Windows 11 release v22H2 available now. Time to upgrade yet?

Thanks for getting back to me so early in the morning!

It was my fault this time, something had set the game's preset to Ultra High.

Now getting ~52 FPS minimum in the benchmark, with the Preset on Medium (texture + character detail settings at max).

In general, I think it's a very tough game to run well. I've heard that AC: Valhalla is much better optimised, partly due to the game supporting DX12.
 
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I have yet to play either AC game I have to say! Cyberpunk 2077, now there's a tough game to run if you want to use raytracing and higher resolutions :D
 
There's a lot of CPU spikes in AC: Odyssey, regardless of the settings used. I suppose this is one game that will benefit from an upgrade to a Golden Cove or Zen 4 CPU...

Maybe higher memory bandwidth from using DDR5 would be helpful too?

Cyberpunk optimization was OK on release and with patches (can get good framerates by reducing settings, configuring DLSS etc), RT in general though is very tough for even the best cards these days (apparently that is going to change with next gen cards though.)
 
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Some game engines are just like that, especially if you're playing at resolutions where CPU boundaries come into play. A more modern CPU will settle out the spikes for sure though. Going from a 6700K to 12700KF yielded a noticeable boost in minimum fps ranges in all games. Those 1% lows make a big difference. A better CPU will be better than better RAM for this sort of thing.
 
mrk said:
I have yet to play either AC game I have to say!
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I'm not much of a fan of the AC series, I think I liked the idea /potential of the 1st game, but I wanted something more realistic and difficult (finely tuned combat mechanics etc), don't like how much Ubisoft focus on AC games being a simulation.

Still, I give the latest game a go every now and then, just to see how my PC handles it, and if I can get into the game.

You can get some AC games on Gamepass now, so I'm willing to try them if they cost almost nothing...

AC game engines seem to mostly be optimized for 30 FPS, probably due to the CPU limitations on consoles. I think you need quite a beefy PC to get minimums of 60 or higher on the last few games (except Valhalla).
 
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g67575 said:
I quite like it actually. The only thing I didn't like was that there is no option to disable combining taskbar icons, but I found a program called 'Explorer Patcher' that allows this to be changed.
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I've been using Explorer Patcher since launch, but the new W11 update seems to break it and there isn't a new release out yet. :(
 
Is it likely that I will be able to upgrade from my whole PC, and use the same SSD + Windows 11 install with all my files intact?

This worked for me on Windows 10 (4770K to 10700KF).

I'm considering upgrading to Zen 4, probably at some point in October, is an Intel to AMD upgrade possible?
 
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g67575 said:
Is it likely that I will be able to upgrade from my whole PC, and use the same SSD + Windows 11 install with all my files intact?

This worked for me on Windows 10 (4770K to 10700KF).

I'm considering upgrading to Zen 4, probably at some point in October, is an Intel to AMD upgrade possible?
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Yep will be absolutely fine - done several old Intel to new Intel, and Intel to AMD upgrades with Windows 10 both at work and at home. Windows 11 will be no different.
 
It's impressive to be honest when you connect an SSD from another PC and everything still works after Windows reconfigures itself.
 
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