I would start with updating the bios and go from there, don't see any point in doing a windows install prior to that for the old hardware, you don't need windows to update a bios.
Do make sure that you don't skip any bios updates as sometimes you need to do a couple older ones first
Well if I'm feeling adventurous I'll try the latest drivers as the settings don't stick with my hotfix ones and see if it makes a difference, did a few benchmarks without rebar already on BL3 and div 2
Thing that would make me stop buying consoles is the removal of physical media support, backwards compatability is great but not if you can't play the games you already own due to no disc player in the console.
I understand you but I disagree, exclusives are what's needed to sell your platform and need to be good in order to do so, one of the main reasons that Sony is kicking MS *** is due to MS lacking severly in this area and it's what's keeping Nintendo alive.
Unfortunatelly the amount of...
Helps if supply can keep up which was not the case when the PS5 and X-box series launched as those were constantly out of stock. As was everything back then that had a modern chip in it.
Cancelling a handheld is not dropping out entirely, their next X-box is still supposed to be the biggest technological leap forward ever (I'll believe it when I see it though)
Given the amount of boomer shooters that are around there is a market for these kind of games, but id's execution has been lacking, the addition of glory kills in DOOM 2016 was more for the fun of it then a necessity, nut they overdid it with eternal, I'll get this one eventually but they shoot...