On the ‘Now Playing’ tab, you will see the file that is currently running. You can also use it to stream music and video files directly from the Internet. Game Bar’s performance was excellent overall, and the hit to performance should be nominal for already taxed resources on budget gaming machines.Windows Media Player is a full-featured software program that allows you to play back CDs, DVDs, audio files, and videos. Without Game Bar running, the budget rig scored 39.43 fps, with recording running (and again no Game Bar in fullscreen) the average performance dropped slightly to 37.74 fps, a difference of less than two frames per second. Without Game Bar running the average was 56.3 frames per second, and an average of 54.9 fps with recording active.įinally, just to see if Game Bar could continue this performance streak, we turned to the benchmark tool in 2016’s Hitman. Performance was also good in The Division, where again the Game Bar didn’t show up in fullscreen. That was in fullscreen, with no certainty that the Windows 10 Game Bar was recording until after the benchmark was finished.

The recording session took our benchmark from an average 58.33 frames per second down to 54.33 fps. Running the Metro: Last Light benchmark on our budget testing rig, Game Bar did really well. When the Game Bar fails to appear it’s usually because the game doesn’t recognize the keyboard shortcut or the controller button press. No for the bad part: Sometimes calling up the Game Bar just plain doesn’t work. Or you can hit the “Record that” button to the left of the record button to grab the last 30 seconds when background recording is active. Once the Game Bar appears, hit the record button, and you’re good to go. Once you’re in game, to manually record a game clip, simultaneously press the Windows key + G to call up the Game Bar or click the Xbox key on a controller. Unfortunately, the Windows 10 Game Bar doesn’t tie into more popular services such as Twitch and YouTube. Here you can adjust all the options for sending your stream out onto Microsoft’s game streaming platform, Mixer.

In the Game DVR settings you’ll also see options for recording your mic during gameplay, and below that you can choose to capture video at 30 or 60 frames per second.īelow Game DVR in the Settings app’s left rail there’s also a Broadcasting menu item.

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