Windows 11: Microsoft publishes guide for more performance in games

Under the title “Options to optimize gaming performance in Windows 11Microsoft has now released instructions to help gamers optimize the performance of their Windows 11 systems in games. The security functions of the operating system are particularly affected by the intervention.

Security features can slow down games.

After gamers in particular complained about a loss of performance in Windows 11 in a direct comparison with Windows 10 and addressed criticism of Microsoft, the company has now reacted and presented instructions on how the performance of the operating system can be optimized for gamers. games in just a few steps and performance degradation needs to be addressed.

As part of ongoing testing and user feedback, Microsoft has determined that in some scenarios and some gaming device system configurations, there may be performance degradation when Memory Integrity and VMP are enabled.

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In order to access maximum gaming performance in Windows 11, it may be necessary to disable the “Memory Integrity” security feature found in Kernel Isolation and “Virtual Machine Platform (“VMP”)”.

• Windows Security → Device Security → Kernel Isolation Details:
  • Memory Integrity = Disable
• Control Panel → Programs and Features → Turn Windows features on or off:
  • Virtual Machine Platform = Disable

The solution should only be used temporarily

According to Microsoft, both functions, which are active out of the box, should be reactivated after playing the game for security reasons.

In particular, memory integrity, which with the help of hypervisor-protected code integrity (“HVCI”) is intended to ensure that malicious software code cannot be smuggled into high-security processes, should be reactivated as soon as possible. as quickly as possible under normal circumstances.

For players of a more theoretical nature

Neither VBS nor HVCI, which are optional anyway, have to be used by private end users for them to work. However, it is interesting to analyze the impact on performance. The editors had already compared Windows 11 with HVCI and Windows 10 in September of last year.