Games on myByways

Updating CrossOver to GamePorting Toolkit 3.0

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The current version of CrossOver 25.1.1 utilizes with Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit 2.1. Here is how to update it to use Game Porting Toolkit 3.0 (GPTK), released (updated) on 5 December 2025, which emulates NVIDIA DLSS with MetalFX!

RTSS layout for Cyberpunk 2077

Sun, 13 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

I recently posted about configuring RTSS to overlay CPU and GPU information on games in Windows 10. Here is my setup for Cyberpunk 2077, so that I can keep an eye on my framerates (when testing the plethora of graphics settings), CPU / GPU / RAM utilization and temperatures.

Cyberpunk 2077 settings for RTX 2060 @ 1080p

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000

I though I’d quickly post my Cyberpunk 20774 settings running on a Nvidia RTX 2060 at 1080p (920×1080). The default Cyberpunk Ray Tracing Medium preset results in low frame rates and rather blur graphics, although all effects are enabled.

Originally written with v1.04, but updated for version 1.05+

CPU and GPU Monitoring Overlay for Gaming

Thu, 26 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0000

On my new Windows 10 desktop I wanted an on-screen display (OSD) of system performance overlay while gaming - similar those benchmarking videos one finds on YouTube. While I don’t overclock my CPU or GPU, I still do want to know the utilization and temperatures, as these give me a hint as to whether the system is thermal throttled or bottlenecked.