Published Apr 25, 2026, 5:00 PM EDT Gaming has been Samarveer’s greatest passion, and the Literature graduate in him takes immense joy in dissecting games for their themes, messages, and impact. Samarveer holds a deep appreciation of gaming, and considers the platform to be the most immersive and impactful across all media. He can be found engaging with gaming communities online, always ready to debate the finer points of ray tracing or itching to write an 8-page collegiate thesis on any game that impacts him emotionally. Summary I cap FPS slightly below refresh rate and use G-Sync/FreeSync to keep frametimes steady. I increase shader cache to ~10GB and enable background shader compilation to cut stutter. I undervolt to stabilize clocks, keep VRAM headroom, and lower textures before chasing higher FPS. For the longest time, I chased higher FPS like it was the only metric that mattered. If the number in the corner kept climbing, I assumed everything was working as intended.…