Windows 10 Creators update Game Mode

[Jetster]

So I just discovered Game Mode in the new Creators Update. Anyone use it yet, also Game DVR, Broadcasting and record build into W 10 much like Nvidia Shadowplay

Windows +G ( have to have a game open) Brings up the Game Mode tells the system to allocate CPU and GPU to prioritize the game when it is active full screen. It says it will give you steadier frame rates. Also the ability to record or broadcast

 

[DRDNA]

I have not used the record features but from what I can tell only some games work in Game Mode and to top that off it seems like they are games only on xbox/windows 10 MS Store games. I doubt the record feature is as good as the one you can use from Nvidia thats free. NONE of my Steam games that I have installed were compatible with Game Mode.

 

[TheoneandonlyMrK]

Any other shortcuts for that i just get a slight screan flucker then nothing , im on player unknown battleground atm so might not support it.

 

[Jetster]

You can't record your desktop, but I just did a recording of this page. Recording are located in user/ videos/capture

 

[Tallencor]

I thought game mode just detected when a game was launched and changed the priority and stopped services from running during sessions.
I have it disabled because I didn't notice any improvement.
So I'm to understand that it's only a select few titles that hard code some kind of "hey game mode time to party" lines. And then only if they were purchased from Microsoft?
Seems kind of foolish. Guess I won't re approach it until they actually figure it out.

 

[Jetster]

Works in any game.

Its just to stabilize frame rates. So with some configurations it may not do anything. But others it will help

http://www.pcworld.com/article/3187...akes-unplayable-games-playable-sometimes.html

 

[MrGenius]

Which is exactly my experience with it so far. Works on any of my games(that I've tried so far). Doesn't do anything for the ones that already ran well without it. The one game I notice a slight improvement(steadier framerate) is Assetto Corsa. Which taxes my system pretty hard. But I actually haven't done that much gaming lately. So there may be more of my games it works well with. At least that one though for sure.

 

[fullinfusion]

Game mode for hedt's suck period imho. it's meant for laptops and low end rigs. As for the game recording it works actually pretty good..

AMD's re-live was way way better but as drivers rolled out it went down hill.. audio was poor and sometimes it just recorded a black screen. I use the Xbox app and set recording/streaming to the max with very little performance hit while gaming. I however ditched the Creator update and only use the anniversary version and just have the Xbox app to get the game DVR function.

 

[jboydgolfer]

I used it & I noticed absolutely no difference , in performance or in the amount of processes running in task manager.maybe if the person using it has a very limited or weak computer then it would maybe show some benefit ,but I have to imagine anyone using this forum has a computer that's at least mid class

 

[EzioAs]

Like others have said, Game Mode prioritize your game so if you have some background process taxing resources while you game, Game Mode eliminates it.

Idk about the streaming feature but the recording feature is really nice and in my experience, looks slightly better than what you can get out of Nvidia's Shadowplay (which requires you to install GeForce Experience which I'm not really a fan of the application). It also doesn't tax your system much so, it's really good to have if you ever want to record clips of your gameplay.

 

[jboydgolfer]

I think that it will do prioritization if the system is short on resources like ram or what have you, but if you have anything more than 8 GB of RAM and a CPU that's not lacking in performance even to a mediocre degree ,I don't think you'll notice any processes being shut down as absolutely none were shut down for me when trying it. Kind of like ready boost it only shows any benefit if you already have "one broken leg" so to speak, by offering a "crutch"

 

[FYFI13]

Any other shortcuts for that i just get a slight screan flucker then nothing , im on player unknown battleground atm so might not support it.

It doesn't seem to work in true full screen mode. Only in windowed and full screen window modes.

 

[Melvis]

Does this "Game mode" stop the extra 50 Processors running in the background that wasnt there in Anniversary update?

 

[FYFI13]

Does this "Game mode" stop the extra 50 Processors running in the background that wasnt there in Anniversary update?

I haven't received any extra processors with Anniversary Update. You must have some serious connections out there at MS

 

[Melvis]

I haven't received any extra processors with Anniversary Update. You must have some serious connections out there at MS

No! you read it wrong, not with Anniversary I mean with Creators Update

 

[BiggieShady]

No! you read it wrong, not with Anniversary I mean with Creators Update

Seems to me that you wrote it wrong, he read it right, but got it wrong which turned out to be right because it was written wring in the first place, then at the end written it wrong again

 

[Melvis]

Seems to me that you wrote it wrong, he read it right, but got it wrong which turned out to be right because it was written wring in the first place, then at the end written it wrong again

Ok yep I got it, Im way to tired then, might explain my light head that I have right now, time for bed!

 

[FYFI13]

Seems to me that you wrote it wrong, he read it right, but got it wrong which turned out to be right because it was written wring in the first place, then at the end written it wrong again

In fact, I've read it and understood everything correctly, just having a small laugh

 

[Melvis]

Or just get this version

https://www.howtogeek.com/273824/windows-10-without-the-cruft-windows-10-ltsb-explained/

 

[R-T-B]

Or just get this version

https://www.howtogeek.com/273824/windows-10-without-the-cruft-windows-10-ltsb-explained/

And never be able to load the latest nvidia drivers? Yeah, I'll pass. May work for now but eventually it'd get annoying.

Hint for those who don't get it: LTSB doesn't support WDDM 2.2. All new GPU drivers use this.

 

[jboydgolfer]

What 50 extra processes? I donthave them. Whats running?

i looked into this, its just the way M$ handles the Processes for windows now in win10.....if your machine isnt taxed to its fullest, it will allow processes like Svchost to be "standalone" which increases the registered number, but the same stuff is sunning, just in a more robust way than in Win 7, hence you see more process numbers.

 

[Melvis]

And never be able to load the latest nvidia drivers? Yeah, I'll pass. May work for now but eventually it'd get annoying.

Hint for those who don't get it: LTSB doesn't support WDDM 2.2. All new GPU drivers use this.

Im not up on this yet and I wont know till I install it and try it for myself (Free 90 day trial) and a quick google search suggests that WDDM 2.2 is in Creators update only? and LTSB is still on Anniversary which Nvidia have up to date drivers for anyway, so there isnt an issue really.

 

[R-T-B]

No issue really yet, no. I just pointed it out for those who might care.

Also, attaining ltsb legally is... not really possible if you don't want to register a business.

 

[Melvis]

No issue really yet, no. I just pointed it out for those who might care.

Also, attaining ltsb legally is... not really possible if you don't want to register a business.

Just gotta do some research But I wont know fully till I try it.

 

[Tallencor]

Game Mode for Windows 10.
There we go back on topic