Windows 10 [Did you upgrade?]

[Eekiki]

1. Yes

2. Yes

3. Yes

4. Smoother framerate and my GPU fans don't spin up as much.

5. The Win + G bar for taking quick screenshots and video captures is cool. I wasn't expecting that.

6. No.

Yea and instead of we get this.
*insert ignorant fearmongering image here*

We simply no longer have control over our PC.

The tin-foil hat wearing is strong with this one.

[IzzyData]

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

I upgraded on July 29th

2. Did the game start with zero issues?

Yes

3. Running DX11 version of the game just fine?

Yes

4. Noticeable changes? (Game wise)

None

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

I didn't even have to reinstall it despite doing a clean install. I had the game on a separate harddrive and just clicked my standard shortcut.

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

Started with a clean install.

[Joche7566]

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

2. Did the game start with zero issues?
No. Game forced me to run it as Administrator to start. =/

3. Running DX11 version of the game just fine?

4. Noticeable changes? (Game wise)
All the text looks grainy and so does the rest of the game and I don't know how to fix it ; ;

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

6. Did you follow up with a clean install after the upgrade?
Not yet.

But really, does anyone else seem to be having the same issue? First of all, my HUD was all messed up due to sizing issues, managed to get that under control. Text looks too big and grainy for some reason, and the graphics look dull and grainy as well. I don't know what happened, as everything looked beautiful before with DX11. Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix any of these issues? Was hoping to find more people with the same problems.

[Muchmidget]

1. Did you upgrade after the release of Windows 10?
Upgraded last night.

2. Did the game start with zero issues?
Once I got my driver issues figured out, no issues.

3. Running DX11 version of the game just fine?
Seems so.

4. Noticeable changes? (Game wise)
Only spent 2 minutes in game to test before going to bed, but nothing seemed out of the ordinary (all my settings were still there, so didn't have to change anything).

5. Personal experience you would like to share about it? (Windows 10 / FFXIV with W10)
After the upgrade my second monitor wasn't working, and I noticed the computer wasn't recognizing my GPU (NVidia GTX 960). I had the latest driver installed before the upgrade, but that alone didn't seem to do it. Downloaded the driver installer, and had it do a clean install to get rid of the extra fluff. It never actually got to re-installing the driver because cleaning out the fluff and the mandatory reboot seemed to fix my issue.

6. Clean Install?
No.

[Escha]

Been playing since insider, no problems at all and no significant performance increase

DX11 290x

Maybe because it uses gameworks and gimps AMD cards

[Naunet]

I'm still trying to decide if I want to just upgrade or do a clean install. There are some programs I have that I'm not sure I'd be able to get back if I do a clean install, as I can't find the dang product keys. >_<

[Bishop81]

I'm still trying to decide if I want to just upgrade or do a clean install. There are some programs I have that I'm not sure I'd be able to get back if I do a clean install, as I can't find the dang product keys. >_<

Although you see many complaints in this thread, overall I believe the upgrade is relatively smooth for most.

I have upgraded, in-place, 2 PCs. A part from minor issues starting the second one on the laptop, in which I forced the upgrade (turned out the installer is particular about your "locale"; setting it to English:United States fixes it), it has been smooth sailing.

Just do the upgrade. If you are unhappy with it, it's not too late to do a clean install. (Also defrag after the upgrade as no doubt it overwrites tons of files. So unless you are on an SSD, hard drive performance will suffer.)

[Monty]

I'm still trying to decide if I want to just upgrade or do a clean install. There are some programs I have that I'm not sure I'd be able to get back if I do a clean install, as I can't find the dang product keys. >_<

Honestly, I just did the upgrade straight up and everything's working fine. I just ran CCleaner afterwards and personally did a disk cleanup to get rid of windows 7 as I have no intention of going back to it (you can if you wish to though). That being said, my PC is a gaming machine and that's it. There's basically steam, XIV and a browser on here with a ton of games.

[Kopuno]

Upgraded to 10, loving it. Everything works just fine, haven't noticed any real improvements w/Dx11 Max, but the game ran great with 8 as well, so..

[Delsus]

Upgraded on 29th as soon as I woke up, and today installed it on 3 other machines (so 4 in total) everyone is happy with the upgrade no issues upgrading any machines, no major issues using the system, instant boot times and much snappier than 8.1.

I only tested FFXIV for a trial roulette and it might even run slightly faster (DX11) no issues starting or playing.