Does Windows 11 feel sluggish to you?

Discussion in 'Windows 11' started by duacc, Jul 1, 2024.

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Does Windows 11 feel sluggish to you?

  1. No, it's as fast as e.g. Windows 10

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    17.8%
  2. Yes, it feels slower

    103 vote(s)
    67.8%
  3. Depends on what hardware it's running

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    14.5%
  1. duacc

    duacc MDL Novice

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    I thought it was me but multiple people on the net and in these forums report that Windows 11 overall "feels sluggish".

    It's hard to explain but it looks like there's quite a lot of extra latency/delay for doing pretty much everything:
    • Launching applications
    • Closing applications
    • Minimizing/maximizing applications
    • Clicking the start menu
    • Navigating Settings items
    • Etc. etc. etc.
    Has anyone dug deep inside of it or the OS has just become fat and requires more CPU cycles for everything? Or it requires the very latest and best CPU/GPU to work properly and if your CPU/GPU are not made in the past let's say five years, then you've got what you've got?
     
  2. Jingzin

    Jingzin MDL Addicted

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    my 11 22h2 runs faster than ltsb 2016 and uses about the same ammount of ram. when i stop using mouse cpu usage goes 0%, thing is that it took me like three months on and off working on it.
    installed it on hdd gtx 660 and quad core i5 750 from 2009 and it was snappy bo bsod or other errors
     
  3. TairikuOkami

    TairikuOkami MDL Expert

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    No, I have disabled animations/transparency, I do not need windows to open slower just because it supposedly looks cool and to increase my electricity bill for no obvious reason, except to lower my work efficiency while waiting for menus to appear.
     
  4. hbk08

    hbk08 MDL Novice

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    I tried Windows 11 IoT Enterprise 24h2 on 1950x and rx580 and alt + tabbing in and out to fullscreen games took seconds (with fps drops).
    I’ve tried different chipset drivers but no luck. Went back to Windows 10 IoT Enterprise and it is smooth again.
     
  5. raptorddd

    raptorddd MDL Addicted

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    for me 11 is faster than windows 10. am on 23H3 with 2nd gen processor i7 2760qm.
     
  6. P40L0

    P40L0 MDL Senior Member

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    Win 11 23H2 is super smooth...but only on newer hardware.
    With older ones 10 is smoother.

    Win11 24H2 was a sluggish nightmare at the beginning but now after 26100.1000 is close to 23H2 smoothness again.
     
  7. maur0

    maur0 MDL Senior Member

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    Now Microsoft makes 23h2 slow on purpose, for people to install 24h2, will they do that?
     
  8. kinenano

    kinenano MDL Novice

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    Forgot how nice the classic theme is, how did you get it working on W11?
     
  9. P40L0

    P40L0 MDL Senior Member

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    I don't think they will.
    What they will do is to just end its support along with Windows 10 next year...
     
  10. PolidelticusFire

    PolidelticusFire MDL Addicted

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    Although it runs as fast as Windows 10, its animations are longer (as in they run for a longer time). Giving the impression the OS itself is slower. Which isn't the case.

    Windows 11 consumes the same amount of resources as Windows 10 does.
     
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  11. pottzman

    pottzman MDL Member

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    Yes go into windows Security, then click on App and Browser control, then click on Smart App Control Settings. Is it turned "On" or "Evaluating"? I turned this off and it fixed exactly what you are describing, however for some reason if you turn if off it is "permanent". You can not turn it back on again.
     
  12. atgpud2003

    atgpud2003 MDL Addicted

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    I am running Windows 11 IoT Enterprise not even noticed sluggish... I am pretty much good hardware to run... :) I am running 3.5ghz and 32 gb ram, 512GB SSD, other HDD and SSD..

    ATGPUD2003
     
  13. stoppen

    stoppen MDL Member

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    I have noticed my computer being sluggish lately.
    I use CCleaner all the time, normally before I shut it down. But in the last 6 to 7 weeks I have noticed that. the Health Check option will have 400+ mb of junk. My Custom Clean will have over 1.7 Gb of junk. I saw this and said "WTF" is going on.
    So, I started checking all the time. And found that within 15-20 minutes of boot that the numbers appeared in CCleaner. At a rate of 50 mb using the Health option to 1.3+ Gb for Custom.
    In short I call it Microsoft Data Mining for answers for there own software.
    I may be wrong about this, but I don't think so.
     
  14. Dark Dinosaur

    Dark Dinosaur X Æ A-12

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    New software is new hardware requirements
    On old hardware. You will see the differences
    But on my 13700 desktop - laptop computer
    No bottle neck.. run just fine
    If you not included the bugs ;)
     
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  15. Dark Knight

    Dark Knight MDL Senior Member

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    When I first installed 11 yes, it was VERY sluggish , BUT I also installed it via an in place upgrade ( I didn't want to lose my settings and files). After being aggravated enough by it's sluggishness I backed up all my settings and files and did a clean install , so now Windows 11 runs just as fast ...... m-a-y-b-e a little faster than 10
     
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  16. stoppen

    stoppen MDL Member

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    I have over $5000,00 worth of new hardware A complete new state of the art computer system.
    I think that it's my turn to give up info too the MS cause since my system is so new.
     
  17. duacc

    duacc MDL Novice

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    Animations in W11 are still slow/delayed even with the latest patches.
     
  18. ibay770

    ibay770 MDL Member

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    Disable/delete defender and replace the stary menu with openshell or some other one, delete startmenuexperwncehost and you'll notice a massige difference.