13 Tips, Tricks And Secrets To Boost Your PC Gaming Performance
3. Upgrade To Windows 10
Windows 10 isn't your average OS upgrade. For a start, Windows 7 and 8 users can upgrade to it for free if they do so within the next 11 months. Upgrading is simple, and there's a good chance it'll greatly boost your gaming performance in the long run. This is because Windows 10 is required if you want to use DirectX 12. DirectX is an API that essentially allows games to communicate with your hardware better, leading to lower power consumption and higher framerates. Early reports suggest that DirectX 12 could improve performance by as much as 50 percent, which is hugely impressive. While no games use DirectX 12 yet, upcoming releases definitely will, and recently-released games could soon be patched to take advantage of it. In the meantime, there have been some minor performance improvements reported in game performance with the Windows 10 upgrade, so there's nothing to lose in giving it a go (you have one month to downgrade back to your previous version of Windows if you don't like 10).
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