PC gamers are the most die-hard of gamers, yet some of them shun Windows 10 for a perceived drop off in performance compared to Windows 7. Now Microsoft is promising to optimize gameplay with a new \u2018Game Mode\u2019 in its upcoming Creators Update.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s extremely light on details, but a blog post by the Xbox team suggests Game Mode will \u201coptimize your Windows 10 PC for increased performance in gaming\u2026.\u201d And that\u2019s about all it says. Still, Windows Insiders will start to see some of the \u2018visual elements\u2019 show up on builds this week \u2013 which hopefully includes a description, with the feature being fully available in builds \u201cshortly thereafter.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to say exactly how Microsoft will be improving performance \u2013 or to what degree \u2013 without more concrete details, but there are a few things we can surmise.<\/p>\n
I, for one, have always thought Microsoft could make everyone\u2019s lives a bit easier by introducing a mode where it monitors services and apps that are using too many resources, and pauses them temporarily while a game is running.<\/p>\n
In fact, the company already does something similar with its \u2018Battery Saver\u2019 mode, which prevents data pulls in the background. It\u2019s also likely the mode could monitor network-hungry apps to reduce latency during online sessions.<\/p>\n
(Bonus: the company has also addressed that issue where you icons get thrown to odd places after changing your resolution \u2013 such as when jumping in an out of a game at non-native resolution \u2013 in an Insider build earlier this week.)<\/p>\n
On the other hand, it\u2019s not likely the mode will provide much improvement for power users who have already heavily optimized every aspect of their OS; it\u2019s probably to make life easier for the n00bs out there. Still, the company is calling it a \u201cbig update.\u201d Here\u2019s to hoping for some real performance gains.<\/p>\n
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Source: Thenextweb<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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