So I went ahead and upgraded to windows 10. And the improvement in Rise of the Tomb Raider is beyond my wildest expectations! It is buttery smooth using directx 12 now, everything is on high and I think I can go even higher. I'm so excited. It breathes some new life in my gaming pc. Frankly, I don't know why this isn't talked about more.
Of course, rise of the tomb raider might be the ideal example as it is cpu bound. + I have an older i5 cpu so I was decently bound I guess, and maybe also important is that I have an ati gpu which presumedly are more designed for async stuff and off-loading the cpu than nvidia. They also proposed the vulkan API for that reason, it's a bit of a pity for them that directx 12 (partially) copied them and now vulkan is pretty useless.
For all the windows 10 haters, just install it. It is GREAT.
Edit: walking through the Soviet installation brings tears to my eyes. So fluid and beautiful.
Of course, rise of the tomb raider might be the ideal example as it is cpu bound. + I have an older i5 cpu so I was decently bound I guess, and maybe also important is that I have an ati gpu which presumedly are more designed for async stuff and off-loading the cpu than nvidia. They also proposed the vulkan API for that reason, it's a bit of a pity for them that directx 12 (partially) copied them and now vulkan is pretty useless.
For all the windows 10 haters, just install it. It is GREAT.
Edit: walking through the Soviet installation brings tears to my eyes. So fluid and beautiful.
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