PERFORMANCE TIPS!
The school tablets don't have the best PC specs in the world, as they're designed for light computer tasks, not for gaming. But here are a few tips to get a few more frames.
NOTE: This will not turn your tablet into a gaming PC, this is just to help gain a smoother experience and a few extra frames.
NOTE: This will not turn your tablet into a gaming PC, this is just to help gain a smoother experience and a few extra frames.
Tip #1: Go down to your battery symbol and slide it into Performance mode. Depending on the tablet and Windows version, if you don't have the slider, just go into the battery symbol and turn off Battery saver as that will reduce your frames. Once done gaming, set back to Best Battery Life or Balanced.
Tip #2: Right click on the home screen and a menu should appear. Open your Graphic Properties/Settings, and this will open the GPU control panel. Head into your power options and on the left you should see two options: Plugged In and On Battery. When you're about to game, head into both and set them to Maximum Performance. When doing regular tasks and/or you want longer battery, set it back to either Balanced or Power Saver mode. Also if it is there disable Extended Battery Life for Gaming; enable it if you're going to game for a while without the charger.
Tip #3: Before starting a game, make sure close all other applications running, like Google Chrome, so that the game will receive more system resources. This is more helpful for the grey tablets as it only has 2 GB of memory, and Chrome uses a lot of system resources.
Tip #4: Obvious tip here, but lowering your settings to the absolute lowest will give you the best performance. It'll make the game look like garbage but gameplay will be more smooth. Reducing your resolution to a smaller number will make the game more uglier but also give a big frame boost. VSync, an option limits your FPS, may also be on, so disable that to as much frames as possible.
Tip #5: Set your game into Windowed Mode and right click on the Windows symbol at the bottom left corner. If your mouse cannot leave the game, then just Alt Tab out (click Alt and Tab at the same time). Open Task Manager once a menu of options appear and go into Details and find your game. Once you find your game, right click on it and set the priority to High. This will make your CPU work harder on the game.
Tip #6: Go into the search bar and type in %temp%. Click on the temp folder that appears. It will take you to a folder with files inside it. Delete everything inside the folder, as these files are not needed and just take up space. Deleting these files from the Recycle Bin, depending on how many files there were and how large they were, will give a performance boost and clean some storage.
Tip #7: If you can, keep your tablet plugged in and charging when playing. When playing on battery power, the tablet will try and conserve as much battery as possible, reducing performance. When plugged in, the laptop will switch to a higher performance mode, resulting in higher FPS.
Tip #4: Obvious tip here, but lowering your settings to the absolute lowest will give you the best performance. It'll make the game look like garbage but gameplay will be more smooth. Reducing your resolution to a smaller number will make the game more uglier but also give a big frame boost. VSync, an option limits your FPS, may also be on, so disable that to as much frames as possible.
Tip #5: Set your game into Windowed Mode and right click on the Windows symbol at the bottom left corner. If your mouse cannot leave the game, then just Alt Tab out (click Alt and Tab at the same time). Open Task Manager once a menu of options appear and go into Details and find your game. Once you find your game, right click on it and set the priority to High. This will make your CPU work harder on the game.
Tip #6: Go into the search bar and type in %temp%. Click on the temp folder that appears. It will take you to a folder with files inside it. Delete everything inside the folder, as these files are not needed and just take up space. Deleting these files from the Recycle Bin, depending on how many files there were and how large they were, will give a performance boost and clean some storage.
Tip #7: If you can, keep your tablet plugged in and charging when playing. When playing on battery power, the tablet will try and conserve as much battery as possible, reducing performance. When plugged in, the laptop will switch to a higher performance mode, resulting in higher FPS.