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5 Great Windows 10 Features for Gaming

MWEB GameZone writes: "Windows 10‬: Gaming benefits, warnings, DirectX 12, list of games you can play, cannot play & those what will give you issues.

Everything about Windows 10 for gamers right here."

DesVader3194d ago

As soon as they let me, I am upgrading! :)

TFJWM3194d ago

Laptop is getting upgraded Day 1.My gaming PC on the other hand...

4Sh0w3194d ago

All the feedback I've heard from those who are using the preview version has been very positive so I'm excited to try it on my new laptop on the 29th.

ARESWARLORD3194d ago

Same here. Such a geek that I am looking foward to this.

I_am_Batman3194d ago

I'll probably wait for the first service pack. If the feedback is positive and there are no major security gaps I might upgrade even before that though.

Perjoss3194d ago

Its always smarter to wait a bit

uth113194d ago

I'm waiting, maybe I'll upgrade my old work laptop that seems to be victim of an annoying Windows 7 bug, and hopefully Win 10 resolves the problem once and for all

styferion3194d ago

I'll wait for reviews before upgrading

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FarEastOrient3194d ago

Was the Total War series and Final Fantasy XIV games tested? I didn't see them on the list, anyone having a problem?

HanCilliers3194d ago

Check the link in the article, they all mentioned in full list

TWB3194d ago

So I just want to make this clear since I have heard conflicting information.

Once you have updated to Windows 10, its permanently yours? Even after that one year has passed (which is only the download perioid)?

Also, Quake 3 doesnt work? Fk. I guess I need to play some of my other old games before upgrading because Im sure that they will also stop working (No One Lives Forever 2 was a nightmare to set up. It doesnt even work on my 2007 Vista laptop)

SunnyZ3194d ago

Correct.
You have 1 year to upgrade your copy of windows 7/8.1 to windows 10. Then after you have done so it is yours forever. If you miss the 1 year mark, you can no longer upgrade for free.

You can then download a copy of the OS from the MS site, burn it to a DVD so you have an install disk.

Then your CD key is no longer needed.
Your copy of windows is now registered to your Microsoft account. So if you need to do a fresh install, install it from your disk, and just login to your MS account to activate your copy.

Easy as.

TWB3194d ago

That sounds good. Im still going to wait a while though until my family updates their Windows 8 machine to 10 so I can make up my mind easier.

You said that the CD key is no longer needed. I wonder if I could transfer my Windows 7 to my Vista laptop afterwards because I think 7 might be a little lighter to the machine?

I doubt though. It would still be great. I got my Windows 7 pre installed on the machine itself so I dont have instal discs or anything.

Volkama3194d ago (Edited 3194d ago )

Quake 3 works for me with Windows 10 and nVidia. Happened to test it just a couple of days ago. And it is still brilliantly playable as ever.

I will say Quake 3 didn't used to work on Windows 8 with my AMD setup (the AMD to nVidia swap is the reason I fired it up to check).

Word of warning for AMD users, there is a quite crummy driver that Windows 10 will automatically try to install, despite being several point releases out of date (15.2 I think). I have 2 Windows 10 machines, and this driver caused numerous problems on 1 of them.

The compatibility testing on this website may be influenced by that bad driver (at least 1 of them is testing with AMD).

TWB3194d ago

Awesome! I think it was also partially because I have heard AMD has pretty subpar Open GL drivers which is why Quake 3 tends to not run properly.

I have GTX 560 ti and it has ran Quake 3 wonderfully so I guess Im not gonna face any issues on that front.

Volkama3194d ago

Yeah don't hunt me down if you have problems, but it was fine for me :)

Choc_Salties3194d ago

the licensing deal pretty much the same as previous windows versions - if you're licensed now on an existing machine, you can use windows 8 on it for as long as that machine continues to exist. If you buy a new machine in a week, and it has windows 8.1 on that, you can upgrade it. Later on, you'll be buying Windows 10 like you've been buying an OS in the past... as I understand it.

Shuckylad3194d ago

I'm tempted to dive right in, but I think I'm gonna wait until the new year to install it on my win 8.1 gaming rig incase there's anything that needs smoothing out first. I'll put it on our win 7 laptop first just to get familiar with it.

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Microsoft is bringing its Xbox Auto HDR feature to Windows

A new test version of Windows 10 also includes new File Explorer changes.

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XxINFERNUSxX1133d ago (Edited 1133d ago )

Most PC gamers right now do not have HDR monitors. "as long as you have a compatible HDR monitor" I'm using a 240hz Alienware 1080p GSYNC panel, (AW2518H) while I love it and love the high FPS in games, I'm not buying a new lcd just yet. So for now I just use reshade in all the games I play and enable "fake HDR" 😁 It's pretty good to, not real HDR but close enough for me. 👍

darthv721133d ago

If someone doesnt have an HDR PC monitor, can't they use a HDR supported tv? Most PC cards support HDMI out so I would think that could be one option. It might not have the uber high refresh but I'm sure it could work.

XxINFERNUSxX1133d ago (Edited 1133d ago )

Yeah the HDR TV will work over HDMI. I'm using displayport myself but if your just using that connection you can just use a displayport to hdmi adapter since displayport carries audio just like HDMI.

XbladeTeddy1132d ago

"Most PC gamers right now do not have HDR monitors."

Your point? Nothing wrong with Microsoft impementing this. Once you do get a HDR monitor in the future I'm sure you'll be moaning if Microsoft didn't have any support for it on Windows. They're not going to postpone it because XxINFERNUSxX doesn't have the right monitor yet.

CaptainHenry9161133d ago (Edited 1133d ago )

This is great news. I'm about to invest in a new HDMI 2.1 and Display port 2.0 monitor this year I'm looking at you Asus PG32UQ . Perfect timing 👌

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Wrex3691132d ago

This is such a cool feature honestly.

Fluke_Skywalker1132d ago

This is good news I hate having to enable HDR manually everytime I play an HDR enabled game. Some games already turn it on automatically but they are very few and far between (Destiny 2 is actually the only one I know of 😅).

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Steam vs DS4Windows – Which is best for DualSense On the PC

Now that I've had some time to play with the PS5 DualSense on PC with Steam and DS4Windows, it's time to decide which is best for PC gaming.

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Teflon021237d ago

My issue is that on steam you can modify on a game by game bases as some nave native support and DS4Windows you'd have to turn on and off and the issue with what I'm saying. If it has native support and you use the Steam API or DS4W it'll give you Xbox control prompts so it's more convenient to just run the steam API. Generally games outside of steam make sure to have support unless old. I have both and will only use DS4W if I absolutely have to. It's good but the game by game bases on steam is so much more ideal. Example Games with DS4 native support will allow trackpad support like Ni no Kuni using the track pad. But with DS or Steam activated it puts the trackpad to the share button. So the manual ability to disable it anytime that game starts makes it where that game operates correctly every time

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XxINFERNUSxX1237d ago (Edited 1237d ago )

I just use my 360 controller for 3rd person games, like GTA. All FPS games keyboard/mouse. No need for me to spend 70$ on a controller. Plus I like it to just work without any drivers just plug & play like the 360 controller.

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Try turning off Windows 10's Game Mode if your games are stuttering or freezing

A growing number of users say Game Mode is causing performance issues in games.

oasdada1445d ago (Edited 1445d ago )

Wow i just turned off my game mode a few days ago just because.. and i felt sloght performance getting better but i thought maybe it was just me.. and now i read this

godmachine1445d ago

Right , I read this about a week ago and immediately changed it even with a nvidia gpu my fallout 4 with 3d vision stopped hitching almost entirely

starchild1445d ago

Hmm I've been getting microstuttering in games on my relatively new Ryzen 5 3600. But it always goes away once I restart my PC. Very strange. But I think I already have game mode turned off.

Rude-ro1445d ago

Not sure if you can turn it off.
I
Have to go into task manager and fight it to get it stop running.

Skuletor1444d ago

I turned it off today, was relatively simple. Went to settings, gaming, clicked game mode on the side tab, then toggled it off

Rude-ro1444d ago

@sicksincesix

Right... but I find it still running when going through the task manager.

traumadisaster1445d ago

Last week I heard of that while trying to figure out audio stuttering on a rd 5700. There seems to be a lot of people having audio crackle and go in and out on amd. It seems like there is an audio conflict with two sources trying to control, I don't know.

monkey6021445d ago

I've been diving into the PC gaming side of things head first since last summer and I have a good grasp of it and I'm comfortable with it all now

But what you've just said is exactly why there'll always be a space for home consoles in the gaming market 😂

traumadisaster1445d ago

True, there can be enough problems to make one think it's not worth it. But overall since the ps360 days playing in HD or even 4k at 60 fps vs the muck of 720p under 30fps, non vsync with awful tearing it makes you figure out the pc. Then when you get steam sales over the years it's really nice. But there is a small percentage of pc horror stories that won't happen on console.

TheColbertinator1445d ago

Did this a year back and apart from less performance hiccups I also got less sound glitches. W10 Game mode is not a very beneficial feature for me.

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