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Windows optimization for gaming

What in Windows really affects game smoothness and what is a myth. Memory, caches, power settings — and how to undo it all.

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Clearing RAM for gaming

What the Windows standby list is, why it can cause stutter in games like Rust, how ISLC and RAMMap clear it, and when clearing memory actually helps.

Windows for gaming · 3 min

How to clear the shader cache

Where the NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, DirectX and Steam shader caches live, when clearing helps (stutter after a driver update), when it does not, and how to do it by hand or in one click.

Windows for gaming · 3 min

The Ultimate Performance power plan

How to enable the hidden Ultimate Performance power plan in Windows, what it changes for games, why duplicate copies appear and how to delete them, and when you do not need it.

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