So not unlike the greater majority of people that have installed windows 10 thus far I have experienced my fair share of problems. My computer was very stable running 8.1 on last years hardware (4670K, 770 2GB, 8GB ram, Samsung 840 EVO SSD) but now Windows 10 is horribly unstable and full of frustrating glitches. First off when I tried to play my first game after install and driver update, Nvidia 3D was turned on by default so my screen was red and I didn’t know why. Fixed that. Then when I went to play Skyrim it wouldn't launch. I uninstalled all my mods in NMM and reinstalled the games. Still can't get it to launch even in compatibility mode running the latest Windows 10 driver from Nvidia. Still have no idea why. Then after about 30 min into any game this notification sound (like an elevator call sound) would play and the game would freeze and I couldn’t even Alt+F4 or CTRL+ALT+DEL out I had to restart. Also when I first boot for probably the first 3 minutes any application I open will delay what I type by three or four seconds and then catch up. While this is happening my RAM and CPU usage are both really low. I tried notepad, the most lightweight program I could think of, with every non-essential start up program turned off and it still does it. I'm tempted just to go back to 8.1 because I'm done with work for the summer three weeks from now and then I'm going back to college at the end of the month. I just don't have time to deal with an OS that is this glitch prone.
Thank you. You just answered my question if i should install Windows 10 now or later.
Actually you're boned cause Nvidia released terrible GPU Drivers. this has nothing to do with Microsoft. I'm an AMD user i've had NO ISSUES with anything. I've made a WHole thread on everything you need to know about Windows 10 and given a quick run-down on some stuff.
As for Windows 10 being broken, I disagree. BUT mind you people are having trouble just getting updated to Windows 10 cause Microsoft took the biggest hit to their servers ever in the history of Computing. everyone and their mother is trying to download Windows 10 via Windows update. it was so bad that Microsoft servers crashed so hard. you can force the update via a Media tool Microsoft just released but after that you will have to update a few drivers manually since Windows update won't update some of your drivers for you.
https://forum.teksyndicate.com/t/microsoft-windows-10-is-here-quick-run-down-and-stuff-to-know/84741
Yeah I used the media creation tool for my install because I was eager to get it installed and see if it was working properly at release. I'm hoping that Nvidia sorts out the drivers in a reasonable amount of time. Because if they don't I will be going back to 8.1 just to have an OS that can run games and programs without crashing and glitching out. The install was smooth and I didn't run into the same initial issues as I did with 8.1. I'm actually enjoying a lot of the little things that Microsoft has done to the operating system itself. If you're right and Nvidia is one of the main sources for the problems then I see no reason to switch back to 8.1 unless they take ages to work out the bugs. I like that Win 10 has a better start button, this well scaled task bar, and that they got rid of all of the "magic corner" menus. Those features alone makes me want to stick with Win 10. Fantastic "Stuff to know" post by the way you seem to be really skilled at digging through layers of corporate BS and making well written posts.
I've been a "Windows Insider" since day one. I know most if not all of the news going around with Windows 10. the gaming issues with Windows 10, is strictly on Nvidia's end. they did release a Hotfix for it. i mentioned it in that "Need to Know" thread. but i don't know if it truly fixed the issue. I don't have Nvidia to properly test any of the stuff.
This evening I'm going to be testing out my games for the nvidia side of things, I will be adding all of the testing into the post you have made, once I do feel free to add any of it into the main post there so people know. that it will works or doesn't with at least my hardware.
Please tell me you didn't post this without trying to clean install first? I had tons of problems the other week when I upgraded, so I tried the Reset PC thing, it failed on like 50% and my PC didnt boot so I just restored to win7 since I didnt have usb/disk I could use. Then I remembered that you could use drivedroid on android to mount ISOs so I clean installed windows 10; got my license from MS servers (from upgrade) and its ran fine ever since.
This is on a Samsung 840 evo that was wiped and formatted, installed from a USB drive made using the Windows media creation utility, with no files from my old 8.1 install. The only things installed are; Steam, Firefox, Media Monkey, Nvidia Geforce Experience, Precision X, and the majority of the games I play most often. All the drivers are the most recent versions and all of my hardware is configured correctly and was perfectly stable on Win 8.1. Games still crash repeatedly even while the system is running at nearly idle temps. My case has tons of airflow and the room I'm in is quite cool. There is no overheating occuring from what I can tell. The drivers are just absolutely horrid. As mentioned previously they come with 3D enabled by default, they crash constantly, and some games wont even start up in compatibility mode.
Only glitch I have found is Using the Xbox App. When I hit Wnd + G for game capture my gpu drivers crash. AMD card.
@Kat is right, Nvidia doesn't have their shit together with Windows 10 yet... give it time they are bound to make something kind of work, maybe.
how is the AMD?
It works perfectly.
The Nvidia Hotfix is Horrible ! When I'm running games Windows runs into Memory problems or the Nvidia driver crashes so bad that i have to hard reset my PC... apart from that everything works fine.
Honestly, I've had ONE issue when I updated to Windows 10. Ethernet issues.. I have my router connected directly to my PC. for some reason i still wasn't getting internet, even though my modem and router says everything is working fine. I tethered my phone to my PC to give it internet for a bit, Went on Intels website. downloaded the brand new Windows 10 Ethernet drivers. BOOM problem solved.
Here's a quick gaming test on Windows 10.
I had to make a quick 20 second video on Youtube. still getting used to that Raptr software thing. I've had AMD for about a year or so on and off and never bothered to use it.
There isn't much new about Windows 10 that ought to interest people enough to jump on right away. I've tested on a couple of machines but am sticking with 8.1 with Startisback+ for my home system. Will wait for a couple of drivers to come out at least, and then likely using Startisback++ over the Win10 Start Menu.
Start Menu by itself on the merit of being a start menu is the worst ever in its present state.
The same goes for the search function, wich yeah even 8.1 does a lot better.
The new browser Edge isn't nearly finished.
DirectX 12 will be interesting, sometime in 2016.
The search function is exactly the same on Windows 8.1 It searches your PC through settings, Apps, and the Web JUST like in Windows 8.1. so no. it works just like it did. in fact it hasn't even changed. only aesthetically. it's not on the charms bar anymore like Windows 8.1. yes the browser isn't finished but it is stable. does it mean people are going to jump on the ball to Edge? probably not. and I don't think people should just yet. Mozilla is going to release Firefox 40. (Which you can test right now if you wish) that is most likely, be a Universal app. it works perfectly for desktop and tablets. Edge may or may not go back down the food-chain like Internet explorer was.
As for DX12. there is ONE game out that has full support for it. but right now no one really cares for it. I think the big one people are waiting for is Deus Ex. but yeah that's coming next year.
Honestly no one should be getting on the ball just yet. if you are eager than by all means go for it. but Nvidia users are screwed with Windows 10. Now we can finally say it's all on Nvidia's end now.. which is pretty ironic, considering Nvidia users and regular people in general have been shitting on AMD users for years about their drivers. yet Nvidia's driver is broken to hell on WIndows 10 and AMD works.
Not that this is any help to people but... I have an Nvidia gtx 580 and I did the update day 1. It has been nothing but smooth for me so far. Played CS GO and Witcher 3 with no problems. All I had to do was take away all of the privileges that MS thought all the programs should have for some reason.
That game is pretty glitchy on its own
what Rise of the Triad?