Here's a screenshot of it, courtesy of Reddit user Offlaner: 'Would you like to learn how Xbox Game DVR can be disabled on your system?' Now, it seems Valve, too, has taken notice.īasically, if you run Dota 2 on Windows 10, and you have yet to turn off the Game DVR feature, your game will display a message that reads, 'Your operating system has Xbox Game DVR enabled which has been reported to cause performance problems in game such as reduced or capped fps crashing, or freezing. In particular, a number of these reports cropped up more and more after installing the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. The post attempted to find the root cause for players' reports of poor or lower than usual frame-rate in the game when using Windows 10. It's been recently discovered that in-game frame-rate for some games takes a hit if you turn on the Xbox Game DVR feature on Windows 10.Ī well-detailed post on Dota 2's sub-Reddit by user Pimpmuckl was doing the rounds for a while. Turning on Xbox Game DVR on Windows 10 will negatively affect your PC performance in Dota 2.

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