The KB5020044 update is rolling out now on all Windows 11 systems.Īnyone running the latest build can take a quick trip into the settings to check for updates to find the patch: KB5020044. It dropped that limit last week, and now there's a fix. When it became apparent the performance issue was widespread, Microsoft blocked 22H2 update notifications and automatic installations on systems with affected games. Microsoft never provided a list of titles suffering from such performance degradation, but gamers online have cited issues with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Halo Infinite, and God of War, to name a few. 'Affected games and apps are inadvertently enabling GPU performance debugging features not meant to be used by consumers,' it said at the time. However, Microsoft noted there were deeper problems in the update.

Part of the issue stemmed from Nvidia GPU drivers, which the company solved with a quick update.

Among the issues was a possible drop in game performance, but gamers can rest easy: Microsoft has released a hotfix that takes care of the problem.Īfter the release of version 22H2 in late September, gamers complained about spotty performance in some titles. It wouldn't be a Windows update without some bugs, and indeed, there were some annoyances when Microsoft finally released the 22H2 update (formally the WindUpdate).

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