You will want to mess around with the speed settings for the pointer to reach a comfortable configuration.

Choose Change the mouse pointer display or speed.

Changing this option will make your mouse more accurate in games, particularly ones that require aiming like first-person shooters (FPS). Windows has a feature called mouse acceleration that causes your mouse to move not only based on physical movement detection and measurements but on speed, too. If you’re an AMD user, you’ll first need to enable FreeSync through your monitor’s on-screen. This will prevent Steam from updating games while you're playing. 9 hours ago &0183 &32 Microsoft is once again hard at work on building out a 'modern' version of Windows. G-SYNC Shortcut: Right-click the desktop -> Nvidia Control Panel -> Display -> Set up G-SYNC.

Uncheck Allow downloads during gameplay.

Titles like Stellaris allow you to revert to older versions if you're not a fan of current changes.

This relies on the game developer releasing specific versions and keeping them available on Steam.

Opt-in to a specific version using the drop-down menu.

A new update could break things, even in a vanilla game, which is why some people hold off updating before others have reported everything to be OK. Press the Start button and search for Graphics Settings Then click to turn on Hardware-accelerated GPU Scheduling Scroll down and view the settings for 'graphics performance preference' from there. If you run a modded installation for, say, The Elder Scrolls Skyrim you will want to keep to a version you know works.

Just like Windows, there are times when updates in Steam can really mess with your gaming experience.

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