Optimising BlueStacks for better performance

You just installed BlueStacks and you want to know how to optimize your Android emulator? To get the best possible performance, follow the guide!
In this article, I will show you all the points you can improve. I explain how to configure the emulator to increase its performance and play with better graphics!

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1. Enable hardware-assisted virtualisation

Enabling assisted virtualization is the most important thing you can do to optimize BlueStacks and get better performance. You should get a warning message if it is not enabled on your PC:

Before going any further, check that your processor allows it with these 2 tools:

• INTEL virtualization detection tool ;
• AMD virtualisation detection tool.

If your processor supports virtualisation, then you can boost the performance of your emulator ! To do this, you need to restart your computer and access your BIOS at startup:

• for Asus: F2 ;
• for Acer: F2 ;
• for HP: Escape.

This may vary between PC models and brands, but common keys are : F2, escape or del.

Once you are in the BIOS, you need to enable virtualisation. Here is an example for an Asus BIOS:

Note that you will probably not have this layout for your BIOS but the principle remains the same. Once you have enabled virtualisation, simplysave your changes and reboot your PC.

2. Antivirus and virtualisation: not a good match!

In some cases, your antivirus software can degrade the performance of your virtualization. The antivirus that causes the most problems for the BlueStacks emulator is Avast Antivirus because of one of its settings.

To disable this setting and optimize BlueStacks, go to the avast Menu (top right) and then to Avast Settings :

Then, in General > Troubleshooting, uncheck "Enable hardware support for virtualisation".

There you go, you should have no more problems between Avast and BlueStacks!

3. Disable other virtualization software

If you are a fan of virtualisation software such as VirtualBox, Hyper-V or VMWare, you may experience conflicts and performance losses.

To fix this, simply disable other virtualization software in the Windows settings:

Next, simply uncheck the software you are using. For the Windows virtualisation service, uncheck Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform and Windows Hypervisor Platform (only 1 or 2 of the above settings will be present depending on your Windows version).

4. Accelerate BlueStacks performance by managing power

Manufacturers usually put your computers on a "Normal Use" or "Power Save" power supply. To increase the performance of BlueStacks, you can switch your power supply to "High Performance".
To do this, go to your power settings and check the box below:

A quick tip to access these settings is to click on the Windows key + R and then enter powercfg.cpl.

5. Improving your PC

If you have a PC that is not powerful enough, this can cause problems for BlueStacks. To fix this, you can upgrade your PC by changing the CPU or adding more RAM for example.

I invite you to respect at least the system requirements of BlueStacks for your emulator to work properly.

Personally, I advise you to have at least 8GB of RAM and toallocate at least 4GB of RAM to BlueStacks. Of course, I also advise you to keep your system and drivers up to date!

And that's where this article ends. I hope I've helped you with this BlueStacks performance optimization and that you're now ready to play in the best possible conditions! 😄

If you really can't get BlueStacks to work properly, I invite you to try another one by choosing from our top of the best Android emulators for PC.

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