Windows 8 and gaming

I'm with you on that one. Each and every game I own work on W8.

i could say the exact same thing about windows 7 ... win 8 is just plain shit, app interfaced crap . each to there own tho. enjoy it. i certainly didn't and couldn't wait to go back to windows 7

Why do you make a post of thing that was discussed here more than 5 times already? Just use search bar.

Well but if you did start the topic i do have issues. Sometimes i get BSOD sometimes there aren't drivers for Win8 and Deadisland wont run for me (waiting for patch or something).

Well, i guess most people just don't like it because it is mainly designed for touchscreens.

Last time I heard this kind of discussion, was about the fact that microsoft wants to implement it's own digital storefront into the OS, which would mean less profit for valve (devs would be able to sell their games through microsoft's store).

Edit: found the article

Microsoft takes a cut, up to 30%, of every sale made through this store, similar to that taken by Apple, Google and others on existing mobile app markets.

This could be a significant threat to the massively successful Steam online game store that Valve runs and which gives it a commission on every title sold through the online market.

A Windows Store closed to everyone but Microsoft might reduce the range of games available for sale through Steam.

Hmm strange I had the windows 8 30 day trial but so much stuff didn't work for me so I ditched it. My biggest complaint was I got BSOD a lot from kernal errors, it could have just been my machine but XP and 7 don't give me any problems.

I had issues with it a few days/weeks ago. Every game that ran on W7 on medium or lower ran WORSE on W8 with my GTX260 (I know, old GPU but still most games I played ran perfectly on it.. heck it even managed to run BF3 on medium). I'm talking about not so demanding games (that ran perfectly fine on W7) and other games like Hitman: Absolution (couldnt even run it on lowest settings despite my GPU being the recommended one on the store page). I replaced it with a Sapphire Radeon HD7950 Vapor-X (3GB) last week and the issues are gone so I have no problems with the OS anymore.

Still kind of weird that my previous GPU performed way worse on W8 than it did on W7.

And yes I sometimes get BSOD too, atleast they arent as scary as they used to be with older Windows versions.

windows 7 is good like windows xp, end of the story

Never had an issue with Windows 8, my games run smoothly, in some cases better than they did in Windows 7. The only issue I have had is that Team Fortress 2's ping increased by 25 on average when playing on my favourite server. I use Classic Shell to restore the Start Button and skips to Desktop rather than the tile screen, unless I want to use it. The only thing I miss about Windows 7 is proper Aero support.

I don't even care about W8 simply because I have some software that I can't run on it. So... for me W8 suck :P

i have been testing out Win8 on my laptop along my win7 desktop for about 8 months - and i can safely say i thin Win8 sucks balls.. it's heavy, ugly but worst of all - it is designed for the idiots of the iGeneration aka the iPhone generation - the ppl who want big buttons they can't miss, it's almost "idiot proof" - hell my 54 year old mom like win8 better than win7 because of the big buttons and pretty colors - instead of the streamlined functionality of Win7..

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and honestly she is better off with win8 - less buttons to fiddle with (settings wise) saves me the trouble of running downstairs everytime she pressed something she wasnt supposed to in win7..

so yeah, for moron's and the older generation it's great.. but as a tech geek? no thanks

I'm using w8 already for like 4 months, no compatiblity errors at all, only one bsod so far. Assuming it's installed on a laptop and some drivers' "compatibility with w8 not guaranteed" I think it's a pretty good result.

The thing i noticed, is that in Windows 8 Far Cry 3 runs kinda choppy, in Windows 7 it runs smooth, both with all settings maxed.
I read tests that some other games have a slight lower performance in Windows 8, but i haven't tested any other game.
Other than that, i can say that the interface is not that bad. Overall, i think Windows 8 is not worth the trouble yet; Perhaps with future fixes it will, but now it's just not worth it.

Linux.

I just got it yesterday, new pc and all. Hard to get used to but once I got that start button... It boots really fast too so that's a plus - remains to see if that will last. Vista boots fast back then but over the years... I have to see how well it works with my games thou. I don't think there will be any issue with games a few years old but older classics, hmm.

My first (and so far only) experience with Win8:

Setting up W-Lan was a pain. W8 was so "smart", it only asked me for the access key. Guess what - it did not work that way.

I had to search for a way to manually add the W-Lan so I could specify which encryption to use.

I've had no problems using it so far.

some vn didn't work but there is patches and stuff.
also the skype app doesn't run in the background while gaming but i just download the desktop version.
And i can't really access the bios since i upgraded because it boots so darn fast.
other than that, there's no problem on my end

Windows 8 or Gaming choose one.

"There is not one game that has any problem starting, chrashing, buging etc."
I would just like to say, I have two computers running Win7, and I've never had any games crashing (except from playing minecraft too much)/having problems starting, or bugging (unless it was a game bug).
It's not like Win7 is dysfunctional.

I'm using it since several months and i did have some problems with it. But every problem could have also occured with win7. There was only one (fixable) problem with an older game that i didn't had with win7. Aside from that, win8 is better than win7 in almost every regard

I'm on windows 8, and i have to say, aside from any regular OS problem, it's worked like a charm?
I mean, weren't there teething problems with Windows 7 release? they just need to work it in, like they have done every other time.

I've had no problems with W8.
I never use Metro, and it isn't forced, neither is it necessary.
I never knew how much Start wasn't needed until now.
All of my software runs fine.
There are quite a few improvements on features from 7.
I do hate parts of it though. If you do choose to use Metro, when connected to the internet and using apps, there are ads, which is utter bullshit.
You also need a Live account to use some apps.
Overall, it is worth getting if you have anything older than 7. It doesn't improve on 7 enough to be worth the amount OS's cost. That isn't to say 8 is bad, and 7 is better.
I guess it is down to the buyer. If you are looking to upgrade from XP/Vista, then 8 would be the better choice. But if you are looking to upgrade 7, wait till 9.

Functionally there are a few issues which I'll outline but the core of it is

The Metro interface is sandboxed and the ONLY way to get anything working with Metro is via the Microsoft Store. Period.

Given that the open-ness of PC and even Macs is a critical part of their success, creating a walled garden for the most critical part of the new Windows 8 UI is very very disturbing.

I have been using windows 8 since pre-release and have had no problems especially in the area of gaming. Everything works nice and smooth and I still do not see where all the fuss is. Use one of the many free or paid programs to add back the start button and it looks like win 7 even, you can even make it default to regular desktop so you never see metro. The only reason gabe and others like him hate windows 8 is for a standard user that defaults to metro they now have a store to buy games from that isn't steam or their own.