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Posted on 09/12/2017 6:15:59 AM PDT by dayglored
Insider build aims to address glitch spotted by gamers
Microsoft says it is working to address a bug that had caused some Windows 10 applications to experience momentary "stuttering" performance problems.
The flaws, reported to Microsoft by gamers who had installed the Creators Update, resulted in games stuttering and momentarily dropping frame rates. After months of waiting for a fix, users running the Insider Build have now been told by Microsoft that patches are in the pipeline.
"Thank you everyone for providing feedback and submitting traces," Microsoft said via an alert posted to the Feedback Hub app on Windows 10. "We have been analyzing the traces from your feedback and have identified several different problem sources surfacing as stutter in games."
For those not running the Insider test builds, the patches will arrive in October when the new Creators Update hits general availability.
Whether the fixes will fully resolve the stuttering problems remains to be seen, though early feedback on the Windows 10 subreddit suggests that for at least some of the users, the updates have done the trick.
Gamers in particular have been among the most stubborn holdouts for the older Windows 7 – in part over compatibility concerns but also because of performance worries. Getting the stuttering issue under control will only help Microsoft make the case to get everyone migrating to the Creators Update.
The Fall Creators Update is being seen as a key release for Microsoft as it tries to sell PC users on its Windows as a Service approach both in the home and enterprise markets.
Among the promised features for the update are:
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I just bought a third Geoforce video card because their fans keep freezing up. Grrrrr.
My daughter is a gamer; she tells me video cards are the bane of her existence.
Well, this card now comes in two styles. One just has a huge heat sink. But it’s so big it won’t fit in my machine. I was going to just replace the fan, but I went through too many iterations and the card is just acting funky now. I think it will eventually get permanently damaged. It’s a shame. The cards are good, but their fans need work. I can get them on Amazon now, so that’s what I’ll do next time - before it’s permanently damaged.
Does she realize the irony of her statement?
I just bought a third Geoforce video card because their fans keep freezing up. Grrrrr
I just replace the Fan
I was going to replace the fan, but after multiple crashes things are acting weird, even after it’s had hours to cool down.
BTW, by “crash”, I mean my computer is still fine, but the screen is black, so obviously I can’t do anything.
FWIW, I’m measuring this fan in the new one so when it happens again, I can do exactly that. They are cheap at amazon.
BTW, the new card is a little more signifcant than the old one. I don’t ever spend more than $80 on a video card these days. I believe this one is a 1030. Twice as much ram as the old one but still under $70. It’s not gonna break the bank.
> Does she realize the irony of her statement?
I dunno, but your comment also sailed over my head. :-) Could you elucidate?
Certainly. Without video cards, displaying anything on a monitor would be virtually impossible. Gamers need VidCards more than they need oxygen. She may be referring to the amount of heat that they generate or that she may need 2 cards in order to run more than 3 monitors, or some other issue, but without them, she would not be a gamer.
Her comment about it being the bane... can be interpreted to mean that no matter what one has, it's frustrating, because one is always going for better -- higher performance, better stability/reliability, etc. She lost a very fancy card to a power utility surge a few months back that made it past her surge protector; now she's got a proper UPS. Cheap insurance.
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