About this tag
The affinity tag on WindowsForum.com covers discussions about setting processor or interrupt affinity in Windows. A common topic is changing the interrupt affinity policy for drivers like DirectX.sys to reduce interrupts on core 0. Users explore methods such as registry edits and the Windows Driver Kit (WDK) to assign specific affinities to specific cores. These threads focus on low-level system tuning for performance optimization, often involving hardware interrupt handling and driver configuration. The tag is relevant for advanced users seeking to control how Windows distributes processing load across CPU cores.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Affinity for Linux Confirmed in Active Development, but No Release Date Announced

    Affinity says a Linux version is in active development. It has given no release date, so "soon" is more than the evidence supports. According to the post on X, timestamped Nov 2, 2026, the Affinity account replied to a user: "Affinity is coming to Linux, it's in active development, but we've got...
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    Affinity vs Figma on Windows: Free Desktop Design, Local Files and Auto Layout Compared

    Jack Mitchell's MakeUseOf trial of Affinity against Figma is a useful case study for Windows creatives. It is one writer's first attempt, not a benchmark. Two things make it worth a closer look. One is that Affinity is now a free desktop app on Windows, and the other is how differently the two...
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    Affinity Scene Decomposition: Turn Flattened PNGs Into Editable Pixel Layers

    Every PC designer, marketer, or hobbyist has experienced that cold, sinking realization: you need to make a quick five-minute tweak to an old project, you open the archive folder, and the only surviving version of the final design is a flattened PNG. Historically, flattening an image is a...
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    Cancel Adobe Without Losing PSDs: Windows Migration Guide for Affinity, GIMP and Photopea

    If you still pay for Photoshop mostly because years of PSD files feel impossible to leave behind, one migration account is worth reading. MakeUseOf staff writer Yadullah Abidi has described how he moved off Adobe. His main point is simple: he got out because he treated leaving as a migration...
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    Interrupt Affinity Policy for DirectX.sys

    Hi , I wanted to ask, if it is possible to change the Interrupt affinity policy of a driver, maybe in a specific regedit or is there an easy way to do it , I want try to set the directx.sys driver to another core to get less interrupts on core 0. I tried many regedits they all don't work, now...