Question Is it necessary to debloat Windows 10 for gaming on modern devices?

[stewuie]

I get alot of people talking on why you should do "this tweaks, oh remove this feature for extra juicy performance or fps" but why?
Does it even give THAT of a drastic improvement compared to a Vanilla Windows 10 Install?

When debloating windows 10 does it really give a noticeable amount of improvements like Fps, Performance, etc.
I keep hearing about such tales of microsoft telemtry or even that microsoft gets your "private information" If that's the case im inbetween with it because i just wanna game and do light work for school. But it's "probably" in the right hands.

On my system specs am i better off with Vanilla Windows or Debloated Windows.
CPU: i5-10600
RAM: 16 GB
GPU: GTX 1660 Super

 

[Fix_that_Glitch]

Debloating is not recommended for casual users like yourself. You may disable services that you actually need. As far as performance enhancement I believe you would not notice any discernable difference in performance and may actually make it worse. There a plenty of ways to enhance performance using Windows settings. See below.

 

[Zerk2012]

The only time I would do that is if it was a prebuilt from somewhere like Cyberpower. Then I would just wipe the drive installing Windows to get all the crap they installed off.

 

[punkncat]

On Windows 10, there are a number of things I recommend such as "Background Apps", "Startup", and just some of the stock applications that one may or may not ever use. I don't recommend going so far as to try registry hacks or going out of the way to remove base features...Cortana comes to mind here.

The biggest detractor I personally saw with 10 was with memory utilization in relation to all the run the background stuff it leaves defaulted to on.

 

[stewuie]

On Windows 10, there are a number of things I recommend such as "Background Apps", "Startup", and just some of the stock applications that one may or may not ever use. I don't recommend going so far as to try registry hacks or going out of the way to remove base features...Cortana comes to mind here.

The biggest detractor I personally saw with 10 was with memory utilization in relation to all the run the background stuff it leaves defaulted to on.

I'll try turning off Background apps, Startup apps that i dont use. I've seen the things you said like "Registry Hacks & Removing Base Features" I've seen things like disabled Notification Bar, Gamebar, Deleted Xbox Apps, etc. But disabling Background apps, Startup apps, and light optimization would be safe and friendly right? Without registry etc needed.

 

[punkncat]

Most of what I mention is clicking a slider over, or selecting 'disabled'. Totally reversible and easy.

Windows often comes with things "installed" that you may or may not use and can be worth uninstalling. I don't use Teams (for instance) so I delete it. Evernote or whatever it is called, there are others. And even in Startup, it will often tell you if it has a high impact. Other things to consider are launchers and such. Steam defaults to load with Windows. Do you need it to come up every time you turn on, or can you click the icon to launch?
Same with Epic, EA, etc. The only one of those I leave on (just so I don't forget to turn it on) is MSI Afterburner/Riva.

I personally don't like the Xbox/gamebar things and I do disable it. I use an Xbox controller and like for the "X" button only to turn it on and off, not launch the bar and screen shots and all that mess simply because I don't use them and don't own an Xbox to "play alongside/work with" whatever else that functionality is.

 

[stewuie]

Most of what I mention is clicking a slider over, or selecting 'disabled'. Totally reversible and easy.

Windows often comes with things "installed" that you may or may not use and can be worth uninstalling. I don't use Teams (for instance) so I delete it. Evernote or whatever it is called, there are others. And even in Startup, it will often tell you if it has a high impact. Other things to consider are launchers and such. Steam defaults to load with Windows. Do you need it to come up every time you turn on, or can you click the icon to launch?
Same with Epic, EA, etc. The only one of those I leave on (just so I don't forget to turn it on) is MSI Afterburner/Riva.

I personally don't like the Xbox/gamebar things and I do disable it. I use an Xbox controller and like for the "X" button only to turn it on and off, not launch the bar and screen shots and all that mess simply because I don't use them and don't own an Xbox to "play alongside/work with" whatever else that functionality is.

This is what i've been looking for. Completely friendly and reversible thanks!

But with a modern machine like mine it is completely unnecessary for me to do the "registry changes & removing features tweaks"?

 

[DSzymborski]

I get alot of people talking on why you should do "this tweaks, oh remove this feature for extra juicy performance or fps" but why?
Does it even give THAT of a drastic improvement compared to a Vanilla Windows 10 Install?

When debloating windows 10 does it really give a noticeable amount of improvements like Fps, Performance, etc.
I keep hearing about such tales of microsoft telemtry or even that microsoft gets your "private information" If that's the case im inbetween with it because i just wanna game and do light work for school. But it's "probably" in the right hands.

On my system specs am i better off with Vanilla Windows or Debloated Windows.
CPU: i5-10600
RAM: 16 GB
GPU: GTX 1660 Super

Drastic? Not really. Windows paranoia is a popular malady. There are some annoyances and you certainly want to make sure you don't have too many things auto-running and auto-updating, but it's generally a big fat nothing burger. Windows is so easy to run on a gaming-capable machine these days that you're unlikely to see anything noticeable by carving out a huge chunk of Windows functions.

 

[punkncat]

But with a modern machine like mine is it completely unnecessary for me to do the "registry changes & removing features tweaks"?

I don't recommend registry hacks unless you are both absolutely sure what you are doing, why, and are able to fix or deal with the bugs that can come along with doing so.

 

[stewuie]

I don't recommend registry hacks unless you are both absolutely sure what you are doing, why, and are able to fix or deal with the bugs that can come along with doing so.

I see, i see.

 

[DSzymborski]

I see, i see.

Think of it as a car. There are ways to get better mileage, like, say, not carrying around 500 pound of mulch everywhere you go or something.

But some of the things that they suggest artlessly slashing from Windows is the equivalent of removing the car stereo or the cup holders or spare tire/donut from the trunk. These things are negligible and cause more problems when you start removing them.

Windows 10 can run on a tiny system-on-a-chip just fine. To a modern CPU like your 10600, it's like trying to stop a tank by throwing a tomato at it.

 

[stewuie]

Think of it as a car. There are ways to get better mileage, like, say, not carrying around 500 pound of mulch everywhere you go or something.

But some of the things that they suggest artlessly slashing from Windows is the equivalent of removing the car stereo or the cup holders or spare tire/donut from the trunk. These things are negligible and cause more problems when you start removing them.

Windows 10 can run on a tiny system-on-a-chip just fine. To a modern CPU like your 10600, it's like trying to stop a tank by throwing a tomato at it.

I get it now 😅