Windows 10 Creators Update’s Game Mode: Details & Explanation For the Company’s Major Focus on Gaming

Microsoft has brought Game Mode to the Windows 10 Creators Update. By this, the company's clearly committed to making gaming a priority for Windows after years of neglect. Game Mode works by reallocating system resources; CPU and GPU, in a way that prioritizes a game at the front window or the app that is actively using.

According to Tech Radar, Game Mode for Windows 10 does is to smooth out frame rates, reducing the amount of stark drops in frames per second (fps) caused in part by background processes and other open apps making calls to the hardware during demanding tasks including games. Many tech enthusiasts including Kevin Gammill, the program manager for Microsoft's Xbox Platform Group Program in which he stated what Microsoft is looking for the future.

Microsoft added Game Mode to the Windows 10 Creators Update as a way to smooth out the performance of PC games. Previous tests proved that the Game Mode works best at resource contention; many apps running simultaneously; Game Mode can step in to redirect CPU and GPU power to every user's game. Another Game Mode's goal is to boost a game's minimum frame rate, lifting it over the threshold of 30 frames per second (fps) which considers the most playable. 10 percent improvement in frame rate is significant in overall's Game Mode description.

According to The Verge, Numerous routers already established quality of service at the router live that prioritizes traffic that's susceptible to latency such as streaming video. Microsoft wants to eliminate network connection that might steal a page from Liksys' WRT32X Wi-Fi Gaming Router and its built-in Rivet Network's Filler Prioritization Engine; Rivet's Tech identifies and prioritizes game streams.

 Microsoft has always enough rooms for improvements in other areas. Windows' Active Hour feature already attempts to delay updates and patches; it certainly seems like some apps that are similar to Beam, reducing the CPU overhead for streaming. Xbox is already optimized for gaming; it probably comes as no surprise that Game Mode won't be part of that platform.