04-13-2017, 09:36 PM
https://www.extremetech.com/gaming/24762...hancements
Quote:But Brad Chacos decided to test the mode a bit differently. He fired up a number of simultaneous applications, left them running in the background, and then started benchmarking. I recommend reading the full article, but here’s a slide of how much minimum frame rates can improve when you start running background tasks while using Game Mode:
According to Chacos, none of the games became great to play, but all of them were playable, whereas the colossal lag and poor response time otherwise made that impossible. One thing to keep in mind is that other tasks that you’re performing in the background may suffer as a result — YouTube started stuttering when Chacos switched Game Mode on.
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No, Game Mode isn’t going to boost performance on an already-swank desktop PC with minimal background task processing. But it might help your traveling laptop or secondary system score noticeably better frame rates without requiring a lot of tweaking. If you’re trying to game on older hardware but still upgraded to Windows 10, this could be worth checking out.