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.

Comments

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?

[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: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.