GazChap wrote:
Well, I'm interested in it because of the supposed benefits to VR (DX12 etc. I guess)
I actually claimed my free upgrade shortly after they were announced, downloaded it etc. and then never got around to installing it. Have deleted the files since, so does that mean that if I don't upgrade by the cut off point I've got to pay?
As best I understand it if you haven't actually upgraded before the cutoff date then you can't do so afterwards, irrespective of whether or not you've already downloaded the files or 'accepted' that you'd like the upgrade, or suchlike.
However, if you upgrade to Windows 10 and then roll back, you can apparently return to Windows 10 at a point of your choosing in the future, including after July 29th.
If you've got a specific reason for wanting Windows 10 (DX12 + VR in your case) then fair enough I suppose, although I'm a mega-keen PC gamer and I'm not sold on DX12 at all, Nvidia cards don't seem to be getting anything out of DX12, although maybe VR is a special case.
Windows 10 has done well but not that well, I can't imagine any hardware/software producer wishing to alienate a massive percentage of their potential customer base with products that run substantially worse on Windows 7/8 and DX11 compared to Windows 10.