• Graphics,  Tutorial

    Setting up a gaming profile for your graphics card

    Introduction Laptops and sometimes desktop computers can have a graphics chip as well as a graphics card with dedicated memory. Games should always run on the card to make optimal use of the hardware and give you the best performance possible. Unfortunately that doesn’t work for every game automatically. Because of this it’s recommend to set up a gaming profile for them. Steps Depending on whether you own a Nvidia or a AMD card, the steps to set up a gaming profile differ. NVidia Make sure to install the newest graphics driver and the Nvidia control panel Right-click on your…

  • Graphics,  Tutorial

    Clean re-install of graphics drivers with Display Driver Uninstaller (DDU)

    It can happen that graphics drivers get so badly corrupted, that the installation routine of the software isn’t able to repair them. In that case it’s a good idea to do a clean re-install of the drivers. A great tool that can help you with this is DDU (Display Driver Uninstaller) Note: These instructions in this post are for NVIIDA Cards but the steps are the same for AMD or Intel Graphics Cards. All you have to change is the manufacturer in step 19. It’s best to print this instructions or have them open on a second device, as you need…