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Windows 10 Is Adding an Ultimate Performance Mode For Pros (engadget.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: When you're creating 3D models or otherwise running intensive tasks, you want to wring every ounce of performance out of your PC as possible. It's a good thing, then, that Microsoft has released a Windows 10 preview build in the Fast ring that includes a new Ultimate Performance mode if you're running Pro for Workstations. As the name implies, this is a step up for people for whom even the High Performance mode isn't enough -- it throws power management out the window to eliminate "micro-latencies" and boost raw speed. You can set it yourself, but PC makers will have the option of shipping systems with the feature turned on. Ultimate Performance isn't currently available for laptops or tablets, but Microsoft suggests that could change.
Simply disable Windows Defender.
Ultra performance... meh...Wake me up when there is an ultra crappy performance mode.
I like my computers like I like my women, slow and full of viruses.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
It doesn't matter how much performance they can wrangle when the OS still forces reboots for updates in the middle of compiling, encoding, rendering, etc.
You can't "just save" some things.
for some of the more linux-savvy slashdotters performance levels might seem abstract and vague. as a Microsoft engineer, I can explain these pretty quickly.
regular performance: Windows performs per normal with some features and functions disabled. this is for your protection, as the tome of windows cannot be simply 'closed' once opened.
high performance: eliminates microlatencies caused by the thin veil of reality that separates you from pure, raw windows. High performance mode switches cortanas voice to Vin Diesel, and the background to a moistened and slightly unstable steve ballmer who has a random chance to shout 'DEVELOPERS' when clicking any item.
ultimate performance: God is dead and you now sit upon the throne in this wasteland of pure and unadulterated windows. The seals have been unlocked and the runes aligned as you see once and for all the true blistering power of Minesweeper. Cortana is replaced with a cursed portrait of W.E.B. Du-Buois into which you whisper your darkest desires (and save your passwords.) The startup sound is the entire 16 hour watergate deposition. the shutdown sound is a sacrosanct quote of your last words before you die as theyve been divined from the future.
Also, SSH is enabled.
Good people go to bed earlier.
That's a good start Microsoft. Now they need to invent a way that you can toggle this feature on and off with a physical button. They could put the button on the case, but they'd have to put a word above it to describe what it does... Maybe "Turbo"? Yes, they should invent the turbo button. That's forward thinking!!!!