PC World (2019-04)

20 PCWorld APRIL 2019

NEWS

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A fix is on its way, but if you want to maximize performance, you may want to uninstall the

patch if it’s already on your PC. BY MARK HACHMAN

H

ere’s a conundrum for PC

gamers: A recent Windows 10

patch solves some of the

Spectre mitigation issues,

increasing performance—but a new, separate

issue means that your GPU and mouse

performance may be slower than normal.

The KB4482887 patch (go.pcworld.

com/kb44), issued March 1, enables

“Retpoline,” a technique for helping

reduce the performance hit of the Spectre

mitigations Microsoft previously rolled

out. But WindowsLatest (go.pcworld.com/

wnlt) also noted a catch: One of the known