GamerTuneGame on. Monitoring off.
Monitoring pauses entirely during fullscreen and borderless games, and benchmarks including 3DMark, Cinebench, and Geekbench. No polling or automatic settings changes interfere while you play or measure performance.
Windows gaming, kept in check
Your settings.
Back in sync.
GamerTune watches your Windows 11 gaming settings, detects drift, and restores your preferences in one click.
- Windows 11
- .NET 8
- MIT
- ~17 MB RAM in tray
- VirusTotal-scanned
- OpenSSF Scorecard
Settings drift detected
Status dashboard
Spot the change. Take back control. Select image to enlarge.29+settings monitored
~34 msCPU / 30-second check
~17 MBRAM in tray
A confession
Yes, “GamerTune” is a terrible name.
Naming isn’t my strong suit — I’m a much better developer than I am a namer. The app, though, is genuinely, extremely useful. Think you can do better? Suggest a better name →
The control surface
Stay tuned.
Without the busywork.
Know what changed, choose what matters, and keep your Windows gaming settings where you want them.
01 / Status
Catch changes before your next game.
Windows and driver updates can silently turn HDR off or reset your refresh rate. The Status dashboard detects settings drift and groups it by section, so you can see what changed without checking every Windows menu.
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02 / Gaming
Fix drift once. Or keep it fixed.
Use Monitor to choose what GamerTune watches, Want to set your preference, and Auto-apply to keep that individual setting correct automatically. Auto-apply is opt-in and off by default. Prefer to decide each time? Review staged changes and fix drift in one click with Apply.
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03 / General
Start with a preset. Stay in control.
Three presets give you a starting point across every tab. Every change is reversible and logged, so you can experiment and retrace your steps.
- Apply recommended The safe preset
- Apply extreme Every tweak
- Reset all to defaults Return to Windows defaults
04 / Display
Keep the display you paid for in tune.
Track HDR, refresh rate, resolution, and Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR) per display. See when your configuration changes and restore your preferences, so a driver update does not leave you playing at the wrong refresh rate.
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05 / Services
Choose which services are ready to run.
A curated Windows services catalog puts Default, Manual, and Disabled choices in one place. Review each service and choose its startup behavior, with a way back to the Windows default.
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06 / Windows Ai
Make Windows AI a deliberate choice.
Policy toggles for Copilot and Recall let you choose how Windows AI features are configured. Keep those preferences alongside your other settings, so you can review privacy choices without hunting through Windows menus.
Select image to enlargeThe 29+ Windows 11 gaming settings GamerTune monitors
Bring display, security, performance, capture, input, privacy/telemetry, network latency, system tuning, and Windows services into one place. See current values, Windows defaults, and recommendations before deciding what to change.
- Display
- HDR, refresh rate, resolution, and Dynamic Refresh Rate, tracked per display.
- Security
- Memory Integrity and other virtualization-based security (VBS) trade-offs, with the performance cost in view.
- Performance
- Power plans, CPU tuning, and system responsiveness.
- Capture
- Xbox Game Bar and background game captures.
- Input
- Latency-related input settings.
- Privacy & telemetry
- Advertising ID, activity history, cross-device sharing, and Windows AI policy toggles such as Copilot and Recall.
- Network latency
- Network Throttling, Nagle’s algorithm, and NIC power management — including the contested tweaks, flagged as such.
- System tuning
- Broader system-level settings that shape responsiveness.
- Windows services
- A curated catalog with a Default, Manual, or Disabled choice per service.
Room for your games.
GamerTune uses about 17 MB of RAM in the tray (38 MB committed), less than a single web browser tab, and about 0.1% of one CPU core. Keep your settings in view with a tiny footprint.
Familiar. And up to date.
Native Windows 11 Fluent design with light, dark, and system themes fits your desktop. Auto-update checks GitHub Releases on startup and lets you install the latest build in one click.
A closed loop
Detect → Decide → Apply & verify
- 01
Detect
Check for drift on a 30 s poll. Monitoring pauses during games and benchmarks.
- 02
Decide
You choose what to monitor and whether to enable auto-apply, setting by setting.
- 03
Apply & verify
Apply the change and read the value back. Before, target, and after values are logged.
What you can do
Windows 11 gaming optimization, your way
Real tasks, phrased the way you search for them — each tied to a setting GamerTune actually manages. No magic FPS boost, just correct, established tweaks kept in place.
- Optimize Windows 11 for gaming
- Bring display, performance, input, network, privacy, and services into one surface, then apply established tweaks and keep them correct after updates.
- Debloat and remove Windows AI
- Turn off ads, nags, and silent app installs, and disable Copilot, Recall, and related Windows AI with reversible policy toggles. Set unwanted background services to Manual or Disabled, and optionally take the one-way removal of Microsoft’s AI packages (such as Microsoft.Copilot) — a separate step that cannot be undone.
- Tune CPU power plans
- Pick the right power plan and core-parking for your chip — the X3D-aware choice for parts like the Ryzen 7 7800X3D, not a blind High Performance plan.
- Cut input latency and network lag
- Review latency-related input settings and the contested network tweaks — Nagle’s algorithm, Network Throttling, and NIC power management — each flagged for what it does.
- Stop HDR and refresh rate resetting
- Track HDR, refresh rate, resolution, and Dynamic Refresh Rate (DRR) per display, and restore them when a driver or feature update changes them.
- Curate Windows services
- A curated services catalog with a Default, Manual, or Disabled choice per service, and a way back to the Windows default.
- Disable telemetry and the advertising ID
- Turn off the advertising ID, activity history, and cross-device sharing, and keep those privacy choices from drifting back.
Inspectable and reversible
Security.
Your trust matters.
GamerTune asks to change your Windows settings. You should be able to inspect how it works, understand the access it needs, and undo every change.
That is why the source, release checks, and change records are available for you to examine.
Inspect the sourceUser mode, not the kernel
GamerTune runs in user mode with no kernel drivers, hooks, or DPC callbacks. It does not install a component inside the Windows kernel to monitor your settings.
Windows asks before elevated changes
System-wide (HKLM) changes go through an elevated helper that shows a standard Windows User Account Control (UAC) prompt. Per-user changes are direct. You can see when a change requires administrator access.
Undo it. Check it yourself.
Every change is reversible and written to a change log with before, target, and after values, plus a copy-paste verify command. You can inspect what actually changed and verify it independently.
Release and project checks
Each release is scanned on VirusTotal, and the project runs OpenSSF Scorecard. These provide malware scan results and checks of project security practices for you to review.
Source you can inspect and rebuild
Open source under the MIT license, with reproducible, deterministic builds. You can inspect the code and reproduce a build to check that the download matches its source.
One network exception
The app makes no network calls except the GitHub Releases update check. Your settings monitoring stays on your PC.
Questions
FAQ
Honest answers about access, safety, performance, and updates.
How do I optimize Windows 11 for gaming?
Start from GamerTune's recommended preset, then review each setting's current value, Windows default, and recommendation before applying. GamerTune applies established latency and performance tweaks and keeps them correct after updates; it does not promise magic FPS gains.
Does GamerTune debloat Windows 11 and remove bloatware?
Yes, in the debloat sense. GamerTune turns off ads, suggestion cards, and silent app installs with reversible policy changes, curates Windows services so you can set unwanted ones to Manual or Disabled, and disables Windows AI features such as Copilot and Recall. It also offers an optional, one-way removal of Microsoft’s own AI packages — such as Microsoft.Copilot and the Microsoft 365 Copilot launcher — which cannot be undone. It targets Windows’ built-in AI and promotional bloat, not uninstalling your own apps.
Can it disable Copilot and Recall?
Yes. The Windows AI tab has reversible policy toggles for Copilot, Recall, and related features, so you can turn them off and keep that choice from drifting back after a Windows update. It also offers an optional, one-way removal of the underlying AI packages (such as Microsoft.Copilot) — a separate, deliberate step that cannot be undone.
What is the best power plan for gaming (for example a Ryzen 7 7800X3D)?
There is no single best plan. GamerTune helps you pick the right power plan and CPU core-parking for your hardware — the X3D-aware choice for chips like the Ryzen 7 7800X3D rather than a blind High Performance plan, which can hurt more than it helps on those parts.
How do I reduce input latency and network lag on Windows 11?
GamerTune surfaces latency-related input settings and the contested network tweaks — Nagle's algorithm, Network Throttling, and NIC power management — with each flagged for what it does, so you can apply the ones that fit your setup and reverse them if needed.
Is GamerTune free?
Yes. GamerTune is free and open source under the MIT license, with no paid tier.
Does it change my settings without asking?
No. Changes are staged so you review them before clicking Apply. Per-setting auto-apply is opt-in, off by default.
Is it safe, and what access does it need?
GamerTune runs in user mode with no kernel hooks, drivers, or process spawning for reads. Writes to HKLM go through an elevated helper you approve with UAC. Every change is reversible and logged, every release is scanned on VirusTotal, tracked with an OpenSSF Scorecard, and built reproducibly.
Will it hurt my game performance?
No. Polling pauses entirely during fullscreen and borderless games and benchmarks. In the tray GamerTune uses about 17 MB of RAM (38 MB committed), less than a single web browser tab, and about 34 ms of CPU per 30-second check (about 0.1% of one core). Every figure is measured on each build.
Does it work on Windows 10?
No. GamerTune supports Windows 11 only for now.
How do updates work?
GamerTune checks GitHub Releases on startup and installs the latest build in one click.
How do I verify my download?
Each release links its VirusTotal scans, and builds are reproducible and deterministic so you can confirm what you run matches the source.