Now here something incredible for all our AMD Ryzen fans. Microsoft has made available to Windows 11 23H2 all the upcoming AMD Ryzen enhancements that are in the beta of 24H2. As such, you can now get more performance from your AMD Ryzen CPUs for free.

Let’s start from the beginning though. A couple of days ago, HardwareUnboxed shared a video in which they tested the AMD Ryzen 9700X and the 7700X in over 40 games. For these benchmakrs, HU tested the latest Windows 11 version with the beta 24H2. And, as they found out, the 24H2 Update can boost performance on both Zen 4 and Zen 5 CPUs by an average of 10%.

Now what’s crazy here is that some games can get some pretty incredible performance improvements. For instance, Gears 5 saw a 35% performance boost. Similarly, Fortnite DX11 saw a 30% performance increase. Even Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, a game that can be CPU-bound, got a 22% performance increase. And that’s simply with a new update. Those gains are not from using a faster memory module or by overclocking the CPU. This is crazy.

Microsoft was originally planning to have these AMD Ryzen performance improvements in the 24H2 Update. However, the team has also made them available in the 23H2 Update. That’s the update most of you already have right now.

So, all you have to do is look for KB5041587 under Windows update > Advanced options > Optional updates. Once you find it, you can install it. And that’s it.

Do note that this is ONLY available on Windows 11. From what we know so far, Microsoft does not plan to bring it to Windows 10. That’s a bummer but hey, it is what it is.

As said, this is a free performance boost. I seriously can’t believe what’s going on here. Still, this is something that will put a smile on the face of all AMD Ryzen fans.

Lastly, I suggest watching the HU video. This video has over 40 benchies between Win11 23H2 (before it got the performance boost) and Win 11 24H2.

Enjoy and stay tuned for more!

John Papadopoulos

John is the founder and Editor in Chief at DSOGaming. He is a PC gaming fan and highly supports the modding and indie communities. Before creating DSOGaming, John worked on numerous gaming websites. While he is a die-hard PC gamer, his gaming roots can be found on consoles. John loved – and still does – the 16-bit consoles, and considers SNES to be one of the best consoles. Still, the PC platform won him over consoles. That was mainly due to 3DFX and its iconic dedicated 3D accelerator graphics card, Voodoo 2. John has also written a higher degree thesis on the “The Evolution of PC graphics cards.”
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