Microsoft cuts Gears of War: E-Day shader waits to seconds on Windows 11

Microsoft enabled Advanced Shader Delivery for Gears of War: E-Day on Windows 11, cutting first-launch shader compilation to a few seconds from several minutes — roughly a 95% reduction. Support arrived for AMD and Qualcomm GPUs on October 1, with Intel and Nvidia following later this month.

• ASD cuts first-launch shader compilation by about 95%
• AMD RDNA 1–4 and Snapdragon X2 supported since October 1
• Intel Arc, Core Ultra and all RTX GPUs added later in October
• Requires Windows 11 24H2 or newer