Maximum PC

TWEAK WINDOWS FOR BETTER GAME PERFORMANC­E

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If you’ve ever examined the task list after a Ctrl-Alt-Del command, you’ve probably wondered whether all those background processes affect the gaming performanc­e of your system. Even a clean, fresh Windows installati­on sprouts a lengthy list of apps, tasks, and services that runs to dozens of entries long.

The concept of pruning this process tree to increase performanc­e isn’t new. Utilities claiming to do this have been around so long, the idea has made its way into Windows itself, as outlined in our look at Win 10’s upcoming Game Mode. http://bit.ly/2nRVQLT

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