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Posted by: Ashabhi.1365

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I have heard that there are a few known problems with 8.1, but I am having serious issues trying to find any concrete information about what those problems are and how to fix them or at least mitigate their impact.

Can someone point me to a place where I can try to fix some of the inconveniences I am experiencing?

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Posted by: Iverik.2738

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I’m running on Windows 8.1 and I haven’t noticed any issues whatsoever with my gameplay – The DDoS and skill lag issues aren’t under our control as end users, and that’s the only serious problem I’ve been having lately.

Why try to fix what’s not broken?

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Posted by: Ashabhi.1365

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I’m running on Windows 8.1 and I haven’t noticed any issues whatsoever with my gameplay – The DDoS and skill lag issues aren’t under our control as end users, and that’s the only serious problem I’ve been having lately.

Why try to fix what’s not broken?

I appreciate your input, I really do, and I am not having performance issues. I seem to be having display issues. My characters look like they’re having a laser rifle war. I have excluded the usual suspects, but just can’t seem to find the problem. I thought that maybe someone else had the same problem and might lend some insight.

Video

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Posted by: locx.6412

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If anything, that seems like a GPU issue. What have you done trying to fix it? Updating/reinstalling drivers, checking it’s temperature?

i5-4670K @ 4.6 GHz | GTX 660 | 8GB @ 1600MHz | Samsung 840 EVO 120GB | Win 8.1

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Posted by: Ashabhi.1365

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If anything, that seems like a GPU issue. What have you done trying to fix it? Updating/reinstalling drivers, checking it’s temperature?

Yes… and uninstalled the 3D drivers for a 3D display, uninstalled all the important drivers and reinstalled (clean) made sure I didn’t have any background things going on, and I even uninstalled Fraps.

In any case, I filed a ticket to see if they had any ideas as well…

Thanks y’all

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Posted by: locx.6412

locx.6412

Have you tried other games, are they fine?

i5-4670K @ 4.6 GHz | GTX 660 | 8GB @ 1600MHz | Samsung 840 EVO 120GB | Win 8.1

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Posted by: Flintgold.5761

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Would also try using previous drivers just in case it is the latest driver causing it. I am running windows 8.1 as well and have had no issues…..though that video is hilarious.

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Posted by: Espionage.3685

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I have heard that there are a few known problems with 8.1, but I am having serious issues trying to find any concrete information about what those problems are and how to fix them or at least mitigate their impact.

Can someone point me to a place where I can try to fix some of the inconveniences I am experiencing?

If it means anything, my experience has been nothing but flawless in 8.1. Most issues usually stem from drivers (for example; upgrading from 8 to 8.1 with NVIDIA graphics drivers results in 3D stereoscopic being enabled for some weird reason in GW2).

What’s your graphics hardware and driver? Also, how did you go about a clean driver install? I have no idea about NVIDIA, but AMD’s uninstaller tends to leave some stuff behind. There’s a fantastic tool by Wagnard called Display Driver Uninstaller that cleans up drivers really well, and quickly (for both AMD and NVIDIA): http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=379505

My choice of uninstall (for AMD) goes: CIM Express Uninstall > DDU > CCleaner + CCEnhancer; probably overkill though.

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Posted by: Tannin.1920

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I see this problem with a AMD 5800 GPU, the problem solved after patch update of VGA.

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Posted by: Ashabhi.1365

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Thanks for all the help. Not completely fixed yet, but much better than it was.

Cheers!

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Posted by: johnnymiller.5968

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I’m running on Windows 8.1 and I haven’t noticed any issues whatsoever with my gameplay – The DDoS and skill lag issues aren’t under our control as end users, and that’s the only serious problem I’ve been having lately.

Why try to fix what’s not broken?

Runs like a dream for me on windows 8.1 too.

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Posted by: Ashabhi.1365

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Hey, ya’ll!

Thanks for all the help! I found out that my card was the culprit. It was dead out of the box, so off to the store I went and got one that works!

Thanks again, y’all!

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