Windows 10 or not?

[Antoine Kamarovszki]

Getting a new SSD. What OS should I put on it? I only play GTA V and Battlefieldd 3/4. 

I want a smooth experience. As much fps as possible because as you can see down there my graphics card sucks hard, even for those games. So, should I get Windows 10 or something else? Because:

 

- Windows 10:

To my knowledge it runs tons of background processes, it has many many features running which consume ram and cpu. May not be ideal for gaming... ?

Oh and I heard some feature updates deleted personal user files....which is ridiculous. So it's not very reliable, is it?

 

- Windows 8.1 

Might be using fewer background processes but I've always had issues with it and it's kinda ugly. I don't like it. Do you think I'd get more fps on 8.1?

 

- Windows 7

Old but will it give the most fps while gaming? I heard so.

 

 

PC SETUP 
CASE: Carbide 400R 
COOLING: Stock 
MOBO: Gigabyte GA-Z97X Gaming 7 
PSU: CX430W NM 
CPU: i5-4460 3.2GHz 
RAM: 32GB 1600MHz DDR3 
BOOT DRIVE: Intel 545S SATA3 SSD 128GB (for OS) 
STORAGE #1: Intel 750 Series PCI-E SSD 800GB (for games) 
STORAGE #3: WD BLACK 2TB (for porn) 
GRAPHICS CARD: GTX-750 TI 
SOUND CARD: Asus Xonar Essence STX II 
HEADSET: Beyerdinamic DT770 PRO 
SPEAKERS: Genius SW-HF 5.1 6000 (for gaming) 
MOUSE: Razer Death Adder Left-Handed 
KEYBOARD: Some no name office keyboard 
NETWORK: ASUS PCE-AC88 - Wireless 
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows 7 Professional x64 
 

[NelizMastr]

Upgrade whenever you see fit. Windows 7 will go out of support in less than 14 months and Windows 8.1 is being dropped in terms of drivers because nobody uses it. Windows 10 is the way to go.

[Ashleyyyy]

1 minute ago, NelizMastr said:

and Windows 8.1 is being dropped in terms of drivers because nobody uses it.

but i use it...  

[Eastman51]

I wouldn't use Windows 7, its quite dated and nearly at the end of its support cycle. Windows 8.1 and 10 are fairly similar, I've found that drivers work somewhat universally between them. 8.1 is uglier, but you can get a program called Classic Shell to rectify that pretty quickly. But, tbh, Windows 10 isn't that bad. There was a patch that did delete people's files, but Microsoft pulled those updates and have been trying to fix them. 

 

Windows 10 has the most security, most features, and runs/is better than Windows 8/8.1. But you can use any of them, there are people who still use Windows XP so....

[SolarNova]

Windows 7.

 

Less fluff, more user control, less data collection.

 

The only advantage W10 has over 7 for gaming is DX12, which imo isnt worth the hassle W10 brings.

[NelizMastr]

10 minutes ago, SolarNova said:

Windows 7.

 

Less fluff, more user control, less data collection.

 

The only advantage W10 has over 7 for gaming is DX12, which imo isnt worth the hassle W10 brings.

When the support ends, no new games will support it, so that means you're just postponing the upgrade until 2020 when you inevitably have to.

[SolarNova]

Microsoft wont 'officaly' support it. Doesnt mean it will suddenly not work with games, even those that come out after it.

[SupaKomputa]

Windows 10 all the way, your pc is powerful enough to use it, why content with dinosaur OS.

[NelizMastr]

2 minutes ago, SolarNova said:

Microsoft wont 'officaly' support it. Doesnt mean it will suddenly not work with games, even those that come out after it.

If the death of XP was anything to go by, as soon as it died, no AAA games would support it anymore that came after that date. Plus, it's just bad practice sticking to outdated software just because of "personal preference".

[Antoine Kamarovszki]

What about FPS though? Windows 10 has lots of sh*t in it. Uses a lot of CPU and VRAM, no?

[TJ10]

Use Windows 10, Disable Telemetery and other unwanted stuff through Group policy editor and Settings. Proft.

It really helped improve responsiveness and reduce Memory usage by 10-15%