The latest Windows 11 cumulative update has a hidden change beneficial for gamers
High DPI gaming mice just got better with a fix for stuttering as part of Windows 11 July 2023 cumulative update.
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What you need to know
If you look at the change log forWindows 11’s July cumulative Update (KB5028185) you will see a list of reasonable changes for a standard update. New features will be coming to the Task Manager, and the taskbar is also getting some improvements. One particular changereported by Windows Latestdidn’t even garner a mention in the patch notes, but it is still important if you’re a player who uses a high polling mouse as a gaming input.
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Microsofthas reported that users who have been playing games with aSurface Laptop Studiocombined with a 1000 Hz mouse were experiencing significant stuttering problems. As it turns out, the background listeners for these high polling mice put an increased demand on Windows' input stack—forcing the computer to spend an exceptional amount of time processing input—and that led to an impact in the PC’s ability to render the game.
To remedy the excessive input Microsoft has optimized the processing time for handling these requests by coalescing the raw mouse listeners running in the background and capping their message rates. The limited input handling for background listeners subsequently frees up more cycles with which Windows can use to render games thereby improving the immersive experience for gamers by reducing stutters.
If you’ve been using Windows 11 and one of thebest gaming micefor yourPC gamingsessions, its likely you’ve noticed stutters and you can expect to see an improvement with the July update which will roll out with Moment 3 and a whole host of other features and changes. Other gaming features are also in the pipeline at Microsoft, including aDynamic Lighting hubto allow you to control all of your RGB from one centralized location within Windows.
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