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windows 7 vs 8.1

Florre
Level 7
im on the x99 platform, and im currently using windows 7 but im wondering should i move onto windows 8,
or stay with 7 until the next windows version comes out?

does windows 8.1 has any benefit in terms of overclocking and gaming? or handling x99 platform better?
CPU Intel i7 5960X@ 4.5Ghz
RAM Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB 2400mhz
GPU 2 X EVGA GTX 980 in SLI
SSD 2 X Samsung 850 Pro 1TB
HDD 2 X WD RE 4TB
MOBO Asus Rampage V Extreme
PSU Corsair AX 1500i
CASE Corsair 900D
DISPLAY 2 X ROG Swift
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NemesisChild
Level 12
Hands down, 8.1 for gaming. It shines over 7, especially in multi-threaded apps & games.

Why wait for Windows 10 when you can enjoy 8.1 now?
Intel i9 10850K@ 5.3GHz
ASUS ROG Strix Z490-E
Corsair H115i Pro XT
G.Skill TridentZ@ 3600MHz CL14 2x16GB
EVGA RTX 3090 Ti FWT3 Ultra
OS: WD Black SN850 1TB NVMe M.2
Storage: WD Blue SN550 2TB NVMe M.2
EVGA SuperNova 1200 P2
ASUS ROG Strix Helios GX601

ChiefZeke
Level 10
You could also download and test the Win10 Technical Preview - available from Microsoft
Lian-Li PC-A77F Full Tower case
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1200 ATX12V & EPS12V PSU
ASUS Rampage IV Extreme LGA 2011 X79
Intel Core i7-3960X 3.31 LGA 2011 CPU
Intel RTS2011LC Liquid Cooling Solution
Kingston KHX24C11T3K4/32X (quad 32Gb memory kit) 2 each
ASUS Radeon HD7970 DirectCUII 3Gb GDDR5 PCIe 3.0 x16 Video Card (two in CrossfireX Mode)
Western Digital Cavier Black 2Tb SATA III 6.0GB/S
OCZ Technologies Vertex 4 SATAIII 6Gb/s 512Gb SSD

windows 10 is rumoured to be released with directx12,

will the x99 platform and the gtx 980 support directx 12?
CPU Intel i7 5960X@ 4.5Ghz
RAM Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB 2400mhz
GPU 2 X EVGA GTX 980 in SLI
SSD 2 X Samsung 850 Pro 1TB
HDD 2 X WD RE 4TB
MOBO Asus Rampage V Extreme
PSU Corsair AX 1500i
CASE Corsair 900D
DISPLAY 2 X ROG Swift

Florre wrote:
windows 10 is rumoured to be released with directx12,

will the x99 platform and the gtx 980 support directx 12?


Yes. Not only that, Nvidia said Fermi, Kepler, and Maxwell-class GPU will support DirectX12.

toronto699
Level 13
I have dual boot W8.1 and W10 preview . both work on my asus G30AB , if I had choice between W7 , 8.1 or W10 id chose W10

lizard
Level 7
Its worth is. Win8/8.1 is simply working more fluent and faster than Win7. If you dislike Metro Menu you can download a free software called ClassicShell and you get back a classical Start menu (you can also set MetroMenu completly off for example). I've been using ClassicShell on 2 computers with Win8/8.1 (laptop and desktop) for more than a year now and it works great. It also lest you mod Startmenu button sou you can make it look like the one in ROG Win7 theme.

abvolt
Level 11
Are you planning on benching that great rig you've got ? If so remember win 8 is banned by the bot..
Current: MSI Xpower Gaming Titanium | 7700K | G Skill Ripjaws V 3000 16Gb | 960 EVO 500Gb | Intel 730 480Gb | Seasonic 1000 Platinum |
NZXT X62 | Acer XB270HU | EVGA 1080 ti FTW3

Secondary: R4BE | 4930K | G.SKILL 2400 16GB | Corsair AX 1500i
Intel 730 240GB + 480GB | EVGA GTX780 ti sli kpe | Custom H20

I have a 3xHDD RAID0 Win 8.1 installation and use Dxtory for recording gameplay to it. For some reason performance of the array is 25-30% slower when utilised by Dxtory from my Windows 7 install then when recording from Win 8.1. I figure Win 7 should win out because Dxtory is not competing with system processes to access the Win 8.1 array. There must be some pretty awful file I/O system programming in Win 7.
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes." -- Unknown

Axle_Grease
Level 7
Florre wrote:

CPU Intel i7 5960X@ 4.5Ghz
RAM Corsair Dominator Platinum 32GB 2400mhz
GPU 2 X EVGA GTX 980 in SLI
SSD 2 X Samsung 850 Pro 1TB
HDD 2 X WD RE 4TB
MOBO Asus Rampage V Extreme
PSU Corsair AX 1500i
CASE Corsair 900D



O.M.G! You have such exquisite taste in PC components.
"Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes." -- Unknown