What Is The Windows 11 Update?

Windows 11 is the new operating system that is available as a Windows update. It was launched in 2021 for some computers that supported the early requirements. The latest OS puts its main focus on three principal aspects: Modern UX design, new productive features, and a renewed Microsoft Store.

These new features also include:

• Better interfaces.
• New start menu.
• Updated and fresh animations.
• Iconography
• Sounds.
• New Taskbar.
• New default graphics settings.

Microsoft understands that users tend to have performance issues, which is why they’ve worked on this update to simplify UX as much as they could. This way, Windows UX is a lot easier to use for casual users, especially those who aren’t used to Windows. 

So, basically, those that prefer iintuitive and simple things over complexity will love Windows 11. The fluid UX gives you the chance to use your own experience with previous operating systems to take advantage of this new OS.

Those that work with Windows will also meet new improvements in functionality that will let them work better and increase productivity as they get used to the upgraded software. 

Of course, in matters of security, Windows 11 takes the best parts in safety from Windows 10. Some of them are virtualization-based security that creates an isolated subsystem to increase security and prevents the computer from contaminating with malware and other viruses.

How to Install Windows 11?

To install Windows 11, Microsoft plans to give you an internal update that you can find in two ways:

• Select the Windows 11 update that appears in the quick access icons.
• Open the Windows bar, search for “Windows Update,” and open the control panel access to start the installation.

Once you get there, you will have to select “Download and Install.” It will download the operating system and prepare to restart the computer to configure your Windows. It’s an easy process, and you don’t need support for any of it since the steps are clear.

Software Requirements

Keep in mind that if you buy a new PC starting from October 5th, your computer will come with the latest Windows installed.

Here you can see the software requirements:

• Processor: 1 GHz or faster with 2 or more cores on a compatible 64-bit processor or System on a Chip (SoC).
• RAM: 4 GB.
• Storage: 64 GB or more free space.
• System firmware: UEFI, Secure Boot capable.
• TPM: Trusted Platform Module (TPM) version 2.0.
• Graphics card compatible with DirectX 12 or later with WDDM 2.0 driver.
• Display: High definition screen (720p) that is greater than 9” diagonally, 8 bits per color channel.

You may install the OS on computers with less than the minimum requirements, but you should upgrade from Windows 10 on PCs with the correct requirements for better performance.

Windows 11 Gaming-Related Features

Windows 11 brings technology news for the PC gamer. When you install the new software on your laptop or desktop computer, you will enjoy these gaming-related features:

Better Game Pass Integration

You all remember Windows 10’s game pass integration. It was a bad decision, and it felt like it was more like a testing feature rather than a complete software perk. Even though the Game Pass has been an important part of the interconnection between the Xbox Series and PC for cross-play and other community advances, they didn’t prioritize this in Windows 10.

On the contrary, Windows 11 is built around this platform, which is a real difference aspect and, in our own experience, changes completely how the software will work for gaming, especially between Windows and Xbox.

Microsoft fixed bugs and performance problems that showed up in the previous OS, and now they are putting together all they learned to deliver the expected results to the gaming community.

The Xbox app and the Xbox game bar also help to have a fully new gaming integration, which will ultimately help the device to provide a better gaming experience.

Improved Game Mode

The Game Mode is also a Windows 10 feature that enabled you to use hardware resources for video games. Now, it returns with a more refined aspect and relevant differences that make it better even though it’s technically the same program.

Devices can now activate “Game Mode” and deprioritize non-game processes to use all resources in the game. Now, even though improvements were made, there are honestly barely any performance differences.

Of course, the better your machine, the better results.

Auto-HDR Support

Auto-HDR support is a feature that provides HDR to games that accept only SDR. These visual settings are applied to most games through recalculation of the image quality. If there is a game that supports HDR, it won’t do anything.

Beware that the image’s quality won’t compare to native HDR, but it is still upgrading in comparison to the original quality.

Now, you have to have in mind that this tech can only be applied to games that use DirectX 11 or 12, so tons of classic games won’t benefit from this improvement.

DirectStorage Technology

Since the SSD’s first appearance, hardware developers have been releasing new tech to increase storage speed and readability. In fact, after solid disks came, laptops and desktops are only using this kind of storage instead of HDD.

Thanks to that, video games load screen time has been reduced at least in half, and general software performance has increased significantly.

And now, with the DirectStorage feature, you can set up the program to help your GPU increase transference speed while avoiding your CPU from overheating. The result is a new essential feature to increase data transference in games.

But this won’t work with just any hardware. You need at least 1TB of SSD to use DirectStorage in a stable manner, and the technology must be the NVMe protocol. Besides that, you need a GPU with DirectX 12 that supports shader model 6.0.

Next-Generation Processors Support

A new generation of hybrid processors is coming out with the 12th generation of Intel CPUs. They are far more advanced and work with higher performance than ever. The technology is so efficient that you can even switch between cores to improve how the computer works. 

Only Windows 11 can handle this recently released technology and program cores to work as smoothly as possible.

Problems Addressed From Windows 11

Windows 11 is reaching tons of computers now, whether they are laptops or desktops. And even though it is an extremely elegant and intuitive operating system, it may be the time to change.

The opinion can vary depending on who you ask. This is because there may be a few things that developers can fix before you change your OS. We have researched and found a couple of frequent problems that people encounter when using Windows 11:

Multi-Core Issues

This is a problem that affects AMD users. The error (or issue) comes as L3 cache latencies increased compared to Windows 10. Latency creates a dip in FPS from 3% to 5%. Even though it could be worse, the minimal difference in the background affects how computers perform.

Theoretically, this issue should have been solved in a patch in October 2021, but some PCs still encounter this problem.

VBS Problems

There was a problem before that users noticed and involved Virtualization-based security (VBS). As mentioned earlier, VBS uses both GPU and CPU to create a second layer of protection. The problem with this was that the process asked for way too many resources and provoked up to 28% of FPS drops during game sessions.

This problem was eventually solved.

As you can see, just like with Windows 10, some problems come up and are addressed by developers to solve them. Microsoft continues to work constantly on Windows 11 to release a final version without all these issues and provide an incredible user experience.

Should You Change To Windows 11 Now?

In the end, the big question is should you upgrade your software to Windows 11?

We can say that after almost a decade of using Windows 10, there is nothing wrong with it. But the thing is that new technologies evolve, and even when Windows 11 still has a bunch of issues, this software is the future of connectivity and gaming that all gamers have been waiting for.

The services provided by Windows 11 far exceed what we are used to, so personally, we think it’s time to test this great software that comes with necessary and positive changes. 

It will work for a job in an office and especially for gaming, thanks to its Xbox integration and boosting features to distribute resources in favor of video games.