How to Improve Performance on Your Xbox

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You can’t upgrade your Xbox like you can a PC, but that doesn’t mean you can’t improve your experience. Here are some tips for squeezing as much performance as possible from Microsoft’s home consoles.

Ditch Wi-Fi and Use Ethernet Instead

Unlike the PlayStation 5 which supports the faster Wi-Fi 6 wireless protocol, the Xbox Series X and S consoles are stuck with a Wi-Fi 5. This might just be the most disappointing thing about the modern Xbox and it can really limit download speeds and Remote Play performance.

Assuming your internet speed surpasses the speed of your wireless connection, Ethernet could be the answer. I’m used to seeing the Xbox Series X top out at about 150 Mbps on a 1 Gbps connection, even though the console has a line of sight to the router (and that’s using a 5 GHz wireless band).

The good news is that the Xbox Series X and S have gigabit Ethernet ports. Upgrading to a wired connection will vastly improve your download speeds, so you’ll spend less time waiting for downloads to complete. You’ll also avoid latency introduced by a congested wireless network.

Be aware that overall latency in games (also known as ping) might not improve dramatically when switching to a wired connection. Connection latency doesn’t necessarily improve when download speed improves. You can have a fast connection that takes a while to respond (4G and 5G mobile connections often have this problem).

If you can’t manage a wired connection, consider using the fastest possible wireless band available to you. For the Series X and S, that will be the 5 GHz band. Make sure that your router is as close as possible for best results. On top of this, you can manually pick a faster DNS server under Settings > General > Network settings > Advanced settings > DNS settings by choosing “Manual” when prompted.

Changing your DNS settings is unlike to have much of an effect on your overall Xbox network performance, but it’s probably not going to slow things down either.

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