Gamers, Here’s How To Optimize Gaming Performance On Windows 11

Microsoft likes to claim that every new edition of Windows is the best Windows ever. With numerous additional features and improvements, we can’t say they’re always wrong, but we can also say that performance suffers at times. After all, adding more features will consume more hardware resources, but it’s possible that not all consumers are as up-to-date as the developer hopes. As such, there are definitely times when you may need to squeeze out extra performance by disabling certain unwarranted features. Windows 11 has a number of features that may not be necessary so you can keep running in the background if you want to get the most frames out of your experience.

Usually people rely on sites like HotHardware, enthusiast forums, and other places to gather information on how to get the most framerates out of your rigs. In this case, however, it looks like Microsoft itself has provided some insight into gaming performance on Windows 11. Two security-focused features in particular could hurt your frame rates while gaming – Core Isolation and Virtual Machine Platform. We did a test Shadow of the Tomb Raider and achieved a pretty hefty 5 FPS average (and even better minimums) after disabling those options. Check out the results and instructions below.

Core Isolation’s memory integrity option is the first. This feature of Windows 11 describes how it prevents attacks from injecting malicious code into high-security processes. This seems to be an issue that should be disabled, and it very well could be, since memory vulnerabilities seem to be a very common target for malware lately. However, you can always turn it back on when you’re done playing. To change the setting, open your start menu and type ‘core insulation’ then select ‘core insulation’ from the list. This will open Windows Security to the Core Isolation page. You can disable and enable them ‘memory integrity’ Feature here at your own request.

Next comes the Virtual Machine Platform. Unless you are a developer or need to virtualize another operating system in your Windows environment, enabling this is pretty useless. So why are the services running in the background? Disabling VMP is easy enough. Open your start menu, type ‘Windows Features’ and select Turn the Windows feature on or off. Find next Virtual Machine Platformand uncheck the box.

In either case, you’ll need to restart your computer for the changes to take effect, but you should see a performance improvement once you’re done. Good luck and happy ripping!