It has been a tricky post-launch interval for Windows 11, with its reception from players having been lower than nice. When an OS tanks your gaming performance, that is to be anticipated considerably. With the most recent Home windows 11 replace, nonetheless, issues could also be wanting up for us players.
The KB5008353 replace has just lately been made obtainable as an optionally available obtain for customers who aren’t part of the Home windows Insider program. In response to Windows Latest, the replace addresses some SSD- and HDD-related bugs which have been inflicting efficiency points for the brand new working system.
The bug in query causes pointless processes to happen throughout learn/write operations, which isn’t one thing you want when
It was initially tackled again in late November on the insider preview, with the replace labelled KB5007262. The patch notes say it “addresses a problem that impacts the efficiency of all disks (NVMe, SSD, hardisk) on Home windows 11 by performing pointless actions every time a write working happens.”
And now, after eight months of coping with the issue, the repair has been kindly rolled out to us non-Insiders, ought to we select to just accept it. And by the sounds of it, you must.
The optionally available updates Home windows pushes out each Patch Tuesday are thought to be far more secure than these the Home windows Insiders are powerful sufficient to courageous. And if it means higher efficiency for gaming, hey, it is definitely value a shot.
The patch may even lastly make it value updating to Home windows 11 for these players nonetheless clinging desperately to the earlier OS model. Although after all it is nonetheless down to private choice.
If you wish to give it a go, you possibly can direct obtain from the Windows Update Catalog. There are a number of different issues you are able to do to optimise Windows 11 for gaming, as properly, in case you are pondering of constructing the leap.