Microsoft is planning to bring its Xbox HDR Game Calibration app to Windows 11, allowing older games to run with less input lag, Auto HDR, and Variable Refresh Rate (VRR). The upcoming Windows HDR Calibration app will allow PC gamers to improve the color accuracy and consistency of an HDR display, just like on Xbox. It will include three test patterns to calibrate HDR efficiently. Windows 11 testers will be able to access the app soon ahead of its general release.
Windows 11 shipped with the Auto HDR feature from the Xbox Series X / S consoles, and Microsoft is now making some optimizations for windowed games that will allow them to support Auto HDR and VRR. The optimizations can also “significantly improve latency” for older games running in windowed mode, according to Microsoft.
A new “Optimizations for windowed games” tab will appear in the graphics part of the Windows 11 Settings interface, that will apply to older DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 games. While you’ve typically had to run games in fullscreen in the past to get all the latency and performance benefits, Microsoft has made changes to DirectX in both Windows 10 and now Windows 11 to boost games running in windowed mode.
“This new optimization specifically applies to Windowed and Borderless-Windowed games because when you’re running in Fullscreen, a similar optimization already exists, and this new setting brings a consistent experience no matter which mode you are running in,” said Hannah Fisher, a program manager in the graphics and DirectX team at Microsoft. “You don’t need to worry about DirectX 12 games as they already take advantage of the new presentation mode.”
Microsoft has only just started testing these new gaming additions to Windows 11, so it may be months before they’re fully available to all users. The software maker revealed earlier this month that it’s now planning to deliver new Windows 11 features more regularly, instead of a big annual drop full of changes.
(All information was provided by The Verge)
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