These are my top 9 tips to improve your gaming
laptop that you need to know about, oh and you don’t want to miss the secret 10th tip
at the end! 1. An external screen can boost FPS in games
by 17% on average! This only applies to laptops that use optimus,
so if Intel or AMD integrated graphics show in task manager. 2. Raise the back of your laptop up a bit, the
intake fans underneath can get more air and this can lower temperatures and increase performance. A cooling pad with fans should do a bit better
if you've got more space. 3. Plug into wall power for best performance
and battery longevity. Many laptops perform much worse on battery
power, and needlessly going through recharge and discharge cycles continuously is a good
way to reduce the battery lifespan. 4. Limit battery charge level. Although I think you should plug in where
possible, staying at 100% charge all the time is bad for the battery. Many modern gaming laptops will let you limit
the charge level. If you do use the battery often I would just
let it charge to 100%, but if you’re on wall power mostly then consider a lower charge
limit. 5. Increase battery life. If you do need to run on battery, then consider
lowering the screen brightness as much as practical. If you’ve got a higher refresh rate gaming
panel, turn it down to 60Hz. If you’ve got a MUX switch make sure you’re
using optimus. Turn off or lower any other lighting, set
a lower performance mode, and customize the power settings in Windows. Undervolting may help too. 6. Performance tuning. Undervolting and overclocking are good options
to squeeze out extra performance from your gaming laptop. Undervolting can also lower temperatures as
you’re using less power. 7. Use dual channel memory. Put simply, if your gaming laptop has two
memory slots but you only have one memory stick, you're leaving performance on the table. 8. Calibrate the screen so colors look better. This requires a physical tool that's probably
not worth buying unless you’re a professional creator, but you can try and download an ICC
profile for your screen model that might be better than nothing - assuming your laptop
didn’t already come calibrated from the factory. 9. Change thermal paste. It depends on what sort of paste was used
at the factory, but often swapping to a more premium paste can lower CPU and GPU temperatures
by a few degrees, and if your gaming laptop’s thermal throttling, that will boost performance. And as a bonus, number 10 - perhaps most importantly
of all, make sure your RGB lighting is on for an FPS boost in games, or if RGB isn’t
your thing then set all the lighting to red so it will run faster. Alright maybe forget tip number 10. I’ve covered many of these topics in this
video in more depth in the videos linked down in the description if you need more details,
and let me know if you’ve got any more tips for gaming laptop owners down in the comments.