Anyone reinstall windows going from older gen to Alder Lake?

[Jay85]

As per title, anyone encountered any issues with going from an older gen to Alder Lake on windows 10 and above?

I haven't reinstalled in years purely because its just worked every single time and windows 10 auto detects what drivers i need and installs them for me.

Thinking of just doing the same again but interested to see if anyone has encountered any issues with this gens swap?

 

[arknor]

I've gone from AMD to Intel before and never had any issues

 

[welshrat]

Isn't the issue with alderlake that it needs windows 11 for the scheduler to work correctly with the e cores or an I wrong?

 

[Jay85]

Isn't the issue with alderlake that it needs windows 11 for the scheduler to work correctly with the e cores or an I wrong?

Oh really?! I have no intention of jumping onto windows 11 yet, how important is the scheduler thought?

 

[welshrat]

I'm afraid I don't know and maybe it's been fixed since. However I do know there were issues initially. Hopefully an alderlake owner will be along to better advise.

 

[Jay85]

I've gone from AMD to Intel before and never had any issues

I've jumped from a 3570k to a 9900k without issue but Alder Lake feels completely different so wondering if its needed.

 

[Jay85]

I'm afraid I don't know and maybe it's been fixed since. However I do know there were issues initially. Hopefully an alderlake owner will be along to better advise.

Yeah hopefully, gonna be doing the transplant tonight. I've had a google and there doesn't seem to be much about it tbh, most people say "yes reinstall" but without any real reason as to why you would need to if it just works as Windows will install the new drivers needed for the new chipset/mobo etc anyway.

 

[G J]

I recently moved from a 8700k to a 12600k + z690 as it only cost me about £70 and I've not reinstalled Windows 10 and it seems the same stability wise. I did install the chipset and IGPU drivers.

 

[Jay85]

I recently moved from a 8700k to a 12600k + z690 as it only cost me about £70 and I've not reinstalled Windows 10 and it seems the same stability wise. I did install the chipset and IGPU drivers.

No automatic pickup by Windows to install them?

Not a big problem as i can download the drivers direct from manufacturer website, interesting though that windows doesn't auto detect and install.

 

[throwaway4372]

You want Win 11 if you have efficiency cores. You don't want Win 10 assigning a task to an efficiency core that should have gone to a performance core. I say it this way because there are Alder Lake processors without efficiency cores.

 

[Jay85]

You want Win 11 if you have efficiency cores. You don't want Win 10 assigning a task to an efficiency core that should have gone to a performance core. I say it this way because there are Alder Lake processors without efficiency cores.

Is it still an issue now, i remember reading about this now back in November.

 

[G J]

No automatic pickup by Windows to install them?

Not a big problem as i can download the drivers direct from manufacturer website, interesting though that windows doesn't auto detect and install.

I got some weird thing setup with updates where I only get security updates at the moment as Windows 10 kept installing drivers that where older than the ones I already had installed so I looked up some guide on Youtube to defer some types of updates.

In regards to having Alderlake installed on Windows 10 I admit I've not really looked into this but I thought gaming/general benchmarks where near the same.

 

[throwaway4372]

Is it still an issue now, i remember reading about this now back in November.

I haven't seen anything about them fixing it.

 

[humbug]

Is it still an issue now, i remember reading about this now back in November.

Right, you might find a couple of your games have lower than expected performance, or / and are a bit stuttery.

 

[Jay85]

I got some weird thing setup with updates where I only get security updates at the moment as Windows 10 kept installing drivers that where older than the ones I already had installed so I looked up some guide on Youtube to defer some types of updates.

In regards to having Alderlake installed on Windows 10 I admit I've not really looked into this but I thought gaming/general benchmarks where near the same.

Okay thanks, something to look out for then. Can't remember having this issue when i last upgraded but will keep an eye out if they don't install automatically.

 

[Jay85]

Right, you might find a couple of your games have lower than expected performance, or / and are a bit stuttery.

Okay cheers, looks like it may be a forced upgrade to 11 then if i do find this an issue.

 

[humbug]

Okay cheers, looks like it may be a forced upgrade to 11 then if i do find this an issue.

Its not so bad, it could be better but its perfectly usable

 

[Jay85]

Its not so bad, it could be better but its perfectly usable

I mean the games i play currently are more or less indie games with mostly Squad and Sandstorm insurgency being the most graphically intensive right now lol. I will just have to wait and see, getting those first build nerves again when switching to a whole new architecture/platform.

 

[Jay85]

Made myself a bootable usb for windows 11 just incase it all goes spazzy on me.

Last resort thing

 

[humbug]

I mean the games i play currently are more or less indie games with mostly Squad and Sandstorm insurgency being the most graphically intensive right now lol. I will just have to wait and see, getting those first build nerves again when switching to a whole new architecture/platform.

Insurgency Sandstorm, great game, a little known gem.