your hands on a 9800x3d nowadays is lucky as hell 😁Enjoy your new build when you finish it and congrats!

[@MrVex-666]

@@FrameSyncLabs Tyvm :D

[@TalJexyz1]

How can I change my BIOS settings

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@TalJexyz1 Restart your PC and keep pressing F2 or the "Del" key (its different on some motherboards) until you get into the BIOS, after that search for the settings and save your changes, then restart your pc

[@TalJexyz1]

@@FrameSyncLabs thank you, and nvidia cp performance settings u mean the perf preset? Or custom common perf settings?

[@TalJexyz1]

@@FrameSyncLabs and how do i let windows manage the core parking?

[@AstroLoveGod]

why do i get better perf with smt on and prefetching on too ?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I tested Valorant, CS2 and Fortnite, which gives better performance with both Hyperthreading and Hardware Prefertcher OFF on my system. What's your CPU and what game you tested it on? Edit: Also, have in mind these results are from an Intel i5 14th gen, I can't confirm how this will work on an AMD yet as the Ryzen chip I wanna buy has been out of stock for quite a while (9800x3d).

[@AstroLoveGod]

@@FrameSyncLabs I have a ryzen 5 5600 and i tested in fortnite (replay mode) (note that i got 100 fps more for the max amount of fps with SMT OFF but a lower average and 1% lows)

[@impo9645]

Which game did you benchmark on because I get different result depending on the game I am benchmarking on

[@FrameSyncLabs]

As shown in the video, the games I tested are Valorant, CS2 and Fortnite, I can't confirm that the same settings will work in other games, so pleasr make sure to test it on your machine.

[@impo9645]

@@FrameSyncLabs thanks for the explanation 👍

[@Arno641]

can u elaborate on NVIDIA performance settings? how do i enable it? Also does E cores works around works the same way for AMD CPU or only works for intel?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I will make a separate video explaining everything about the nvidia performance settings soon. Ryzen does not have/use efficiency cores so you dont have to worry about that

[@marianmelinte]

I have some observations to add: I would argue that Game Mode can be more helpful on than off. Ex. when using Borderless window mode (especially with a lot of recent titles going for this mode by default rather that exclusive fullscreen), it suspends the desktop compositor from running, which can help with stutter or minimum fps. This in combination with FSO, by leveraging the DXGI flip model, can be very good pair of settings to keep on, or to enable both. The problem with testing this is that it requires very specific scenarios to prove they are working, which most of the time is difficult to do. HAGS, for example, helps with the CPU-GPU balance. Ex. when the testing scenario involves a graphics intensive situation, where many rendering tasks are needed (which rely on the CPU for scheduling), HAGS moves that workload to the GPU, which can perform that faster. It can probably hurt performance when using a very low-end GPU though. I think it would be more helpful for everyone to know how things are working as well, to help them decide whether to enable or not some of these settings, besides the recommendation.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thanks for your input! I'll definitely make a separate video explaining how everything works, but the point of this video was to test the most recommended tweaks by "optimization" channels which target games like Fortnite,Valorant and CS2. Some of them recommended specific settings to be OFF, while others said keep it ON, and thats how this video idea came to life - by testing the same common tweaks and show how they perform in these specific games. I'd never say these tweaks work the same for ALL games or systems, because thats impossible to determine without the viewer testing it for themselves. I do see your point and I forgot to mention some important things in the video so I'll write a comment when I get home and pin it to clear things up, thanks again! :)

[@mntstar35]

Is that works on amd?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

It should, however, I can't confirm a 100% as I'm still waiting for Ryzen 9800x3d to be back in stock so I can buy one and test on it. For the time being, I recommend testing each setting for yourself and see if it makes a difference for you. PS: For the BIOS settings - If you're on AMD, the equivalent of hyperthreading is SMT, and XMP is called A-XMP or DOCP.

[@5H4D0W.]

when comparing hardware prefetcher, you mislabeled the graphs or made a mistake. It looks like this option set to ON gives higher fps

[@FrameSyncLabs]

My bad, I did mislabel them indeed - sorry! OFF is the one that gives better performance, just swapped them by accident.

[@JespeRCompeX]

Yes i noticed that to.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@JespeRCompeX Wont happen again haha :)

[@ddallmann1373]

you can prob insert a caption in the video to correct the error in YT studio

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@ddallmann1373 I'm still new to this whole editing thing, and holy, is that possible? I'll check in the morning and correct it - thank you!

[@internetuser4689]

Great video. Can you please compare w11 24h2 with w10 22h2 in gaming? You ll have a surprise to see that windows 10 is smoother and more consistent in gaming. Thanks!

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Will do soon for sure! Windows 10 has always been the GOAT for me, the only reason I switched to 11 (for now) is because of the new 24h2 version. Regardless, thanks for the suggestion!

[@houssamfayzi2926]

Thanks for theses stats! It is valuable, i appreciate if you can do a video comparing Linux vs Windows gaming performance

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I'll try to learn more about Linux as I havent dipped into it yet, but will definitely add it to my list of upcoming videos - thanks!

[@Andrei-x5u]

Is it ok to mess with the bios settings?

[@stefxc]

Yes! Just be sure you know what you're doing, because you can pretty easily break something.

[@Andrei-x5u]

@stefxc should i disable hyper threading on i5 12400f?

[@Raghav-gd3fn]

@@Andrei-x5u only if you do gaming if you also do editing work enable it back as said in the video

[@stefxc]

@@Andrei-x5u It really depends what you're doing. The 12400F only has 6 cores, so I would keep hyper-threading enabled if you want to have anything running in the background (streaming, discord, music, background processes, etc.) In my opinion, the performance gain is too small to justify turning off hyper-threading on a CPU with less than 8 cores, UNLESS you want to be exclusively gaming with nothing else going on.

[@RaKo4]

Hey, I was just wondering if a high number of hard page faults measured with LatencyMon while playing a game (in my case, Fortnite) indicates that something is wrong. I had around 34k after 2 hours of playing, even though I have a decent PC.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

It could mean your SSD/HDD is being accessed instead of RAM directly, could use some more RAM in your case, how much does your PC have now? In addition to that, I'll test it for you in an upcoming video to see if 34k is a normal amount for 2 hours of playing :)

[@RaKo4]

@@FrameSyncLabs I currently have 32GB of 3600MHz CL16 DDR4 RAM. I thought that would be enough.

[@Moodyfn]

can u test fr33thy's ultimate optimization guide

[@FrameSyncLabs]

100%! I'm pretty sure he's very experienced, so the results should be good, added it to my list - thanks!

[@amerkhalil2794]

what about Amd?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Most of these optimizations apply to AMD too, with a few exceptions like: - Hyperthreading which is the equivalent of AMD's simultaneous multithreading (SMT in BIOS) - G Sync is similar to FreeSync - Intel XMP is AMD's DOCP or A-XMP - Then we have overclocking, which obviously will be different for every CPU However, I can't tell if these optimizations will affect an AMD (Ryzen) CPU the same as an Intel one, so what I can do for you is buy a Ryzen processor and make another video in the future testing these same settings on an AMD system 👍

[@LegendFn11]

Hyperthreading on for cpus with 6 or lower cores If more then ur safe to disable

[@FrameSyncLabs]

That's the general rule of thumb that most people should follow, you're absolutely right. However, my CPU (i5 14600kf) has 6 physical cores and still saw a pretty significant FPS boost with Hyperthreading disabled in Fortnite, Valorant and CS2. I can't tell how it will perform in other games, so 100% test it for yourself in your game of choice and decide from there! :)

[@LegendFn11]

@@FrameSyncLabs quite the opposite for me I have i5-12400f (6 cores) and i gain 250 fps with enabling hyperthreading

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@LegendFn11 That's interesting, what game was that?

[@LegendFn11]

@@FrameSyncLabs fortnite

[@me-kl9tg]

This is good stuff. I've subscribed and will check out your older videos too. Worth pointing out that this is just one system. It could be that a system using an AMD/Intel GPU or AMD CPU may respond differently to these settings. Obviously, like you mention in the video, it's unlikely that you will see the 500%+ gains the clickbait videos claim, but some settings may have different gains/losses based on different hardware. I doubt it's within budget right now for your channel to look at current gen hardware but perhaps if you start making some money from the channel then you could buy some older hardware and see what differences these settings can make to those systems. Bleeding edge hardware is great and does draw big view numbers, but budget/patient gamers are a huge viewership.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

You don't even know how much I appreciate that comment, you're speaking the truth. I'm aware every system might respond differently, however, this is not an optimization video, but merely a benchmark with conclusions of how these optimizations are holding up in 2025 on a recent(ish) system using the most popular shooter games as an example. I did include the system specs as to avoid confusion, but I have to admit I missed some important details which will be there in upcoming videos! For the time being, if anyone has a question regarding these tweaks or their hardware, I'll be answering every comment to help clear things up. I'd still recommend to /always/ test such optimizations for yourself to ensure they work the same way on your system, even if it's closely similar to mine. Especially with X3D chips on the rise, I'd love to get one (currently out of stock) and build another system, so we can see how it performs on recent AMD cpus. It definitely isn't within budget, but I'm saving up so we can get it ASAP when it comes back in stock. If the channel grows and makes some money, that's even better as we'll be able to test on an even wider array of PCs ranging from low end to high end, fingers crossed and thanks once again for the kind comment

[@me-kl9tg]

@@FrameSyncLabs Thanks for the reply, and good luck with the channel! :D

[@sahave5042]

Great and informative video. Also I recommend you add some graphical intensive games to have a more complete benchmark.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thanks, will do!

[@troginator]

Going to try the bios tweaks when I wake up but as someone who only wants the best input lag as possible for gaming which settings do you think I should change for that

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I'll make a video about it very soon, make sure you're subscribed with the bell on and I'll get it done as soon as I can :)

[@troginator]

@@FrameSyncLabs alright bet!

[@mryxcse3222]

optimization isnt changiong just a few settings in windows, try something like ctt or oneclick (i personally got 60 more average fps but ive seen people get bigger boosts in performance)

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Will do, thank you!

[@mryxcse3222]

@FrameSyncLabs ive seen people get over 110 fps more with oneclick

[@jayzn1931]

Did you switch up the graph titling? 4:17

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I did unfortunately, didnt notice until people said it in the comments, my bad. OFF is the one giving an FPS boost :)

[@ro_qaa]

I've had a bad laptop for so many years so i used to follow these optimization guides and none of them really worked, thanks for making this video it helps people like me and others in the same situation. ❤

[@FrameSyncLabs]

You're very welcome! :)

[@eazyet2206]

Awesome video and thank you for filtering all the crap. Do you have a video on how to change the settings in the bios that actually made a big difference?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Not yet, this video was merely a benchmark of common "tweaks", there are multiple other videos in the works like: - How to set the correct BIOS settings - What nvidia driver is the best - What nvidia control panel settings are the best ... and plenty more about the things we talked about in this video, I'm trying my best to get them ready as soon as possible!

[@eazyet2206]

Thanks so much, appreciated

[@cristianramos2867]

what windows version? what nvidia driver?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@cristianramos2867 I knew Im forgetting something, my bad. Windows 11 24h2 and Nvidia Driver 566.14 - I'll put it in the description when I get home, thanks!

[@cristianramos2867]

@@FrameSyncLabs dw!! just saying because I think it changes a lot within 23h2 and 24h2 and also latests nvidia drivers (korvie tech has a video on it) that explains how latency and fps are drastically different between 566.14 and other drivers edit: also if you on amd and you use msi afterburner disable ALL power monitoring because it gives a hell of stutters

[@carpenoctem8490]

It is way more complex than fps but, could you delve more into ping related configurantion and it's benefits?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Hey, I already made a video about ping and network optimization in general so check it out! If you meant latency (as input lag) - I'll be making a video on this topic soon.

[@michealmcain5784]

wait why would u keep game mode off, if its just free fps and no negitive to it?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Game mode OFF improved my FPS lows by a good chunk (up to 4%), if you already have windows updates disabled/paused (game mode prevents them from running while gaming), you should be good to disable it unless on a really low end PC.

[@drikiwow]

The channel that needed me, keep up the good work, I'll sub you right away, could you have done fps tests with these methods too, cpu 0 on vs off, also process lasso program how much impact does it have, also windowsxlite which is one of the best for debload, thank you.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I'll make a separate video soon specifically for Process Lasso where we'll test all the settings - thank you!

[@Limbo26]

can you test registry edits as well. thanks

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Yes of course, it will be in another part of this video though! Do you have any registry tweaks that you'd like to see specifically? If so, let me know and I'll add them to the list - thanks!

[@LucyScarlet-m5l]

what about: optimizations for windowed games on win11?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Might have to make a separate video on this as I wanted this one to be "all inclusive", but Windows 10 doesnt have that feature.

[@LucyScarlet-m5l]

@@FrameSyncLabs i believe these settings like gamemode and gpu acceleration could perform different between win 10 and 11 anyways

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I believe they might, and I'm willing to put that to the test in another part of this video where we'll test these tweaks on Windows 10. I think it'll be useful for lots of people as everyone loves and still uses win10

[@mdjd.8893]

Why not sliding ur power limit and temp limit and running Auto OC in MSI Afterburner? Super simple and gives decent results for minimal work

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I did miss quite a few things, so if there's part 2 of this video I'm definitely including that, thanks!

[@ipnos2009]

someone said it finally, man you are a legend !!!!

[@TTks124]

Careful with disabling SMT. It depends on CPU and game. Many times, if not most, it will be detrimental.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

The point here was to show how it performs in the post popular multiplayer games (valorant, csgo and fortnite), which are also the games targeted by the youtube optimization community. These games dont care about multithreading and will perform better with SMT/HT turned off. I mentioned in the video that if you're doing something like rendering/video editing, its good to keep it on.

[@Clxpz]

correct me if im wrong but dont u mean "enabling hardware prefetcher" bc thts the one with the most fps boost?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

This one's on me, sorry, I labelled them wrong in the bench tool, OFF is the one with better performance

[@Clxpz]

@@FrameSyncLabs o ok thts fine lol. I have a question, say if ur cpu supports SMT but its not in ur bios, is there another way to turn it off?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@Clxpz Using an app called Process Lasso to limit your game so it uses only the physical/performance cores would do a great job without having to disable SMT in that case

[@Clxpz]

@@FrameSyncLabs Thanks for the advice but I dont have the best experience with process lasso lol. I appreciate ur time an you def earned a sub!

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I'll make a video on how to use process lasso soon, my list is full of good stuff coming your way, also thanks for the sub!

[@33movin]

Can you do a bios for amd

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Will do! As soon as I'm able to buy the new Ryzen cpu, its currently out of stock, hopefully it wont take too long.

[@heavymetalmixer91]

Regarding the Fullscreen optimizations: It's a huge "it depends", on the game (because what DirectX version it was made on) and the Windows version. Only DX12 games on W10, or DX11/12 games on W11 benefit from having them on, the rest of older games will get por input lag, sometimes stutters and in some rare ocassions even bugs. This is also why I always recommend to play on Fullscreen or Borderless Fullscreen, not on Window nor Borderless Window.

[@dimitrijepetkovic6440]

Thank you for debunking all of these, however if you could make the "real" optimization guide more detailed that would be absolutely amazing! Great video, seriously

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Working on it! Thank you

[@baumapfel4463]

with nvidia reflex you mean the low latancy mode in the control panel/app or you mean in the games that support nvidia reflex?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

The nvidia control panel setting isn't called Reflex, my bad for not clarifying, I meant the In-Game setting

[@baumapfel4463]

@@FrameSyncLabs thank you👍

[@zen4714]

@@FrameSyncLabsso you didnt test the low latency setting in the control panel?

[@nameless.0190]

@@zen4714 that is the same thing for games that do not natively support reflex.

[@TechDunk]

Nice video! Hardware scheduling indeed is hit or miss, but I think newer games benefit more from it

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Could possibly be true, FPS games probably wouldn't, but newer triple As could probably see a difference, I'll test further - thank you!

[@TechDunk]

@@FrameSyncLabs you're welcome! I think Unity 6 (latest game engine) is leaning a bit into it as well now. I do a lot of rendering work for games, so if you want to dive into that some day let me know

[@poximano1160]

good video , i was really curious if those videos really works

[@tt_fit]

Thank you for doing this. Make a cs2 optimization next please

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@tt_fit Ty, I'll be making a series called "Best Settings for "X" Game" which will cover best settings for fps and latency/input lag for games like Fortnite, CS2, Valorant and more

[@tt_fit]

@ cs2 next PLEASE

[@letmewatch.]

@@FrameSyncLabs warzone anytime soon? 😬

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@letmewatch. I got you, added warzone to the list, Ill try my best to push the most requested videos out first

[@letmewatch.]

@@FrameSyncLabs sick, understandable!

[@CometInOrbit]

Thank you very much for this, my laptop is very weak and now I can play my favourite game with more ease.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@CometInOrbit So glad I can help, enjoy! :)

[@CGF41492]

Thank you bro I've been looking for your channel a long time..and now it suddenly appeared again in 2025..I don't know if KZbin algorithm is stupid or they are doing shadow ban on some youtube channel but this time I'm subscribing.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thank you so much for the sub!

[@asm86x]

I liked this video, also you think i7 12700kf RTX 4060 is a good config?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Probably the best budget build if you're playing CPU heavy fps games.👌

[@stefxc]

If you're thinking of buying that, I'd recommend going with a 14600kf or a ryzen 7 7800x instead. The 12700kf is a great cpu, but there's better value options nowdays.

[@iamminh0519]

Wait so turning off game mode actually good?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

In this specific test yes, I personally keep it off all the time :)

[@TheBiigBadWolf]

How about all those optimizations at the same time vs stock. Because every 2-3 fps adds up, eventually increasing the PC performance

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Great idea, thank you! Once I finish the video I'm working on, I'll install a fresh Windows OS - benchmark it, then apply the tweaks and benchmark it again. Keep an eye out!

[@TheBiigBadWolf]

@ Also can you make a video on PC latency. Fps is nice but what about those competitive guys like me lol I want my latency to be as low as possible. Thanks & great vid subscribed! I’ll keep my eye out for future recommendations, deff trying the hyperthread off setting.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@TheBiigBadWolf A latency video is already on my list and I'll be trying to push it out as soon as possible, been working long shifts lately so that's delaying things a little, but rest assured it's coming :) Thanks for subscribing, it means a lot to me!

[@UltraVoidPlaysRoblox]

on my rtx 3070 ti mpo is already disabled somehow. i think either nvidia or microsoft did it!

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Ah, they're learning, thats good! :D

[@UltraVoidPlaysRoblox]

@@FrameSyncLabs i have got one question, if i disable hardware prefetching what is going to be worse?

[@FrameSyncLabs]

@@UltraVoidPlaysRoblox Both FPS and mouse input were much better for me, haven't seen any downsides :)

[@UltraVoidPlaysRoblox]

@@FrameSyncLabs alr thanks!

[@Dest.V2]

But why does everyone say disabling hyperthreading is bad

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Possibly I didnt explain quite well in video, disabling hyperthreading was meant to be a recommendation for Fortnite,Valorant and CSGO players, not for everyone as I mentioned in the video. In the end, the most important part would be to test it for yourself and every system could be different. Maybe you'll get more fps, maybe less, but give it a shot and revert if you're not happy :)

[@MLWJ1993]

Because it can be VERY bad, keeping it on however can have some mild performance impact too in some games (usually old ones). Depends on the application.

[@Menle_21]

I want to know your opinion on islc

[@FrameSyncLabs]

I will add it to my list of future videos where we'll talk about it - thanks for the suggestion!

[@duxie_DK]

great job and i agree with you. Now do one for latency

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thanks! Latency optimizations are on the list of upcoming videos, shouldn't take long! :)

[@ziefty]

e cores can actually help on windows 11 the scheduler improved them

[@FrameSyncLabs]

It's true, and it probably will help for some games. However, the games tested (Valorant, CS2, Fortnite) don't seem to benefit from using E-Cores at all, or at least not yet. For any other game, I'd recommend testing it for yourself and see if there's a performance increase / decrease.

[@ziefty]

​@@FrameSyncLabs If Ecore are disabled, Ht needs to be on. A good example would be a 6c/12t cpu and disabling Ht would make it 6c/6t. But line is your basically lower thread count significantly, and it isn’t beneficial if Ecore are already disabled because then your threads essentially minus by 2x

[@vo1dxzzx]

subbed, u the goat bro

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Legend! Ty

[@zaneatat]

1:29 but doesn't playing windowed increase latency?

[@abdulshaikh-nn8qh]

ya in some games

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Nothing noticeable, my latency increased by 0.1 ms switching from fullscreen to windowed borderless and this could be a benchmark error so dont worry too much about it

[@axandraalex5869]

​​@@FrameSyncLabs windowed is real bad if u r using integrated graphics or low end system. Back on 2015 i was using intel hd4000 to play csgo and it gave me around -10fps hit, it put me down to 40 fps

[@lunatik6168]

@@axandraalex5869 That pc was meant to play solitaire not csgo 😂 If it's working correctly on your win10/11 install - there's almost no difference at all between them.

[@MLWJ1993]

I don't think so with W10/11. They swapped out the old WDM method with a swap chain model that should be identical to pretty much any DX12/Vulkan fullscreen mode (which in reality is a borderless window since they don't do exclusive fullscreen anymore).

[@doityourself3293]

You did not turn off windows ram compression - the major FPS killer in the games.

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Ooo that's interesting! I will definitely do some research and try it so we can talk about it in part 2 of this video, thank you!

[@Ultrajamz]

Wanna see this on 4k with 4090

[@FrameSyncLabs]

*speaks in broke* ... maybe one day when the channel grows!

[@user-ph1cz9gv9v]

NVidia Reflex is for lower input latency IF! the Game is maxing out your gpu. This is known as render Queue buffering. But if the game is cpu limited (i guess like in your case) it could have potentially tiny bit negative impact due to less fps. --> Conclusion: turn on Mvidia Reflex or Amd anti lag only if gpu is maxed out!!!

[@FrameSyncLabs]

Thanks for this, will definitely make the upcoming videos longer to be able to explain these type of things. The point of this video was just to simply: - Check if the optimizations that these channels recommend do anything on a new-ish system in 2025. - Check if it makes a difference in the games they target, which are mostly Fortnite, Valorant and CS2. I only recommend turning Reflex off on a similar system to mine (and if you play these specific games) as it changed the way shooting feels for me for the better (there's other videos on that topic too), only with roughly +0.1ms latency trade-off.

[@sjejqnrof98vi]

No just leave it on the minus fps is too miniscule to even make any difference. Reflex also reduces input latency for dlss frame gen vsync and other features