So windows 10...

Been thinking about finally getting windows 10 installed. Tried searching the forums to see if anything came up but only thing coming up was house threads.

So is there anything to worry about, does it even matter for this game? Is it worth it? I don't really use this computer for anything other than this game at the moment...


*edit* ffs turns out its just a notice to reserve a copy. Why bug me to reserve something that's free and not released yet.

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Originally Posted by Mycow8me

Been thinking about finally getting windows 10 installed. Tried searching the forums to see if anything came up but only thing coming up was house threads.

So is there anything to worry about, does it even matter for this game? Is it worth it? I don't really use this computer for anything other than this game at the moment...


*edit* ffs turns out its just a notice to reserve a copy. Why bug me to reserve something that's free and not released yet.

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It is released. They're just having people download it in batches instead of everyone at once. You can actually circumvent the upgrade program and download the new OS directly from Microsoft's website now.

As for FFXIV as far as I'm aware Win 10 is a small performance upgrade for pretty much everything as long as there are compatible drivers available for your hardware. Anything running DX12 will see a substantial 20-30% performance increase but very few games actually use it yet. If there are Win10 compatible drivers available for your hardware already then it should be fine to upgrade.

I upgraded this week to Windows 10 and the only problem was that I had to download Raptr Control Center again, because the older version was for Windows 8. As far as gameplay goes, there has really been no difference. Still holding around 60 FPS in Fates with a large amount of people. I run everything on max settings, so lower could provide higher FPS of course. You get DirectX 12 which has no effect on this game, but games being released it will.

As far as boot up times, I haven't really noticed a difference, but my computer has always booted fairly quick anyway. I enjoy the feel on Windows 10 a lot more than I did 8. Everything felt so clunky with Windows 8.

I see, haven't really been keeping up with windows 10 at all. If there isn't really anything to gain yet then I'll just reserve it but install later so I don't forget. There are a few programs that it doesn't seem to support listed for me anyway.

Unless you have some exotic HW, there is little to no reason not to upgrade.

I've had one crash since upgrading to 10 on ARR, and I get a strange audio glitch every couple days where the game kind of buzzes for a second then goes back to normal. So...nothing world ending, and in general, I find 10 to be an improvement.

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My bootcamp into Window 10 issue got better overnight. Not fully sure why...

Steps I took:

1. Installed Windows normally through the upgrade button, from Windows 7 - gaming FPS was horrible - 5-10 in all games I tried
2. Installed DirectX 9 from an unzippable version because the normal install stops with 'not supported on Windows 10'.
   The desired file is: directx_Jun2010_redist.exe
   
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   http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=8109

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3. Shutdown system - gaming FPS was STILL horrible.
4. Went over to OSX and installed an August 8 "security" update
5. Went back into Windows 10. Over to:
   Settings > System > About > Device Manager
   Disabled the driver for my Mac monitor (scary) that was called "Generic PnP Monitor".
   - I did this because it was reported as a bad driver that locked brightness to alway fully on, and I guessed that if it had that issue it might have other issues as well...
6. Shutdown the system without testing gaming again. Got up in the morning and on a whim, after making this post this morning, loaded up Guild Wars 2, FFXIV, and Wildstar. All now performed at very high FPS. Problem is solved, not sure which step above did it... :eek:

I've wrapped 'code' tags around the link so that you will have to manually paste it in, so people can be sure it is to microsoft...

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Originally Posted by sirDarts

Unless you have some exotic HW, there is little to no reason not to upgrade.

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MS collecting data on everything you do so they can tailor advertising for you is enough deterrent for me.

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Originally Posted by Nadirah

MS collecting data on everything you do so they can tailor advertising for you is enough deterrent for me.

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Advertising where? I pretty much uninstalled most of the apps Windows 10 came with and I don't really use Cortana, so no ads for me!

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Originally Posted by Nadirah

MS collecting data on everything you do so they can tailor advertising for you is enough deterrent for me.

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1) EVERYONE is collection data on you to tailor advertising. Go to newegg or amazon, look up for example mice, then go to facebook. You won't be happy if that's your concern.
2) You can turn off pretty much all of the tracking options.