In layman's terms, it essentially establishes an isolated subsystem that aids in preventing viruses from wreaking havoc on your computer. It was released with Windows 10, and it uses hardware and software virtualization to improve your system's security. If you're buying an off-the-shelf or pre-built computer running Windows 11, Microsoft is enabling Virtualization-Based Security, or VBS, by default as an additional security layer for your new PC. ADVERTISEMENT Enabling or disabling Variable Refresh Rate and Optimizations for windowed games requires a restart of games or apps that are open already. VBS is also reported to be a cause for a considerable performance penalty for Windows 11 users. Windows 11 gamers find the new feature under Settings > System > Display > Graphics > Default graphics settings. Related: How Microsoft Is Fixing Windows Updates in Windows 11 Microsoft is working hard to fix the issue by the end of October, but right now, The Verge reports that the situation might get worse before it gets better. There are also some issues affecting AMD's 'preferred core' feature, which can also be a source for a performance penalty.

This latency can result in a performance dip in games that ranges from 3-5% to up to 15% in certain eSports titles.

We previously covered this issue in our piece on Windows 11's performance issues on AMD processors, but the gist of it is that 元 cache latencies are greatly increased compared to Windows 10. Firstly, let's talk about the biggest issue currently affecting gamers on Windows 11, particularly AMD Ryzen users, right now.

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