Games stuttering after Windows 10 update 10586.11
I've looked for answers in many forums and until now I found nothing. After my update to Windows 10 everything was running just fine but update 10586.11 just killed game performance. All games are stuttering and basically unplayable no matter how old or new.
So far I've tried updating my AMD drivers to the beta version, updated all drives, turned off the entire xbox application, reinstalled direct x and noting seems to work. I also tried a sfc /scannow but no corruption of system files were detected. Anyone out there was hit by this problem and found a solution?
Any ideas on what else I could try? Applications are noticeably faster after the update. The problem only hits games.
Reverting to Windows 8 is not an option, mainly because this is the busiest time of the year for me, so I have no time for restoring my backup and reinstalling all my software, databases, etc..
So far I've tried updating my AMD drivers to the beta version, updated all drives, turned off the entire xbox application, reinstalled direct x and noting seems to work. I also tried a sfc /scannow but no corruption of system files were detected. Anyone out there was hit by this problem and found a solution?
Any ideas on what else I could try? Applications are noticeably faster after the update. The problem only hits games.
Reverting to Windows 8 is not an option, mainly because this is the busiest time of the year for me, so I have no time for restoring my backup and reinstalling all my software, databases, etc..
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I would suspect that if only games are affected then there is some root cause. Like one single thing that all practically all games use that nothing else does. Graphics come to mind, but you say you updated drivers... Sound also comes to mind... try looking into that maybe? If you have any spare video cards lying around that are not in use try switching them out to see if the problem goes away. Maybe try the same thing with sound cards? Processor cards? If you do something like disable a game's sound completely and the problem goes away, then hey, you know what the source of the problem is! that is the kind of thing I would do, but then again, I don't know much about this stuff and what I suggest is mostly just a possible start for some detective work.
BTW, did you delete the old drivers?
Tried it. It won't install because it uses an unsigned driver.
Neither update could be located in the installed updates, so removing them that way was impossible. Given that I know Windows 10 now wants to automatically update with little to no choice on the users' end, at least on Home, I had to disconnect from the internet entirely in order to do a system restore and prevent the updates from downloading again via additional software from Microsoft which does not come as standard (functionality that, I might add, was included as default in Windows 7), and then finally reconnect to the internet.
These hassles didn't occur in Windows 7 because there was always an easy to use hide/disable feature for things like updates, or some way that one could disable updates entirely, or select from a list. Ever since Windows 7, both 8/8.1 and 10 feel like one step forward and two steps back. It probably shouldn't be surprising that ever since the service life of XP ended, Windows 7 usage increased to beyond 50% of the total market share.
I have several gripes with Windows 10, not least is the inability to control updates—which I consider a base necessity when it comes to Microsoft's proven track record of bad updates that cause complete system instability and blue screens. But at least coloured title bars are coming back, right? Right?
Even with all my gripes, and the privacy concerns that the media keep bringing up, I still consider it better than Windows 8/8.1.
And that was much longer than my initial reaction of "I've had similar issues after doing a couple updates. My solution was the do a system restore to a point prior to the updates."
Progress!!! Now System restore is working again (I discovered yesterday it was crashing the system) and games are just crashing instead of stuttering... Time to reinstall drivers
The Windows 7 version: open Windows Update, right click update before download/installation, select hide update. Done.
Well looks like there are no games in my near future
DirectX 11 works wonderfully by the way.
So far I've tried:
Returning to a backup of previous Windows 10 build and reapplying the update - failed
Reinstalling Direct X - Windows auto-repair medially changes the installed direct x files with the new ones
Repair install - the bugs show up immediately
Updating drivers - The current crimson drivers makes very little difference.
What I find very curious in this bug is that DirectX 11 software is completely unaffected. Games like Banished, for instance, are actually running better after the update... I am not sure about OpenGL... are the EEs OpenGL or DirectX based? If they re OpenGL then it´s affected as well.
It's a conspiracy to stop us playing old games and using old PCs!
Even recent Direct X 10 games such as XCOM Enemy Within are stuttering. So is Pillars of Eternity.
I think I can live with games on the Intel HD