Sins and Windows 8.1 Preview

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Has anyone had any luck running Sins under the new Windows 8.1 preview? It seems to load fine, but the display is incredibly jittery with frequent momentary pauses. I haven't yet tried reverting to 8.0, but will try that soon.

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Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top

Why bother with Windows 8 to begin with?

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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top

It came with my computer and I didn't bother to downgrade. It's just like Windows 7 if you turn off Metro.

Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

I found a temporary fix - enabling the system cursor instead of the default game cursor makes the jitteryness go away.

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top

Quoting LafinJack, reply 3

It came with my computer and I didn't bother to downgrade. It's just like Windows 7 if you turn off Metro.

LOL, no, it isn't.  The kernel was completely rebuilt on this build.  It still has performance and compliancy issues.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting LafinJack, reply 4
I found a temporary fix - enabling the system cursor instead of the default game cursor makes the jitteryness go away.

Did a video driver update get installed at the same time?

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top

Not that I saw, the latest AMD release drivers are from May. I downloaded their beta drivers and have not tried them yet.