The most recent Windows 11 update hurts gamers.

The most recent Windows update is no exception to the rule of introducing new issues while resolving old ones. According to tech site Bleeping Computer, the most recent Windows 11 update (Windows 11 22H2), which was released earlier this week, is seriously impacting gaming performance.

Several impacted users have stated that ever since installing the most recent update, their games have started to stutter, have erratic framerates, and have slowed down. Even those who play on the most cutting-edge gaming technology are affected by this.

The problem, according to Nvidia, is caused by a new Windows graphics debugging capability that was accidentally turned on. The American hardware manufacturer has already made a patch available to fix the problem and made a public announcement about it. According to Nvidia, the problem should be resolved in the most recent beta of GeForce Experience. Several commenters have attested to the update's effectiveness.

The fact that this issue exists suggests that the add-on software from Nvidia, rather than the GeForce drivers, was the source of the issue. Therefore, you might not have initially experienced the performance issue if you had manually downloaded your drivers instead of using GeForce Experience.

This is one of the key explanations for why Microsoft delivers new updates in phases, first making them accessible to a select number of users before distributing them to everyone else. This is a lesson the software developer learnt during the Windows as a Service era, when new updates would frequently result in serious problems, including broken apps, lost data, damaged webcams, and other things.

As described in reviews posted across a number of online platforms and on Microsoft's online community, some users notice substantial lag and stuttering while playing games as a result of the Windows 11 2022 Update's apparent reduction in CPU use.

"In games, I've been having insane stuttering. My CPU utilisation in games has dramatically decreased, in some cases going from 80% to 5%. I just went back to the previous update, and my gaming experience has greatly improved "a Redditor stated.

According to feedback from numerous impacted customers, the performance problems with gaming should go away after rolling back the update.

"The moment I installed the 22H2 update for Windows 11 this morning, my games began to lag. Using MSI Afterburner, I discovered that my CPU utilisation in games (BFV and NFS Heat) had decreased from about 50–60% to about 5%, and that this was the case across all of my games "In a lengthy discussion, a user report details the problem, and other users confirm that it affects their systems as well.