Anyway to tweak my laptop for better gaming?

[Baw$e]

My laptop has 4GB ram, and it use to be enough to play games on low specs, but ever since Windows 10/11 my PC cant handle too many applications open.

Any ideas how to speed it up?

 

[TheRavenfreak]

Are you able to change out the RAM in your laptop? I know on older laptops you were able to swap out RAM, but I'm not sure about newer ones. If you can, you should look into getting compatible RAM. Most games these days and even Windows 10/11 needs more RAM. Also if you can, you might be better off seeing if any of your favorite games can run on Linux and dual booting Linux Mint with Windows. Heck replacing Windows with a Linux distro might just be better all together lol.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

You'll either need to up the RAM in your pc or buy a new one, you can get by with 8 these days, but most pcs need 16.

 

[froggyboy604]

Upgrading your laptop's RAM to 8GB or more, and upgrading to a SSD storage drive for your laptop could improve gaming performance on a laptop.

 

[cpvr]

If you upgrade your ram from 4gb to 16gb, your laptop will run a lot better and smoother. If it’s able to include a SSD flash drive as well, that’ll help too.

 

[froggyboy604]

I think newer laptops with USB-C ports let you attach a USB-C external gaming videocard/GPU which can improve the video frame rate performance and video quality of games. But, external video cards are expensive, use more electricity, and can use up more desk space.

 

[Grungie]

I think newer laptops with USB-C ports let you attach a USB-C external gaming videocard/GPU which can improve the video frame rate performance and video quality of games. But, external video cards are expensive, use more electricity, and can use up more desk space.

It can’t just be a USB C port, it has to be a thunderbolt port.

 

[Baw$e]

Are you able to change out the RAM in your laptop? I know on older laptops you were able to swap out RAM, but I'm not sure about newer ones. If you can, you should look into getting compatible RAM. Most games these days and even Windows 10/11 needs more RAM. Also if you can, you might be better off seeing if any of your favorite games can run on Linux and dual booting Linux Mint with Windows. Heck replacing Windows with a Linux distro might just be better all together lol.

Yes, my laptop is upgradable. I was hoping I wouldn't need too, but I guess I'll buy 16GB ram which is the max for my laptop, and never worry about it again.

 

[Grungie]

Yes, my laptop is upgradable. I was hoping I wouldn't need too, but I guess I'll buy 16GB ram which is the max for my laptop, and never worry about it again.

Sadly that’s how it works if it’s too slow for games or it chugs along when you have more than one program open. That’s a hardware limitation and not software.