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Thursday, January 27, 2022 3:16 PM
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I'm starting a thread with the intention to gather (admittedly anecdotal) information on how Windows 11 is performing for people, specifically for those with 3000 series GPU's. I'd like to upgrade to it, but my techie friends still find it to be too glitchy to use just yet, unless they have a machine they're using just to test it and provide feedback to microsoft, so I'm waiting for now. For those of you who are using it or who have tried it, what's your experience like? What kind of glitches (if any) are coming up for you? If you decide to share your experience, please also post your GPU, CPU, and motherboard.
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Thursday, January 27, 2022 4:33 PM
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Been using Windows 11 on both of my game rigs daily since Windows 11 launched. Not a single issue on either of them. Neither were fresh installs, I just did the in place upgrade on both. Also a fun fact my 12700K rig's install of Windows started on my previous 11700K and Z590 rig. All I did was remove the motherboard drivers before the swap and let Windows 11 reconfigure itself of the new 12th gen platform, then install this motherboards drivers and it's been running fine ever since, not a single hiccup. Admittedly that's not the best idea, but I figured I'd try it and see how it went. All my benchmarks are in line for where they are supposed to be and everything works fine. In fact for this system with a 12700K and a RTX 3080 Ti, I still hold the highest GPU score and for a while I held the highest overall score in 3Dmark Time Spy, which I now hold second. https://www.3dmark.com/se...lock=&maxCpuClock=
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Thursday, January 27, 2022 5:04 PM
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When I switched over to Win 11, fresh install... I started getting weird DX errors gaming, blue screens, occasional lockups , etc... SO I wiped it & went back to Win 10x 64 ,haven't had 1 issue since....for the rig in my sig
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Thursday, January 27, 2022 5:37 PM
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I've been on Win11 since I got my 12900K and there have been no issues relating to the GPU.
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Thursday, January 27, 2022 5:42 PM
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Thursday, January 27, 2022 5:49 PM
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moving to Software section of Forums
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Thursday, January 27, 2022 5:49 PM
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CraptacularOne Been using Windows 11 on both of my game rigs daily since Windows 11 launched. Not a single issue on either of them. Neither were fresh installs, I just did the in place upgrade on both. Also a fun fact my 12700K rig's install of Windows started on my previous 11700K and Z590 rig. All I did was remove the motherboard drivers before the swap and let Windows 11 reconfigure itself of the new 12th gen platform, then install this motherboards drivers and it's been running fine ever since, not a single hiccup. Admittedly that's not the best idea, but I figured I'd try it and see how it went. All my benchmarks are in line for where they are supposed to be and everything works fine. In fact for this system with a 12700K and a RTX 3080 Ti, I still hold the highest GPU score and for a while I held the highest overall score in 3Dmark Time Spy, which I now hold second. https://www.3dmark.com/se...lock=&maxCpuClock=
thanks for beta testing
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Thursday, January 27, 2022 6:58 PM
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Cool GTX
CraptacularOne Been using Windows 11 on both of my game rigs daily since Windows 11 launched. Not a single issue on either of them. Neither were fresh installs, I just did the in place upgrade on both. Also a fun fact my 12700K rig's install of Windows started on my previous 11700K and Z590 rig. All I did was remove the motherboard drivers before the swap and let Windows 11 reconfigure itself of the new 12th gen platform, then install this motherboards drivers and it's been running fine ever since, not a single hiccup. Admittedly that's not the best idea, but I figured I'd try it and see how it went. All my benchmarks are in line for where they are supposed to be and everything works fine. In fact for this system with a 12700K and a RTX 3080 Ti, I still hold the highest GPU score and for a while I held the highest overall score in 3Dmark Time Spy, which I now hold second. https://www.3dmark.com/se...lock=&maxCpuClock=
thanks for beta testing
ehh, I dunno about the "beta testing" remark. I've used every new Windows OS starting at launch and never once had an issue with them. Even as much as everyone hated Windows Vista I used it at launch and didn't have a single problem with it. It just works, I install it and then often don't think twice about it. I'm sure you know when I say I've used and built a "lot of computers" you know full well I've used and built far far more than the average person both for my personal use and for others. Not a single one of them has had a Windows related issue or weird behavior after an install of a new OS. It's to the point I think a lot of people either botch the process themselves or are just outright making stuff up to be in the "hip to hate new OS" crowd. That's not to say there aren't genuine issues that can occur from an install or that things just can't go awry, but in my personal and admittedly vast experience I have never seen it happen to any of my machines. Maybe I don't use my system the same way some others that do have problems do or whatever. I just use my PCs for video editing, light rendering (mostly for me learning how to do so) and mostly gaming. Some people fear change, I do not. I like it, I embrace it and welcome it.
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:35 PM
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Craptacular, I don't mind the changes *SOMETIMES* but some are, in my view, unnecessary or should be something I can change (I hate the new icons...would prefer the old ones).....GUI stuff... I also don't like forced updates, nor do I like tracking/data logging.....all in all Win11 has been fine, but there are tweaks I'd like to make.
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Thursday, January 27, 2022 10:44 PM
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transdogmifier Craptacular, I don't mind the changes *SOMETIMES* but some are, in my view, unnecessary or should be something I can change (I hate the new icons...would prefer the old ones).....GUI stuff... I also don't like forced updates, nor do I like tracking/data logging.....all in all Win11 has been fine, but there are tweaks I'd like to make.
This wasn't a "forced" change though. Windows 10 is going to be fully supported till 2025 and well beyond that with security fixes so you can easily use it for the rest of the useful life of any currently available components. This was a change by choice, I and anyone else who decided to change did it of our own free will. As for the tracking and telemetry data you can turn all that off and if you want even go so far as to use a local account and not have your install of Windows connected to anything if you wish. I turn all of that stuff off on my machines as well and is as simple as clicking a few sliders either during set up or in the control panel afterwards. You can also opt to never update your install of Windows, they aren't forced at all you can completely turn that off if you want. I don't mind the icons as I never really cared what they looked like to begin with. As long as they do what I need them to do I'm fine with it. I'm sure they could be done better or more vibrant or whatever but again I don't really care. It's an icon that leads to a function or file as long as it does that I don't care. That's a matter of personal preference though and what some like others won't that's the nature of personal preference.
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Saturday, January 29, 2022 2:22 AM
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No real issues on my end, running a 3080 XC3 Ultra on Win 11 and have noticed no issues with GPU rendering or anything like that. The only problem I have with the OS, in general, is that .heic files (from iPhones) can no longer be opened properly without paying for a $0.99 piece of software from Microsoft. They could have just built this into the OS. Glad I didn't pay full price for the OS at least.
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Saturday, January 29, 2022 2:27 AM
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I haven't run into any major issues with PC based gaming but Oculus/Meta Quest 2 VR headsets currently like Windows 10 a lot more than they like Windows 11. Mine works on Windows 11 well enough to be playable but people do have more dropped frames as currently Facebook/Meta doesn't have Windows 11 as fully supported.
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Re: Windows 11 and 3000 series GPU's
Friday, February 04, 2022 3:09 PM
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I upgraded my gaming rig to Win11 as soon as it was available. Running AMD 5900X/EVGA 3080, zero issues. Noticed a very small dip in FPS, not much though. My only complaint is the fact that there's no way for me to put my date/time on my non-main monitor.
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