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    Windows 8 vs Windows 7 Gaming Performance

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by moviemarketing, Jul 24, 2012.

  1. moviemarketing

    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    I just read an article with some gaming benchmarks for Windows 8 Developer Preview Build vs. Windows 7 Home Premium, and the results are difficult to interpret.

    Metro2033 performed exactly the same in Win7 and Win8. Far Cry 2 performed almost three times better with Win7, and Crysis performance was about 20% better with Win8.

    Perhaps this is related to driver issues for the Win8 preview build, but I would like to know whether in general, most recent DX11 and DX9 games will run better with Win8 or not. Are there some more accurate gaming benchmarks with the release build of Win8?
     
    moviemarketing, Jul 24, 2012
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  2. MegaBUD

    MegaBUD Notebook Evangelist

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    98... ME... XP... Vista... 7... 8...

    See the pattern?
     
    MegaBUD, Jul 24, 2012
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  3. RainMan_

    RainMan_ Notebook Evangelist

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    " September 19, 2011 " Almost a year. Also the Developer Preivew is old now, RTM will be released the next week.
     
    RainMan_, Jul 24, 2012
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  4. Scott-PWNPC

    Scott-PWNPC Company Representative

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    There are meant to be a lot of optimisations in Windows 8, mainly to lower the system resources it uses and how it handles multicore CPUs. In Theory this means Windows 8 should perform better, in practise I doubt you'll see anything change.
     
    Scott-PWNPC, Jul 24, 2012
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  5. bendok

    bendok Notebook Guru

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    Speaking of Windows 8, just a reminder to bookmark this page if you bought a new notebook recently: http://windowsupgradeoffer.com/
    If you buy a new notebook between June 2, 2012 and January 2013 you get Windows 8 Pro for $14.99
     
    bendok, Jul 24, 2012
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  6. HTWingNut

    HTWingNut Potato

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    That's Upgrade disc only though?
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 25, 2012
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  7. anotherusername

    anotherusername Notebook Consultant

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    Windows 7 upgrade disks allowed users to do a full clean installation if they chose to do so, so I wager there is going to be a clean installation option through windows 8 upgrade offer as well.
     
    anotherusername, Jul 25, 2012
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  8. jaug1337

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    There have been several mods and tweaks to make Windows 8 looks exactly as Windows 7.

    We'll see more of it in the future, but as it stands now... W8 isn't even worth mentioning
     
    jaug1337, Jul 25, 2012
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  9. Cloudfire

    Cloudfire (Really odd person)

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    UNLEASH THE LEAKS :p
     
    Cloudfire, Jul 25, 2012
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  10. HTWingNut

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    If Win 8 includes "classic" Win 7 style desktop and start menu, I'll go for it. I have TechNet, but even free I wouldn't touch it as it stands.
     
    HTWingNut, Jul 25, 2012
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  11. moviemarketing

    moviemarketing Milk Drinker

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    According to Gabe Newell, " Windows 8 Will Be A Catastrophe For Gaming"


     
    moviemarketing, Jul 26, 2012
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