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RTX no Win8 drivers?

Johnny Who
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So i got my 2060 in today and went to download drivers only to notice that RTX doesnt support win8? What should i do, can i use win7 drivers for now ?

 

OR would it be better of upgrading to win10 and is it still free?

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The Windows 7 driver works on Windows 8 but keep in mind you won't be able to enable RTX. You should look at getting a Windows 10 copy it is extremely cheap on grey market websites.

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rtx is an technology developed for win 10.

 

@schwellmo92 is correct you need to go to windows 10.

it should sill be free to upgrade

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Upgrade to Windows 10. Just type in your current Windows license (even if it is Windows 7 or Windows 8/8.1) after you installed Windows 10 in the Settings menu, then it should activate just fine.

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Thanks for the help. Managed to upgrade to win10, hasn't asked my for a license key so guessing it just took the one that was already in the system from win8.

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It's a free upgrade from 8, no key necessary.

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