How To Boost Your GPU Performance Without Buying A New One

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Your old GPU might not be able to compete with a new card, but it can run better with some tweaks.

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In this increasingly anti-consumer tech world that seems fixed on abandoning all else in favor of data centers, there's rarely been a worse time to buy a new GPU. While many panic-bought PCs to avoid RAMaggedon, there's an even bigger crowd of PC gamers who have been unable to pick up a new graphics card for years.

Just because you're unable to afford a shiny NVIDIA RTX 50-Series GPU doesn't mean you can't squeeze more performance out of your current card, though. Some graphics tweaks, supersampling advice and general GPU maintenance will help boost FPS performance in your favorite games.

Use supersampling and frame generation to boost FPS

In an era where graphical advancements are outpacing hardware evolution — hello, path tracing — it's becoming vital...

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