July 14, 20223 yr How many of you all "upgraded" Win 10 to 11 without doing a fresh install? This is my dilemma and if there are no benefits for MSFS w/ Win 11 I don't have a problem waiting until I have to do a clean install, if n when. Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
July 14, 20223 yr 35 minutes ago, Noel said: How many of you all "upgraded" Win 10 to 11 without doing a fresh install? I did. Windows Update has for some considerable time now done what is essentially a clean installation in any case and then adds back the programs' user files and registry entries. If there were no problems before the update, there will be none after it either.
July 14, 20223 yr I'll be interested to hear how it goes @macpilot . I am also considering upgrading but am...nervous!
July 14, 20223 yr 8 minutes ago, macpilot said: Thanks to all who replied. I think I'll take the plunge. 🙂 Bill McCracken I just rebuilt my PC a few weeks back and decided to do a fresh Win 11 Pro installation as it was all new hardware. So far I have had zero issues whatsoever with MSFS 2020. Once I did all the updates I used Macrium Reflect to image my boot drive in case I wanted to try Win 10 so I have a backup if needed. So far I do not see any need to go back to Windows 10. I did read somewhere that Win 11 is better optimized for the newer generations of CPU such as my i7-12700K but I am not sure if that is the case but my PC runs well Richard i7-12700K | Noctua NH-D15S Black Version | MSI Pro Z690 - A | 32 GB DDR4 3600 | Gigabyte Gaming OC 4090 | 1TB WD Blue NMVe (MSFS 2020) | 500 GB WD Black Gen 4 NVMe | 4TB WD Black Conventional | Fractal Design Torrent Case | Seasonic 1000W Gold Plus PSU | Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke | Honeycomb Throttle | Airbus Side Stick | Virpil Rudder Pedals | Sony X90K 55 Inch TV |
July 14, 20223 yr 3 hours ago, CFIJose said: Are there any performance benefits? There are some updates to CPU scheduling. So if you run a new CPU like the Intel 12xxx there are optimizations.
July 14, 20223 yr 55 minutes ago, Vel said: I'll be interested to hear how it goes @macpilot . I am also considering upgrading but am...nervous! There really is no need to be nervous. There are no contributors to this topic who are reporting anything but success. If you leave the task to Windows Update, you will not have a problem, unless you already have a problem of course. Edited July 14, 20223 yr by Reader
July 14, 20223 yr Been using windows 11 since it was released its great and seen DX12 updates which cant hurt since MSFS starting to get DX12 implemented Rich Sennett
July 15, 20223 yr I upgraded to windows 11 and had some weird stutter/lag issues in msfs. First, when I'd load a flight plan in the world map area, the Sim would get very stuttery. Also, as soon as contrails appeared, the Sim's fps would but cut in half and very stuttery. I searched the forums and it was only reported by one other that I could find. I tried everything to fix it. I eventually completely reinstalled windows and 10 and all was back to normal.
July 15, 20223 yr Well, if it ain't broke... Noel System: 9900X3D Noctua NH-D15 G2, MSI Pro 650-P WiFi, G.SKILL 64GB (2 x 32GB) 288-Pin PC RAM DDR5 6000, WD NVMe 2Tb x 1, Sabrent NVMe 2Tb x 1, RTX 4090 FE, Corsair RM1000W PSU, Win11 Home, LG Ultra Curved Gsync Ultimate 3440x1440, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Case, TCA Boeing Edition Yoke & TQ, Cessna Trim Wheel, RTSS Framerate Limiter w/ Front Edge Sync. Aircraft used in MSFS 2024: Fenix A320, Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.
July 15, 20223 yr One gotcha not related to MSFS: Drivers for older printers. Hardware: i7-8700k, GTX 1070-ti, 32GB ram, NVMe/SSD drives with lots of free space. Software: latest Windows 10 Pro, P3Dv4.5+, FSX Steam, and lots of addons (100+ mostly Orbx stuff).
July 15, 20223 yr Upgraded ($ Free) from WIN10 to WIN11 (Oct 2021). No problems. As far as I know it is still a Free Upgrade. Best Regards, Vaughan Martell PP-ASEL KDTW
July 15, 20223 yr I didnt know you could upgrade to windows 11 and not have to reinstall MSFS. How about things like mods from flightsim.to and Orbx ect? Is it simply a case of upgrading and everything working as it was?
July 15, 20223 yr A bit strange question to me. Windows 11 is from Microsoft. MSFS is from Microsoft. Don't you think that they test their applications before releasing a new OS version? 😉 Over here Win 11 runs perfectly fine with MSFS, just like Win 10 did
July 15, 20223 yr 17 minutes ago, riverreveal said: I didnt know you could upgrade to windows 11 and not have to reinstall MSFS. How about things like mods from flightsim.to and Orbx ect? Is it simply a case of upgrading and everything working as it was? Yes. Of course you have to select the keep everything option when updating.
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