Frost Live
FOUNDER, FROZEN TWEAKS
Frost Live is the founder of Frozen Tweaks and the creator behind the FrozenTweaks optimization guides. He has spent years testing Windows, GPU driver and in-game settings on competitive titles including Counter-Strike 2, Valorant, Fortnite, Apex Legends and Call of Duty, and turned the tweaks that survived that testing into the Frozen Tweaks optimizer.
Areas of expertise
- PC game optimization
- Windows 11 performance tuning
- Frame time and stutter analysis
- Input latency reduction
- NVIDIA and AMD driver configuration
- Competitive FPS game settings
Guides by Frost Live (19)
WINDOWS & HARDWARE
How to Increase FPS on PC: The Complete 2026 Guide
A tested, ordered method for raising FPS on Windows 11 in 2026 - from the four settings that matter most to driver, BIOS and latency tuning. Every step reversible.
10 min read
BUYING GUIDES
The Best PC Optimizer for Gaming in 2026: How to Choose One
What actually separates a real PC optimizer from bloatware in 2026 - the eight criteria that matter, the red flags, and an honest look at where Frozen Tweaks fits.
8 min read
WINDOWS & HARDWARE
Windows 11 Gaming Optimization: What Still Works in 2026
An honest audit of Windows 11 gaming tweaks - which settings still measurably help in 2026, which are placebo, and which quietly cost you security.
8 min read
GAME GUIDES - COUNTER-STRIKE 2
CS2 FPS Boost: Best Settings and Launch Options for 2026
The Counter-Strike 2 settings that raise FPS and 1% lows without hurting visibility, plus the launch options that still matter and the ones that never did.
7 min read
GAME GUIDES - VALORANT
Valorant FPS Boost: Best Settings on Unreal Engine 5
Valorant moved to Unreal Engine 5 in 2025. Here are the settings that raise FPS and cut input delay on the current build, plus what Vanguard means for tweaking.
8 min read
GAME GUIDES - FORTNITE
Fortnite FPS Boost: Performance Mode and Best Settings
How to get the highest stable FPS in Fortnite - when Performance Mode is the right call, which DirectX 12 settings to keep, and what to leave alone for visibility.
7 min read
GAME GUIDES - ARC RAIDERS
ARC Raiders FPS Boost: Fixing Unreal Engine 5 Stutter
ARC Raiders runs on Unreal Engine 5, which means shader stutter and expensive lighting. Here are the settings that fix both without making raiders harder to spot.
5 min read
GAME GUIDES - CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 7
Black Ops 7 FPS Boost: Settings, VRAM Scale and Worker Threads
Two Black Ops 7 settings cause most of the stuttering people blame on their hardware: VRAM Scale Target and renderer worker count. Here is how to set both correctly.
6 min read
GAME GUIDES - BATTLEFIELD 6
Battlefield 6 FPS Boost: Best PC Settings for Large Maps
Battlefield 6 punishes weak CPUs and cheap effects settings. Here is the configuration that holds frame rate through 64-player destruction without blinding you.
5 min read
GAME GUIDES - MARVEL RIVALS
Marvel Rivals FPS Boost: Taming Lumen on Unreal Engine 5
One setting in Marvel Rivals costs more than everything else combined. Here is how to configure global illumination, upscaling and the rest for a stable frame rate.
4 min read
GAME GUIDES - APEX LEGENDS
Apex Legends FPS Boost: Settings and Launch Options
The Apex Legends settings that raise frame rate and 1% lows, the launch options that still work, and why Adaptive Resolution should be off.
5 min read
GAME GUIDES - GRAND THEFT AUTO VI
GTA 6 on PC: Release Status and How to Prepare Your Rig
Where the GTA 6 PC version actually stands as of August 2026, what Rockstar has and has not confirmed, and what is genuinely worth doing to your PC now.
5 min read
LATENCY & NETWORKING
How to Reduce Input Lag on PC: The Whole Latency Chain
Input lag is nine separate delays stacked together. Here is each one, how much it costs you in milliseconds, and which are actually worth fixing.
8 min read
WINDOWS & HARDWARE
How to Fix Stuttering and Frame Drops: Diagnose Before You Tweak
Stutter has six distinct causes and each has a different fix. Match your symptom to the right one instead of applying tweaks at random.
7 min read
WINDOWS & HARDWARE
Best NVIDIA Control Panel Settings for Gaming in 2026
Every NVIDIA 3D setting that still matters, what to set it to, and why - plus the ones that have done nothing for years.
5 min read
WINDOWS & HARDWARE
Best AMD Adrenalin Settings for Gaming in 2026
How to configure Radeon Anti-Lag 2, FreeSync, texture filtering and HYPR-RX for competitive gaming - and which Adrenalin features to leave switched off.
6 min read
TRUST & SAFETY
Is PC Optimization Software Safe? What to Check Before Installing
The honest answer depends on one question: does the tool touch your games, or only your operating system? Here is how to tell, and what to verify first.
6 min read
WINDOWS & HARDWARE
Low-End PC Gaming Optimization: Getting Playable Frame Rates
What actually works on a weak PC, in order - including the one upgrade that beats every software tweak combined, and honest limits on what tuning can do.
7 min read
GAME GUIDES
Stretched Resolution: How It Works and Whether It Helps
How to set up stretched resolution on any GPU, what it actually does to your field of view, and an honest look at whether it makes you aim better.
6 min read