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Cap DWM present queue at 1 frame (minimum latency)

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Sets MaxQueuedPresents = 1 under SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Dwm. By default the desktop compositor allows up to 2 frames queued for present — which gives smoother motion but adds up to 16 ms of input-to-display latency at 60 Hz (less at 144 Hz+). Setting it to 1 forces the compositor to present each frame immediately, removing one frame of queue depth. Big help for competitive borderless gaming and low-latency cursors. May cost smoothness on slow hardware that misses its frame deadline. Reboot required.

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Official documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/dxgi/nf-dxgi-idxgiswapchain-present

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