PC optimization guides that were actually tested
Every guide here states what it expects to gain and what it costs you. No fixed FPS multipliers, no tweaks that stopped working in 2015, and an explicit note whenever a change trades security or image quality for frames. Written by Frost Live, founder of Frozen Tweaks.
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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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead
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 minRead