Windows 7 or 8.1 for gaming?
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Hello and welcome Sandi now please do this because it really does depend on what you have in the ?machines
Now before we can help we do need to know what is in your machine so please do this System Info - See Your System Specs
or either enter the specs of your system in your forum profile the specs will appear when we click on that little box bottom left of the post screen it is for me the preferable option as it is easy. As you may appreciate it is very hard when you don’t know what one is working with for example a diesel or petrol engine.
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However a very quick reply is I am not familiar with 8 that much and personally 7 would be my choice.
Now before we can help we do need to know what is in your machine so please do this System Info - See Your System Specs
or either enter the specs of your system in your forum profile the specs will appear when we click on that little box bottom left of the post screen it is for me the preferable option as it is easy. As you may appreciate it is very hard when you don’t know what one is working with for example a diesel or petrol engine.
(pretyped to save time)
However a very quick reply is I am not familiar with 8 that much and personally 7 would be my choice.
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Hi,
You can game on either
Seeing this is SevenForums I'll give you one guess
You can game on either
Seeing this is SevenForums I'll give you one guess
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Both operating systems are useful for gaming. If I have to choose one from two operating system than I will choose 8.1.
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- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- HP
- OS
- 64, Windows8
- Antivirus
- SafeBytes
Both are fine.
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- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- ASUS X550ZE
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
- CPU
- AMD A8 7200P
- Motherboard
- N/A
- Memory
- 8GB 1600mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon R5 (APU) + Radeon R5 M230 2GB Dual Graphics
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC269 with SonicMaster
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Laptop Display
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080 @60hz
- Hard Drives
- WDC WD50 00LPVX-80V0TT0 (500GB)
- PSU
- Laptop Charger
- Mouse
- ARMAGGEDON TEXTRON SCORPION 7
- Internet Speed
- 100 mbps DOWN / 50 mbps UP
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
- Browser
- Mozzila FireFox, Valve Steam in-game internet browser
Why would anyone even consider installing Windows 8.1 
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- Skylake Special #666
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- Windows 10 Pro x64
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- Intel Core i7 6700K
- Motherboard
- Asus Sabertooth Z170 Mark 1
- Memory
- GSkill TridentZ RGB 16GB 3600 16-16-16-36
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GTX 980 Ti SC x2
- Sound Card
- Realtek High Definition
- Monitor(s) Displays
- AOC G2460PG
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080 144Hz
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 860 Pro 256GB, Seagate Barracuda 4TB x2
- PSU
- EVGA 1000 P2, EVGA White Custom Braided Cables
- Case
- Corsair Vengeance C70 Gunmetal Black
- Cooling
- Corsair H100i v2, Corsair ML120 x2, Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
- Keyboard
- Logitech G910 Orion Spectrum
- Mouse
- Logitech G700s
- Internet Speed
- Verizon Fios Quantum Gateway 75/75
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender, Malwarebytes Free 3.8.3
- Browser
- Chrome
- Other Info
- Corsair SP120 x4, LG Blu-ray Drive, Durabrand HT-395 100 Watt Dolby Digital Amp, Corsair H2100 Wireless 7.1 Headset
Why would anyone even consider installing Windows 8.1
I think some people kind of like the Metro UI of that thing.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- ASUS X550ZE
- OS
- Windows 7 Home Premium 64-BIT
- CPU
- AMD A8 7200P
- Motherboard
- N/A
- Memory
- 8GB 1600mhz
- Graphics Card(s)
- Radeon R5 (APU) + Radeon R5 M230 2GB Dual Graphics
- Sound Card
- Realtek ALC269 with SonicMaster
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Laptop Display
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080 @60hz
- Hard Drives
- WDC WD50 00LPVX-80V0TT0 (500GB)
- PSU
- Laptop Charger
- Mouse
- ARMAGGEDON TEXTRON SCORPION 7
- Internet Speed
- 100 mbps DOWN / 50 mbps UP
- Antivirus
- Windows Defender
- Browser
- Mozzila FireFox, Valve Steam in-game internet browser
Yes mate maybe they would but the once I tried it it was definitely a Retro thing in my experience with it - far too cluttered.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Own build (new) Desk1 / Asus ROG Win 7 / Desk2 1st build
- OS
- Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
- CPU
- Desk1 i5 3750K / Laptop i7 GTX 860M / Desk2 i5 2500
- Motherboard
- Desk1 Asus P877-V / Desk2 Gigabyte H67 UD3H / Laptop ?
- Memory
- Desk1 8GB (1866) / Desk2 16GB (1333) / Laptop 8Gb DDR3
- Graphics Card(s)
- Desk 1& 2NVidia GTX 650 & Laptops on board Intel
- Sound Card
- Desk 1 & 2 -XONAR DG Realtek High Def audio Laptop
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Desk 1 Benq HD 2450 / Desk2 Philips 24" / Laptop 17.5"
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080 D1 & D2 & Laptop 1
- Hard Drives
- Desk1 Samsung 120GB 830 SSD
Asus ROG 256GB 850 Pro SSD
Desk2 Samsung 840 256 SSD
Toshiba 120GB EVO
- PSU
- Desk 1 Corsair HX 1050/ Laptop ? / Desk 2 Corsair HX 650
- Case
- Desk 1 Cooler HAF XM ? Toshiba laptop / Desk2 Coolermaster
- Cooling
- Fans on all Desk1 -2 Desk2 - all Coolermasters 5 Laptop ?
- Keyboard
- Desk 1 MS Sidewinder X6 Desk 2 MS Sidewinder X 4
- Mouse
- Desk 1&2 - Gigabyte MS 900 gamer - laptop - Logitec wireless
- Internet Speed
- ADSL2+
- Other Info
- One other Desktop (tester) and spare Toshba laptop both with SSD's
Running Kaspersky 2016 ISS on all machines config'd identically
Logitec audio stereo systems on each machine (x3)
Canon MG5250MFC
Router/modem TP-Link running WPA2SK
Hi,Why would anyone even consider installing Windows 8.1
When a person needs classic shell or start 8 or 10 to get an interface they want 8 is no different than 10 except 8 a person actually has More control than in 10
I bailed on a 10 install back to a 8.1 pro just for the hell of it and mostly because 8.1 is more stable.
My Computer
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom assembled by me :}
- OS
- Win-7-Pro64bit 7-H-Prem-64bit
- CPU
- i7-5930K 2nd i9-9940x both water blocked VRM's too
- Motherboard
- ASUS SABERTOOTH X99 2nd ASUS x299 Apex
- Memory
- Trident-z 3200C14 2nd Trident-z 3600C16
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA 1080ti ftw3 2nd Titan Xp both water blocked
- Sound Card
- Built-in Realtek
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 1-AOC G2460PG 24"G-Sync 144Hz/ 2nd 1-ASUS VG248QE 24" 144Hz
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080 144Hz
- Hard Drives
- 2-Samsung M.2 Evo & Evo Plus
2-Samsung 850 EVO 500GB SSD's/ 3-2.5 W.D. Black 1tb-&3-1tb/3-3.5 WD Black 1tb hdd's
- PSU
- EVGA SuperNOVA 1000-P2 2nd 1200-P2
- Case
- 2-Corsair Obsidian Series 450D Black ATX Mid Tower
- Cooling
- Custom water loops
- Keyboard
- Logitech G710+/ 2nd Logitech G910
- Mouse
- 2-RedDragon M901 Perdition 16400 dpi Gaming mouse = wired
- Internet Speed
- Comcast Ping 19ms 89.31mbps download speed 6.12mbps upload
- Antivirus
- Malwarebytes Pro/ Superantispyware Pro
- Browser
- FireFox & Pale moon
- Other Info
- 2nd ASUS X299 Apex/Intel i9-9940x with Custom water loop/7H-Prem-x64/Corsair 450D case/Ram Trident-z 3600C16 4x8gb / Samsung970Evo plus 500gb SSD/Dual ssd EZ swap evo/PSU EVGA SuperNova 1200w-P2 80+Platinum/GPU Titan Xp /8-ML-140 on push-pull on 2-280GTX rads
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