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by swift532 2291 days ago
Are you sure they are not optional? I remember disabling various security updates at the time, but unfortunately I wasn't testing whether performance in games was affected positively after removing them. I can only say that it felt as it had been faster, but I hadn't measured FPS.
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My understanding is that newer Windows version contain microcode updates for the processors, and once they are applied, they are in there for good.
Microcode doesn't flash the CPU, it's loaded at boot time, you can remove it and disable the software mitigation.