가장 기분 나쁜 감정 중 하나는 하고 싶은 새로운 게임이 이전 PC에서 실행될 수 없다는 사실을 알게 되는 것입니다.
가장 즉각적인 해결책은 하드웨어 업그레이드를 구입하는(purchase an upgrade to your hardware) 것이지만 예산이 문제인 경우 이 팁을 사용하여 마지막 단계에서 오래된 시스템을 최대한 활용할 수 있습니다.
한계 이해 및 그래픽 제한(Limit Graphics)
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시작하기 전에 기대치를 약간 줄이는 것이 매우 중요합니다. 로우엔드 PC에서 하이엔드 게임을 원활하게 플레이할 수 있는 핵은 없으므로 성능이 향상되는 한 약간의 희생을 감수해야 합니다.
오래된 PC가 높은 그래픽 설정에서 초당 60프레임의 속도로 최신 게임을 플레이할 것으로 기대한다면 온라인에서 최적화 해킹의 성배를 찾는 것은 무의미할 것입니다.
그러나 설정을 최대한 낮추고 이 가이드의 팁을 사용하면 재생 중인 게임에서 추가 프레임을 짜낼 수 있습니다.
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시작하려면 게임 내 설정을 낮추십시오. 보기에 좋지 않을 수 있지만 설정 메뉴의 모든 항목에서 '매우 낮음'을 선택하고 추가 효과를 끄는 것은 좋은 출발점입니다.
더 많은 프레임을 원하십니까? 해상도를 낮추는 것이 좋습니다. 그래픽 카드가 너무 오래된 경우 성능을 향상시키는 좋은 방법이 될 수 있습니다. 픽셀 수가 적으면 그래픽 카드에 가해지는 부담이 줄어듭니다. 그러나 단점은 눈에 더 많은 피로를 줄 수 있다는 것입니다.
게임 스트리밍 플랫폼 사용해보기
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최근 몇 년 동안 많은 프리미엄 게임 스트리밍 플랫폼이 등장했습니다. 이러한 플랫폼을 사용하면 클라우드의 고급 PC에서 스트리밍할 수 있습니다. 기본적으로 실제 PC의 성능과 기능이 컴퓨터로 직접 전송됩니다.
고속 인터넷 연결이 있고 구독료를 지불할 예산이 있다면 이 옵션을 적극 추천합니다. 저속 인터넷 연결을 사용하면 화면 찢어짐, 입력 지연 및 기타 문제가 발생합니다.
자신의 가상 컴퓨터에 액세스하려면 요금을 지불해야 합니다. 글을 쓰는 시점에서 이 분야에는 Shadow(– Shadow) 와 LiquidSky라는(LiquidSky) 두 개의 선도적인 회사가 있습니다.
LiquidSky 는 일회성 결제 또는 월별 요금을 부과하는 세 가지 가격 계층을 제공합니다. $14.99 초보자 패키지의 경우 25시간의 일회성 액세스와 자신의 가상 머신에 대한 200GB의 스토리지가 제공됩니다.
$29.99/월 프레스티지(Prestige) 구독은 매달 100시간의 게임 플레이와 500GB의 저장 공간을 제공합니다.
또한 월 $24.99의 연간 지불액이 있으며 1년에 1440시간과 750GB의 저장 공간이 제공됩니다.
Shadow 는 $35/월 구독을 제공하며 기본적으로 슈퍼 하이엔드 하드웨어가 있는 자신의 가상 PC에 무제한 액세스할 수 있습니다.
두 옵션 모두 고급 게임을 하고 싶을 때 잘 작동하지만 문제가 없는 것은 아닙니다. 게임(Game) 스트리밍은 여전히 새로운 기술이며 완벽하지 않습니다. 고속(15mbps+) 인터넷 연결이 있더라도 간헐적인 입력 지연 및 화면 끊김이 발생할 수 있습니다.
또한 두 플랫폼 모두 1년 동안 구독하면 자신의 PC용으로 괜찮은 중고 그래픽 카드나 프로세서를 구입하기에 충분할 것입니다.
백그라운드 앱 제한
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기존 PC를 계속 사용하고 구독료를 지불하고 싶지 않은 경우에도 성능을 개선하는 데 사용할 수 있는 몇 가지 방법이 있습니다.
이러한 방법 중 하나는 게임을 할 때 실행되는 백그라운드 앱을 제한하는 것입니다. 게임을 부팅하기 전에 작업 관리자를 열고 필요하지 않은 모든 것을 강제 종료하십시오. 여기에는 Google Chrome , Skype , Discord 또는 백그라운드에서 자동으로 실행되는 기타 앱이 포함될 수 있습니다.
이러한 각 프로그램은 비디오 게임을 하는 데 전용될 수 있는 소량의 하드 디스크, RAM 및 CPU 사용량을 차지합니다.(CPU)
Razer Cortex: 게임 부스터 사용해 보기
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Razer Cortex: Game Booster 는 게임용으로 PC를 최적화 하는 Razer 의 무료 소프트웨어입니다 . Razer Cortex 를 사용하면 백그라운드 프로세스 관리가 자동으로 수행됩니다.
게임을 플레이하기 전에 Razer Cortex 를 부팅하기만 하면 자동으로 시스템 리소스를 확보할 수 있습니다. Razer Cortex : Game Booster 는 또한 CPU가 최대 성능으로 실행되도록 하여 CPU를 최적화합니다.
Razer Cortex : Game Booster 를 사용하여 기적을 기대하지 마십시오 . 하지만 여전히 마지막 단계에서 제공한 조언을 자동으로 미세 관리하는 도구입니다.
낮은 그래픽 '해킹'을 찾으십시오.
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일부 게임에는 그래픽 품질을 더욱 낮추기 위해 편집할 수 있는 설정 파일이 있습니다. 예를 들어 그림자를 완전히 끄거나 텍스처 품질을 낮출 수 있습니다.
이것은 많은 경우에 게임을 끔찍하게 보이게 할 수 있으며 일부 그래픽 문제가 있을 수 있지만 고급 게임에서 더 많은 프레임을 얻는 훌륭한 방법이 될 수 있습니다.
Google 에서 '예제 게임 설정 조정'을 검색 하면 그러한 리소스가 있는지 확인할 수 있습니다.
모든 게임에 이와 같은 그래픽 조정 기능이 있는 것은 아니며 일부 개발자는 특히 멀티플레이어 게임인 경우 이러한 조정을 사용하지 않도록 적극적으로 권장합니다. 다른 플레이어나 개발자가 이러한 조정을 사용하기 전에 제공한 정보를 주의 깊게 읽는 것이 중요합니다.
하드웨어 오버클럭
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또 다른 가능한 방법은 그래픽 카드나 프로세서를 오버클럭하는 것입니다. 오버클럭킹은 클럭 속도를 더 높은 수준으로 높여 하드웨어를 과급합니다. 이렇게 하면 하드웨어 온도가 올라가므로 냉각이 적절한지 확인해야 합니다.
오버클럭을 할 때는 항상 조심해야 합니다. 여기에서 그래픽 카드를 안전하게 오버클럭하는 방법(full guide to overclocking your Graphics card safely here.) 에 대한 전체 가이드를 작성했습니다 .
결론
그것은 우리를 끝내게 합니다. 이 기사의 팁이 좋아하는 게임에서 더 나은 성능을 얻는 데 도움이 되기를 바랍니다.
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Best Ways To Play Games Smoothly On An Old PC
One of the worst feelings is finding out a new game you’re excited tо play can’t run on your old PC.
The most immediate solution would be to purchase an upgrade to your hardware, but when budget is a concern, you can use these tips to get the very most out of an old machine on its last legs.
Understand Your Limitations and Limit Graphics
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Before we get started, it’s very important that you taper your expectations a little bit. There’s no hack that will let you smoothly play high end games on a low end PC, so you’ll have to make some sacrifice as far as performance goes.
Your search for the holy grail of optimization hacks online is most likely going to be fruitless if you expect an old PC to play modern games at 60 frames per second on high graphics settings.
However, if you crank down the settings to the very lowest possible and use the tips in this guide, you may be able to squeeze some extra frames out of the game you are playing.
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To start with, turn down your in-game settings. It may not exactly look pretty, but choosing ‘very low’ on everything in the settings menu and turning off any extra effects is a great start point.
Want even more frames? Consider lowering your resolution. If your graphics card is too old, this can be a great way to improve performance. Fewer pixels will mean less strain on your graphics card. Although, the downside is it may mean more strain on your eyes.
Try a Game Streaming Platform
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In recent years, many premium game streaming platforms have cropped up. These platforms let you stream from a high end PC in the cloud. Essentially, you get the performance and functionality of a real PC beamed directly to your computer.
If you have a high speed internet connection and the budget to pay for a subscription, I’d highly recommend this option to you. With a low speed internet connection, you’ll notice screen tearing, input lag and other problems.
You’ll need to pay a fee to get access to your own virtual computer. As of writing, there are two leading companies in this space – Shadow and LiquidSky.
LiquidSky offers three pricing tiers that charge you either a one-time payment or a monthly fee. For the $14.99 beginner package, you get 25 hours of one-time access and 200GB of storage on your own virtual machine.
The $29.99/month Prestige subscription gets you 100 hours of gameplay each month and 500GB of storage.
There’s also a annual payment that works out at $24.99 per month and you get 1440 hours in the year and 750GB of storage.
Shadow offers a $35/month subscription and with that you essentially get unlimited access to your own virtual PC with super high end hardware.
Both options work well for when you want to play high end games, but they aren’t without their issues. Game streaming is still a new technology and it’s not perfect. Expect the occasional input delay and screen tearing, even if you do have a high speed (15mbps+) internet connection.
Also, a year’s worth of subscription on either platform would be enough to buy a decent second hand graphics card or processor for your own PC.
Limit Background Apps
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If you want to stay on your old PC and don’t want to pay for a subscription, there are still some methods you can use to improve your performance.
One such method involves limiting the background apps that run when you play games. Open up task manager before you boot up a game and force close everything you don’t need. This can include Google Chrome, Skype, Discord, or any other apps running silently in the background.
Each of these programs will take a small amount of hard disk, RAM and CPU usage that could otherwise be dedicated to playing your video games.
Try Razer Cortex: Game Booster
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Razer Cortex: Game Booster is a free software from Razer that optimizes your PC for gaming. With Razer Cortex, managing your background processes will be done automatically.
All you need to do is boot up Razer Cortex before playing a game and you’ll be able to automatically free up your system resources. Razer Cortex: Game Booster also optimizes your CPU by ensuring it runs at max performance.
Don’t expect any miracles by using Razer Cortex: Game Booster but it is still a tool that automatically micromanages the advice we gave in the last step.
Look for Low Graphics ‘Hacks’
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Some games have settings files that you can edit to reduce the graphics quality even further. For example, you may be able to turn off shadows completely or reduce the texture quality.
This can make your game look terrible in many cases, and there may be some graphical issues, but it can be an excellent way to get more frames in high end games.
You can simply search ‘example game settings tweak’ on Google to find if there are any such resources out there.
Not all games will have graphics tweaks like this and some developers will actively discourage you from using these, especially if it is a multiplayer game. It’s important that you carefully read through any information other players or the developers have given about using such tweaks before using them for yourself.
Overclock your Hardware
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Another possible avenue to take is to overclock your graphics card or processor. Overclocking super-charges your hardware by increasing the clock speed to higher levels. This will increase the temperature of your hardware, so you’ll need to ensure your cooling is adequate.
You must always be careful when overclocking. We wrote a full guide to overclocking your Graphics card safely here.
Conclusion
That brings us to an end. We hope that the tips in this article will help you to get better performance in your favorite games.
Everybody’s situation is different, so some of these tips may work better on your machine than others. If you need any more specific advice about your particular system, please leave a comment and I will be happy to help.