Microsoft Unlocks Framerates For Smoother Gameplay On Windows 10 (pcper.com)

An anonymous user writes: Back in March, Microsoft's Phil Spencer addressed some of the concerns over the Unified Windows Platform and PC gaming. He noted that Microsoft would "plan to open up VSync off, FreeSync, and G-Sync in May" and the company would "allow modding and overlays in UWP applications" sometime further into the future. Well, it appears that Microsoft is on point with the May UWP update. According to the MS DirectX Developer Blog, a Windows 10 update being pushed out today will enable UWP to support unlocked frame rates and variable refresh rate monitors in both G-Sync and FreeSync varieties. Today's update won't automatically enable these features in UWP games like Gears of War or Quantum Break, they will still need to be updated individually by the developer. Microsoft states that Gears of War and Forza will be the first to see these changes, but there is no mention of Quantum Break here, which is a game that could DEFINITELY benefit from the love of variable refresh rate monitors.PCWorld has more details.

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The joy of closed source

[innocent_white_lamb]

The joy of closed source, where you have to beg and wait for a feature and even a large community of users and/or programmers have no other recourse if the answer is either no or wait forever.

That's part of why I like the flexibility offered by open source operating systems -- even if a feature is beyond the ability of some or most of the people who want it, if someone comes along who does have the ability to implement it then it will be done.

That's also my beef with ostensibly open source Android -- I still can't manage my phone as I see fit and I have all sorts of garbage apps that just show up by magic (Samsung Pay? Don't want. Flipboard? I keep disabling that and it keeps coming back anyway.)

I'm used to my computers where I know what's running on them and why and no mysterious processes exist that I can't get rid of and don't fully understand.

Why can't I get a phone like that, too?