Upgraded to Windows 8 on ASUS G73JH and gaming performance way down

I got the upgrade to Windows 8 (I'm back on 7 now) on my ASUS G73JH and all went well until I tried out gaming. Almost every game I tried ran at a lower FPS, particularly games with the Frostbite 2 game engine (BF3 & MoH).

For example, I used to play BF3 on the highest settings but with Windows 8 I had to put it on medium for it to be playable. All my other games dropped anywhere from 5-15 fps (estimate). Some games like S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Red Orchestra 2 just crashed.

I had the latest AMD drivers, BIOS 213, and all the Windows updates but gaming was still poor.

Keep in mind, this is only for games. Windows 8 was actually faster for everyday programs & general use.

Is anyone else having problems like this? I can't find a answer anywhere online...

 

what series card do you have? 5870m I'm guessing? I would have tried different driver's out, but the 12.11 drivers beta 3 have been working great for me so far on my 6990m with both windows 7 and 8.

 

I upgraded my G73JH to Windows 8 about a week ago...and my gaming performance has not changed from Windows 7. I play mostly BF3 and some Borderlands 2.

I had a number of other issues though with my upgrade, leading me to have to wipe my C:\ drive and do a clean Windows 8 install (still having a few crashes each day where the PC just seems to freeze).

When not freezing/crashing - haven't noticed any change in gaming performance.

 

i dont think there is a performance break in windows 8

person with dualboot can tell us best

btw here is a becnhmark from 6750M

 

Yah I have mobility HD 5870 and used the 12.10 drivers (which im using right now on 7 & works fine). I didn't try the 12.11 drivers but thats something I'll look in to.


@cwilliams222 - Have you updated you video drivers since you got 8? I forgot to say that before I did the video driver upgrades it seemed gaming worked fine (did a quick BF3 level), but after I got the AMD drivers updated to a Windows 8 compatible version (12.10) I had issues. I would have kept the existing drivers but Control Center didn't work.

But I never had any freezing issues or crashes... except when I tried to run a couple games that wouldn't work.


Also, before I upgraded to 8 I did do a clean install of 7 a month before but didn't reinstall much of the original ASUS drivers. The only drivers I reinstalled were the Power4Gear, ATK hotkeys, GPU drivers, and Audio. Didn't do any others since it all worked fine. I feel this may have been a reason why 8 had issues with gaming... idk for sure.

Even now, back on 7, I haven't installed any of the ASUS drivers except the few i mentioned earlier and yet the computer works better then when I first got it.

 

Your degraded gaming performance may be due to a non-updated gfx card driver, please check that out!

 

Yay! I fixed it... though I'm not sure how.

Basically I made sure all my drivers were fully updated before my Windows 8 Upgrade. BUT, unlike last time, I have not yet updated my video drivers to the Windows 8 versions, but am keeping them at the latest 12.10 Windows 7 drivers. Last time after I updated to Windows 8 version video drivers it seemed things started to go wrong.

If it works, don't fix it. I guess...


Update: Ok I did get the latest video drivers just to see if it would affect performance. I didn't. It still works good. So... I have no idea why the first time I got Windows 8 it lagged... I did install as many as the ASUS drivers as possible this time around, so perhaps that did it. Or maybe there was a Windows update that fixed it... idk. But it works.

 

Good to know. I've just finished downloading Windows 8 and going to install it.
Thanks!

 

In ccc on mine even when plug is was set on power saving. check to see if your power mizer is ok

 

Better to do a clean install since G73JH I think will support EFI bootup. That requires a clean install.