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Re: Windows 10
Posted: Mon August 3rd, 2015 3:27 am
by Merlin
I haven't looked but I hope there is a way to do a fresh install at some point. I tried a fresh install and it wouldn't take my license key for activation. I'm not a fan of an upgraded, upgraded, upgraded OS. Starting fresh once in a while is a good thing.
Re: Windows 10
Posted: Mon August 3rd, 2015 5:09 am
by cmdraftbrn
fresh installs, do not accept 7 or 8 licenses
Re: Windows 10
Posted: Mon August 3rd, 2015 5:43 am
by Merlin
I did a little reading. Supposedly you can do the upgrade, get it activated and the windows store will keep your activation code after that for that machine. You can then reinstall 10 as a fresh install without upgrading and it will reactivate.
Suppossedly.
Re: Windows 10
Posted: Mon August 3rd, 2015 10:48 am
by Husker
We just need to wait for some newer games to come out with DX12 support before we see any benefit from that. I've heard people saying that they're upgrading just for DX12 and then wondering why they only get 1 or 2 fps more in games, well that's because they're not DX12 games.
Re: Windows 10
Posted: Mon August 3rd, 2015 1:46 pm
by Patrick
Merlin wrote:I did a little reading. Supposedly you can do the upgrade, get it activated and the windows store will keep your activation code after that for that machine. You can then reinstall 10 as a fresh install without upgrading and it will reactivate.
Suppossedly.
It does I tested that already! After upgrade there is an option in 10 to reset my pc. That reinstalls windows and you can have it dump everything for a clean install. Or you can install from the iso, your choice.
Re: Windows 10
Posted: Mon August 3rd, 2015 9:18 pm
by cmdraftbrn
Husker wrote:We just need to wait for some newer games to come out with DX12 support before we see any benefit from that. I've heard people saying that they're upgrading just for DX12 and then wondering why they only get 1 or 2 fps more in games, well that's because they're not DX12 games.
thats what happens when you dont read the bold print lol
Re: Windows 10
Posted: Wed August 5th, 2015 5:58 am
by JarekCyphus
Patrick wrote:Merlin wrote:I did a little reading. Supposedly you can do the upgrade, get it activated and the windows store will keep your activation code after that for that machine. You can then reinstall 10 as a fresh install without upgrading and it will reactivate.
Suppossedly.
It does I tested that already! After upgrade there is an option in 10 to reset my pc. That reinstalls windows and you can have it dump everything for a clean install. Or you can install from the iso, your choice.
This is what I did as well, and WOW what a difference. This ASUS G751 runs better now than it did out of the box. Of course the rev208 BIOS helps and the 980M aboard makes this whole rig feel like it was built for W10 and DX12! STO is so crisp and fast, now! 
Re: Windows 10
Posted: Wed August 5th, 2015 9:50 am
by Husker
Yeah STO does run real nice now. It feels smoother.
Re: Windows 10
Posted: Thu August 6th, 2015 3:30 am
by jd.collins
I upgraded the day after the release. After a few debugging issues, it's been running great. My startup is super fast, and my programs run almost seamlessly. I'm happy about it.
Re: Windows 10
Posted: Thu August 6th, 2015 2:48 pm
by yargo14
Had to do a clean install of 7 on mine before upgrading, not sure if I can be bothered to do another wipe and clean install 10 now I've gone and reinstalled everything.. I haven't noticed any improvements to STO though, do I need to do something specific to enable DX12?