Sure - at the risk of breaking functionality, or it being reverted with Windows updates. Most people won't bother changing the defaults

"Innovation!"

You can go in and tweak windows however you like and get that performance back. In the end though, we're talking about the default setup MS has which is trying to cover all bases and not be specific. If gaming is all you want to do then there are loads of things to uninstall or turn off you can do right now.

" Not a fan of democratic election of leaders?" Yes. Let's me explain: Bush, Clinton, Obama, Bush Jr, Biden, and now Trump. Even if you are loyal to the Republicans or Democrats, then the performance as a whole of the democracy is 50%, and that is valid only if you consider that one party did the right thing. I consider that all of them were a scam, and all democratic countries follow the same pattern. It's like picking one of many options, and all of them lead to the same conclusion. I stand with Socrates.

A very under-rated game. Next level graphics with Path Tracing on beefy PC. I am definitely looking forward to this DLC.