PC gaming is huge right now, with more and more people opting to build their own computers for the best performance possible. However, this can be an expensive venture, with top components costs hundreds, if not thousands of pounds. An Intel Core i9-9900K, for instance, can cost upwards of £500 alone.
But, while you’re tinkering with your hardware and awaiting your upgrades, you can turn to another far less strenuous form of PC gaming that has taken the world by storm. Online slot games are incredibly diverse and absurdly available online, with the most-searched-for slots in the UK, such as Mega Moolah and Reel King, being very light and easy to run on almost any PC.
But, to ensure that your online slots gaming isn’t infringed by poor performance, slow graphics, or freezing, here are some tips to optimise your PC.
The minimum requirements
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As is the case with every game or program running on a PC, there are minimum requirements which need to be met. As shown by in-depth casino and slots review site bestonlineslots.co.uk, Microgaming is one of the best online slot game developers, boasting one of the top-four slot games right now with Game of Thrones. To run games created by Microgaming, you’ll need at least 128 MB of system memory, 500 MB of available hard drive space, 32 MB of video memory, and 800×600 in video resolution.
So, as you can see, the top games require very little to play despite the array of animations and special features that many of them boast. Some games from other providers may require as much as 64 MB of RAM and 50 MB of free hard drive space, but as even Apple’s MacBook Air comes with 4 GB of RAM and most systems start at 8 GB, per extremetech.com, you’ll struggle to find a PC that can’t handle the requirements of slot games.
But, an important factor that may infringe those living in less-connected parts of the world, or have put a high demand on their usage, is connection speed of the internet. But, then again, even the extensive games from Microgaming, and other top providers like NetEnt only need a baseline of 56 Kbps.
Also, you won’t need to worry about forking out for a top new graphics card as even those which feature images and animations from movies, such as Jurassic Park and Jurassic World, will be able to run perfectly fine on an industry-standard graphics card.
Cutting processes to speed up gameplay
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Regardless of the hardware within your PC, there’s a chance that the process of loading an online slot game, be it via the downloaded software or within an internet browser, will be slow. This is quite possibly because you have too many processes running at once. As explained by lifewire.com, one of the fastest ways to up the performance of your PC is to go into Task Manager and stop all of the unnecessary processes and programs.
By pressing Ctrl + Alt + Delete, you can select Task Manager to see all of the programs and processes running on your PC. Then, by pressing ‘More details,’ you can see how much of your CPU, memory, disk, network and GPU each is taking up. All that you need to do is scroll down, identify those that you deem to be unnecessary, right-click, and then select ‘End Task’. When doing this, try to avoid ending Windows processes and stick to stopping programs/apps and background processes.
If it’s your internet connection that’s going a bit slow, try to reduce the number of programs drawing large amounts, such as large downloads and streaming platforms.
Time for some PC spring cleaning
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If your computer has good enough specs but is still running slow after closing some other running programs, you may want to consider deleting some items. Your first step should be to empty your recycling bin as the initial press of delete doesn’t actually remove the item from your PC. Next, run through your installed programs and see if there are any that you no longer use, take up more space than they’re worth, or maybe that you didn’t know were installed while you were installing something else.
The glory of online slot games is that require very little to run to their full potential, meaning that almost any modern PC can deliver you the full experience with ease. But, if your PC is running a bit slow, be sure to stop any unnecessary background programs and then, if that doesn’t work, scrub your computer of the installations that you don’t need.
