Microsoft has announced a new feature that will be coming to the Windows 10 19H2 update. This new feature will offer better CPU core optimization, will be integrated directly to the operating system, and promises to speed up single-threaded applications by up to 15%.
Now in case you didn’t know, modern-day CPUs feature some cores that are better/faster than others. Until today, Windows 10 was unable to fully take advantage – on the Intel side – of those favoured cores. This is about to change though with the upcoming Windows 10 update. On Intel CPUs with Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0, we may see performance increases by up to 15% in single-threaded/dual-threaded scenarios.
It’s also worth noting that Microsoft has already introduced better core awareness for the Zen processors with Windows 10 1903. Therefore, this new feature may not bring any significant performance increase on AMD’s processors.
As Microsoft stated:
“A CPU may have multiple “favored” cores (logical processors of the highest available scheduling class). To provide better performance and reliability, we have implemented a rotation policy. This policy distributes work more fairly among these favored cores.”
By offering a better rotation policy, critical instructions will be distributed more evenly among the favored cores so that they are executed quicker.
Theoretically, this should increase performance in some games that rely heavily on one or two CPU cores/threads. Such games are Far Cry New Dawn, CODE VEIN, The Surge 2 and more. As such, it will be interesting to benchmark these games once the update goes live.
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Plus the free added benefit of more bugs and glitches no doubt.
Excellent!
and will probably break many other things…
Yeah I’m so hesitant to install any of these new updates
Windows 7 forever!
People said the same thing about XP.
And the same about W98.
The fear of change is real.
Not quite.
Just upgraded to W10 from W7 SP1, MHW (DX11) performs better with zero stutter on W10
CPUs that currently support Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3.0:
Core i7-6950X Extreme Edition
Core i7-7820X
Core i7-9800X
Core i9-7900X
Core i9-7920X
Core i9-7940X
Core i9-7960X
Core i9-7980XE
Core i9-9820X
Core i9-9900X
Core i9-9920X
Core i9-9940X
Core i9-9960X
Core i9-9980XE
Core i9-9990XE
Xeon W-3223
Xeon W-3225
Xeon W-3235
Xeon W-3245
Xeon W-3245M
Xeon W-3265
Xeon W-3265M
Xeon W-3275
Xeon W-3275M
Can you please add Dota 2 to that list, Thank you!
Promises huh… Politics are everywhere!
Yeah, but you keep breaking crap after each update.
Just be concise and get it right time after another, instead of going “wow, look at this new wonderful thing we’ve done, annnd now it’s broken and useless”.
When is 19H2 due out?
They disable Cortana and all bloatware, I knew it 🙂 /s
Some more news on Windows 10 update, @JOHN.
Windows 10 Home now forces you to sign in with a Microsoft account—unless you disconnect from the internet first. Microsoft has always wanted you to sign in with a Microsoft account, but now it’s going even further.
The option to sign in with a classic local Windows account was always rather hidden behind an “Offline Account” option. Now, we’ve confirmed that it’s vanished entirely from Windows 10’s setup process.
https://www.askwoody.com/2019/looks-like-installing-a-clean-win10-version-1903-home-forces-you-to-use-a-microsoft-account/
https://www.howtogeek.com/442609/confirmed-windows-10-setup-now-prevents-local-account-creation/
I’ve had a TERRIBLE time with Windows 10 updates. Literally a nightmare. I’ve been using and loving Windows since win95. I actually LIKED Vista. And Win 10s forcing consistly broken updates has just soured me to everything Microsoft. After over two decades being a fan, if I could play all the games I wanted on Linux I would never touch Windows again. Hope they get it right at some point but not optimistic