You can boost Windows 11 performance by disabling visual effects, known officially as “Animation Effects”. These take the form of onscreen elements such as drop shadows, various animations and tweaked fonts (Microsoft’s goal being to make its operating system’s user interface more accessible/pop more). If you’re working on quite a basic PC or laptop though, the price of these animation effects can be a little too high.
Thankfully Windows 11 visual effects aren’t mandatory — if you know what you’re doing they are easy to disable. The process of turning them off takes less than 60 seconds and depending on your level of hardware, you may enjoy an instant, easy to appreciate uptick in visual performance. This may take the form of your monitor’s refresh rate looking smoother or even a boost while playing some of the best PC games, if your GPU or CPU isn’t exactly cutting edge.
