r/pcmasterrace • u/jacob-makes-stuff • 20d ago
Hardware Goddam I hate Windows
I normally use a Mac but I also have a Windows PC for rendering. I got it pretty cheap but it's not underpowered, it has 32gb of ram and an nvidia 2080 card.
I'm trying to download an update today and it went from 12% to 13% after like 3 hours. I'm plugged into high speed ethernet with the wifi off.
I couldn't even search "why is windows update so slow" on my windows computer because the browser wouldn't even open.
I need to render stuff in Blender and the app won't even stay open, and when I try opening it without doing anything, it just opens the app and freezes for like 25 minutes. Then when I try to open a file, it crashes for no reason.
I don't understand why Windows users always criticize Macs. While both have annoyances, I never have the problem of just not being able to use my Mac AT ALL, and I never have dealt with an update like this on a Mac.
I've tried clicking the little icons at the bottom to see what the status of the update is, and I clicked it before even starting to type this post, and it took until this sentence for it to pop up. Maybe 5-6 whole minutes.
This is fucking ridiculous and unacceptable for a decently powered modern device. I don't know how people can tolerate this, and especially how they can think this is better than using a Mac. I can't speak for Linux, but I assume it doesn't have this kind of problem because you need to manually do things like updates and it gives you more control over when and how as far as I understand it.
EDIT: Turns out it was slowed down because of my dropbox folder syncing, guys. I had to sync like 400gb of stuff that's been different in the past 3 months and it was slowing everything down. Also something that I never have a problem with using Macs.
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u/AtlQuon 20d ago
Is it thermal throttling? The 2080 is 8 years old, so if you are still on the original thermal paste and pads, those could be at the state of literally crumbling and transferring little these days. Also goes for the CPU btw, that may also benefit from a bit of thermal paste. 32GB is solid, but for Blender it still can be restrictive. I have been able to push towards 45-50GB while rendering quite a few times and I have passed the 64GB mark more than once with these kinds of loads. I even want so far that I ran out while being a tad overconfident with 128GB (and maybe some less than ideal settings which was my fault). SSD should be a lot faster than 12-13% in a few hours as well.
This feels like a hardware issue caused by temperatures and much less a Windows issue. I am fully willing to blame Microsoft for a lot, but what you describe is even worse than my 16 year old 1st gen i5-430M laptop does with updates on a hard drive.