- Meltdown/MDS/ZombieLoad Performance Impact (MUST READ!)
- NVIDIA's FPS limiters (V1, V2 & V3) vs RTSS vs In-engine
- Hardware explained
- Windows Defender Exploit Guard Configuration
- HPET
- General Research
- Windows specific
- Mouse & Keyboard
- Dithering under Windows
- NetCode, Networking
- Frametimes, FPS
- TFT
- SSD
- General Game tweak-knowledge
- YouTube Channel with focus on game analysis
- YouTube Channel with focus on hardware analysis
- Game Emulators
- Game compatibility
- Raytracing benchmarks
- Official Forums
- DRM Performance Impact
- Other common DRM problems
- Power Management
- Kernel Latencies
- PhysX
- Audio Latency in Windows
- For Developers
- RAID
- Driver & Firmware Resources
- Legendary RAM OC Guides
- Comprehensive AMD Ryzen Memory & OC articles
- Comprehensive Intel "Coffee Lake" Memory & OC articles
- Message Signaled Interrupts
- AMD (AGESA) BIOS overview & download links
- Controller guides
- Programs
- Full Screen Optimizations
- USB Polling tools
- HPET / QPC Benchmark tools
- Frametime capture and analysis tools
- Controller Emulators (for Windows)
- Monitor "OC" programs
- nVidia Driver "adjustment" programs
- Driver Uninstaller (leftover removal) programs
- GPU OC programs (AMD/Intel/both)
- AMD CPU OC programs
- AMD AM4 Vcore VRM Ratings (Updated frequently)
- AMD RAM OC programs
- AMD based OC tutorials
- Intel "OC" programs
- Internet Latency "tweak" programs
- PC Latency measurement programs
- Mouse "OC" programs
- Fix broken stereoscopic effects
- Power Management programs
- Bios adjustment programs
- Unpausable cutscenes
- FOV calculator
- GPU BIOS Updater tools
- Game streaming services
- Virtual LAN Gaming
- Looking At The Linux Performance Two Years After Spectre / Meltdown Mitigations (phoronix.com)
- The Performance Impact Of MDS / Zombieload Plus The Overall Cost Now Of Spectre/Meltdown/L1TF/MDS (phoronix.com)
- RAMBleed (rambleed.com)
- Network Cache ATtack (short: NetCAT) (vusec.net) - CVE-2019-11184
- AMD and Intel Have Different HPET Guidance (anandtech.com)
- AMD recommended HPET be disabled (realworldtech.com)
- BCDEdit /set (docs.microsoft.com)
- Common Stutter / Lag / Crash Fix (HPET Guide) (linustechtips.com)
- Disable High Precision Event Timer (HPET) in BIOS (forums.guru3d.com)
- Disable HPET(High Precision Event Timer) (mikemartin.co)
- Disable or enable High Precision Event Timer(HTEP)? (bleepingcomputer.com)
- Dynamic Tick Mode explained (doc.micrium.com)
- High Precision Event Timer (wikipedia.org)
- How To Improve Gaming Performance By Disabling HPET Settings? (silicophilic.com)
- The Clock Tick (doc.micrium.com)
- Windows Timestamp (windowstimestamp)
- A MINIMUM COMPLETE TUTORIAL OF CPU POWER MANAGEMENT, C-STATES AND P-STATES (metebalci.com)
- ASUS PEG Link Mode Guide Rev. 2.0 (techarp.com)
- Better on the inside: under the hood of Windows 8 (arstechnica.com)
- Catalyst Antialiasing Guide (beyond3d.com)
- Does Core i7 Hyper-Threading Helps? (vr-zone.com)
- Nvidia Inspector profile(s) to fix Low Power for some applications (github.com)
- The Gigabyte GA-X48T-DQ6 - Redefining the High End? (anandtech.com)
- Demystifying Fullscreen Optimizations (devblogs.microsoft.com)
- Microsoft educates Insiders on how Windows 10 handles memory (onmsft.com)
- Windows 10 1809 Performance Impact (ict-r.com)
- Windows Vista's SuperFetch and ReadyBoost Analysed (tomshardware.com)
- PC Gaming Wiki (pcgamingwiki.com) - Game configs, suggestions & tricks database (similar like Wikipedia just for games)
- WSGF Forum (wsgf.org) - Game Mods, discussions and requests.
- Battle(non)sense (net code and latency)
- JayzTwoCents (all sorts of hardware)
- Gamers Neus (all sorts of hardware)
- BitWid (all sorts of hardware)
- TechSource (all sorts of hardware)
- Rocket Jump Ninja (mice)
- RetroArch (retroarch.com)
- Mesen high-accuracy NES and Famicom (mesen.ca)
- Snes9x (github.com)
- Higan (byuu.org)
- Emulator accuracy tests (tasvideos.org)
- dxwrapper - Fixes compatibility issues with older games running on Windows 10 by wrapping DirectX dlls. Also allows loading custom libraries with the file extension .asi into game processes.
- A non misleading benchmark of Denuvo in AC Origins + A 4c/4t benchmark of Denuvo in AC Origins [Follow up]
- Resident Evil 2 Remake is faster by 4-12fps without the Denuvo anti-tamper tech (dsogaming.com)
- Denuvo Really Does Cripple PC Gaming Performance (https://www.extremetech.com)
- Devil May Cry 5 PC's Denuvo DRM has a CPU hit (eurogamer.net) - (Updated test)
- User Mode Versus Kernel Mode (docs.microsoft.com)
- Effectively Measure and Reduce Kernel Latencies for Real-time Constraints (elinux.org)
- Analysis of High Resolution Timer Latency Using Kernel Analysis System in Embedded System (ieeexplore.ieee.org)
- Acquiring high-resolution time stamps (docs.microsoft.com)
- Example 15: Measuring DPC/ISR Time)
- Low Latency Audio (docs.microsoft.com)
- WavePci Latency (docs.microsoft.com)
- WaveCyclic Latency (docs.microsoft.com)
- Stream Latency During Recording (docs.microsoft.com)
- Guidelines for Writing DPC Routines (docs.microsoft.com)
- Managing Input/Output for Drivers (docs.microsoft.com)
- Scheduling Priorities (docs.microsoft.com)
- 8BitDo Firmware page (support.8bitdo.com)
- Station-Drivers (station-drivers.com)
- Standalone Steam Controller open source driver (github.com)
- Super Nt Official Firmware (support.analogue.co)
- Super Nt Jailbreak (github.com)
- Nt Mini Firmware Links (support.analogue.co)
- Nt Mini Firmware Jailbreak (blog.kevtris.org)
- Mega Sg firmware (support.analogue.co)
- Mega SG Jailbreak (github.com)
- RAM-Overclocking und Auswirkungen auf Spiele bei Intel CPUs (computerbase.de)
- Intel Skylake-X (Sockel 2066) OC-Guide (hardwareluxx.de)
- AMD Ryzen - RAM OC Community (computerbase.de)
- The AnandTech Guide to Video Card Overclocking Software
- AMD Ryzen Memory Tweaking & Overclocking Guide (techpowerup.com)
- AMD RYZEN Overclocking Guide (overclockers.com)
- Official Corsair Ryzen 3000 Series Memory Overclocking Guide (corsair.com) (.pdf)
- Robert Hallock explains memory and overclocking on AMD Ryzen (youtube.com)
- The Intel 9th Gen Review: Core i9-9900K, Core i7-9700K and Core i5-9600K Tested (anandtech.com)
- Intel's Core i9-9900K CPU reviewed (techreport.com)
- AMD AGESA Bios collections thread (computerbase.de) - Overview of all AGESA BIOS updates, the website is in German but it's easy to understand, just follow your vendor and mobo and check if there is a link on the right side of the chart or not.
- USB polling precision explained (overclock.net)
(old) Mouse tester tool (overclock.net) & source code (github.com)(new) Mouse tester tool (overclock.net) & source code (github.com)- Mouse movement recorder by MarkC (donewmouseaccel.blogspot.com) & Source Code
- Mouse Rate Checker (softpedia.com)
- 1000hz - Overclock/Underclock your old mouse and increase its polling rate (github.com)
- nVidia Inspector (download.orbmu2k.de) + source code (latest final version) + Latest beta
- NV RGBFullRangeToggle (blog.metaclassofnil.com) Use this tool if you don't see any 'Output dynamic range' option in the NVCP.
- MSI Afterburner + Guide (forums.guru3d.com)
- AMD Memory Tweak (github.com)
- Sapphire TriXX OC Utility (sapphiretech.com)
- EVGA Precision XOC/X/X1 (evga.com)
Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility - Intel® XTUUse other programs because the driver might cause performance problems. Prefer (if possible) a method that does not require any software/driver e.b. via BIOS.Intel Power Maximizer
TCPOptimizer (speedguide.net)I do not recommend it, tweak (manually) only parameters you really need.
- 3Dmigoto (github.com) - Chiri's DX11 wrapper to enable fixing broken stereoscopic effects.
- Game Pauser (Do NOT use it for online games, due to anti-cheat reasons)
- Video Bios Collection
- AMDVbFlash also known as AMD/ATI ATIFlash (which is the old name) + Tutorial
- nVidia NVFlash + Tutorial
| Provider | Comment |
|---|---|
| Amazon Game Studios | // |
| Blade Shadow | Works with Mac, Android, iPhone, Ubuntu and Windows 10. |
| Google Stadia | Supported game list |
| Twitch | (planned for 2020) |
| Parsec | Play, watch, and share gaming with your friends in Parsec. |
| GeForce Now | Play & Stream Android, PC, and GeForce NOW games. |
| Steam Link & Steam Remote Play | Stream video, audio, and voice between players while using your own controllers. |
| Moonlight | Play Your PC Games Remotely, setup guide. |
| Rainway | Allows you to launch all your PC games from one place on your home computer or stream through any browser, all completely free. |
| PlayStation Now | Stream PS2/PS3/PS4 games. |
| Xbox Game Streaming (Microsoft: xCloud) | Stream your favorite Xbox games from the cloud or console straight to your Android phone or tablet. |
| Paperspace | Fast cloud gaming in a web browser, setup guide |
| Vortex Cloud Gaming | Cloud Gaming for Android, PC and macOS. |
| Shadow | $35 per month, provides cloud gaming. |
| Magenta Gaming | Telekom (ISP) only, requires a 50 Mbit/s connection. |
| Provider | Comment |
|---|---|
| Hamachi | Hosted VPN service that lets you securely extend LAN-like networks (Windows, Mac, Linux). |
| Tunngle | Freemium and closed source (last version 5.8.9 [30.Jun. 2017]) |
| Evolve (Player.me) | Inbuilt LAN support for almost all popular LAN games (Free, Party + $4.00/month) |
| GameRanger | GameRanger is definitely one of the best alternatives to Hamachi - Free, Silver Membership $19.95/year, Gold Membership $39.95/year |
| Wippien | It connects PCs with a P2P connection - Free and open source |
| NetOverNet | Can be used as LAN emulator - Free, Basic $5/month, Advanced $10/month |
| Radmin VPN | Secure VPN tunnel that doesn't limit the number of users or gamers on its connection. |
| FreeLAN | Almost no lag when playing games, a tutorial is avaible here |
| P2PVPN | P2PVPN is an open source developed with Java, the development has stopped in 2010. |
| NetOverNet | NetOverNet is basically a simple VPN emulator that can be used for hosting private gaming session. |
| FreeLAN | Completely open-source. |
| ZeroTier One | Open source, virtual systems are encoded end-to-end. |
| SoftEther VPN | SoftEther VPN can be used on Windows, Mac, Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD operating systems. |
| Via WireGuard | Simple yet fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. |