Framerate wobbling while gaming in Windows 10?
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 4:40 pm
By wobbling I mean the framerate rhythmically going up and down. Try this...
I started wondering if something in Windows 10 was at fault because I do regular hardware and software maintenance, and my previous Windows version (7) had the games running a lot smoother. Pretty ironic that Windows 10 is supposed to be gamer friendly yet one of it's own bloat accessories cause such an interference.
And I did.Joel Lee @ MUO wrote:The new feature in Windows 10, called Game Bar, makes it very easy to record your gameplay for use in YouTube videos and what not. This feature is provided by the native Xbox App that comes installed on Windows 10 (which some consider to be bloatware).
The problem is that Game DVR, also called Xbox DVR at times, can have a serious impact on gaming performance — even when you aren’t recording!
You can disable Game DVR with a simple registry tweak.
Done! Close the Registry Editor and restart your computer. Now the Game DVR feature of Windows 10 will be disabled and you should hopefully have much better FPS performance in the games you play.
- Open the Start Menu and launch regedit.
- Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore.
- Right-click on GameDVR_Enabled and select Modify… then set the Value to 0.
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows.
- Right-click on Windows and select New > Key and name it GameDVR.
- Right-click on GameDVR and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value and name it AllowGameDVR.
- Right-click on AllowGameDVR and select Modify… then set the Value to 0.
I started wondering if something in Windows 10 was at fault because I do regular hardware and software maintenance, and my previous Windows version (7) had the games running a lot smoother. Pretty ironic that Windows 10 is supposed to be gamer friendly yet one of it's own bloat accessories cause such an interference.