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Windows 10 Getting a Game Mode That Would Improve Game Performance - Report (gamespot.com)

Posted by msmash on from the enhanced-gaming dept.

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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  1. Re:This is needed by NotInHere · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  2. Delay Windows Update? by archer,+the · · Score: 5, Insightful

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

    1. Re:Delay Windows Update? by organgtool · · Score: 3, Informative

      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.

    2. Re:Delay Windows Update? by Solandri · · Score: 5, Insightful

      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.

    3. Re:Delay Windows Update? by Yeff · · Score: 3, Interesting

      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.

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      "Freedom Through Vigilance"
  3. So what your saying is... by r2rknot · · Score: 3, Interesting

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

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    "...whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive...it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it..."
  4. Re:This is needed by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  5. Re:Fuck Win 10 by Cley+Faye · · Score: 4, Funny

    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.

  6. Re:Game mode for active window. by SeaFox · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.