{"id":15875,"date":"2017-05-02T01:05:15","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T16:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/windows-10-tip-get-the-most-power-out-of-your-windows-10-pc-with-game-mode\/"},"modified":"2017-05-02T01:34:42","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T16:34:42","slug":"windows-10-tip-get-the-most-power-out-of-your-windows-10-pc-with-game-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/windows-10-tip-get-the-most-power-out-of-your-windows-10-pc-with-game-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows 10 Tip: Get the most power out of your Windows 10 PC with Game Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Windows 10 Tip: Get the most power out of your Windows 10 PC with Game Mode<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/TWOW_DidYouKnow_GameMode2_blog.gif\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\"><\/p>\n<p>With the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2017\/04\/11\/whats-new-in-the-windows-10-creators-update\/\">Windows 10 Creators Update<\/a>, we\u2019re introducing a new feature called Game Mode. Game Mode provides a better and more consistent gaming experience on Windows 10, by dedicating more system resources to your game. Game Mode\u2019s performance gain is found in providing, on average, more sustainable framerates for gamers, particularly when your hardware is experiencing resource contention.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Game Mode can be activated from the Game bar. To use Game Mode, make sure it&#8217;s turned on for each game you play. <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145855\" src=\"https:\/\/winblogs.azureedge.net\/win\/2017\/05\/TWOW_DidYouKnow_GameMode2_blog.gif\" alt=\"Game Mode can be activated from the Game bar. To use Game Mode, make sure it's turned on for each game you play.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>To turn on Game Mode:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Press Windows + G to pull up the Game bar<\/li>\n<li>Click Settings<\/li>\n<li>The new Game Mode option will appear, to enable the feature on a per-title basis<\/li>\n<li>Check the box to enable Game Mode for the specific title; once checked, Windows 10 will save this enablement setting for future use. Important note: if at any time you wish to disable Game Mode, you will need to reverse this step (un-check the per-title enablement within the Game bar) in order to deactivate it.<\/li>\n<li>Some games may have Game Mode turned on automatically. If the game is already running Game Mode, the check box will already be selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-145852\" src=\"https:\/\/winblogs.azureedge.net\/win\/2017\/05\/TWOW_DidYouKnow_GameMode1_blog.gif\" alt=\"Game Mode can be activated from the Game bar. To use Game Mode, make sure it's turned on for each game you play.\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>With the Creators Update, Game Mode is enabled system-wide by default.\u00a0 To view or change this setting at any time:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Go to Start, and click on \u201cSettings\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Select \u201cGaming\u201d from the settings menu (the Xbox logo)<\/li>\n<li>Select \u201cGame Mode\u201d from the left-hand menu.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Have a great week!<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2017\/05\/01\/windows-10-tip-get-power-windows-10-pc-game-mode\/\" target=\"_blank\">Windows 10 Tip: Get the most power out of your Windows 10 PC with Game Mode<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Windows 10 Tip: Get the most power out of your Windows 10 PC with Game Mode With the Windows 10 Creators Update, we\u2019re introducing a new feature called Game Mode. Game Mode provides a better and more consistent gaming experience on Windows 10, by dedicating more system resources to your game. Game Mode\u2019s performance gain is found in providing, on average, more sustainable framerates for gamers, particularly when your hardware is experiencing resource contention. Game Mode can be activated from the Game bar. To use Game Mode, make sure it&#8217;s turned on for each game you play. To turn on Game Mode: Press Windows + G to pull up the Game bar Click Settings The new Game Mode option will appear, to enable the feature on a per-title basis Check the box to enable Game Mode for the specific title; <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/windows-10-tip-get-the-most-power-out-of-your-windows-10-pc-with-game-mode\/\" title=\"Windows 10 Tip: Get the most power out of your Windows 10 PC with Game Mode\">[ more&#8230; ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[169],"tags":[201],"class_list":["post-15875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-windows"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15877,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15875\/revisions\/15877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}