The following are steps that may help you to improve your experience in BRINK. Each step should be tested in isolation from other steps for a few minutes of gameplay to get an accurate picture of the differences.

Network Optimization

• Try pausing any downloads that are running in the background
  
• Try closing/pausing any other network-dependant applications that are running in the background (e.g. Skype/TeamSpeak/Ventrilo/Mumble/Steam Voice Chat, Spotify/Grooveshark, Youtube)

CPU Optimization

• Try closing any programs that are running in the background
  
• Try lowering texture quality in the BRINK Video menus

Graphics Optimization

• Update to the latest graphics drivers
  
• Disable Catalyst A.I. in AMD Catalyst Control Center
  
• Ensure multi-sampling is disabled in your graphics driver
  
• Ensure anisotropic texturing is disabled in your graphics driver
  
• Try forcing triple-buffering in your graphics driver (this will also increase video latency)
  
• Rename autoexec.cfg in \...\userdata\#user#\22350\local\base to autoexec.cfg.backup
  
• Disable any third-party software other than Steam that draws an overlay on-screen (e.g. Mumble)
  
• Disable any third-party software that interfaces with your graphics card (e.g. RadeonPro)
  
• Try disabling any third-party plugins that alter variables in the game (e.g. Brink Configurator, BRINKKIT)
  
• Ensure ui_fov is set to 70 (higher field of views will render more game objects at once)
  
• Turn settings to Lowest in the BRINK Video menus, then turn them back up one by one until you find a happy medium
  
• Lower your resolution in the BRINK Video menus until you find a happy medium between performance and fidelity
  
• Reset your graphics card to its default settings