After a major leak that occurred last week, Microsoft has officially announced Windows 11. According to the team, the big focus for Windows 11 is a simplification of the Windows user interface, a new Windows store, as well as improvements to performance and multitasking.
Now what interests most of us is gaming. According to Microsoft, Windows 11 will be ideal for gamers, though the team did not provide any concrete evidence for these claims.
Windows 11 will support Auto HDR (though I’m pretty sure that the latest Insider Build of Windows 10 also supports it). Whether Microsoft will make Auto HDR exclusive to Windows 11 remains to be seen.
Microsoft also mentioned DirectStorage which, once again, will be available on Windows 10. In fact, all the features of DirectX 12 Ultimate will be compatible with Windows 10.
My guess is that there will be minimal performance differences between Windows 10 and Windows 11. I mean, we haven’t seen yet any game that takes full advantage of DX12 Ultimate. And, in case you’re wondering, Microsoft has not announced a new DX API.
Microsoft stated that Windows 11 will be available to download by the holidays this year. Moreover, there will be numerous beta builds for Windows Insiders, starting from June 28th.
UPDATE:
Microsoft now claims that DirectStorage will only be available in Windows 11. In other words, the company will lock these features behind Windows 11 in order to force PC gamers to upgrade.
“With DirectStorage, which will only be available with Windows 11, games can quickly load assets to the graphics card without bogging down the CPU. This means you’ll get to experience incredibly detailed game worlds rendered at lightning speeds, without long load times. “DirectStorage Optimized” Windows 11 PCs are configured with the hardware and drivers needed to enable this amazing experience.”
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“According to the team, the big focus for Windows 11 is a simplification of the Windows user interface, a new Windows store”
Ah yes, the killer app we’ve all been waiting for KEK
Also further simplification, as if Win 10 didn’t hide enough from the user already. every time they “simplify” they just hide useful features behind yet another layer of UI so it takes more time and effort to actually do anything with this OS. Microsoft is such a bloated mess.
Exactly, they want to turn windows into IOS.
looks cool
“In other words, the company will lock these features behind Windows 11 in order to force PC gamers to upgrade.”
So? It’s been always this way. It’s a free upgrade and hardly different from Windows 10 superficially, so what’s the problem?
” the big focus for Windows 11 is a simplification of the Windows user interface, a new Windows store, ”
sigh
Did these idiots learn nothing from Win8? Really? We’re going to dumb this crap down all over again?
This is much better than Win8.
Hmmmm I may even install Win8 just out of curiosity then.
No, exactly vanilla 8. 8.1 is too similar to 7 & 10 so I’ll skip that. And how is it dead? It’s not always online or something. I won’t install it to use as main or even secondary system, just to look around a bit.
Still using 7. a blast.
Not a high bar isnt it?
I hope not, I hated Windows 8.
More like tablet less than PC 🙁
I hope i can uninstall most of this bloatware.
“According to the team, the big focus for Windows 11 is a simplification of the Windows user interface….”
Yes. Just what the world needs in the era of stupidity. Making things………… “simpler”.
I prefer logical since in reality it’s easier to use than these “simple” ones
Well Win7 is simpler and more user friendly than Win10, so….it was stupid?
I have no idea how you think that an OS with more options, and more direct shortcuts associated to each control is “simpler”, but……. sure, why not?
making a tool simple to using, is not simple at all in fact
where is the stupidity? they are trying to take away the unnerving chores or rough edges off the os experience, like in a mac, well see if for good or not
get vaxxed and use windows 11 you CHUDS !!
no vax and switch over to linux
ok i will
if only they would develop for linux gates can take a hike
Who ever logged into windows 10 and actually said “I wish this was simpler”??