

Animations/visuals for Windows are a fairly outdated thing to worry about with modern hardware, and if you're in a full-screen game anyway they won't make a difference. I think "Update drivers" and "Manage Steam automatic updates" are the only two things to really consider here. You will want to mess around with the speed settings for the pointer to reach a comfortable configuration.

Who'd have thought that you could so much to improve gaming performance on a laptop computer? While most apply purely to Windows laptops some tips can be transferred to equivalent settings on macOS and Linux.

Now You Know How to Improve Laptop Performance for Gaming
