New windows 10 updates & Game Mode fix

[Seth2021 291]

 Microsoft has published several new cumulative updates (KB5005033 & KB5005031) for recent versions of Windows 10 today.

I could confirm ( at least on my setup) with Game Mode ON i had 6 to 8 fps increase on MSFS

'We fixed an issue that prevents power plans and Game Mode from working as expected. This results in lower frame rates and reduced performance while''

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-kb5005033-and-kb5005031-cumulative-updates-released/

At last Game Mode started to work on windows 

[captain420 3,099]

What are the benefits of having Windows Game Mode on? Mine has been off. Will I get better performance now with it enabled?

[Ixoye 1,812]

I don't use any power plans, so Game mode stays off on my PC, and I hate Windows updates, they almost never work without download and installation problems.

Edited August 11, 2021 by Ixoye

[RaptyrOne 1,398]

Also curious to what the true benefit of Game Mode will he to the sim. My desktop power plan is set to max performance 100% of the time. Not great for global warming but it is pretty much only a MSFS PC.

[quantumpion 39]

I might be crazy but I think this may have actually helped. I had to manually install update 211H, it was listed as optional. No way to go back to test if it really did help though.

[Alvega 2,119]

I always had Game Mode ON but I also noticed I have 4 or 5 FPS more today compared to yesterday, and the only thing I installed was the Windows update. So, it's possible that what they fixed helped a bit.

[Alvega 2,119]

2 hours ago, captain420 said:

What are the benefits of having Windows Game Mode on? Mine has been off. Will I get better performance now with it enabled?

https://www.howtogeek.com/706859/did-you-know-windows-10-pcs-have-game-mode-on-by-default/

[Mike S KPDX 597]

Does this only apply to 21H1 version?

[Republic3D 1,229]

1 minute ago, Mike S KPDX said:

Does this only apply to 21H1 version?

I think so.

[DylanM 1,069]

3 hours ago, Seth2021 said:

 Microsoft has published several new cumulative updates (KB5005033 & KB5005031) for recent versions of Windows 10 today.

I could confirm ( at least on my setup) with Game Mode ON i had 6 to 8 fps increase on MSFS

'We fixed an issue that prevents power plans and Game Mode from working as expected. This results in lower frame rates and reduced performance while''

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/windows-10-kb5005033-and-kb5005031-cumulative-updates-released/

At last Game Mode started to work on windows 

Thanks for the tip - seeing improvements here as well.

[Greazer 1,320]

This is pretty big news, I'm going to take all the fps I can get. Thanks for the heads up.

[captain420 3,099]

Well should make no difference for those of us who have always used maximum performance in our plans anyways. 

[Emerson67 248]

Do you guys know there's Ultimate Performance power plan? It also fixes clock issues with "lots-of-cores" CPUs on some systems

[Alvega 2,119]

31 minutes ago, captain420 said:

Well should make no difference for those of us who have always used maximum performance in our plans anyways. 

Why don't you try it? Are you going to have that doubt forever?

[Greazer 1,320]

13 minutes ago, Emerson67 said:

Do you guys know there's Ultimate Performance power plan? It also fixes clock issues with "lots-of-cores" CPUs on some systems

I have an AMD 5800x and I saw that the Balanced plan was recommended. However I wonder if Ultimate could actually make a difference.