00:00Intro Music Fades
00:01Hey everyone, and welcome back to Gontek
00:05Let's talk about a feeling we all know and hate
00:07You've got a brand new Tripla title
00:10Your rig is ready
00:11But the second you drop into the action
00:13Your game starts to stutter
00:15Your framerate tanks
00:16And your immersion is completely shattered
00:19You've spent hundreds, maybe thousands
00:21On your hardware
00:22And it feels like it's letting you down
00:24But what if I told you the problem isn't just your hardware
00:27It's how your entire system is configured
00:29Today, we are going to banish stuttering and low FPS forever
00:34We're diving deep into the holy trinity of gaming optimization
00:37Your operating system, your GPU control panel
00:40And your in-game engine settings
00:42By the end of this guide
00:43Your PC will be a finely tuned gaming machine
00:46Running smoother than ever before
00:48First, we build the foundation
00:50We need to tell Windows that gaming is our absolute priority
00:53To do this, we're activating the Ultimate Performance Power Plan
00:57This isn't available by default
00:59You have to unlock it
01:00But it's essential
01:01Unlike the balanced or high performance plans
01:03Which try to save power by reducing your CPU's clock speed
01:06When it is not under heavy load
01:07The Ultimate Performance Plan tells your processor
01:10To stay at 100% of its base clock speed all the time
01:13Why is this critical?
01:15Because modern games are constantly making thousands of small requests to your CPU every second
01:21When your CPU has to ramp up from a lower power state to meet a sudden demand
01:25It creates a tiny delay
01:27This delay is what you perceive as micro stuttering
01:29That infuriating, inconsistent hitching
01:32That makes gameplay feel choppy
01:34Even at high frame rates
01:35By keeping the CPU at full power
01:37We eliminate that ramp up time entirely
01:39This also helps prevent a phenomenon called core parking
01:43Where Windows will literally put some of your CPU cores to sleep to save energy
01:46For gaming, we want every single core awake, active, and ready to execute instructions instantly
01:53Ultimate performance ensures that happens
01:55With our Windows Power Foundation set
01:57It's time for Phase 2
01:58GPU Control Panel Mastery
02:01This is where we take direct control of your graphics card
02:04We're going to focus on three key settings inside the NVIDIA Control Panel
02:07But AMD users will find similar options
02:10First
02:11Low Latency Mode
02:12We are setting this to Ultra
02:15This setting is a game changer for competitive players
02:18It minimizes input lag by forcing the CPU to prepare frames just in time for the GPU
02:22To render them
02:23Reducing the render queue to its absolute minimum
02:26This means the time between you clicking your mouse and seeing the action on screen
02:30Is as short as physically possible
02:32Next
02:33Texture filtering quality
02:35We're setting this to High Performance
02:37This setting tells the GPU to prioritize frame rate over the absolute highest fidelity
02:42Of texture rendering at extreme angles
02:44In motion, the visual difference is almost imperceptible
02:47But the performance gain is very real
02:49Your GPU can process textures faster
02:51Freeing up resources to push more frames per second
02:54Finally, and most importantly
02:56Power Management Mode
02:58We are setting this to prefer maximum performance
03:00Just like with our CPU
03:02We do not want our GPU trying to save power during a gaming session
03:06This setting forces your graphics card to maintain its highest clock speeds consistently
03:09Ensuring there are no performance dips or stutters caused by the GPU ramping up and down
03:14We are telling our hardware to be ready for anything at all times
03:18Now for phase 3
03:19In-game settings secrets
03:21This is where many people get lost
03:23But it's simple when you know what to look for
03:25First, you're a display mode
03:27You must always choose fullscreen or fullscreen exclusive
03:30Borderless or windowed fullscreen might seem convenient
03:34But they force Windows to continue rendering your desktop and other applications in the background
03:38Which introduces input lag and reduces performance
03:41Fullscreen mode gives the game exclusive control over the display
03:44Which is exactly what we want
03:46Next, let's talk about vertical sync
03:49You should almost always have V-Sync turned OFF inside the game
03:52V-Sync tries to lock your frame rate to your monitor's refresh rate
03:55But it can introduce significant input lag
03:58Instead, you should be using G-Sync or FreeSync
04:01Which are adaptive sync technologies that match your monitor S refresh rate
04:05To your GPU S frame output in real time
04:08Giving you a tear-free experience without the lag
04:10And now, for the two biggest FPS killers in any game
04:14Shadows and Anti-Aliasing
04:16Turning shadows from Ultra down to High or even Medium
04:20Can often grant you a 20-30% performance uplift with very little noticeable
04:24Loss in visual quality during fast-paced gameplay
04:27Likewise, modern Anti-Aliasing techniques can be incredibly demanding
04:32Instead of a heavy option like MSAA
04:34Consider using a lighter, shader-based entry
04:37Or even turn it off completely if you're playing at a high resolution like 144 OP or 4K
04:42Where the high pixel density naturally smooths edges
04:45Finally, let's head back to Windows for our final tweaks
04:48We need to enable two features
04:50First is Hardware Accelerator GPU Scheduling
04:53This modern feature allows your graphics card to manage its own video memory directly
04:56Which can reduce latency and improve performance by offloading work from the CPU
05:01You'll find it in the Windows Graphics settings
05:04Second is Game Mode
05:06While this feature had a rocky start years ago, in 2026
05:10Game Mode intelligently prioritizes system resources for your game
05:13Preventing background processes and Windows updates from interrupting your session and stealing precious CPU cycles
05:19It works hand-in-hand with our ultimate performance power plan to ensure your game has everything it needs
05:24Outro music begins, so there you have it
05:26The complete 2026 optimization guide
05:28We've built a solid power foundation in Windows
05:31Taken direct control of our GPU
05:33Demystified the most critical in-game settings
05:35And applied the final Windows tweaks
05:37Your PC is now primed for maximum gaming performance
05:40Run your favorite benchmark
05:42Jump into a game
05:43And feel the difference
05:45If this guide helped you
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05:49And let me know your performance gains in the comments below
05:52Now go enjoy those battery-smooth framerates
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