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Well, seems I failed to contain the upgrade of my GPU (1080ti to 3080ti) and PSU unit. And it has devolved into thinking about buying a whole new system.
I'm currently pondering if I should switch to Win11 and Intel Alder Lake (i7-12700K), but the one thing that worries me is game compatibility, with older games especially. I know there was an issue initially with some titles that used DRM, that officially got fixed (though I can't really confirm how much is it fixed). Then there's the fact that Alder Lake decided to bring in perf cores and efficiency cores? Plus all the Windows 11 issues I'm likely to encounter.
I think I found a thread where Moriendor mentioned he had been running Win11 for some time, and didn't have any issues. But I didn't catch the CPU he was using.
Anyway, the other miscellaneous issues around this upgrade are the fact that I'm gonna need to be importing the motherboard, since apparently none of the retail stores have anything more than low/middle end boards. And even those, none that give me any hope. Then there's the issue of this upgrade forcing me onto DDR5, which is another price increase.
Here's the system I'm pondering
I7-12700K
GTX 3080 Ti (this is the only one I already bought; yeah, i know the 40xx is apparently around the corner, but apparently I couldn't wait and also I like to give new tech at least a year before jumping in)
Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Corsair Dominator Platinum
Anyone else thinking of a similar upgrade? Or did anyone else do a more thorough investigation as to how Win11/Alder Lake works with older titles?
I'm currently pondering if I should switch to Win11 and Intel Alder Lake (i7-12700K), but the one thing that worries me is game compatibility, with older games especially. I know there was an issue initially with some titles that used DRM, that officially got fixed (though I can't really confirm how much is it fixed). Then there's the fact that Alder Lake decided to bring in perf cores and efficiency cores? Plus all the Windows 11 issues I'm likely to encounter.
I think I found a thread where Moriendor mentioned he had been running Win11 for some time, and didn't have any issues. But I didn't catch the CPU he was using.
Anyway, the other miscellaneous issues around this upgrade are the fact that I'm gonna need to be importing the motherboard, since apparently none of the retail stores have anything more than low/middle end boards. And even those, none that give me any hope. Then there's the issue of this upgrade forcing me onto DDR5, which is another price increase.
Here's the system I'm pondering
I7-12700K
GTX 3080 Ti (this is the only one I already bought; yeah, i know the 40xx is apparently around the corner, but apparently I couldn't wait and also I like to give new tech at least a year before jumping in)
Gigabyte Z690 Aorus Master
Corsair Dominator Platinum
Anyone else thinking of a similar upgrade? Or did anyone else do a more thorough investigation as to how Win11/Alder Lake works with older titles?
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