Wednesday, January 11th 2017
Windows 10 KB3213986 Update Cripples Multi-monitor Gaming
The recent Cumulative Update for Windows 10 (KB3213986) cripples multi-monitor gaming, looking at the way Microsoft worded its "known issues" text. After the update is applied, users with multi-monitor setups could experience screen stuttering or clipped screens when running 3D apps on machines with more than one monitor. The only workaround Microsoft suggests for now entails running your 3D apps in non-fullscreen modes, such as windowed-maximized (pseudo-fullscreen) or windowed modes. Microsoft also goes as far as to suggest that people with multi-monitors could try starting their 3D apps with just one monitor connected.
"Users may experience delayed or clipped screens while running 3D rendering apps (such as games) on systems with more than one monitor," the change-log for the KB3213986 update reads. "To work around this issue please consider the following options: 1. Running the application in Windows mode (not full screen), or 2. Starting the application with only one monitor connected," it adds. The update effectively cripples multi-monitor gaming, using technologies such as AMD Eyefinity or NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround.
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Microsoft
"Users may experience delayed or clipped screens while running 3D rendering apps (such as games) on systems with more than one monitor," the change-log for the KB3213986 update reads. "To work around this issue please consider the following options: 1. Running the application in Windows mode (not full screen), or 2. Starting the application with only one monitor connected," it adds. The update effectively cripples multi-monitor gaming, using technologies such as AMD Eyefinity or NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround.
66 Comments on Windows 10 KB3213986 Update Cripples Multi-monitor Gaming
Option 4: don't use Windows 10 at all, because all this WU related BS is getting out of control.
What they were smoking to tell people to disconnect other monitors before launching a game?! If update is that broken, stick it back to your a**e and keep working on it.
Windows 10, it's sad that's what it is till now, it's simply an unreliable OS for now! Who knows what will get borked again in a next update!
It's just stupid!
I'm still happy with my stable, problem free Windows 8.1!
There aren't DX12 only games coming soon anyway, you can still run the games in DX11.
Its due to the DRM updates in the Anniversary update.
can't remember what the game was though....i'll try and find it again.
edit : Gears of War 4 and Halo 5 are stated (after v quick google search) as requiring the Anniversary update on Win10, to run. Not sure if they are available on lower Windows versions or not....
edit2 : GoW4 will be Win10 Anniversary update as minimum spec... (news.xbox.com/2016/08/16/gears-war-4-in-4k-and-system-specs-revealed/)
edit3 : Same with Halo 5 : Forge. (www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/news/halo-5-forge-system-requirements)
I can see a whole bevvy of new games coming out this year that will be Win10/Anniversary update as minimum.....
Most of these can be dealt with by simply not running any web-exe and using a firewall, but it's still bad practice and if you do ever get infected, it will be much much worse.
Or it could just be an idiotic bug that will be fixed in time.
Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 still control a bigger market then 10, and game publishers are not stupid enough to throw away that market anytime soon. DX12 is still in it's infancy, as seen with games like BF1 struggling to use it.
windows 10 wont be a requirement until windows 7 is no longer supported, so most likely until 2020.
On the other hand, I imagine having the same configuration everywhere makes diagnosing problems A LOT easier. And fwiw, Windows' quality has skyrocketed since XP, so I'll give them some credit for the time being.
Does it happen if you have the 3d app (game) spread across several screens or does it happen when you just have the game on screen as well? The only thing I've noticed lately is that the bottom bar didn't go behind Stellaris when in Windowed Full Screen today, but that might just be a random Paradox bug. I probably haven't had the update installed yet.
Anyway, I like Windows 10, and Microsoft. I really do. But they really shouldn't have fired their QA teams and just make end users fill that role for Enterprice, because that is how it feels. This would be ok if you were on the fast track or whatever it's called, but not on a stable version. At least it's a known bug though, unlike that webcam thing.
Sounds like my 7680x1440P 144hz monitors are gonna qq for a while until this is fixed if ever...
Fwiw, I don't particularly love MS, but they have the PC afloat for decades and seem to be doing a lot fo things right lately (probably because they must, not because they want to, but that's another discussion).
1. Game
2. Have more than one monitor
3. Have Windows 10