Microsoft started slowly rolling out the first significant Windows 11 upgrade of the year to consumers back in September. With numerous patches and new features, it is known as 22H2 and functions quite similarly to older Service Packs. Despite this, the launch has been difficult since consumers have started to complain about BSODs and problems with Nvidia GPUs. Microsoft is currently alerting users to the update's potential for "unexpected" performance in select games and apps that are related to gaming. Due to this circumstance, Microsoft has decided to halt the deployment until it can incorporate a patch into the upcoming update. 

Microsoft warns that "certain games and apps might exhibit lower than intended performance or stuttering on Windows 11, version 22H2" in a recent blog post titled "Lower than expected performance in some games." The official justification is strange: "Affected games and apps are accidentally enabling GPU performance debugging options not intended for general use." 

This supports what Nvidia claimed to be the cause in September. Microsoft does not specify which games are impacted by the flaw, although we would assume that if you were, you would be aware of it. Microsoft has put the upgrade on "compatibility hold" as it works this out. Therefore, until it is fixed, if you haven't already seen it as accessible for your system, you won't. Redmond also cautions customers about using its Media Creation Tool to perform a manual upgrade to 22H2. 

Microsoft advises "updating your games and gaming-related apps" if you have already installed it and are still seeing the error. Thankfully, these updates now frequently occur automatically through gaming hubs like Steam, EGS, and others. Nvidia, for its part, has already fixed the problem with a GeForce Experience update. If you're an Nvidia user, get the most recent 3.26 version right now. 

This appears to be a significant blunder for Microsoft. Prior to its release, Microsoft was said to have encountered this problem while testing the upgrade with Insiders. The corporation has finally responded to complaints concerning game performance after more than a month. Although it's excellent that the problem has been resolved, the length of time it took is concerning. Additionally, it claims to have no timetable for when a remedy will be accessible. When it comes to your newest operating system's largest upgrade of the year, that's a really horrible place to be in.