Microsoft, in March earlier this yr, revealed a brand new Xbox Recreation Bar replace that modified the appear and feel of the applying. The app is basically Microsoft’s in-house overlay for Home windows for gaming and helps monitor useful resource utilization, in addition to seize gameplay screenshots and movies, and extra.

Whereas it could not matter for everybody as there are a number of third-party utilities like MSI Afterburner (RivaTuner), in addition to ones from AMD or Nvidia, the Recreation Bar is a fully very important element for a number of the quickest AMD Ryzen CPUs on the market.

And in accordance with a brand new report by PC Video games {Hardware} (PCGH), Microsoft could also be quietly disabling the it on Home windows 10 methods, not less than within the case of Professional and Enterprise editions which might doubtlessly hamstring a number of CPUs.

In the event you recall, AMD first launched its X3D processor within the type of the 5800X3D which comprised a single CCD (core compute die) which meant that the 3D vertical cache (V-cache) was capable of feed all of the cores on the CPU with none bother and didn’t require any particular optimization for Home windows for job and workloads scheduling throughout the CPU threads of the 5800X3D.

Later, AMD debuted 3D V-cache to 12 and 16 core Ryzen elements as effectively with AM5 because the Ryzen 7000X3D (Zen 4-based) chips function the additional L3 cache. Nevertheless, since these had been twin CCD elements (every CCD homes as much as eight Zen cores), solely one of many CCDs was outfitted with this quicker cache whereas the opposite was extra optimized for larger clocks.

On Home windows 10 and 11, the Xbox Recreation Bar app carries the mandatory optimization for dealing with this job scheduling job such that gaming workloads can be accurately handed on to the CCD with the 3D cache. That is achieved by way of the 3D V-Cache Efficiency Optimizer Driver that’s delivered via the AMD chipset driver package deal. All a consumer wanted to do was assign a selected title or sport by checking the “Keep in mind it is a sport” possibility inside Xbox Recreation Bar settings.

PCGH notes that they had been unable to make the Xbox Recreation Bar function work correctly, even after reinstalling Home windows 10, as all makes an attempt apparently proved futile.

After studying the report, I additionally up to date the Xbox Recreation Bar app on my Home windows 10 system to attempt to replicate the issue. Apparently, in contrast to the earlier model, the Xbox Recreation Settings would crash when clicked on it and so deciding on the “Keep in mind it is a sport possibility” was not doable on my aspect.

Bizarrely and maybe coincidentally, the Xbox Recreation bar help article concerning that possibility can also be gone as it’s not obtainable. Whereas this challenge is unlikely to have an effect on somebody like me who runs an octa-core Ryzen 7 5700G APU, Ryzen 7000X3D and 9000X3D house owners could possibly be shedding out massive.

Supply: PCGH