Anyone gaming on Windows 8?
Looking on the Windows 8 game forum I don't see a lot of activity there. Just wondering what if there are any issues.
I have a Windows 8 laptop, but with an i7 integrated HD 4000 graphic processor I've not even tried gaming on it.
Anyway depending on how Windows Blue (Windows 8.1) turns out I may upgrade my main rig to 8.
So if anyone's gaming with Windows 8, let us know.
Thanks
I am still on 7, but I have many friends using 8 with no issues. I would give it a go if you want.. you can always roll back to 7 if you aren't happy. Good luck
Thanks.
BTW did you miss that I already have 8 on my laptop.
Anyway I like 8, but I'm still pondering whether to put it on my main rig, which is also my gaming rig. Windows 8.1 (Blue) should answer that once it's released.
As far as gaming issues. Sounds like there are none. That's good to hear.
Pretty much the same as windows 7 performance wise, there's practically no difference at all with a very minimal portion of games that might run a tad worse due to comparability issues or games with little to no gain in performance. Used it for about 3 months when it still wasn't the full version and being tested and noticed really no performance differences in terms of gaming. Also read a toms hardware article which shows some benchmarks of different games and says there's practically no difference or very minimal.
Benchmark Results: Battlefield 3 - Windows 8 Versus Windows 7: Game Performance, Benchmarked
For the little I've tested the early betas, there should be little, if any, additional problems to what Win7 already gives. After all, it's the very same kernel, a few minor modifications, a lot of removed features and a flawed shell, but the core is the same.
Most likely all games that ran on 7 will still run on 8, and all those that gave problems should be fixable by the same solution on 8 too.
Windows Blue (or BSOD) seems to be the same kernel too (it's version number is 6.3), so I guess it would not break a significant number of things.
Sucks! Dont do it! my friend has an awesome PC but its running W8 and he has nothing but problems with compatibility.
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