Upgrade to Windows 10?
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The Dear Leader
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Windows keeps pushing this weird AMD driver 15.200.000 or some such nonsense, I've had to reninstall 15.7.1 three times now so I'm not going to fight it anymore, it seems like it's okay in terms of performance, I just wish there was a little more info give on these drivers and what the differences or benefits are from the previous version.
This may be basic, but did you download new drivers for your machine from the official sites? whether it's a laptop or a desktop, update everything. Mine works fine. Even a USB extension worked.
Good luck.
SpankmasterC
Member
It's supposed to be a hotfix for 15.7.1, if you want the official AMD package you can redownload the driver from support.amd.com. They have updated the package, but not the naming of the driver. So it's still 15.7.1, but then a slightly higher driver-versionnumber since the hotfix is included.
Edit: the hotfix driver is 15.20.1062.1004, if you have this version you're up-to-date (that's also the one I got from Windows Update)
My laptop is fucked as of last night. Randomly shuts off within 5 mins of starting. I read it could be the power supply or AMD drivers (windows 10 did randomly install new drivers a couple days ago and I hadn't used the laptop since). It sucks though because it shuts off before I can get them uninstalled and I'm afraid to reformat in case it is the power supply and then I'm really fucked.
dgrdsv
Member
Another hotfix driver from NV: https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3738/
dgrdsv
Member
59 and 60 are the same thing which is 59.95. It's just a question of what software round to what - games tend to just chop the digits while Windows is rounding to the closes whole number. What fps do you get in these games with VSync? Is it 59.9? Then it's the same as 60 Hz on the desktop.
jim2point0
Banned
And they've still not fixed custom resolutions.
The Shadow
Member
I was gobsmacked when I updated my laptop to Windows 10, and it actually supported the switchable discrete graphics chip properly. The "official" drivers had to come from HP and they hadn't been updated since like 2012. Now I'm able to install the offical AMD ones and it actually works without random crashing.
guess I should't use W10 then since I OC my monitor.
dgrdsv
Member
What do you use to measure fps? What does AB show you? Here's what I have in GTA IV for example:
Note that while the game is requesting 60 and the monitor is actually showing as running at 60 the real refresh rate is 59.9(4 or 5).
This was the same since Vista I believe as 59 and 60 are both resulting in the display refresh which is in between the two usually.
Last time I checked (it was some 355.xx driver I think) they were fine for me.
Mithos
Member
Finally fixed. Asus Gamers OSD not working well with Windows 10 and its .dll file caused the crash, uninstalled the program, and WMP and WMPC plays every video without crashing.
Xplatformer
Member
Freespace 2 Open stopped working correctly, but it might have been a driver issue.
After going back to Windows 7, and loving Nvidia 353.62 drivers...it's going to be awhile before I go back to 10.
Anyone have this issue with the notification icon in the taskbar?
Sometimes when I start up my system, it will have that little circle with the slash through it, which I take it means quiet hours are active. I haven't set up quiet hours, though. Activating quiet hours and then deactivating it again brings the notification icon back to normal, but the problem keeps cropping back up. Happens at all hours of the day.
Sometimes when I start up my system, it will have that little circle with the slash through it, which I take it means quiet hours are active. I haven't set up quiet hours, though. Activating quiet hours and then deactivating it again brings the notification icon back to normal, but the problem keeps cropping back up. Happens at all hours of the day.
Dictator93
Member
Or HDMI 2.0 4K60hz performance on the W10 desktop.
I have an annoying issue with OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) in Windows 10. Every time it crashes, I can't kill the process in the Task Manager, even when starting it as Admin. It happens pretty often lately and I can only fix it with a PC restart.
Does anyone know what the issue is and how I can fix it?
Edit: Same for Google Chrome now. Can't close it via Task Manager.
Does anyone know what the issue is and how I can fix it?
Edit: Same for Google Chrome now. Can't close it via Task Manager.
dgrdsv
Member
Well, again, it's not affecting anything. It's how some software is rounding the 59.94 or 59.95 refresh number. Some are rounding it to 60, some to 59, some to 59.9, etc. It's the exact same refresh rate of 59.94/5 anyway.
A friend of mine was waiting for these, thanks for sharing.
Anyway I've been using Windows 10 back since the first TP and had to go back to windows 7 to play VAC related games due to VAC crashing on windows 10, but after a certain update that was gone and i was using windows 10 since. I'm currently on build 10525 and enjoying the color title bars they added back into windows 10.
Spladam
Member
How did that go? Why did you have to roll back, did your profiler of choice not work on 10?
RSB
Banned
I rolled back to Windows 7 Pro a couple of days after installing Windows 10. I had zero problems. The process was much faster than installing Windows 10, and everything was exactly how it was before (I didn't lose any data or anything)
Anyone have this issue with the notification icon in the taskbar?
Sometimes when I start up my system, it will have that little circle with the slash through it, which I take it means quiet hours are active. I haven't set up quiet hours, though. Activating quiet hours and then deactivating it again brings the notification icon back to normal, but the problem keeps cropping back up. Happens at all hours of the day.
I've noticed this is actually happening every time at startup. Has no one else has noticed this?
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Nope, the rollback was quick and painless. Don't miss it at all tbh. If you're gonna do it, do it soon because I think they only give you a month.
The issue I was having is w10 recognizes the ds4 as a d input controller before the software can spoof x input. So every button press registers twice.
Even if they get it sorted out I don't really see a reason to go back to w10 for the time being.
Is anyone else having issues with the search bar and start button?
Sometimes when I click in the search bar and begin typing nothing pops up. When I click on the start button the menu doesn't popup.
A quick restart fixes it but I'm just wondering if anyone else is having this issue? Not sure how to replicate it; it happens intermittently.
Sometimes when I click in the search bar and begin typing nothing pops up. When I click on the start button the menu doesn't popup.
A quick restart fixes it but I'm just wondering if anyone else is having this issue? Not sure how to replicate it; it happens intermittently.
I used the media creation tool to make a bootable usb and everything went fine.
Same here.
Polioliolio
Member
So I'm ready for Windows 10, but I have no notification in my menu bar.
I have a legit Windows 7 with SP1, but it's Japanese with an unofficial English patch. I still get all update notifications though.
Is there an optional update I'm neglecting that isn't clear in its intentions that brings the Windows 10 suggestion?
I have a legit Windows 7 with SP1, but it's Japanese with an unofficial English patch. I still get all update notifications though.
Is there an optional update I'm neglecting that isn't clear in its intentions that brings the Windows 10 suggestion?
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/media-creation-tool-install
You don't need to wait. That tool will do the work for you, don't need to create a bootable medium.
Polioliolio
Member
Awesome, thanks!
I saw someone asking about this earlier. So yeah, Windows 8/10 on nvidia has that annoying issue of using a slightly lower 60 hz mode in-game compared to your desktop. By itself it's not a big dead but it results in my monitor having to switch modes (since it detects as 59 vs 60 on the desktop) and incurring an annoying delay while alt-tabbing in/out of full-screen games. If you want to make it so that the refresh rates are identical and alt-tabbing becomes quicker download this, and delete your 1080p/60hz preset under detailed resolutions. Create a new one but set the refresh rate to the first "actual" refresh rate available under 60hz. Just decrease the refresh rate by 0.001 until the value beside "Actual:" changes from 60.000hz. My highest under 60 ended up being 59.995. You can alternatively do a slight overclock to your first actual refresh rate over 60 as well. You have to restart your driver (the included executables can do this) but after you can check your refresh rate in your monitor settings. It said 60Hz for me on the desktop as before but when I go in-game the refresh mode doesn't switch and it also says 60Hz whereas before it would be 59.
Frankfurter
Member
I just upgraded a friends PC to Win 10 (from 7) and everything went smoothly, except for the resolution... for whatever reason Windows won't let me set any other resolution except for 1024x768 (it worked just fine on 7). The display driver is just the default Windows one, the GPU driver is the newest from Nvidia (it's a rather old GT420). The only workaround I found was actually adding other resolutions by using the Nvidia tool, and while this works sth. seems just slightly off. It's kind of more exhausting to look at the image, although it seems just fine at first glance.
RandomSeed
Member
Thanks for the reminder to check. I've been waiting on Win10 drivers/software for my headset.
Spladam
Member
Thanks guys, amazing to hear and a big relief. I'll still probably wait until the last two months or so to give driver providers a chance to get current and early bug-fixes time to patch, but knowing I can easily go back makes it a lot less worrisome.
DX12 is of course my main motivation for even going with it in the first place, and hopefully I can get my next build in before the deadline so as to avoid the OS license cost.
Dr. Zoidberg
Member
What kind of connection are they using for the monitor?
What kind of monitor is it?
What does Windows THINK it is? If you check and it says "Non-PnP" or something to that effect, you have found the problem. Some monitors need drivers before Windows will recognize them properly.
Frankfurter
Member
It's connected via a VGA cable. Windows thinks it's a default PnP monitor and I actually tried installing the drivers for the monitor, but that didn't work (windows said the driver is already up to date or sth. like that).
I tried two different monitors too, including one that I used on Win 10 on another computer without any issue before.
I bought Tales from the Boarderlands from Humble Bundle and played it for 45 minutes. I quit for the day then when i next boot it up the following day my save game was gone! I was like another shitty Telltale port? I just worked out the Windows 10 upgrade from Windows 7 make my My Documents folder Read Only.
Just a tip for people with other save game issues.
Just a tip for people with other save game issues.
Smushroomed
Banned
is there a way to log-in from boot without requiring password/pin?
Yep, pretty easy to do as well: http://windows.wonderhowto.com/how-to/disable-lock-screen-windows-10-0162965/
It's very strange.
Since I upgraded to Windows 10 (didn't do a clean install of the OS) my games are noticeably jaggier, it seems AA is almost not engaged at all and I double checked my settings, disabled then reenabled AA but it's still lacking or absent.
Unreal Engine 3 games are particularly prone to this it seems, I can't find anything online about this issue. I clean reinstalled my 355.80 drivers but no luck, Thief, Borderlands, Batman AA/AC, Bioshock exhibit a lore more aliasing than they used to on Windows 8.
Since I upgraded to Windows 10 (didn't do a clean install of the OS) my games are noticeably jaggier, it seems AA is almost not engaged at all and I double checked my settings, disabled then reenabled AA but it's still lacking or absent.
Unreal Engine 3 games are particularly prone to this it seems, I can't find anything online about this issue. I clean reinstalled my 355.80 drivers but no luck, Thief, Borderlands, Batman AA/AC, Bioshock exhibit a lore more aliasing than they used to on Windows 8.
PSA: I had a catastrofucking huge crash after clean installing Windows 10 that was so severe that none of the recovery tools could get the system to boot. At the moment, my best guess is that "Destroy Windows 10 spying" probably did it, as I have never had a crash like that before after years of using Win 8 and 8.1 in the same way I was using 10. It's the only suspicious thing that was out of my ordinary usage.
I would avoid that program for now. As much as I hate leaving Microsoft's sleazy shit running on my computer, the tool doesn't seem safe.
For reference, the computer was running fine, then became very slow. Task manager showed "system" using 100% of the hard drive, but there were no updates being installed or maintenance being done. I rebooted and the hard drive access was still insane; it took 5 minutes just to get to the login screen, then the PC stopped responding at all. After that, it kept failing to boot and would take me to the "diagnosing your PC" screen, which invariably failed. None of the tools worked, and the refresh option failed multiple times. The only solution was to wipe everything out and clean install again.
I run sfc scan and chkdsk fairly often and nothing was corrupted when shit went south. I also doubt it was a virus, since I didn't browse anywhere I don't go daily. It could just be Windows 10 fucking up, but I haven't heard of this being an issue for anyone else.
So again, beware.
I would avoid that program for now. As much as I hate leaving Microsoft's sleazy shit running on my computer, the tool doesn't seem safe.
For reference, the computer was running fine, then became very slow. Task manager showed "system" using 100% of the hard drive, but there were no updates being installed or maintenance being done. I rebooted and the hard drive access was still insane; it took 5 minutes just to get to the login screen, then the PC stopped responding at all. After that, it kept failing to boot and would take me to the "diagnosing your PC" screen, which invariably failed. None of the tools worked, and the refresh option failed multiple times. The only solution was to wipe everything out and clean install again.
I run sfc scan and chkdsk fairly often and nothing was corrupted when shit went south. I also doubt it was a virus, since I didn't browse anywhere I don't go daily. It could just be Windows 10 fucking up, but I haven't heard of this being an issue for anyone else.
So again, beware.
Pretty sure Windows 10 is the reason my PC has terrible DPC latency which is causing my sound to stutter, fluctuate and crackle constantly when under load i.e playing any modern game. Fortunately it only seems to happen with external audio devices and not my monitor speakers but it is still unacceptable. No fix out there at the moment. Definitely regret going for Windows 10.
Dictator93
Member
I swear not too long ago I read something about SGSSAA not working on W10... it may have been on Guru3d.
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