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Windows 10 Making PC Gaming Worse, Microsoft Admits To Impacting Performance
If you’ve been recently facing some stuttering and performance drops while playing games on your Windows 10 PC, the reason may not be your hardware. Instead, Microsoft has admitted that their latest Creator’s Update for Windows 10 has been causing issues with PC performance, specially since the inclusion of Game Mode. Turns out, the very update with the “Game Mode”, that was supposed to be boosting your PC’s performance might have instead been holding it back. This is not an issue with everyone, but has been reported multiple times recently. Microsoft’s Paul Aaron has put out a statement saying: “Thanks to all of you who provided feedback and submitted traces via the Feedback app. We’ve been reviewing the traces and have identified an issue that w...
Windows 10 Creators Update Starts Rolling Out Today
Microsoft has announced today that the Windows 10 Creators Update has started rolling out to Windows 10 customers around the world as a free update. There are two ways to get the Windows 10 Creators Update. If you already have a Windows 10 PC, and have automatic updates enabled, the Creators Update will be delivered via the phased rollout. Advanced users can initiate the update manually via the Update Assistant (https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2017/04/11/how-to-get-the-windows-10-creators-update/). Update availability may vary by manufacturer, model, country or region, mobile operator or service provider, specific installed software, hardware limitations and other factors such as feedback from customers. Windows 10 Creators Update is the next wave of innovation– empowering user...
Windows 10 To Get A “Game Mode”?
Microsoft might have some big plans for gaming on Windows 10. As cited by Ubergizmo, Twitter user @h0x0d found a new “gamemode.dll” in the latest developer build of Windows 10. This Dll apparently allows users to adjust CPU and GPU resources in order to allocated more power for running games instead of background applications. .@h0x0d 14997 has a new dll “gamemode.dll”, so it looks like Game Mode is a thing — WalkingCat (@h0x0d) 28 December 2016 Essentially, it allows your PC to act like a console, freeing up most of the processing power solely for gaming purposes. This move is also indicative of the fact that Microsoft continues to take gaming on Windows 10 more and more seriously, offering features like Xbox Play Anywhere, which allows you to run selective games o...