Should I upgrade to Windows 10 yet? (SLI related)

[wunkley]

Morning all. Posting this in the GPU section as my biggest concern is over possible SLI issues....

Anyway, I've resisted upgrading to Windows 10 for ages. Mainly as I'm still on Windows 7 64 for my gaming machine - I still like it, and have no problems.

My rig is pretty beefy - 5930k, x99, 2x 980ti in SLI powering an x34 superwide (it needs the power!). I used to have a few issues with SLI on my old z68 rig with 780Ti's - stutter in various games etc etc, that so far seem to be much improved on my x99 rig with the 980Ti's. Whether this is due to both cards being able to run at pcie3x16 or some other reason I don't know, but if something aint broke and don't need fixing, I'm worried that upgrading to Windows 10 might Bork something.

What do we think? Should I stick with win7 until the last possible days, or take the plunge to the free Windows 10 upgrade that's sitting in my task bar nagging me?
Anyone got any stories of woe, particularly with regards to SLI and Windows 10 gaming compared to win7?

 

[wunkley]

Cheers bud.

Anyone else, particularly SLI users?

 

[wunkley]

Thanks fellas. I'm going to give it a whirl I think. Just found out it's easy to roll back to windows 7 within the first month anyway so if it doesn't work out then not a big deal.

 

[wunkley]

Right, so I've finally just tried to upgrade. Got stuck at 32%, (5% installing drivers and features)

Ha, pathetic! Months of nagging me to upgrade and when I finally do, it doesn't work! Had to hard reset comp and then it restored back to good old windows 7.

I guess that solves that dilemma then. I really can't be bothered if it's going to be a hassle. And does not work.

 

[wunkley]

I actually got it to install. Did a bit of research and found its a common problem. One suggestion was to unplug every usb device and Ethernet and try again and leave it for a while when it sticks. Did this and it stuck at 32% again, but left it and after about 30 mins or so it worked!

So I now have Windows 10 on my gaming rig and all seems great. Something new to play with, and I'll do some thorough SLI and game testing....

 

[wunkley]

Just a quick update for anyone interested....loving Windows 10 so far!

And, from the limited testing I've done so far - SLI performance, especially with regards to any stutter/ microstutter seems as good if not better than on Win7. Not that I was having any real issues anyway with my 980Ti's apart from a few 'usual suspect' games such as the Division, which is known for multi GPU issues at the mo. That's definitely a tad smoother in Windows 10 though!

 

[wunkley]

Good stuff Did you clean install in the end?

Cheers bud. No clean install required, manged it via the update through windows in the end - see my post just above ^^^

 

[wunkley]

By the way, Wunkley how have you found the 980ti to be performing in sli? I've talked myself in and out of buying another for ages now, but I've got a chance to pick up an evga classy or hybrid for around £500 new so I'm reconsidering.

How's the performance? Any games in particular that are a disappointment? You glad you bought the second one now?

Hey stringo

Loving running 2 x 980 Tis to be honest bud. The main and only reason I did it though is because I had a moment of madness and bought an Acer x34! Trust me when I say that if you want to push that monitor at 75hz, 85hz or above, you need two 980 Tis. Even then, in Many new games at max or near max settings, you won't be hitting 100hz, 100fps.

If I was still on my original rog swift I would have stuck at one card though. Probably.

I think we had quite a few discussions a while back about SLI with gsync and various issues with various games. I had a few games that had slight annoying stutter problems with my 2x 780Ti's and had to use some bizarre fixes like running the rog at 60hz and using rtss frame rate limiter at 59 to remove stutter and get lovely smooth performance.

2 games that were prime examples of this for me were Witcher 3 and gta5. I can happily report that on x99 with SLI 980Ti's I have none of these stutter issues that I had before. Whether it's the architecture of x99 and the full fat pcie3x16 lanes that the 5930k allows me to run I don't know. And I don't care, I'm loving the performance and experience all round

I bet you wanted me to say it was rubbish didn't you, save you some cash