Subj : Windows 11 makes life better for PC gamers in two ways with new u
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Jul 18 2023 11:15:03

Windows 11 makes life better for PC gamers in two ways with new update

Date:
Tue, 18 Jul 2023 10:09:14 +0000

Description:
Windows 11s new update is great for high-quality gaming mice, and fixes some 
annoying errors causing games to crash.

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 Windows 11s cumulative update which started rolling out to PCs last week 
comes with a couple of nifty features for gamers. 

 Windows Latest noted that Microsoft reminded them of one feature that comes 
with the July cumulative update (KB5028185), namely a change thatll benefit 
some of the best gaming mice out there. 

A software engineer at Microsoft told the tech site: Some of you will see 
better gaming performance with the July 2023 update. This [July 2023 Update] 
improves performance when you use a mouse with a high gaming report rate. 

A high report rate, otherwise known as polling rate, means the mouse is 
checking its position more often, which leads to better accuracy. 

However, the problem with such high polling rate mice is that Windows 11 
causes some stuttering with these peripherals, due to demands made on the 
operating systems input stack (which can get overloaded when using a high 
report rate mouse plus a bunch of other gaming accessories used for, say, 
streaming). 

Those stuttering blues are now fixed with the KB5028185 patch, thankfully. 

Another major boon for PC gamers here is the fix for a nasty bug that caused 
Timeout Detection and Recovery (TDR) errors. 

These can result in a game freezing up or crashing out, so theyre pretty 
frustrating at times, especially in cases where you might lose progress if 
you havent saved, of course. Analysis: Goodies for gamers aplenty 

Early feedback on the TDR error resolution in testing looks positive  and the 
same goes for the polling rate fix  so it seems the July update is pretty 
much a must-have affair for PC gamers. 

Not that you have any choice about installing a cumulative update anyway, 
seeing as they are mandatory, mainly because of the security fixes applied 
with these patches. Microsoft doesnt want any users exposed to 
vulnerabilities, so thats understandable (though you can put off installing a 
patch for a short while on Windows 11 Home). 

Gamers have some other goodies to look forward to in the near future, 
including the Dynamic Lighting hub , which will allow Windows 11 users to 
control all RGB peripherals from one central place, rather than having to 
bloat their system with third-party apps. 

DirectStorage  which offers an extra speed-up for SSDs in Windows 11 compared 
to Windows 10  is also finally seeing some more PC games planning to support 
the tech. Diablo 4 should get DirectStorage eventually, a dev recently let us 
know, as well as Hunt: Showdown, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart . Those will 
join Forspoken which already supports DirectStorage, and were hoping for more 
announcements soon.



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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/windows-11-makes-life-better-for-p
c-gamers-in-two-ways-with-new-update


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