BG3 has WIndows 10 as recommended OS

[josephggarcia]

Because BG3 has a recommended OS of Windows 10 in the requirements, does that mean windows 11 is not yet certified to run BG3? I'm seeing stability issues and I'm wondering if it's worth downgrading.

[Le'vita]

You will still likely get issues with Windows 10, but literally EVERY game will run better on Windows 10 than Microsoft's Adware 11. I am running BG3 on a VERY good PC, that I've done thorough software tweaking on as well for the sake of performance and the game still stutters. Drives me up the wall to no end, and I beg that Larian can address this ASAP.

Not an opinionated thing, 'me telling you that Win 10 is the better choice'. Online searches give an embarrassingly high return for 'Windows 11 performance issues'. That's what happens when you deliberately tell your software guys to bake ads and AI into an OS.

I personally hate the whole 'setting up a computer with another OS' thing, but Win 10 is what actually works. If you feel like it's worth the time (pretty much your entire day if OCD) then go back to 10, prolly yeah.

Edit:
Seems the [REDACTED] mods deleted one of my later comments calling out someone for making disingenuous and unintelligent comments.

Originally posted by アンジェル:

IT is the other way around. It works more stable with Windows 11

To paraphrase my purged comment: Do not ever even imply that Adware 11 is a more stable OS, you are clogging threads with blatant misinformation as if it were a tumor. Win 10 is objectively more stable, not to mention RECOMMENDED in this specific game's product page.
I'm glad this is the top comment so that people will read this first and not be mislead by other comments that amount to drivel.

[Orion Invictus]

Works fine on my Windows 11.

[EricHVela]

Works great on my Win 11, too. All games do for me, but I found that I have to stay on top of what Win11 tries to do without asking with every "feature update". I miss the old days where I was the one responsible for telling the PC every little thing to do rather than the PC trying to tell me everything that I should want to do.

[アンジェル]

Originally posted by josephggarcia:

BG3 has WIndows 10 as recommended OS
Because BG3 has a recommended OS of Windows 10 in the requirements, does that mean windows 11 is not yet certified to run BG3? I'm seeing stability issues and I'm wondering if it's worth downgrading.

IT is the other way around. It works more stable with Windows 11

[PoTheDragonWarrior]

works perfectly on my windows 11

[hannibal_pjv]

I have run the game with windows 11 from the release and no problems so far... So if there are any problems, most likely not because of windows 11.

[HandsomeJakx]

I've played on both 10 and 11 and in general the game works decently on both. If anything in my experience it is more stable on 11.

[Thomas D.]

Those that say that this game runs better on Windows 11 probably had a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up Windows 10 installation before (they probably even caused themselves) and the upgrade / reinstallation of Windows 11 fixed some stuff.

But in the end there should barely be a difference related to this game.

Still Windows 11 by itself heavily sucks (for other reasons) and it is absolutely not recommend to install nor to use it at all...

[Garf412]

played 2000 hours on win10, no problems, played 600 hours on win 11, no problems.

mods or a buggy install of the game or the OS.. ?

I play BG3 with highest settings, I have no knowledge of the inner workings of my PC. I pay for a Repair/Replace Contract, if it works great, if it breaks, it gets sent of to get repaired etc, if its borked I get a new PC. :D

[Zsrai]

Originally posted by josephggarcia:

Because BG3 has a recommended OS of Windows 10 in the requirements, does that mean windows 11 is not yet certified to run BG3? I'm seeing stability issues and I'm wondering if it's worth downgrading.

Game requirements & recommendations are from the bottom up. Requirements are the bottom (the bare minimum to run it), then Recommended are a higher tier (better performance). If you surpass the Recommended specs, you should be fine (for obvious reasons). Win 11 is the next OS after Win 10, so it surpasses the OS recommendation.

[lailaamell]

Originally posted by josephggarcia:

Because BG3 has a recommended OS of Windows 10 in the requirements, does that mean windows 11 is not yet certified to run BG3? I'm seeing stability issues and I'm wondering if it's worth downgrading.

it runs on 7 aswell

[lailaamell]

btw bg3 works on windows 7

[Orion Invictus]

Originally posted by lailaamell:

btw bg3 works on windows 7

Sure, but I think OP wants to get an upgrade on the system (in terms of stability, performance, security, etc.). 7 is a downgrade from both 11 and 10 in these respects.

[Sistermatic™]

Originally posted by Le'vita:

You will still likely get issues with Windows 10, but literally EVERY game will run better on Windows 10 than Microsoft's Adware 11.

Bill really doesn't need defending but this game runs fine on Windows 11.

Might I also suggest you spend 10 minutes learning how to turn the 'adware' off. I certainly got a lot of crud on a new system but I get none of it now. Took about a day to work out how to knock it all down.

Originally posted by Thomas D.:

Those that say that this game runs better on Windows 11 probably had a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up Windows 10 installation before (they probably even caused themselves) and the upgrade / reinstallation of Windows 11 fixed some stuff.

I've been using Windows since Windows 3.0 and this comment is not even remotely accurate. My last Windows 10 ran a business, CNC/laser equipment (and my games) for nearly 5 years. It was never reinstalled in that time. It only just got handed down to my kids and it got a refresh.

Most of the time, it's people putting too much ♥♥♥♥♥ on their machine, not doing updates, clogging up the drives, operating a dirty machine and installing to much 'utliity' software that messes the OS up. It's rarely the OS.

[guard65]

Originally posted by Le'vita:

Microsoft's Adware 11.

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