Faster Games

From Conan Exiles FPS boost guide

Source: https://www.ghostarrow.com/conan-exiles-fps-boost-guide

Game settings

• Full screen
• V-Sync: off
• Post Processing: Low
• Shadows: Low
• Effects/Texture/Foliage Quality: Low
• Anti-Aliasing: off

Launch Options

Not sure, if this is only for Conan Exiles. I'd try it for other games too.

Steam

• Properties / Set Launch Options / General

-USEALLAVAILABLECORES

Epic Game Launcher

• Settings / Manage Games / <game> / Additional Command Line Arguments

-USEALLAVAILABLECORES

Graphics Driver

Get the current drivers: https://www.nvidia.com/download/index.aspx

NVidia Control Panel Settings

Adjust image settings with preview

• Open NVidia Control Panel
• Adjust image settings with preview
• Use my preference emphasizing
  • Performance
• Apply

Manage 3D settings

• Program settings
• Select your game (or "Add" it)
• Power management mode: Prefer maximum performance
• Vertical sync: off
• Preferred graphics processor: High performance NVidia processor (notebooks only)
• Apply

Windows .exe settings

• Properties of executable
• Disable full screen optimization: yes
• Change high DPI settings...
  • Override high DPI scaling behavior: yes
  • Scaling performed by: Application
  • Ok
• Ok

Power settings

Might be dangerous! Don't use this if temperature might be a problem!

• Right click Windows "Start"
• Power Options
• Additional power settings
• High performance
• Change plan settings
• Change advanced power settings
• Processor power management
• Minimum processor state: 100%
• Maximum processor state: 100%
• Ok

Windows Game Mode

• Start button
• Settings
• Gaming
• Xbox Game Bar...
  • Enable.... Off
  • Record game clips.... Off
• Captures...
  • Record in the background: Off
• Game Mode
  • Game Mode: Off (I only copied this, I think it should be ON)

Windows Performance Options

• Windows search: performance
• Start "Adjust the appearance and performance of Windows"
• Adjust for best performance (-> all off)
• Custom
• Smooth edges of screen fonts: On (otherwise many web pages look BAD!)
• Ok

Discord

• Discord
• User Settings
• Appearance
  • Hardware Acceleration: Off
• Overlay
  • Enable in-game overlay: Off

Google Chrome

• settings
• advanced
• system
• "Continue running background apps when Google Chrome is closed": Off