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.

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Re:This is needed

[NotInHere]

And the remainder is the battleground between the antivirus and the bloatware.

Delay Windows Update?

[archer, the]

Will it also delay Windows Update so that it doesn't download and install packages while I'm multiplayer-gaming?

Re:Delay Windows Update?

[organgtool]

I came here to make that same comment. I've seen a number of streams that abruptly ended because Windows 10 thought it would be a great time to update. At first people laughed it off but it's quickly losing its charm.

Re:Delay Windows Update?

[sinij]

If BSM losing its charm, then you need to escalate. Take denial and withholding to the next level - refuse to allow any games unless you show deference to the patching mistress.

On other hand, many people might not be into that at all.

Re:Delay Windows Update?

[Solandri]

Just disable the Windows Update service. That's how we deal with the problem on security camera computers which need to be running 24/7 with no reboots. For bonus points, you can disable BITS too to prevent it from exchanging downloaded data with other Windows computers on your network.

What's more annoying to me is how Microsoft blithely ignores your customized configuration and resets stuff after certain updates. Like re-enabling Cortana, and pinning Edge and the Windows Store back to your taskbar. It's a PITA to have to disable and unpin those all over again on dozens of computers after an update.

Re:Delay Windows Update?

[Yeff]

A recent leak of the Windows 10 Creators Update build 14997 suggest an option to "pause" updates for up to 35 days is coming. It's not yet clear, though, whether this will be an Enterprise only update or if it'll also be coming to the consumer versions.

Re: Delay Windows Update?

[Ash-Fox]

You'd think people on Slashdot would know the Windows Update and BITS GPOs...

Fuck Win 10

[Kernel Krumpit]

Fuck Windows 10 and everything to do with it. Forever....

Re:Fuck Win 10

[Cley Faye]

He was lying. Win 7 doesn't collect telemetry...at least it didn't originally, maybe a Windows update put it in.

You posted as AC, but from that quote it will be easy to find who you are, simply by listing people that lived in a cave for the last year or so.

Re:Fuck Win 10

[Holi]

Update No Description
KB971033 Windows Activation Technologies
KB3139929 Security update for Internet Explorer
KB3083710 Windows Update Client
KB3083324 Windows Update Client
KB3080149 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
KB3080149 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
KB3065987 Windows Update Client
KB3050267 Windows Update Client
KB3050265 Windows Update Client
KB3035583 Update installs Get Windows 10 app
KB3022345 Update for customer experience and diagnostic telemetry
KB3021917 Update to Windows 7 SP1 for performance improvements
KB2952664 Compatibility update
KB3146449 Updated Internet Explorer 11 capabilities to upgrade to Windows 10


Yeah there have been a few that shoehorned telemetry in.

Re:Simple to do yourself

[Kernel Krumpit]

Sorry, will never ever use Google Search because, well ya know, just because...

Game mode for active window.

[sims 2]

Next up someone will write a program to keep whatever the current active window is in game mode.

Because whatever the user is interacting with should pretty much always take precedence over what isn't even visible on screen.

Re:Game mode for active window.

[sims 2]

Priority one critical system stuff like NTFS
Priority two whatever the user wants to do.
Priority tree whatever else needs to be done indexing can go fk itself if a user is active.

These are priorities stuff still runs just a bit slower than it normally does IIRC windows already does this to a point.
*checks*
Yeah it's done this since at least as far back as windows XP
https://www.microsoft.com/reso...

Although It's only a slight priority difference so it's not usually noticeable.

Re:Game mode for active window.

[SeaFox]

Next up someone will write a program to keep whatever the current active window is in game mode.

Because whatever the user is interacting with should pretty much always take precedence over what isn't even visible on screen.

Except when you're doing a processing-heavy task that does not require your interaction and you're just playing around on something else on the computer to waste time while that job is completing.

Re:Game mode for active window.

[LinuxInDallas]

Don't forget priority 4: security. lol.

So what your saying is...

[r2rknot]

...you found a .dll. And you HOPE this is what its for? Ok, cool story bro. ALIENS!!!!

Re:So what your saying is...

[sims 2]

Hahaha what's next are they going to claim the windows NT _NSAKEY is for use by the nsa?

Re:This is needed

[Anonymous Coward]

So I need an I7 with 32gigs of RAM only to run the fucking OS?

Re:GNU/Linux

[BlueStrat]

I'll just leave these here.

https://warthunder.com/en/news...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Strat

Re:This is needed

[__aaclcg7560]

So I need an I7 with 32gigs of RAM only to run the fucking OS?

I ran Windows Vista and Win7 on an AMD quad-core processor and 4GB RAM for nine years without problems. I'm currently running Win10 on an AMD eight-core processor and 8GB RAM without problems.

Re:Game Mode On!

[gravewax]

NO the user experience would be greatly diminished, but it can be valuable for some and is already available. If you want an always on game mode just disable all the services in the OS you think you don't need like search etc.

Re:This is needed

[bondsbw]

If you're running bloatware, or need on-access antivirus that would inhibit gaming performance... you're doing it wrong.

Run a nightly scan and don't open crap you shouldn't.

Re: This is needed

[unixisc]

In this context, when people say Linux, they mean the kernel plus the GNU userland plus X11/Wayland plus the DEs.

Re:This is needed

[Entropius]

Very definitely not true. I have a dual-boot laptop with Win10 (running Classic Shell) and Lubuntu. Guess which one uses more resources?

Re:This is needed

[sydbarrett74]

Bullshit. I have a 2005-vintage Pentium D box with 1GB of RAM running the latest copy of Linux Mint (xfce as desktop environment) and it absolutely flies. Granted, as a NetBurst machine it consumes quite a bit of power and serves as a pretty effective space-heater, but try running anything newer than Windows XP on such hardware -- I bet the fucking thing would take at least five minutes to boot to a barely usable desktop. However, with Linux on there, I can actually do some productive work on it if I so choose, and have the benefit of a recent OS release with modern features and security.