PC a bit slow with VR? Eke the most out of your hardware with these tips.

Low frames per second (FPS) in PC gaming is your worst enemy — in VR it can also be literally sickening. What better reason to give your old hardware some care and keep it performing up-to-snuff for another few months?

Low frames per second (FPS) while PC gaming is your worst enemy. In VR, whether with Windows Mixed Reality (WMR), Valve Index, an Oculus Rift S, or even an Oculus Quest, it can also be literally sickening. What better reason to give your old hardware some care and keep it performing up-to-snuff for another few months?

Choppy graphics, lagging audio, slow load times all contribute to a bad time, and maybe your budget doesn't allow for new hardware. But you might not even need new hardware to get a better experience! Starting with some easier tips and moving onto some more complicated stuff, here's how to eke the most performance out of your existing hardware.




Clean out your case
Update your OS
Update your graphics card drivers
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