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On Fri, 14 Apr 2017 08:43:05 +0100, Toby Newman <goo...@asktoby.com>
wrote:

>On 2017-04-13, Rin Stowleigh <rstow...@nevrhadgmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The Game Mode mentioned here is probably the most interesting feature
>> of the creators update, for purposes of this NG, at least:
>>
>> http://www.pcgamer.com/10-windows-10-creators-update-features-we-like/
>>
>> I would not expect the new game mode would have a direct impact on
>> benchmark numbers, but I would suspect this type of feature will
>> benefit games in a number of ways:
>>
>> 1.  Eliminating isolates cases of subtle but noticable performance
>> problems, like occasional stutters / delays or resource related
>> anomalies.  Things that tend not to show up in repeatable benchmarks
>> but diminish the gaming experience during actual play.
>
>This will probably be great for VR, wherein occasional stutters are
>much more jarring and immersion breaking.

This is another reason I've held off on VR, I'm not a fan of any
display that's jittery or that stutters, and my disdain is increased
the closer it is to my eyes.

An example is this increasing trend in films of intentional "amateur"
camera work that seems to make everything look like a reality show
(i.e. camera man holding the camera with one hand and walking around
filming the actors, as if the whole production is being filmed with a
smartphone).  I think this is something millenials or gen-Z kids
respond positively to it, but my eyes hate it.

For example of this, watch a bit of Game of Thrones (well-filmed),
then watch a bit of The Last Kingdom (low budget handheld technique I
mentioned above).  The latter gives me headaches to watch.

Question, is VR CPU dependent?  I thought VR performance would be more
of a factor of GPU than CPU.

The games I see benefitting the most from Game Mode would be titles
that make heavy use of multiple threads, maybe something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wTCivOrayc  or open world games with
lots of NPCs and other things going on.  But then again I guess the
performance benefits would also depend on what else the gamer has
installed on their system.