I upgraded and experienced no issues going from 8.0 to 8.1. The only driver I have touched is the newest Nvidia drivers. At home I use my laptop on a Toshiba HD TV via HDMI and switch between HDMI sound and onboard sound all the time. I also use the wireless and havent experienced any trouble with it on 8.1 either.
Just to note, I was skeptical about the KillerN Wireless and thought I may have to go aftermarket and replace it, but it has been a VERY nice performer. I have the ASUS PCE-AC66 for wireless on my desktop which is a very nice long range wireless adapter, this allows me to get 5Ghz in my back bedroom from the front room router. This KillerN in this laptop actually connects at 300mbit on a desk right next to my laptop when the Asus Desktop adapter connects at 264mbit. So it is on par with or even better then the desktop solution which speaks highly of it in my opinion.
(ROG has simply become too expensive compared to the competition with same specs... 😞 )
MSI GE75 Raider 10SGS - i7 10750H - RTX 2080 Super - 32GB Ram - 1TB WD NVMe - 2TB 960 EVO - 300Hz 17inch Display
RETIRED: ALIENWARE R17 R5 - i7 8750H - GTX 1070 @ 1.9Ghz - 16GB DDR4 - NVMe 970 EVO 1TB - SSD 960 EVO 1TB
SOLD: ASUS G703VI-XH74K, RETIRED: ASUS G752VY-DH72, RETIRED: ASUS G750JH DB71 , RETIRED:ASUS G74Sx DH72