Windows 10: Microphone fizzing and 3d graphics performance issues and crashes on Windows 10 Bootcamp...

Hi, I've been really getting annoyed recently with a slew of problems whilst trying to use bootcamp on this macbook. I'm making this post to see if anyone else has the same or similar issues with this computer or similar computer. I've already wiped this entire computer, reinstalling both macos and windows, and confirmed at the apple store genius bar to that there are no hardware issues. My assumption now is that many of my issues are related to drivers, so I'm just going to list out all the issues I've been experiencing and hope someone has some insight on some of these.


I am using Windows 10 Pro version 1909 build 18363.900, running on a Macbook Pro 2020 13-inch 10th gen cpu with 16gb ram using the default Boot Camp drivers that come with the Windows installation. d


Issues found so far:

Sound

- When attaching an external headset with an attached microphone, the mic will work normally for around 5-15 minutes, and then start distorting and fizzing out. Turning off and on the mic will fix the problem, but I will need to repeat this over and over again, and requires me to actively listen to my mic to know when the fizzing starts happening.


3D games and display graphics

I've had these problems on both the preinstalled intel graphics driver AND the latest intel DCH display driver version 100.8280

- DirectX12 has fun issues on various games: "Fullscreen" mode will only keep the game in the topleft corner of the screen and loading a level will freeze and crash the game Unreal Tournament pre-alpha. Textures are blurry and alt-tabbing crashes the game Fortnite. Game crashes on launch ARK: Survival Evolved

- Running 2 games at the same time and alt-tabbing between them will frequently crash the entire display, leaving it blank with a cursor in the middle, and I cannot interact with anything nor press ctr-alt-del, requiring a force restart. I've done this all the time before on a 2015 macbook pro 13-inch with no issues except for lower frame rates.

- A couple games refuse to run at all and simply crash on startup, namely Quake Champions and Goat of Duty This may be the app's fault but I just want to mention it just in case someone knows a solution

- Using some of the warmer colors in the "f.lux" lighting application https://justgetflux.com/ will occasionally cause some pink pixel artifacts appearing on specific colors shown on the display. I've found similar issues in the f.lux forum but none relate directly to the computer I'm using. I and many people I know use this app on their macbooks not the new one I'm using without any issues.

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VMWare VMs Black Screen - Windows 10 3D Accelerator - Graphic Properties not available

I am running Windows 10 Build 1803 build Citrix Desktops. I am trying to change the properties of the Windows 10 box so that I can turn off 3D Graphic properties as VMs are all in black screen mode. So, based on the suggestions by most of them, it looks
like we have to turn off the 3D Hardware acceleration. When I right click on the desktop, I get only Display Settings and Personalize option and if I go into Display settings, i do not get to see the options for 3D graphic acceleration as mentioned in the
below steps As, I do not see Graphic properties at all.

So, how can I turn it off or what else can be done as these are Citrix Desktops that are showing black screen. So, either you have to boot them serveral times or shut down and bring it up and sometimes they come up to the logon screen and show the windows
screen or else they are black screen. Clicking on CTRL+ALT+DEL also has issues sometime it brings up the logon window or else none. Just plain black screen.

In order to disable 3D hardware acceleration, I suggest you to follow the steps below.

1. Right click on the desktop and select Graphics properties.
2. Select Basic Mode and hit OK.
3. Go to the 3D option.
4. You can disable 3D graphics acceleration from this screen.

Hope this helps. Please reply for further queries on this.

 

Windows 10 in bootcamp: "Bootcamp Graphics Driver update 6.0" crashes computer during install

Trying to run ArcGIS software on Windows 10 in bootcamp on an iMac. (ArcMap | Documentation)

ArcGIS crashes when loading a project, company says I need to update graphics driver.

I open "apple software update" within windows 10 via bootcamp. It says I need to install "Graphics Driver Update for Bootcamp 6.0, 339.05MB"

I download the update, accept the terms, and begin the installation. computer crashes within 5 seconds every time.

Tried putting the "windows support software" on USB stick in OS Sierra from bootcamp assistant, then run the setup in windows 10 via bootcamp. It too crashes the system when in the install portion.

Any ideas on what to try to fix this? I'm hurting for help, I have to use this software for school assignments. Thanks

specs:

iMac Retina 5k, 27-in, late 2015, mac os sierra v10.12

4GHz intel i7, 16GB 1867MHz DDR3, 500GB SSD, AMD Radeon R9 M395X 4096MB

bootcamp v 6.1.0 (6050.1.3)

Windows 10 64bit

 

Windows 10 How can I turn off 3D Hardware Acceleration?

There is no "Graphics" options on the Windows 10 desktop right click menu. Please update your reply with correct instructions.