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

wunkley

wunkley

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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?
 
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i moved to windows 10 and found it no better or no worse but im on a single card, i would take the plunge as your going to have to do it sooner or later.
only niggles ive had was finding drivers for my printer and nero 12 playing up
 
no difference Windows 10 is better for future requirements though (not just dx10) but at some point Nvidia will stop supporting 7 :)
 
I was running 980ti SLI and windows 10 had no additional problems in and of itself

I actually really like Win10, for family and friends who don't really get computers, the search bar is invaluable and even I use sometimes instead of dumping everything on the desktop or trying to remember where I put that utility I installed 6 months ago and haven't needed to use since
 
Windows 10 is far better than Windows 7 IMO.

The biggest problem comes when you get an end user who isn't technically competent to simply disable the extra social media, marketing features etc. Ones there are gone, it performs extremely well and has a ton of extra useful features.
 
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 said:
Cheers bud.

Anyone else, particularly SLI users?
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Just go for it :)

I am x99, 5820k and 980ti SLI and haven't had one single issue related to gaming performance at 1440p / 4k

Only issues I have had with windows 10 is an email issue and windows update being overly attached but aside from that - great.
 
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.
 
Whilst I'm running old kit by today's standards (2 X 1.5Gb GTX 580's in SLI) I still get relatively good performance given I'm running 3 displays @ 5760x1080 tbh it runs better than it has any right to!


A video I did a while back of Project Cars, runs beautifully, despite the resolution, better than it did on 7, I'm sure of it.
 
wunkley said:
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.
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Don't upgrade from within the Win7 environment, clean install 10.
 
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....
 
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!
 
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