NOVA finds the Windows, driver, BIOS and controller settings holding your games back, fixes them in one click, and measures the difference on your own PC.
Click anything: this is the real interface, running in your browser. Nothing here touches your PC. Full screen →
Most "FPS boosters" flip switches and hope. NOVA shows you what's wrong first, then gives you the tools to see what changed.
The Checkup reads your hardware, BIOS settings, drivers and Windows setup, scores your PC and lists exactly what's costing you frames and latency.
Apply the recommended set in one click, or pick tweaks one by one. Each is backed up first, explained in plain English and rated by how well it's proven.
Capture real frame times in your game, run the latency benchmark and compare before and after. If Windows quietly undoes a tweak later, NOVA tells you.
Independent tests of settings NOVA checks or warns about. These aren't NOVA's own runs, and your PC will differ, which is why NOVA lets you measure your own before and after.
DDR5-6000 CL30 against DDR5-4800 JEDEC (no XMP/EXPO), both 2×16 GB, on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D with an RTX 4090. Averages were within about 1.5% across eight games at 1080p, and TechPowerUp puts part of Elden Ring's spread down to traversal stutter.
NOVA The Checkup reads whether XMP / EXPO is on and shows the BIOS steps for your board.
TechPowerUp ↗+2.7% average FPS, for 24% more CPU power, on a Ryzen 7 9800X3D with an RTX 5090. TechPowerUp measured 0–1% on the same chip.
NOVA Lists it in the BIOS guide with the trade-offs: the power, the stability testing and AMD's warranty terms.
Tom's Hardware ↗33–50% slower after Windows update KB5066835 on a 9800X3D with an RTX 5090. NVIDIA's driver 581.94 fixed it.
NOVA Warns when your PC has a known update or driver problem like this one, and says how to fix it.
Digital Foundry, via Notebookcheck ↗Lower 1% lows in the two CPU-bound games of three on a Ryzen 5 5600: 47.9 → 42.3 FPS in 007 First Light with Game Mode on. Warzone's rose. Earlier tests found it helps when something heavy runs in the background.
NOVA Rates Game Mode B and tells you to test it per game with Proof mode, rather than calling it a boost.
MakeUseOf ↗Figures as published by each source. Some are reported secondhand, as marked. NOVA's own measurements will appear here once they're done.
Before and after NOVA on one real PC, with a frame counter on screen. Drag across the screenshot to compare. Your gain depends on how your PC is set up today.
Pick any of NOVA's 165 tweaks. You'll see the registry values it writes, how well its effect is proven and where that evidence comes from. Nothing is hidden behind "optimize".
Generated from the app's own tweak table. The full list, with search → · Tweaks we leave out, and why →
Windows, drivers, BIOS settings, controllers and your connection, tuned from one place.
XMP / EXPO, Resizable BAR, Secure Boot, microcode, drivers and what other tools left behind, with what to do about each.
Low latency, shader cache and G-SYNC done right on NVIDIA, plus power, clocks and a fan curve with a stability test. AMD Radeon and Intel Arc settings in beta.
A wired DualSense sends 250 readings a second. With NOVA's polling overclock, ours sent about 1,000 new readings a second (in 8,000 USB reports), measured live, with drift and deadzone tests.
A live game-connection monitor with route trace, a lag-under-load test and game traffic priority. Clears junk and shader caches, and fixes standby-memory stutter.
Finds your games on eight launchers, applies per-game settings each time they run and puts the PC back when you close them.
Every change records the original value first. Undo one setting, a whole session or everything, from History.
Search, filter by category and see the exact values each tweak writes before you turn it on.
Check your games' anti-cheat and tournament rules before overclocking a controller; one click puts it back to stock.
The internet is full of "gaming tweaks" that do nothing, or worse. NOVA labels each one with the evidence behind it, so you decide what's worth it. The myths we don't do →
| Tier | Means | In NOVA |
|---|---|---|
| A Lab-tested | Independent benchmarks across many games and PCs | – tweaks |
| B Measured | Measured by one lab, reviewer or tool maker | – tweaks |
| C Documented | How it works is documented; the gain depends on your PC | – tweaks |
| D Unmeasured | No independent measurement: test it on your PC first | – tweaks |
| – No claim | Comfort, privacy or tidiness: no performance claim at all | – tweaks |
Most boosters are a big button and a promise. Here's what NOVA does differently, and where on this page you can check it.
NOVAWhat undo can't bring back: files Clean-up deletes (it lists them and asks first, and warns before emptying the Recycle Bin), and changes you make yourself in the BIOS. The controller overclock goes back to stock in one click.
Big tweak counts are easy: most of any list is privacy, debloat and preference switches. Ask two things: how many are for performance, and who measured them.
NOVA's counts come from the app's own tweak table and its A–D ratings. Theirs come from their public tweak library ↗: 66 of 402 are labelled Performance, and 18 of those carry their "Strong" evidence label, which they define as documented by Microsoft or consistently measurable. Their scale isn't ours, so we show it as documented, not measured.
Comparing tools? NOVA next to Hone, Nexus Tweaks and ExitLag →
Pick your parts. NOVA adapts to each CPU, GPU and controller instead of throwing the same tweaks at every PC.
Verified buyers' reviews, shown as written. More on Trustpilot ↗
Not sure yet? Start free. Without a key, NOVA runs the Checkup, the benchmarks, Proof mode and the network tests on your own PC, and changes nothing. A license adds the fixes, in the same app.
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The things people ask before buying. Something else? Ask us, or browse help.
Yes. Download NOVA and run it without a key: the Checkup, the benchmarks, Proof mode, the network tests and the BIOS guide all work, and none of them change your PC. A license adds the fixes: the tweaks and presets, one-click optimization, Game Boost and Autopilot, graphics tuning and the controller overclock. You activate it in the same app, with nothing to reinstall. Without a key NOVA can still undo anything it changed before.
Yes. Windows shows that for new apps it hasn't seen many times yet. Click More info, then Run anyway. If your PC has Smart App Control turned on, there's no Run anyway button; contact support and we'll sort it out. How to check your download is ours →
No. NOVA never asks you to turn off Microsoft Defender, SmartScreen or any antivirus, and none of its tweaks touch them. If another tool switched part of Defender off, the Checkup says so and can put Windows' own setting back. Be wary of any optimizer that asks you to disable your antivirus first.
NOVA only changes Windows, driver, device and in-game settings, the same ones you can change yourself in Settings, your graphics control panel or the game's own menu. It never modifies a game's program files or runs inside a game, unless you add ReShade to a game yourself. Check first that the game allows ReShade: NOVA says which games it has checked, and won't add it to the games ReShade itself refuses because they ban it. The one thing to keep in mind is the optional controller and mouse polling overclock: it installs a signed USB filter driver, and some anti-cheat systems and tournament rules restrict drivers or modified input devices. Check your games' rules before overclocking; one click puts the device back to stock. What each anti-cheat needs, and how NOVA stays out of games →
Yes. NOVA backs up every setting before changing it. Switch any tweak off to restore its original value, or undo any change, or everything, from the History page. It can also create a Windows restore point before one-click optimization.
It depends on how your PC is set up today. A PC with XMP off, the monitor at 60 Hz or background recorders running gains a lot; a PC that's already tuned gains less. That's why NOVA shows what's holding your PC back first, and lets you capture frame times in your own games before and after.
Yes. NOVA detects your processor and adapts: on dual-CCD Ryzen X3D chips it leaves the power plan, core parking and Game Bar alone so AMD's cache scheduling keeps working, and checks that AMD's V-Cache driver is running. It checks Intel hybrid CPUs (12th gen and newer) are on Windows 11 so games stay on the performance cores, and reads Intel 13th/14th-gen microcode. Older Intel and Ryzen CPUs get the same Windows, power, network and input tweaks.
No. Most of NOVA works on any PC, and the analyzer checks NVIDIA, AMD and Intel cards. AMD Radeon (Anti-Lag, FreeSync) and Intel Arc (low latency) driver settings are in beta; power limit, clock presets and the fan curve currently need an NVIDIA card.
Open your account and sign in with the email you bought with and your password, your license key, or a code we email you. You can make a password there for next time. Your key, your PCs and the latest download are all there. The key is also in your purchase email.
Each license works on one PC at a time. Move it from Settings › License in the app, or free the old PC from your account if it's gone, then activate on the new one. Reinstalling Windows on the same PC doesn't use up anything.
Yes. NOVA checks for new versions and installs them from Settings › Updates. Every update is signed, so NOVA only installs updates that really come from us. Your settings, tweaks and license stay as they are.
Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit, and an administrator account (NOVA changes system settings).
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