Your Take on Gaming with Windows 8 vs Windows 7

[LiLmEgZ]

OK Im going to start a debate topic so to speak...

Your thoughts on gaming under Windows 8 vs Windows 7, describing the advantages and disadvantages, the good and the bad... LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Also do you think we should stick with Windows 7 or Windows 8 to play games on.... including this in your post would be fairly helpful to most (if not all) of us :D

Oh and please be pretty honest on what you are about to say (the community would definitely highly appreciate that!) :)

P.S. If you have never used gaming on Windows 8... u needn't even bother posting your thoughts :rolleyes:

[insanedown58]

Older games run better on Windows 7 compared to 8 but Games from 2006-2013 works the same way as they did on Windows 7. I think we should stay in 7 for a while because game developers are developing games for DX 10 or 11 not 11.1

[LiLmEgZ]

Older games run better on Windows 7 compared to 8 but Games from 2006-2013 works the same way as they did on Windows 7. I think we should stay in 7 for a while because game developers are developing games for DX 10 or 11 not 11.1

I think you forgot about the WDDM 1.2 that's in Windows 8 as well....

I've thought about downgrading my laptop from Windows 8 to Windows 7 for gaming... but I'm just not sure how "hot" that would work out to get all things working properly again.

[Airstream_Bill]

I am not a gamer but everything that I have read says the Windows 8 has some problems with certain Games. I would bet that at this time Windows 7 would win.

[rudrax]

If we assume that WDDM 1.2 increases the gaming performance by 1000%, Win 8 still have driver issues and that sucks!

[DKT27]

At first, gaming in Windows 8 felt better, but since then, it has gone downhill. Glitches and drivers are problems, there are even more higher levels problems I'm facing right now - I'll need to investigate and confirm that it's in relation of Windows 8 - maybe I can just try Linux once and game to see if the problem exists on Linux.

[LiLmEgZ]

At first, gaming in Windows 8 felt better, but since then, it has gone downhill. Glitches and drivers are problems, there are even more higher levels problems I'm facing right now - I'll need to investigate and confirm that it's in relation of Windows 8 - maybe I can just try Linux once and game to see if the problem exists on Linux.

Get back to us on that... I'm interested to know if its Windows 8 problem or just drivers only (or whatever the result may be)

[LiLmEgZ]

I am not a gamer but everything that I have read says the Windows 8 has some problems with certain Games. I would bet that at this time Windows 7 would win.

Which games are u referring to if u know or is there a list?

I'm curious as to which ones!

[dcs18]

Here's a (dozen page) benchmarking article from a site that most folks revere - Tom's Hardware (unfortunately, I do not attest to 3rd party reviews which I've not tested myself - certainly not with special reference to benchmarking.) :dunno:

Windows 8 Versus Windows 7: Game Performance, Benchmarked

[LiLmEgZ]

Here's a (dozen page) benchmarking article from a site that most folks revere - Tom's Hardware (unfortunately, I do not attest to 3rd party reviews which I've not tested myself - certainly not with special reference to benchmarking.) :dunno:

Windows 8 Versus Windows 7: Game Performance, Benchmarked

Yeah me either, everyone's benchmarks are different, which is why these are just a "reference" to go by I guess...

[LiLmEgZ]

I just installed the NVIDIA 306.68 driver package from ASUS Software Download page for my laptop... I will let u guys know if this is a "viable" NVIDIA driver to use on Windows 8 (that's if you are using a NVIDIA card)....

I'll update you folks ASAP if the driver works fine on Win8 for me :)

P.S. I am on a NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M card on my laptop, so the scenario may or may not yield the same results for you if you install 306.68 driver kit on Win8.

[Airstream_Bill]

I am not a gamer but everything that I have read says the Windows 8 has some problems with certain Games. I would bet that at this time Windows 7 would win.

Which games are u referring to if u know or is there a list?

I'm curious as to which ones!

I could not tell you which games they are. I read that stuff a couple of weeks ago somewhere.

[LiLmEgZ]

I am not a gamer but everything that I have read says the Windows 8 has some problems with certain Games. I would bet that at this time Windows 7 would win.

Which games are u referring to if u know or is there a list?

I'm curious as to which ones!

I could not tell you which games they are. I read that stuff a couple of weeks ago somewhere.

Well if you find the list again, let us know :D