--- title: Your GPU doesn't need help hitting high FPS, it needs... description: Chasing high FPS numbers often masks underlying performance inconsistencies. Key strategies for smoother gaming include capping FPS slightly below your... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/your-gpu-doesn-t-need-help-hitting-high-fps-it-needs-help-staying-consistent-v6fc94ncu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Your GPU doesn't need help hitting high FPS, it needs help staying consistent | daily.dev og:description: Chasing high FPS numbers often masks underlying performance inconsistencies. Key strategies for smoother gaming include capping FPS slightly below your... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/your-gpu-doesn-t-need-help-hitting-high-fps-it-needs-help-staying-consistent-v6fc94ncu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/V6FC94NCu.png og:image:alt: Your GPU doesn't need help hitting high FPS, it needs help staying consistent og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Your GPU doesn't need help hitting high FPS, it needs help staying consistent **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Chasing high FPS numbers often masks underlying performance inconsistencies. Key strategies for smoother gaming include capping FPS slightly below your monitor's refresh rate and pairing it with G-Sync or FreeSync, increasing the Nvidia shader cache to around 10GB to reduce stutter, undervolting the GPU with tools like MSI Afterburner to stabilize clock speeds and lower temperatures, and keeping VRAM usage in check to avoid hitching. The core argument is that headroom and consistency in frametimes matter more than peak FPS numbers. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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