Windows 10 [Did you upgrade?]

[Bishop81]

For people having slow down (e.g. long boot times) with Windows 10, make sure you:

1. Defrag after the upgrade. A lot of files got change/overwritten, created and deleted.
2. Update your drivers. No Windows doesn't upgrade all of them for you. For OEMs like Dell, their support site (with scanning tool) helpfully compiles all the drivers that need upgrading for you.

[Rydee]

I installed a new SSD (upgraded from a 256 to a 512 in size), clean install of Windows 10, I installed FFXIV, Steam, Chrome all on July 29th.

I have been running FFXIV with no issues in DX11 mode.
The only issues I do have stem from the fact my ISP is Verizon FIOS so I get network lag in instances constantly. This issue occurred when I was running Windows 7 previously as well.

[Myric]

Please, use correct terms.
Crappy = bad. You CAN'T call it bad just because you don't like how it looks. You can call Metro bad because it's made for touch-based systems, you can't call a window system bad because you don't like that it's "flat".
Feel free to call it ugly, but that's just your subjective opinion, and shouldn't really concern anyone who cares about functionality over looks.

And yeah, the game runs smoother on 10 with DX11.

Crappy is a correct term and I can call the UI bad all I want if I don't like it. That's just a dumb thing to say, "You don't like the look of the UI, but don't give negative feedback about it". I didn't call the functionality bad as this was mostly a response on the UI.

[Vladislav]

Hello! I was thinking about upgrading to Windows 10 today instead of waiting to see what SE had to say about it. Which won't be till mid-Aug. So here are a few questions:

1. Did you upgrade after the release of Windows 10? (Jul 29th)

2. Did the game start with zero issues?

3. Running DX11 version of the game just fine?

4. Noticeable changes? (Game wise)

5. Personal experience you would like to share about it? (Windows 10 / FFXIV with W10)

Edit: 6. Did you follow up with a clean install after the upgrade?

Thank you for your time!

1. yes
2. yes
3. no , i use dx 9 cause PC specs
4. no
5. looks bit more fresh than 7
6. no

[Fortified]

For people having slow down (e.g. long boot times) with Windows 10, make sure you:

1. Defrag after the upgrade. A lot of files got change/overwritten, created and deleted.
2. Update your drivers. No Windows doesn't upgrade all of them for you. For OEMs like Dell, their support site (with scanning tool) helpfully compiles all the drivers that need upgrading for you.

One thing that helped for me is to turn off fast startup as I found it to be slower due to my slow hdd.

[sirDarts]

Crappy is a correct term and I can call the UI bad all I want if I don't like it. That's just a dumb thing to say, "You don't like the look of the UI, but don't give negative feedback about it". I didn't call the functionality bad as this was mostly a response on the UI.

Fell free to say what you don't like about it. But it still doesn't make it bad just because it doesn't please your aesthetic feeling.
There are WAY better words to describe your feelings about it, use them.

[Myric]

you're opinion is noted, however I have to disagree, the windows 7 ui was not super clean and I happen to think the windows 10 ui looks better and cleaner. you just dont like it cause it doesnt keep the crappy glass look right? or is it the shiny metalic look windows 8-10 lost you dont like?
10 isn't a mess either you only dont like it cause some of the shinies that were in windows 7 were changed.
you should also note on those benchmarks they were done with beta drivers(atleast for nvidia). the official drivers were released on the day of windows 10 and are far superior.

Those benchmarks weren't done with beta drivers. It was done with the official drivers that you mentioned. You also don't have to repeat the same thing several times and getting sneer while doing it. Aero was one of the most requested features to bring back, so much so that it's kind of back in the start bar and task bar, but it doesn't work that well since they have only around 20 color options and no brightness, hue, saturation and color intensity. That's my same complaint with FFXIV. Why such a limited color selection for UI options.

[Myric]

Fell free to say what you don't like about it. But it still doesn't make it bad just because it doesn't please your aesthetic feeling.
There are WAY better words to describe your feelings about it, use them.

Yes, there are better words, but I can't use them on this forum. Stop being petty over my opinion of the UI and the word I used.

[sirDarts]

Yes, there are better words, but I can't use them on this forum. Stop being petty over my opinion of the UI and the word I used.

You can't use the word "ugly" on this forum? O.... K....

[SuzakuCMX]

1. Did you upgrade after the release of Windows 10? (Jul 29th)

Yes, on Jul 29th

2. Did the game start with zero issues?

No issues for me.

3. Running DX11 version of the game just fine?

Started perfectly and it's running with 5-10 more FPS depending if on battery or not.

4. Noticeable changes? (Game wise)

Not much in FFXIV. I get triple FPS in LoL though.

5. Personal experience you would like to share about it? (Windows 10 / FFXIV with W10)

I did a normal upgrade without clean install or wipe and it was REALLY slow at booting up for the first 2 days. It would take about 3 minutes at least from pressing the on button to just log into my computer, and 5 minutes total just to open anything on the desktop. This went away after a few days.

Edit: 6. Did you follow up with a clean install after the upgrade?

Was thinking about it cuz of how slow it was, but then it fixed itself.

EDIT: Also my hard drive is only 3% fragmented according to the built-in defragger, and all my drivers updated automatically besides my video driver, which I had to install manually and re-install GeForce Experience to have them work correctly.