Windows 8 Gaming

Hey guys, I am just deciding on whether or not I should download the windows 8 consumer preview. Most of you will probably say why would you do that but I have always been someone who enjoys the latest things and I can always come back to windows 7.

My biggest issue is how well it works with games. I heard the first little while people were experiencing issues and I am just wondering if those issues have ebeen resolved.

I have a good gaming setup and I wanna make sure all of my things will run on the new version of windows. My OS runs off an SSD so all of my games and other software is located on my HDD. Will things like LucidLogix Virtu MVP run without any issues.

All help is greatly appreciated as I really want to experiece what microsoft has in store.

Thanks!!

when it's released it should work fine. People on this site hate it because it's designed in such a way that it will be good for tablets.

Tablets=Popular and if it's popular then it's overrated garbage. (According to PC gamers)

when it's released it should work fine. People on this site hate it because it's designed in such a way that it will be good for tablets.

Tablets=Popular Popular=Overrated Garbage (according to GS)

HyperWarlock

[QUOTE="HyperWarlock"]

when it's released it should work fine. People on this site hate it because it's designed in such a way that it will be good for tablets.

Tablets=Popular Popular=Overrated Garbage (according to GS)

adamosmaki

[QUOTE="adamosmaki"][QUOTE="HyperWarlock"]

when it's released it should work fine. People on this site hate it because it's designed in such a way that it will be good for tablets.

Tablets=Popular Popular=Overrated Garbage (according to GS)

DanielDust

It's not evolution if it's not replaced by a better mechanic.

The fact that you apparently have'nt touched the start button since Windows 98, does'nt make it obsolete.

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]

[QUOTE="adamosmaki"] no people hate it because they removed useful staff most notably the damn start button Also people hate it because it seems to fit more into the tablet world rather the desktop world MlauTheDaft

It's not evolution if it's not replaced by a better mechanic.

The fact that you apparently have'nt touched the start button since Windows 98, does'nt make it obsolete.

[QUOTE="MlauTheDaft"]

[QUOTE="DanielDust"] That lost its function two OSs ago, it didn't get removed, it suffered a thing called evolution, also people have no idea what they're talking about since it works just fine with the mouse, the tablet functions that are altered on PC and in the end it all comes down to exactly every single word HyperWarlock said.

FelipeInside

It's not evolution if it's not replaced by a better mechanic.

The fact that you apparently have'nt touched the start button since Windows 98, does'nt make it obsolete.

Windows 8 does'nt provide an improved, or even a proper alternative. You're free to have your own opinion, but that's how I feel.

As far as I'm converned, MS is telling me to get withtheirtime because it suits them; the tablet GUI certainly is'nt for my sake. And we all know it'll end up mandatory. MS works hard for their unofficial monopoly.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="MlauTheDaft"]

It's not evolution if it's not replaced by a better mechanic.

The fact that you apparently have'nt touched the start button since Windows 98, does'nt make it obsolete.

MlauTheDaft

Windows 8 does'nt provide an improved, or even a proper alternative. You're free to have your own opinion, but that's how I feel.

As far as I'm converned, MS is telling me to get withtheirtime because it suits them; the tablet GUI certainly is'nt for my sake. And we all know it'll end up mandatory. MS works hard for their unofficial monopoly.

W8 is not necessarily bad. They're trying something new, and that's always good for the industry and future tech. I however won't get it because W8 is mainly about changing up the UI rather than introduce revolutionary ideas to improve gaming experience. Kjranu

windows 7 works perfect for gaming, windows 8 doesn't have any significative improvements in performance and it is clearly focused for mobile platfors. I wouldn't advice upgrading it, is not like and improvement like they did win xp > 7 (i just skipped vista, it was terrible)

windows 7 works perfect for gaming, windows 8 doesn't have any significative improvements in performance and it is clearly focused for mobile platfors. I wouldn't advice upgrading it, is not like and improvement like they did win xp > 7 (i just skipped vista, it was terrible)

Krelian-co

A better term would be focused more on TOUCH devices. They don't need to be mobile.

Though Windows 8 lacks the old start menu by default, there's still mods to recreate that:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/restore-the-start-menu-and-disable-metro-ui-in-windows-8/18767

I don't have any beef with Windows 8. It's no different than what Windows 7 was when it first came out: pretty colors, but not a practical upgrade for gamers. Then eventually people gave in and now we use Windows 7. The thing is, I think Windows 7 will last a very long time. The only thing that might hinder W7 is if M$ locks DirectX 12 to Windows 8 and DX9-11 become obsolete, but game devs wouldn't do that so soon as even DX9 has aged well. M$ will probably try their best to do that though. Remember how Halo 2 was Vista-only, even though people found a way to get it working on XP?

It comes down to hardware compatibility and DirectX at the end of the day. That's what will force clients to eventually move "forward."

[QUOTE="MlauTheDaft"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] The Start Button isn't obsolete, I use it in Windows 7, but the start menu I use less and less each day. The inclusion of INSTANT SEARCH is just faster than the Start Menu. With Win8 all they have done is remove the start button. The Start Menu is still there and Instant Search works even better than Win7. I can understand if people are still using the Start Menu > All Programs > Scroll Down to Program > Open Folder > Click on EXE Icon etc, and that's fine... but you can't expect MS to wait for everyone to get tired of that or not try to improve their product.FelipeInside

Windows 8 does'nt provide an improved, or even a proper alternative. You're free to have your own opinion, but that's how I feel.

As far as I'm converned, MS is telling me to get withtheirtime because it suits them; the tablet GUI certainly is'nt for my sake. And we all know it'll end up mandatory. MS works hard for their unofficial monopoly.

And then a few years later support drops off and we're forced to conform to this stupid touchscreen crap. As someone who works in IT, this is'nt quite a good move. Change is good, forced rapid change for dumb reasons is not.

I'm gonna bet though that if an 'old style' GUI isn't offered as an alternative, it will backfire in their faces. Just like Vista fell to the side and Win7 is becomming the norm, the new WinXP. I live by the motto "Every other Windows release is trash." Buy XP, skip Vista, buy 7, skip 8, etc.

I would keep my windows 7 till Direct x 12 comes out and it is mandatory to buy windows 8 for my gaming.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="MlauTheDaft"]

Windows 8 does'nt provide an improved, or even a proper alternative. You're free to have your own opinion, but that's how I feel.

As far as I'm converned, MS is telling me to get withtheirtime because it suits them; the tablet GUI certainly is'nt for my sake. And we all know it'll end up mandatory. MS works hard for their unofficial monopoly.

wis3boi

And then a few years later support drops off and we're forced to conform to this stupid touchscreen crap. As someone who works in IT, this is'nt quite a good move. Change is good, forced rapid change for dumb reasons is not.

I'm gonna bet though that if an 'old style' GUI isn't offered as an alternative, it will backfire in their faces. Just like Vista fell to the side and Win7 is becomming the norm, the new WinXP. I live by the motto "Every other Windows release is trash." Buy XP, skip Vista, buy 7, skip 8, etc.

Probably MANY years later. Most businesses are still using XP which is what? 15 years old? And why the word "stupid"? Cause u don't like it doesn't mean it doesn't work.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="MlauTheDaft"]

Windows 8 does'nt provide an improved, or even a proper alternative. You're free to have your own opinion, but that's how I feel.

As far as I'm converned, MS is telling me to get withtheirtime because it suits them; the tablet GUI certainly is'nt for my sake. And we all know it'll end up mandatory. MS works hard for their unofficial monopoly.

wis3boi

And then a few years later support drops off and we're forced to conform to this stupid touchscreen crap. As someone who works in IT, this is'nt quite a good move. Change is good, forced rapid change for dumb reasons is not.

I'm gonna bet though that if an 'old style' GUI isn't offered as an alternative, it will backfire in their faces. Just like Vista fell to the side and Win7 is becomming the norm, the new WinXP. I live by the motto "Every other Windows release is trash." Buy XP, skip Vista, buy 7, skip 8, etc.

*Sigh* WinXp was Worse then 2000. 2000 was incredibly stable and a great OS all around WinVista can be disregarded as its not an OS its Malware in itself. Win7 I have had problems occur often that should not have occured for no reason but Gates wills it. They improve every version but with every version it becomes more bloated and haggard. Remember when Vista came out, 4gb just to run it, same thing on 7 unless you want to run into hitches or spend time playing with the OS to get it to play nice with the hardware. I dont use Linux daily as it is no games, I have delved into it of course but comparing WIN to Linux, Linux just works. I type something in it does EXACTLY as I told it to do and with Windows you just dont get that. Windows is getting to casual for a power user like me and with no alternative Im stuck on this tugboat. Have they gotten rid of the CMD yet? They have been trying for years but since its extremely useful if you actually want to solve a problem they havnt been able to.KLONE360

Linux is one of the worst OS's out there...
More than half of the things Windows does...linux cant...and those things that Linux can do Windows does them better...

WTF are you talking about...Windows is the only OS....the only one....The other OS's are so far behind you cannot even compare them to Windows!

[QUOTE="DanielDust"]

[QUOTE="adamosmaki"] no people hate it because they removed useful staff most notably the damn start button Also people hate it because it seems to fit more into the tablet world rather the desktop world MlauTheDaft

It's not evolution if it's not replaced by a better mechanic.

The fact that you apparently have'nt touched the start button since Windows 98, does'nt make it obsolete.

This is a consumer centric OS. Any business that is going to "think" about this is retarded. Most business like others have said are on XP or are just now getting around to migrating all their stuff to Windows 7 which means making sure their specific software for the company and their deployment methods are going to work and fit their needs. They aren't going to scrap this just for Windows 8 when I'm sure they have been planning this for sometime now.

A lot of people I deal with now are still on Server 2003 running whatever.

[QUOTE="KLONE360"]*Sigh* WinXp was Worse then 2000. 2000 was incredibly stable and a great OS all around WinVista can be disregarded as its not an OS its Malware in itself. Win7 I have had problems occur often that should not have occured for no reason but Gates wills it. They improve every version but with every version it becomes more bloated and haggard. Remember when Vista came out, 4gb just to run it, same thing on 7 unless you want to run into hitches or spend time playing with the OS to get it to play nice with the hardware. I dont use Linux daily as it is no games, I have delved into it of course but comparing WIN to Linux, Linux just works. I type something in it does EXACTLY as I told it to do and with Windows you just dont get that. Windows is getting to casual for a power user like me and with no alternative Im stuck on this tugboat. Have they gotten rid of the CMD yet? They have been trying for years but since its extremely useful if you actually want to solve a problem they havnt been able to.rhazzy

Linux is one of the worst OS's out there...
More than half of the things Windows does...linux cant...and those things that Linux can do Windows does them better...

WTF are you talking about...Windows is the only OS....the only one....The other OS's are so far behind you cannot even compare them to Windows!

Gabe doesn't like Windows 8. Gabe owns Valve. Valve owns Steam. We love Steam. We love Valve. We love Gabe. We don't like Windows 8.Hexagon_777

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]Gabe doesn't like Windows 8. Gabe owns Valve. Valve owns Steam. We love Steam. We love Valve. We love Gabe. We don't like Windows 8.FelipeInside

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]Gabe doesn't like Windows 8. Gabe owns Valve. Valve owns Steam. We love Steam. We love Valve. We love Gabe. We don't like Windows 8.Hexagon_777

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] Funny how people love Steam NOW, but remember the hate it got when it came out? People on this same forum going crazy cause of its DRM and saying they would never use it. Same thing will happen with Win8.FelipeInside

patched up it's pretty much exactly the same as 7, just a bit slower and a worse task bar. The problem with it was the move from 32bit to 64bit broke some applications, and killed all 16bit code. Also they dumped a lot of legacy hardware. If something doesn't work in Vista, it won't work on 7 as long as it's not boot related or something. (win 7 has a seperate partition for BOOT)

Also one major ommition is TRIM support.

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="Hexagon_777"]Did Windows Vista ever get the love Steam did in the end? :P

JigglyWiggly_

patched up it's pretty much exactly the same as 7, just a bit slower and a worse task bar. The problem with it was the move from 32bit to 64bit broke some applications, and killed all 16bit code. Also they dumped a lot of legacy hardware. If something doesn't work in Vista, it won't work on 7 as long as it's not boot related or something. (win 7 has a seperate partition for BOOT)

Also one major ommition is TRIM support.

windows 8 is like AOL, apparently they did not learn from that. I wish another os is made so we get rid of windows.dakan45

[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"]

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"] No, Windows Vista was pretty bad. Second worst MS OS after ME. If you actually install the 3 Service Packs and all the updates, it becomes an OK OS, but I would rather have either XP or Win7.FelipeInside

patched up it's pretty much exactly the same as 7, just a bit slower and a worse task bar. The problem with it was the move from 32bit to 64bit broke some applications, and killed all 16bit code. Also they dumped a lot of legacy hardware. If something doesn't work in Vista, it won't work on 7 as long as it's not boot related or something. (win 7 has a seperate partition for BOOT)

Also one major ommition is TRIM support.

windows 8 is like AOL, apparently they did not learn from that. I wish another os is made so we get rid of windows.dakan45

[QUOTE="FelipeInside"][QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"] wut

patched up it's pretty much exactly the same as 7, just a bit slower and a worse task bar. The problem with it was the move from 32bit to 64bit broke some applications, and killed all 16bit code. Also they dumped a lot of legacy hardware. If something doesn't work in Vista, it won't work on 7 as long as it's not boot related or something. (win 7 has a seperate partition for BOOT)

Also one major ommition is TRIM support.

JigglyWiggly_

[QUOTE="dakan45"]windows 8 is like AOL, apparently they did not learn from that. I wish another os is made so we get rid of windows.FelipeInside

Clearly you hate MS so there is no more point arguing against a hater that can't see past his hate.

I'll answer some of your posts even though I shouldn't bother:

- Gaming isn't everything an OS does and shouldn't be reviewed on that, even if we are on a gaming forum

- Most games run better and more stable on Win7. Older games run on Win7. REALLY REALLY old games sometimes have trouble running on Win7. Do some research before disagreeing. Of course it depends on the hardware too. If you have a Pentium 3 and you put Win7 on it well.... I'm just judging based on the recommened requirements of both the game and the OS.

- You are talking about GFWL (Games for Windows Live). Windows Live is entirely something else.

- We need a better OS to get rid of MS so game developers find a better platform? Do you even proof-read what you just said? Or is it the hate? Tell me, what things does Windows get REALLY WRONG compared to other OS.

Clearly you hate MS FelipeInside