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Windows 11 is now ‘up to 40 percent faster’ on PCs with 8GB of RAM

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Tom Warren is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years.

Microsoft has been doing a lot of work to improve memory usage and increase performance on Windows 11 PCs over the past year. Last month the company revealed Windows 11 is now “more responsive” and runs better on PCs with 8GB of RAM, and now the company is releasing a new update today that includes further memory improvements.

“On 8 GB PCs, Windows is now up to 20 percent more responsive, and multitasking is up to 40 percent faster in our lab test,” says Windows chief Pavan Davuluri. One of the key ways Microsoft has achieved better performance on PCs with 8GB of RAM is through compression.

“As a result, Windows can now keep up to 2 GB more of your active data in...

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'I have no lack of inspiration from the amazing gameplay itself' — Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer says Infinity Ward's sound team were a 'huge creative influence' on the soundtrack and 'integral in shaping the overall vibe'

* Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 composer Jason Graves has revealed some inspirations behind the game's soundtrack * He attributes much of it to the gameplay and Infinity Ward's sound team * He confirmed that he didn't reference previous Modern Warfare soundtracks, but there is "