I spent 12 years on Windows 7, about 2 months ago I moved to Windows 10 LTSC IoT (Thanks to one random anon that talked about this specific version.
I haven't noticed a single bit of an increase, only that I can play Eldin Ring and Returnal.
Both games would have run perfectly on W7 but Microsoft forced them to make it unplayable until I installed W10 LTSC IoT.
My point is, upgrading your OS does nothing at all for gaming looking/playing/behaving better.
All it does is make games work again thanks to Microsoft being giant fucking cunts.
>inb4 just move over to linux, we have the perfect OS for you that when you ask a single fucking question about how to install it we'll laugh in your face for not knowing how to install and make some convoluted fucking thing work exactly the same way you have now.
>when you ask a single fucking question about how to install it we'll laugh in your face for not knowing
stop asking for help in farthuffer threads then
any issues on linux that arise are generally common and the fixes get crowdsourced quickly, peer reviewed like a fucking dissertation, then become readily available for any idiot to apply after a quick search if it can't be integrated in an update
Installing Mint, at least, was one of the easiest fucking things I've ever done.
Maintaining it, on the other hand.... not so much. I feel like the smart move would just be to never fucking touch anything. It's like living in a glass house that someone ran around tapping with a hammer until all walls were dangerously cracked and just waiting for you to lean on one.
>public alpha
At least wait for it to go into public beta like Win10 did. >But what about full release?
That just gets deprecated in 2-3 years and they try to force you off it.
>ask a single fucking question about how to install it we'll laugh in your face for not knowing how to install
You're probably asking in the wrong place or the question has already been answered countless times somewhere that can easily be searched for.
I just check the Arch and Gentoo wiki mostly and fully admit that I'm too stupid to try to read an actual manual, rather than trying to address each issue individually as I become aware of it.
Installing Mint, at least, was one of the easiest fucking things I've ever done.
Maintaining it, on the other hand.... not so much. I feel like the smart move would just be to never fucking touch anything. It's like living in a glass house that someone ran around tapping with a hammer until all walls were dangerously cracked and just waiting for you to lean on one.
Minimal installs have advantages in maintenance. You know where you laid your pipes and wires, so you know exactly why the nail you drove into the wall to hang a painting started a water leak.
My PC can't even install windows 11, I kinda treat it as a blessing because my friend got forced upgraded randomly one day. I will say 11 looks better than 10 from a UI standpoint but thats not hard considering how shit 8 and 10 look
>my friend got forced upgraded
fake news
MS is garbage but they legally cannot do this. More likely is he zoomzoom'd through his login adware asking him if he wants to upgrade
I reinstalled Win 10, got distracted for a bit and forgot to turn off auto updates or whatever, when I realized the thing already had downloaded 11 so I just gave up.
I fucking hate the new right click menu, it just makes shit slower because I still have to tell the thing to show me the older menu
there is a way to get the old context menu back. I'm not gonna write it all out here for you but just google it, it involves adding two things to your registry editor.
I did that and added classic shell and it looks mostly like 10.
First thing I noticed about windows 11 is that it uses like 6gb of RAM while not even running any programs which is atrocious. Eventually I'm going to install ghost spectre or debloat it.
I tried installing windows 10 but looking for ASUS drivers is like fucking yourself in the ass with a hammer.
Debloat it absolutely. There's no reason it should be using that much unless you left a shitload of unneeded bullshit running/toggled on.
My other machine(running w11) is using 5.9 right now, but that's with firefox, steam, and a bunch of other misc utils I put on it running. I also didn't gut the install like I could have - I left quite a few things on that seemed not entirely bad. Figured I'm not hurting for ram right now anyway, fuck it.
I don't know if that update was on 10 or not. The one on 11(if that's the one you're talking about), set up some kind of chainbang between windows and certain bios versions if you had a 13th gen intel CPU.
If your CPU is 12th gen or whatever, it's fine. You should also be able to find lists of what bios versions cause the issue. Even if you get hit by it though, while not exactly ideal, windows apparently rolls the shit back when it happens, so all you have to do is not be a dumbass and install it again.
windows is generally safe to update if you stay off the 'give me the updates immediately' channel and just wait them out. i was on 10 for six years and only got minor updates once a month, its the same for 11. and never ever ever ever ever let windows manage your drivers via windows update, turn that shit off post haste.
>Should I upgrade to Win11?
You could wait another year for Windows 11 IoT LTSC (24H2) if you want.
You can use a nice 3rd party tool called WUMT (Windows Update MiniTool) to avoid getting blindsided by Microsoft.
Microsoft also released an official tool with the filename "wushowhide.diagcab" that they've recently been trying to hide the existence of, but it can still be downloaded. You can use it to see what updates are scheduled to be installed and temporarily prevent specific updates (of your choosing) from being installed.
If all you care about is performance, install linux
Everything runs faster without ms bloatware and windows fucking defender raping your disk write speed
>Should I upgrade to Win11?
serious answer: no
if you have windows 10, stick to it until the support ends in 25. >I heard you get better game performance.
i see no difference compared to 10, even if there is a difference its so tiny or insignificant its not noticeable unless you're a fucking tech nerd.
Windows 11 is slightly less fucked UI-wise to me than Windows 10 since they consolidated more things to the new Settings. Better game performance? No, on paper I think hybrid CPU architectures have a better scheduler. In practice it doesn't seem like it matters.
If you're a tryhard, and remember those "Fullscreen optimisations" (they bypass the Windows desktop compositor so you get lower latency), you can now apply that to windowed and borderless games as well, so that's something.
yea i did and was worth it
good morning sirs
How did you tell it's a pajeet?
>shilling microshart
>shilling globohomo garbage at all
it's always streetshitters
You're not as sly as you think OP
Imagine not using a Windows 7 skin
yes
No. Pajeet.
I spent 12 years on Windows 7, about 2 months ago I moved to Windows 10 LTSC IoT (Thanks to one random anon that talked about this specific version.
I haven't noticed a single bit of an increase, only that I can play Eldin Ring and Returnal.
Both games would have run perfectly on W7 but Microsoft forced them to make it unplayable until I installed W10 LTSC IoT.
My point is, upgrading your OS does nothing at all for gaming looking/playing/behaving better.
All it does is make games work again thanks to Microsoft being giant fucking cunts.
>inb4 just move over to linux, we have the perfect OS for you that when you ask a single fucking question about how to install it we'll laugh in your face for not knowing how to install and make some convoluted fucking thing work exactly the same way you have now.
>when you ask a single fucking question about how to install it we'll laugh in your face for not knowing
stop asking for help in farthuffer threads then
any issues on linux that arise are generally common and the fixes get crowdsourced quickly, peer reviewed like a fucking dissertation, then become readily available for any idiot to apply after a quick search if it can't be integrated in an update
Installing Mint, at least, was one of the easiest fucking things I've ever done.
Maintaining it, on the other hand.... not so much. I feel like the smart move would just be to never fucking touch anything. It's like living in a glass house that someone ran around tapping with a hammer until all walls were dangerously cracked and just waiting for you to lean on one.
>public alpha
At least wait for it to go into public beta like Win10 did.
>But what about full release?
That just gets deprecated in 2-3 years and they try to force you off it.
>ask a single fucking question about how to install it we'll laugh in your face for not knowing how to install
You're probably asking in the wrong place or the question has already been answered countless times somewhere that can easily be searched for.
I just check the Arch and Gentoo wiki mostly and fully admit that I'm too stupid to try to read an actual manual, rather than trying to address each issue individually as I become aware of it.
Minimal installs have advantages in maintenance. You know where you laid your pipes and wires, so you know exactly why the nail you drove into the wall to hang a painting started a water leak.
>he hasn't upgraded to Linux already
Post desktop
why yes, i do use the default background with no icons how could you tell
>Better game performance
Lies.
You get like 1-2 fps extra. Any more is just what you would get from wiping your hard drive of bloatware.
If you use goypass and their games keep freezing for no reason then upgrading to 11 is the nuclear option
Worked for me
My PC can't even install windows 11, I kinda treat it as a blessing because my friend got forced upgraded randomly one day. I will say 11 looks better than 10 from a UI standpoint but thats not hard considering how shit 8 and 10 look
>my friend got forced upgraded
fake news
MS is garbage but they legally cannot do this. More likely is he zoomzoom'd through his login adware asking him if he wants to upgrade
I reinstalled Win 10, got distracted for a bit and forgot to turn off auto updates or whatever, when I realized the thing already had downloaded 11 so I just gave up.
I fucking hate the new right click menu, it just makes shit slower because I still have to tell the thing to show me the older menu
there is a way to get the old context menu back. I'm not gonna write it all out here for you but just google it, it involves adding two things to your registry editor.
I did that and added classic shell and it looks mostly like 10.
First thing I noticed about windows 11 is that it uses like 6gb of RAM while not even running any programs which is atrocious. Eventually I'm going to install ghost spectre or debloat it.
I tried installing windows 10 but looking for ASUS drivers is like fucking yourself in the ass with a hammer.
Debloat it absolutely. There's no reason it should be using that much unless you left a shitload of unneeded bullshit running/toggled on.
My other machine(running w11) is using 5.9 right now, but that's with firefox, steam, and a bunch of other misc utils I put on it running. I also didn't gut the install like I could have - I left quite a few things on that seemed not entirely bad. Figured I'm not hurting for ram right now anyway, fuck it.
If you have a 12th or 13th gen Intel CPU then sure. Otherwise no, it's a flat out downgrade from Win10.
>trusting Ganker with computer advice
I mean if your specs are shit it ain't gonna matter what version of Windows you use
11 simply provides a worse user experience
Only real benefit I'm aware of is HDR goes from unusable to amazing. So if you have the monitor could be cool. I'm waiting for 12.
Holy fuck it is truly third world hours. Don't you guys have some Indian version of Ganker you can go use instead?
Why do I have to pay a russian bastard five bucks just so Windows doesn't look like shit? Bless StartAllBack though
Classic Shell is free
Is it safe to update windows10 ?.
I heard that there was a bug or issuue with a recent update that caused blue screens or something
I don't know if that update was on 10 or not. The one on 11(if that's the one you're talking about), set up some kind of chainbang between windows and certain bios versions if you had a 13th gen intel CPU.
If your CPU is 12th gen or whatever, it's fine. You should also be able to find lists of what bios versions cause the issue. Even if you get hit by it though, while not exactly ideal, windows apparently rolls the shit back when it happens, so all you have to do is not be a dumbass and install it again.
windows is generally safe to update if you stay off the 'give me the updates immediately' channel and just wait them out. i was on 10 for six years and only got minor updates once a month, its the same for 11. and never ever ever ever ever let windows manage your drivers via windows update, turn that shit off post haste.
>Should I upgrade to Win11?
You could wait another year for Windows 11 IoT LTSC (24H2) if you want.
You can use a nice 3rd party tool called WUMT (Windows Update MiniTool) to avoid getting blindsided by Microsoft.
Microsoft also released an official tool with the filename "wushowhide.diagcab" that they've recently been trying to hide the existence of, but it can still be downloaded. You can use it to see what updates are scheduled to be installed and temporarily prevent specific updates (of your choosing) from being installed.
How would updating your OS increase performance in video games? It can only decrease it because new OS demands more resources.
Do the upgrade good sirs! Best OS with best performance most excellent! America good times USA!
If you actually consider it an upgrade, sure.
If all you care about is performance, install linux
Everything runs faster without ms bloatware and windows fucking defender raping your disk write speed
God you gays are as pretentious as vegans, you know that
>Should I upgrade to Win11?
serious answer: no
if you have windows 10, stick to it until the support ends in 25.
>I heard you get better game performance.
i see no difference compared to 10, even if there is a difference its so tiny or insignificant its not noticeable unless you're a fucking tech nerd.
Windows 11 is slightly less fucked UI-wise to me than Windows 10 since they consolidated more things to the new Settings. Better game performance? No, on paper I think hybrid CPU architectures have a better scheduler. In practice it doesn't seem like it matters.
If you're a tryhard, and remember those "Fullscreen optimisations" (they bypass the Windows desktop compositor so you get lower latency), you can now apply that to windowed and borderless games as well, so that's something.