Windows 11 upgrade - Yay or Nay at the moment?

Draeger · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:03

My main gaming machine is an HP Omen gaming laptop i7-10750H with a 2060 full fat GPU. It's been nagging me for a bit to upgrade to Windows 11. I've read a few reviews of W11 and so far it appears to be a mostly positive reception it has received, but I wondered what folk thought about doing so just now? Has anyone here went to W11 and seen no real issues with their normal gaming activities?

Or would it be prudent to hang fire until the first big W11 patch in a month or two? I'm thinking I might dual boot to try it out for a bit. Thoughts?

Malevolence · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:09

Upgraded my system last week and not had a single problem yet. In fact, one or two games seem to run a tad better for some reason.

chrcoluk · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:11

Some people have an upgrade by default motto, for me its do I have a reason to upgrade, if the answer is no, then I usually dont do it.

If you are someone who can tolerate large UI changes (some of us are sensitivie to these things), and you have that itch, then by all means upgrade, no major issues have been reported, but might be a good to do an image backup of OS drive first just in case.

Darujhistan · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:13

Nah, the negative potential outweighs any benefit that I can see.

OpenToSuggestions · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:16

Not yet.
Nothing ever works properly upon release.
Wait for the first major service pack and it will be excellent I am sure

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Draeger · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:22

Thanks folks, appreciate the replies. For those who have went to W11, have you done an 'in place' upgrade and overwritten your W10 install or did you do a clean install using Rufus or similar? Ta.

smogsy · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:32

done am upgrade worked flawlessly no issues didn't even realise it was upgraded until i saw the new taskbar

i hit start & watch half an episode of only fools & horses saw it rebooted & was complete.

every app works no issues with drivers etc

my w10 install was around 3 months old (due to 5900x upgrade)

after using W11 I couldn't go back to using W10...

everything is just nicer, easier & faster to use

OverDrive · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:48

I also did an in-situ upgrade - no issues at all.

Kronos · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:49

I have done one and it was oh so slow, I think there was/is an issue with Ryzen chips, cannot say I particularly like it as I was quite happy with the layout of 10. Removing alk the bloatware that Microsoft seems to love these days is a pain. Think I will wait a while before upgrading my main rig.

teenwolf · 16 Nov 2021 at 17:57

Using it for months on a few machines yes runs great

Malevolence · 16 Nov 2021 at 19:08

Kronos said:
I have done one and it was oh so slow, I think there was/is an issue with Ryzen chips,

Running Ryzen here and the upgrade only took about 5-10 minutes.

.Lethal · 16 Nov 2021 at 19:44

Draeger said:
Thanks folks, appreciate the replies. For those who have went to W11, have you done an 'in place' upgrade and overwritten your W10 install or did you do a clean install using Rufus or similar? Ta.

I updated from Win 10 via Win Update. No problems with gaming whatsoever.

Dalandius · 16 Nov 2021 at 19:48

I see not benefit from going to 11 or am I missing something?

Tom|Nbk · 16 Nov 2021 at 19:49

Malevolence said:
Upgraded my system last week and not had a single problem yet. In fact, one or two games seem to run a tad better for some reason.

This, I am really enjoying Win 11

chroniclard · 16 Nov 2021 at 20:01

Yes, its fine. Been using it for ages. I did an upgrade on my gaming boot, all fine. I did a fresh install on my work boot, all fine.

.Lethal · 16 Nov 2021 at 20:20

Dalandius said:
I see not benefit from going to 11 or am I missing something?

Depends, are you still rolling with a VHS Player because you don't see any benefit moving to DVD/BluRay?

Mesai · 16 Nov 2021 at 20:35

Updated my laptop to try some development features, but going to wait 6 months before I upgrade my main machine. That should be enough time for an initial patch and any driver or BIOS updates to stabilise.

J.D · 16 Nov 2021 at 20:38

.Lethal said:
Depends, are you still rolling with a VHS Player because you don't see any benefit moving to DVD/BluRay?

Horrible analogy because if that was the case, I'd care enough to move on to w11, atm, I don't care and the performances I get atm are fine.

Like Mesai above, I'll wait some time and jump in later. There's no game I need a few extra FPS to be playable if I were to even get a boost in the games I play.

.Lethal · 16 Nov 2021 at 20:41

J.D said:
Horrible analogy because if that was the case, I'd care enough to move on to w11, atm, I don't care and the performances I get atm are fine.

Yes mate, I was 100% serious.

J.D · 16 Nov 2021 at 20:43

.Lethal said:
Yes mate, I was 100% serious.

If I knew you, I'd maybe have understood the sarcasm but I don't and people can have terrible takes on things. All good.