How To Microsoft Windows Game Mode - Switch It Off
How To Microsoft Windows Game Mode - Switch It Off
Did You Know? Windows 10 PCs already have "Game Mode" turned on all the time. All Windows 10 and even 11 computers have this feature ready to go. Here is what that means—and how to turn it off if you get problems. www.howtogeek.com When you start playing a game, however, Game Mode activates on your PC and puts that game first over everything else. So why wouldn't everyone have it turned on by default? It doesn't do anything until Windows thinks you are actually running a game. Some Windows users say some games run slower and stutter more when this is on. That sounds weird and should never happen—but sometimes things just work that way. End quote: That said, if your computer is powerful enough, you might not notice any difference at all. There isn't one hard rule for what system specs make Game Mode best, but a good tip is that if your old hardware is more than three or four years old, you will probably see some improvement. If You have a decent and modern CPU and a good GPU, just turn Game mode off. There are absolutely no reasons to leave this on in a modern, big system, especially since it hurts some games. Start > Settings > Gaming > click the Game Mode button => Turn it off Best regards from Sweden
it keeps some of your alerts out while playing games so things like new updates don't get in.
Yeah, but actually how many times do you really need those updates coming out anyway? It's just a notification to try something else. My point is this: If you have enough CPU or GPU or RAM, just turn it off and leave it alone instead of trying those things.