Microsoft Windows 8 Gaming Performance

W1zzard · Aug 19, 2012

Microsoft's latest operating system is ready! We took a closer look at gaming performance using NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 680 and AMD's Radeon HD 7970 in 19 games at resolutions from 1280x800 to 2560x1600.

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mtosev · Aug 21, 2012

awesome.thx
almost no difference between win 7 and win 8

95Viper · Aug 21, 2012

Thank you for testing this and your time to do it.
Excellent comparison.

rakesh_sharma23 · Aug 21, 2012

One more reason for upgrading to Win8 is wiped out... Best of luck to Microsoft.

qubit · Aug 21, 2012

Great review Wiz, possibly one of the most useful ones in a while.

One more reason not to bother "upgrading", isn't it? I was already not going to get it over the forced Metro and missing Aero issues, but this really nails it. Heck, if it was free, I'd put Windows 7 back on.

Good luck catching up with Apple, Microsoft! :laugh:

(Apple is now bigger than Microsoft and Google combined)

Flibolito · Aug 21, 2012

I shall stay on Windows 7. :toast:

FreedomEclipse · Aug 21, 2012

TBH this is pretty much the same conclusion in PCI-Ex 3.0 Vs. 2.0 review... End result: It doesnt matter if you upgrade or not as 3.0 makes very little difference to 2.0.

There is no reason to upgrade to Win8. and like the review says since DX11 is more or less still 'new' (I say new I mean its not in full swing yet --- there are NEW games out there that still use DX9!!) and DX11.1 is like DX10/DX10.1. DX10/10.1 was out for a pretty long time but yet only some games made use of it and it hardly made much difference at all apart from slightly more realistic smoke or dust particle/shading effects.

Major_A · Aug 21, 2012

I hate the UI formerly known as Metro as much as the next person. But, the biggest turn off to me is the fact you are constantly signed into MS to do anything. You have a machine ID why do you need my Live account?

Phusius · Aug 21, 2012

FreedomEclipse said:
TBH this is pretty much the same conclusion in PCI-Ex 3.0 Vs. 2.0 review... End result: It doesnt matter if you upgrade or not as 3.0 makes very little difference to 2.0.

There is no reason to upgrade to Win8. and like the review says since DX11 is more or less still 'new' (I say new I mean its not in full swing yet --- there are NEW games out there that still use DX9!!) and DX11.1 is like DX10/DX10.1. DX10/10.1 was out for a pretty long time but yet only some games made use of it and it hardly made much difference at all apart from slightly more realistic smoke or dust particle/shading effects.

If I ever SLI my 670, my non-gen3 board won't see a noteworthy performance hit will it?

Flibolito said:
I shall stay on Windows 7.

This.

TheMailMan78 · Aug 21, 2012

ALL of you will be on Windows 8 soon. On beta drivers and no updates it hangs easily with Windows 7. Face it, Windows 8 is a superior operating system. Hate it all you want but its the future.

Nitroin · Aug 21, 2012

Major_A said:
I hate the UI formerly known as Metro as much as the next person. But, the biggest turn off to me is the fact you are constantly signed into MS to do anything. You have a machine ID why do you need my Live account?

You can use a normal, local, account too - like with Windows 7.

Sasqui · Aug 21, 2012

Only @ TPU. Awesome testing and article, let's hope AMD is working on improving drivers.

It is based on the new Windows 6.2 kernel and comes with a new driver model; in particular, a new display driver model (WDDM 1.2).

Hmmm... are they going to call it DX12? I suspect the answer lies on differences in shader models, if there are any.

Bjorn_Of_Iceland · Aug 21, 2012

Will couple this with an SSD upgrade down the road I guess.

FreedomEclipse · Aug 21, 2012

Phusius said:
If I ever SLI my 670, my non-gen3 board won't see a noteworthy performance hit will it?

read the review for yourself http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Express_Scaling/

given these results, I dont think that SLi would fair any better.

stupido · Aug 21, 2012

Nice review...

but I think it would be much better if you have included Vista too...

I was considering to switch to 8 because they say Vista is resource hog... maybe I should google a bit to see benches between Vista and 7...

Initialised · Aug 21, 2012

On my old Q6600, 4GB DDR2 system I found quite a boost going to Windows 8, especially in BF3.

qubit · Aug 21, 2012

stupido said:
Nice review...

but I think it would be much better if you have included Vista too...

I was considering to switch to 8 because they say Vista is resource hog... maybe I should google a bit to see benches between Vista and 7...

You can install the latest DX11 onto Vista, which will reduce memory requirements, even in desktop mode.

www.microsoft.com/directx

TheMailMan78 · Aug 21, 2012

stupido said:
Nice review...

but I think it would be much better if you have included Vista too...

I was considering to switch to 8 because they say Vista is resource hog... maybe I should google a bit to see benches between Vista and 7...

I would just upgrade to windows 8 when it comes out. The install is smaller then windows 7 and its FAR more secure then windows 7 could ever be. On beta drivers it went toe to toe with a mature operating system. That says a lot about the future of Windows 8

pantherx12 · Aug 21, 2012

TheMailMan78 said:
ALL of you will be on Windows 8 soon. On beta drivers and no updates it hangs easily with Windows 7. Face it, Windows 8 is a superior operating system. Hate it all you want but its the future.

Only if I can modify it so Metro is completely disabled ( and deleted) :laugh:

Frogger · Aug 21, 2012

hang with 7 till 8 get it's first round of fixes !!

TheMailMan78 · Aug 21, 2012

For a tech community that prides itself on forward thinking and cutting edge software you guys sure sound like a bunch of stereotypical close minded conservatives.

Easy Rhino · Aug 21, 2012

TheMailMan78 said:
ALL of you will be on Windows 8 soon. On beta drivers and no updates it hangs easily with Windows 7. Face it, Windows 8 is a superior operating system. Hate it all you want but its the future.

for once i agree with your troll statement. everybody hated vista but still switched to it because it was new and shiny and it was what all the cool kids were doing. i know i am going to switch.

TheMailMan78 · Aug 21, 2012

Easy Rhino said:
for once i agree with your troll statement. everybody hated vista but still switched to it because it was new and shiny and it was what all the cool kids were doing. i know i am going to switch.

I ain't trolling. I'm shooting torpedo's of truth.

Frick · Aug 21, 2012

TheMailMan78 said:
I ain't trolling. I'm shooting torpedo's of truth.

I'll call it borderlinde flaming.

I never used Vista on my main machine. IIRC I was on Linux mostly on slow slow machines during that time.

qubit · Aug 21, 2012

Frick said:
I never used Vista on my main machine. IIRC I was on Linux mostly on slow slow machines during that time.

And I'll bet with Linux they ran quite reasonably.

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