Jordan Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 A new Game Mode is coming to Windows 10 A new secret feature in the recently leaked Windows 10 Creators Update build 14997 was discovered today. The upcoming major update to Windows 10 is getting a special Game Mode to boost game performance and provide the best experience for gamers. Well known Windows enthusiast "WalkingCat" discovered the game mode in the recently leaked Windows 10 build 14997. According to the research he has done, Windows 10 will be able to adjust its resource allocation logic (for CPU/Gfx etc.) to boost a game's performance when the user is playing it It looks like the operating system will get a built-in software optimizer to speed up game play. It is unknown yet how the operating system will detect running games. As you remember, Windows 10 build 14997 was not supposed to be released to the public. It is an internal build which comes with a lot of features not available in regular Insider Preview builds. It is not clear when exactly the game mode will land in the public preview branch. Besides this feature, there are plenty of new features that can be found in Windows 10 build 14997. Those include Enable Blue Light Reduction in Windows 10 Create Live Folders in Start Menu in Windows 10 (Tile Folders) Set Tabs Aside in Microsoft Edge (Tab Groups) Show or Hide Tab Previews in Edge in Windows 10 Creators Update Pause Windows Updates in Windows 10 Creators Update Windows 10 Creators Update is expected to be released in Spring 2017. However, it is possible that the Game Mode feature gets posponed till Redstone 3, which rolls out in late 2017. Microsoft is working to reinvent Windows as a gaming platform constantly. While many parts of the OS are rewritten based on the Universal Windows Platform, most Windows users are still using classic desktop apps and games that are played with a keyboard and mouse. The built-in game optimizer feature can make them consider a migration to Windows 10, even if they do not like its user interface and UWP features. SOURCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straycat19 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 There have been free third party programs that will do the same for Windows 7 or 8.1. All the PC gamers I know use a separate system for games that is tweaked to get the most bang for the buck out of it, but then it really isn't needed anymore with 8 core processors, 128 GB ram, and 1080 video cards. You can even run multiple games simultaneously with that setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1v1n3D Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 4 hours ago, straycat19 said: There have been free third party programs that will do the same for Windows 7 or 8.1. All the PC gamers I know use a separate system for games that is tweaked to get the most bang for the buck out of it, but then it really isn't needed anymore with 8 core processors, 128 GB ram, and 1080 video cards. You can even run multiple games simultaneously with that setup. There are still machines that do need this and every bit helps I currently have been using Razor Cortex game booster and it seems to break my system I get a major memory leak if I forget to boost before playing BF4 and it crashes my computer using all 16gb of ram. I think this will be beneficial to all those that want max fps for their high refresh rate monitors specially now that they are pushing 200hz I personally think 160 is perfect anymore is just a bit taxing on the system even with 1080 gpu and i7 but AMD Ryzen looks more promising then any intel option for pure raging gaming more pci-e lanes for more gpu performance and with windows 10 it sure uses a lot of resources even with razer cortex boost on glad to show you all the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trufpal Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 10 hours ago, straycat19 said: There have been free third party programs that will do the same for Windows 7 or 8.1. All the PC gamers I know use a separate system for games that is tweaked to get the most bang for the buck out of it, but then it really isn't needed anymore with 8 core processors, 128 GB ram, and 1080 video cards. You can even run multiple games simultaneously with that setup. To some extents you are right. However, more and more developers release "half finished" games with very poor optimizations. There's been many cases that even people with high-end setup got awful performance, particularly on AAA titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banned Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 It took this long for Microsoft to think about PC gamers? Wow. My bet, "game mode" will be more snake oil and marketing gimmicks. And I agree, it's not going to help with poorly optimized games. Those games were already written in DirectX which is difficult to get efficient multi-core CPU utilization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 11 hours ago, banned said: My bet, "game mode" will be more snake oil and marketing gimmicks. My bet, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigcid10 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 On 12/29/2016 at 8:16 PM, banned said: It took this long for Microsoft to think about PC gamers? Wow. My bet, "game mode" will be more snake oil and marketing gimmicks. And I agree, it's not going to help with poorly optimized games. Those games were already written in DirectX which is difficult to get efficient multi-core CPU utilization. you better hope that it's not,because that's all you have unless you want to get a console windows is the only gaming OS out there,besides isn't that what DX12 was all about and what about vulcan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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