If your frames feel inconsistent, the problem is rarely a single setting — it's the stack. This guide walks the full chain from Windows to GPU to peripherals so the gains actually hold under load.
Stop thermal throttling
Performance that vanishes after ten minutes is almost always heat. A throttling CPU or GPU silently drops clocks mid-match.
A modest undervolt often keeps clocks higher than stock by running cooler — counter-intuitive but consistent.
- Custom fan curve — ramp earlier, not louder-at-the-end
- GPU undervolt for cooler, steadier clocks
- Verify case airflow: intake front/bottom, exhaust top/rear
- Repaste if temps climbed over the last year
Verify it actually worked
Never trust the average FPS number alone. Watch 1% and 0.1% lows and frame-time consistency — that's what 'smooth' really means.
Run the same replay or aim-trainer routine before and after, capture with a frame-time overlay, and only keep changes that flatten the graph.
- Benchmark the same scene before/after
- Track 1% lows, not just average FPS
- Watch the frame-time line — flatter is better
- Change one thing at a time so you know what moved the needle
- ✓Custom fan curve — ramp earlier, not louder-at-the-end
- ✓Benchmark the same scene before/after
Skip the manual work
Bravo applies every tweak in this guide — and hundreds more — in one click, fully reversible. Tuned per game, per rig.
See the tweak packs →