New Windows 10 update is huge for gamers — here's why

New Windows 10 update is huge for gamers — here'south why

New Windows 10 patch fixes major gaming issues

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Windows 11 may be soaking upward most of the spotlight right now, but hundreds of millions of the states are even so running Windows 10 — and many have been encountering serious problems for months when trying to play games on Windows 10.

This week Microsoft has rolled out an optional Windows 10 update (branded KB5004296) which includes a number of fixes for the low framerates, performance issues, and and other issues users have experienced while trying to play games, both within Windows 10's Game Mode and without.

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How pregnant this is depends on what (if any) issues y'all've experienced lately while trying to play games on Windows x. In the wake of Microsoft's big April update for Windows ten many users began reporting problems (low framerates, stuttering, etc.) while playing games like Assassin'south Creed Valhalla (pictured in a higher place) or Telephone call of Duty: Warzone on a diversity of hardware configurations, including PCs with both AMD and Nvidia components.

Microsoft apace fixed a number of Windows ten game-killing bugs with an emergency rollback, but a number of known problems (including operation problems while using Windows x's Game Manner, designed to improve functioning) take persisted.

The optional Windows 10 update Microsoft just rolled out includes a number of fixes for those issues — you can cheque out Microsoft's patch notes for the total list of changes. If y'all'd rather leap correct in and come across what it does for yourself, hither'south a quick guide on how to install it.

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Luckily, Microsoft has made information technology remarkably like shooting fish in a barrel to install updates on Windows ten. Cheque out how straightforward these stride-past-step instructions are:

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ane. Open the Windows Update section of your Windows 10 Settings menu. The fastest way to go there is to hit the Kickoff button and start typing "Windows Update settings", and then select that option when you see it appear.

2. Since this is an optional update you'll want to wait for the "Optional quality update available" heading; below that yous should run across a list for the patch in question, KB5004296.

three. And voila, the patch should begin downloading! Once it's finished information technology should automatically install, and hopefully your feel playing games on Windows 10 should go a chip smoother.

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Alex Wawro is a lifelong tech and games enthusiast with more than than a decade of feel covering both for outlets similar Game Developer, Blackness Lid, and PC Earth magazine. He currently serves every bit a senior editor at Tom's Guide roofing all things computing, from laptops and desktops to keyboards and mice.