General / Off-Topic Windows 10 gaming mode
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Not remotely the same thing.
The turbo button allowed some systems to have a legacy 8/16MHz mode for running old software that was dependent on clock speed for timing as well as a full speed (turbo) mode for then modern software.
While I don't know the intimate details of the Windows 10 "Gaming Mode", it's almost certainly going to simply suspend unnecessary processes and maybe give games preferential CPU priority scheduling/affinity.
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Is there a tinfoil hat off version too?
I don't know all the ins and out but he did sound a bit whacky.
Not that I am a Windows fanboi, and I did jump on the W10 bandwagon voluntarily, though the "pre-install download trick" was one of the most high-handed things I have seen from MS - and that's saying something.
But there is plenty of freeware that strips W10 of its more...unwanted features.
Overall it is working quite well with everything - old and new.
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At this early stage Microsoft are not saying much but only that this will fine tune your PC to speed up gaming performance... I am hoping it is exactly just this. With no extra proprietary software nonesence.
After releasing this weeks update - KB3213986 and ruining triple monitor gaming for a percentage of the population.(no fix yet) And so for maximum appreciation Microsoft really just need to make the PC game mode speed up general gaming performance.
Flimley
After releasing this weeks update - KB3213986 and ruining triple monitor gaming for a percentage of the population.(no fix yet) And so for maximum appreciation Microsoft really just need to make the PC game mode speed up general gaming performance.
Flimley
64 bit \dx 12 then not so much for you.
new win10 64 installs ask you most of the big opt out questions right from the start.
\tin hats worry too much.
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\nothing wrong with win 64. \can't wait for \win128
Is there a tinfoil hat off version too?
As much as I enjoy my tinfoil hats, I've got to give precedence to history.
Microsoft has a long and storied track record of doing exactly what that conspiracy portrays, and they usually get away with a slap on the wrist if the courts ever notice.
Most of the time they don't.
Hmmm would you let M$ take control of fine tuning your PC for improvements? I wouldn't. They won't leave it purely at memory or driver or LAN performance optimisation. They'll be force-downloading and force-installing game updates you haven't agreed to, or beta versions of drivers, or even stopping you from installing game mods because they're not official products. Or perhaps stuff you didn't even expect, like the newly-released Adobe Acrobat auto-installing spyware extension for Chrome.
It'll end up being a case where Microsoft decides whether you can run a game based on what their interpretation of what your system performance is, compared to official game requirements. Remember the old days, when we had to scrabble around for your DOS floppy boot-menu disk just to scratch out an extra couple of Kb of RAM to run something? We'll end up needing different OS versions - one data-hoover for MS and one non-MS (or non-Win 10) that you can use for games.
Microsoft aren't doing this for any other reason that they can see, somewhere, an opportunity to exploit either your wallet or your data.
I have Windows 10 on my not-for-gaming laptop, as does the wife, and the machine I built for my kids. My gaming rig won't get a sniff of Windows 10. Ever.
It'll end up being a case where Microsoft decides whether you can run a game based on what their interpretation of what your system performance is, compared to official game requirements. Remember the old days, when we had to scrabble around for your DOS floppy boot-menu disk just to scratch out an extra couple of Kb of RAM to run something? We'll end up needing different OS versions - one data-hoover for MS and one non-MS (or non-Win 10) that you can use for games.
Microsoft aren't doing this for any other reason that they can see, somewhere, an opportunity to exploit either your wallet or your data.
I have Windows 10 on my not-for-gaming laptop, as does the wife, and the machine I built for my kids. My gaming rig won't get a sniff of Windows 10. Ever.
will decrease other apps writing/reading disk and ram usage, thus increasing game performance by freeing up disk and ram.
Source? AFAIK there is no information about game mode available yet.
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Can't find the vid now. But a couple of months back when "game mode" was announced, it seemed the general concensus among tech reviewers that, much like dx12 versions of several titles, it would be restricted to Windows store games... I hope it's not the case though.
Hope it won't affect my GPU-tweak II, Corsair LINK, and Logitech Gaming Software (which are just for the LED colours)
Personally?
Clean and correctly set up Windows 7 > Windows 10.
Clean and correctly set up Windows 7 > Windows 10.
Like we need a game mode nowadays. Since most people have computers that can run games at 60 frames and still stream video and chat on VOIP. 10 years too late MS.
This game only uses a small fraction of my system resources in terms of CPU load, load on the GPUs, RAM, and VRAM compared to the background tasks I have running nearly 24/7, crunching for scientific and humanitarian research as well as hosting some servers on a virtual Linux machine running in Windows 7.
And yes, the game runs fine for me. 60FPS (VSync) Ultra 1080p.
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So, if I am a terrorist, running windows 10 game mode would make it more secure.....
Yes, with Windows 10 you can marinade your meat to suit a more refined palate. I hear corn fed deer backstrap can be pretty tasty though.
[video=youtube;36Ykla27FIo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Ykla27FIo[/video]
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