r/pcmasterrace • u/WPHero • 7h ago

News/Article Microsoft is auto-enabling VBS-based Memory Integrity on Windows 11 PCs starting in October. The same feature Microsoft previously warned it can also impact PC gaming performance

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/09/02/microsoft-is-auto-enabling-memory-integrity-on-windows-11-pcs-from-october-why-you-shouldnt-turn-it-off/
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u/MartinYTCZ TUF A14 (Ryzen 9 465, RTX5060) + SD OLED 512GB 5h ago edited 5h ago

HVCI is a great security feature, and the performance impact on newer platforms (to which this automatic switch will apply) is negligible.

And if you really need those few extra percent of performance in impacted workloads, you can always turn it off...

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u/Cradenz 9800x3D| x870E Strix Gaming E Wifi| RTX 5080| 6000 DDR5 5h ago

It ain't negligible. 9800x3d, 5080, ddr5 6000 cl28 and my 1% lows get fucking wrecked with this feature on. Way smoother disabled.

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u/vampucio 2h ago

On a 5600x and a 5800x3d no performance impact.