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Microsoft Windows 10 could get a Game Mode
Microsoft is working on a 'Game Mode' for Windows 10 that will improve performance while playing games. According to WindowsCentral, this mode is featured in the recently leaked build 14997, although it isn't working yet, and will be available very soon to Insiders.
Microsoft is working on a brand new "Game Mode" feature for Windows 10 that will enhance the PC gaming experience by minimizing resources used by running apps to almost nothing and allocating freed up resources to the game, making it run faster, better and smoother overall.
This new feature was first spotted by WalkingCat in the recently leaked build 14997, and although it isn't working yet, we understand it's a feature that will be showing up for Insiders very soon, as it's something that's set to arrive with the Creators Update.
Our own sources have said this feature works similarly to how Xbox One handles running a game. Xbox OS, when a game is launched, will allocate resources to make sure the game is running the best it possibly can. Up until now, Windows hasn't had a built-in option for this that benefits games directly, but with the Creators Update that will be changing.
It's unclear if Game Mode will work with all Win32 games from the likes of Steam or Origin (we're assuming it will), or if it'll be limited to games from the Windows Store. Regardless, it's interesting to see Microsoft taking PC gaming seriously again, as for a while they kind of abandoned it in favor of Xbox. Now Microsoft's goal is the merge the two, as they both run on the same platform after all.
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#5375834 Posted on: 12/29/2016 09:27 AM
And how exactly are they "pushing Win10 down gamers throat" with offering free performance?
If you don't like or need this - don't update.
M$ is desperate to push Win10 down gamers throat.
And how exactly are they "pushing Win10 down gamers throat" with offering free performance?
If you don't like or need this - don't update.
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#5375835 Posted on: 12/29/2016 09:29 AM
MS is finally gatting back into PC market (in the meaning that they really started to bring visible improvements). Of course they have a VERY long road ahead, but it is a great start anyway.
MS is finally gatting back into PC market (in the meaning that they really started to bring visible improvements). Of course they have a VERY long road ahead, but it is a great start anyway.
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#5375838 Posted on: 12/29/2016 09:38 AM
Don't be surprised if it is only for UWP junk and will have no difference in performance except for very old PC's and that too marginally as long as it is UWP + EFS crippled games. This is MS we're talking about.
Don't be surprised if it is only for UWP junk and will have no difference in performance except for very old PC's and that too marginally as long as it is UWP + EFS crippled games. This is MS we're talking about.
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#5375840 Posted on: 12/29/2016 09:40 AM
I will be impressed when I can put an actual Xbox game in my pc and play it like a console.
I will be impressed when I can put an actual Xbox game in my pc and play it like a console.
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#5375855 Posted on: 12/29/2016 10:27 AM
****ing hell, first MS gets criticized for not caring about games on Windows, and now they do and they're being critized for caring about games on Windows.
I mean, what?
M$ is desperate to push Win10 down gamers throat.
****ing hell, first MS gets criticized for not caring about games on Windows, and now they do and they're being critized for caring about games on Windows.
I mean, what?
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#5375856 Posted on: 12/29/2016 10:27 AM
And how exactly are they "pushing Win10 down gamers throat" with offering free performance?
If you don't like or need this - don't update.
What is this "free" performance? Bugs that were not fixed over years or marketing bullsh!t?
And how exactly are they "pushing Win10 down gamers throat" with offering free performance?
If you don't like or need this - don't update.
What is this "free" performance? Bugs that were not fixed over years or marketing bullsh!t?
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#5375859 Posted on: 12/29/2016 10:35 AM
Looks more like an additional source of bugs and crashes while gaming to me.
Looks more like an additional source of bugs and crashes while gaming to me.
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#5375865 Posted on: 12/29/2016 10:42 AM
%100 right, this UWP sh*t is killing me, at least in windows 8 they looked more consistent than they are now. Either this useless, empty, unstable, unnecessary and inconsistent ecosystem is the future or I'm missing sth
Don't be surprised if it is only for UWP junk and will have no difference in performance except for very old PC's and that too marginally as long as it is UWP + EFS crippled games. This is MS we're talking about.
%100 right, this UWP sh*t is killing me, at least in windows 8 they looked more consistent than they are now. Either this useless, empty, unstable, unnecessary and inconsistent ecosystem is the future or I'm missing sth
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#5375866 Posted on: 12/29/2016 10:44 AM
right now it is THE OS for gamer ... so M$ doesn't push anything, it consolidate the position where it get.
M$ is desperate to push Win10 down gamers throat.
right now it is THE OS for gamer ... so M$ doesn't push anything, it consolidate the position where it get.
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#5375869 Posted on: 12/29/2016 10:49 AM
Nice, I love windows 10, and things getting better moar and moar!
happy new year
Nice, I love windows 10, and things getting better moar and moar!
happy new year
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#5375871 Posted on: 12/29/2016 10:51 AM
And how exactly are they "pushing Win10 down gamers throat" with offering free performance?
If you don't like or need this - don't update.
I dont think he's talking specifically about this but about the bigger picture with MS Universal Windows Platform (UWP) which MS may eventual push to squeeze out steam in favor of games selling only thru windows store. Tim Sweeny (Epic games) very critical about it, Steam's Gabe Newell calls it a "catastrophe".
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/steam-on-windows-10-will-get-progressively-worse-gears-of-war-developer-865457
And how exactly are they "pushing Win10 down gamers throat" with offering free performance?
If you don't like or need this - don't update.
I dont think he's talking specifically about this but about the bigger picture with MS Universal Windows Platform (UWP) which MS may eventual push to squeeze out steam in favor of games selling only thru windows store. Tim Sweeny (Epic games) very critical about it, Steam's Gabe Newell calls it a "catastrophe".
http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/steam-on-windows-10-will-get-progressively-worse-gears-of-war-developer-865457
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#5375874 Posted on: 12/29/2016 10:56 AM
I can't see it having any benefit to any machines other than very low end, if disabling a few processes in windows improves your gaming frames, you need to upgrade badly
I see no difference in gaming performance even if I am running a second Windows 10 in VM
And this is not exactly a top of the range machine these days
Don't be surprised if it is only for UWP junk and will have no difference in performance except for very old PC's and that too marginally as long as it is UWP + EFS crippled games. This is MS we're talking about.
I can't see it having any benefit to any machines other than very low end, if disabling a few processes in windows improves your gaming frames, you need to upgrade badly
I see no difference in gaming performance even if I am running a second Windows 10 in VM
And this is not exactly a top of the range machine these days
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#5375890 Posted on: 12/29/2016 11:51 AM
I can't see it having any benefit to any machines other than very low end, if disabling a few processes in windows improves your gaming frames, you need to upgrade badly
I see no difference in gaming performance even if I am running a second Windows 10 in VM
And this is not exactly a top of the range machine these days
Maybe it disables hidden telemetry settings?
To me this will also be a litmus test on how committed they are to improving the experience for all gamers on windows or cynically attempt to push their rubbish ecosystem.
I wouldn't mind Windows disabling some stuff while gaming, just less things to go wrong if done right. Third parties have been offering such software since as long as I can 'member though MS can potentially do a lot better. My expectations are very low lol.
I can't see it having any benefit to any machines other than very low end, if disabling a few processes in windows improves your gaming frames, you need to upgrade badly
I see no difference in gaming performance even if I am running a second Windows 10 in VM
And this is not exactly a top of the range machine these days
Maybe it disables hidden telemetry settings?
To me this will also be a litmus test on how committed they are to improving the experience for all gamers on windows or cynically attempt to push their rubbish ecosystem.
I wouldn't mind Windows disabling some stuff while gaming, just less things to go wrong if done right. Third parties have been offering such software since as long as I can 'member though MS can potentially do a lot better. My expectations are very low lol.
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#5375895 Posted on: 12/29/2016 12:03 PM
I can't see it having any benefit to any machines other than very low end, if disabling a few processes in windows improves your gaming frames, you need to upgrade badly
I see no difference in gaming performance even if I am running a second Windows 10 in VM
And this is not exactly a top of the range machine these days
Well, one thing that happened when going from DOS to Windows, was the big amount of CPU context switches for preemptive multitasking. This does not come for free. It *is* quite a bit of overhead.
If this "gaming mode" is actually making a game acquire near-exclusive access to the CPU and minimizing context switching (making gaming more similar to what we had in the DOS days), we should see a statistically significant increase in gaming performance.
If, on the other hand, it just means freeing up RAM and such, then yeah, "gaming mode" will probably not do anything on properly configured machines and only help with machines that have a huge amount of crap running in the background because their users install everything they come across without thinking (or even knowing what they're doing.)
I can't see it having any benefit to any machines other than very low end, if disabling a few processes in windows improves your gaming frames, you need to upgrade badly
I see no difference in gaming performance even if I am running a second Windows 10 in VM
And this is not exactly a top of the range machine these days
Well, one thing that happened when going from DOS to Windows, was the big amount of CPU context switches for preemptive multitasking. This does not come for free. It *is* quite a bit of overhead.
If this "gaming mode" is actually making a game acquire near-exclusive access to the CPU and minimizing context switching (making gaming more similar to what we had in the DOS days), we should see a statistically significant increase in gaming performance.
If, on the other hand, it just means freeing up RAM and such, then yeah, "gaming mode" will probably not do anything on properly configured machines and only help with machines that have a huge amount of crap running in the background because their users install everything they come across without thinking (or even knowing what they're doing.)
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M$ is desperate to push Win10 down gamers throat.