qubit
Overclocked quantum bit
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| System Name | Quantumville™ |
|---|---|
| Processor | Intel Core i7-2700K @ 4GHz |
| Motherboard | Asus P8Z68-V PRO/GEN3 |
| Cooling | Noctua NH-D14 |
| Memory | 16GB (2 x 8GB Corsair Vengeance Black DDR3 PC3-12800 C9 1600MHz) |
| Video Card(s) | MSI RTX 2080 SUPER Gaming X Trio |
| Storage | Samsung 850 Pro 256GB | WD Black 4TB | WD Blue 6TB |
| Display(s) | ASUS ROG Strix XG27UQR (4K, 144Hz, G-SYNC compatible) | Asus MG28UQ (4K, 60Hz, FreeSync compatible) |
| Case | Cooler Master HAF 922 |
| Audio Device(s) | Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty PCIe |
| Power Supply | Corsair AX1600i |
| Mouse | Microsoft Intellimouse Pro - Black Shadow |
| Keyboard | Yes |
| Software | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit |
This is just a little ramble about my upgrade to Windows 10 today.
Initially installed it on a VM when it was still in beta, as an Insider. That became a permanently activated copy in that VM when W10 went RTM which was great and I still have it. I couldn't find a way to transfer it to the actual PC and have it activate on it though. Looks like it can't be done despite much googling about it. If anyone knows how please let me know.
A while later, I upgraded to W10 using the normal W7 upgrade path, making a system image first. It was all very nice, but I missed Aero and in particular, Unreal Tournament 2004 didn't work properly on it since it uses DX8, which isn't fully supported in W10. I tried installing the June 2010 DX update like someone suggested, but it made no difference. Can't adjust things like vsync (permanently off) and brightness though.
This can apparently be fixed by running the 64-bit version of the game which uses DX9 (need to find a copy). It won't be the Steam version though and therefore won't log how many hours I'm wasting on it, lol.
Since I didn't have a pressing reason to upgrade to W10 at that time and I was playing that game a lot, I decided to hold off for a while and restored W7 from that system image.
W10 is becoming more and more mainstream now however, so I decided to bite the bullet and do that upgrade finally (making another system image first) sorting out those UT2004 problems later. I'll just run W7 in a dual boot configuration if I absolutely can't fix all the problems and I want to play it. Shame though as the game is still amazing 12 years later and I never get bored of deathmatch mode.
I upgraded today and unsurprisingly W10 installed an old version of the NVIDIA video driver and a duff version of the sound driver that doesn't output any sound. I've upgraded the video driver to the latest one and will fix the sound driver later, if possible. It's an old sound card, so it may not be supported any more by Creative, I'll have to check.
I've also installed O&O ShutUp10 to stop that intrusive telemetry from telling Microsoft everything I do and bring Windows Update under control. It's free, so get it here: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
Overall Windows 10 is nice, it's stable and Classic Shell restores a proper Start menu, so no annoying tiles for me.
So, what's your upgrade experience been like?
Initially installed it on a VM when it was still in beta, as an Insider. That became a permanently activated copy in that VM when W10 went RTM which was great and I still have it. I couldn't find a way to transfer it to the actual PC and have it activate on it though. Looks like it can't be done despite much googling about it. If anyone knows how please let me know.
A while later, I upgraded to W10 using the normal W7 upgrade path, making a system image first. It was all very nice, but I missed Aero and in particular, Unreal Tournament 2004 didn't work properly on it since it uses DX8, which isn't fully supported in W10. I tried installing the June 2010 DX update like someone suggested, but it made no difference. Can't adjust things like vsync (permanently off) and brightness though.
This can apparently be fixed by running the 64-bit version of the game which uses DX9 (need to find a copy). It won't be the Steam version though and therefore won't log how many hours I'm wasting on it, lol.
Since I didn't have a pressing reason to upgrade to W10 at that time and I was playing that game a lot, I decided to hold off for a while and restored W7 from that system image.
W10 is becoming more and more mainstream now however, so I decided to bite the bullet and do that upgrade finally (making another system image first) sorting out those UT2004 problems later. I'll just run W7 in a dual boot configuration if I absolutely can't fix all the problems and I want to play it. Shame though as the game is still amazing 12 years later and I never get bored of deathmatch mode.
I upgraded today and unsurprisingly W10 installed an old version of the NVIDIA video driver and a duff version of the sound driver that doesn't output any sound. I've upgraded the video driver to the latest one and will fix the sound driver later, if possible. It's an old sound card, so it may not be supported any more by Creative, I'll have to check.
I've also installed O&O ShutUp10 to stop that intrusive telemetry from telling Microsoft everything I do and bring Windows Update under control. It's free, so get it here: https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
Overall Windows 10 is nice, it's stable and Classic Shell restores a proper Start menu, so no annoying tiles for me.
So, what's your upgrade experience been like?
for aero has vanished). Windows 10 looks so much better imho!
I did this only cause I was having issues with the first upgrade I did and always prefer a clean install! I also use O+O Shutup10!
