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Windows 10 Getting a Game Mode That Would Improve Game Performance - Report (gamespot.com)
Microsoft may have plans to improve gaming experience on Windows 10. The speculation comes after long time watcher @h0x0d found a new "gamemode.dll" in the latest Windows 10 developer build, reports GameSpot. The feature appears to allow Windows 10 to adjust CPU and GPU resources when running a game to allocate more power for the game that's running instead of toward any background apps. From the article: The feature will reportedly launch as part of the Creators update and will be enabled for Windows Insider users soon. What's unclear is exactly which games this is compatible with. It's possible it could be limited to only to those downloaded from the Windows Store, or it might be much more far-reaching. We should know more once Windows Insiders testers get their hands on the feature.
Tired of Windows 10 Home slowing down my games due to updates and other obscure stuff running unexpectedly in the background.
You're right, Windows 10 isn't a reasonable choice of OS, and it's entertaining to watch Microsoft publish press releases that presume that is it in order to give that illusion. That would be like ACME Corp selling a salad bowl with the problem that it has a huge hole in it, and pretending that everything is fine by announcing related accessories and a recipe book.