What edition/ version of windows 10 is best for gaming ?

[katori142]

Hi everyone. im a huge fan of windows 7 but recentlly i wanna play some game which requires windows 10 so i decide to make a move. But windows 10 is just a mess full of bloatware , unnecessary progress runing in background which always make me hesitate. is any gamer here using windows 10 can tell me which one is the best for game ( both version and edition name )? i don't need ton of features and background progress i just want my game run smoothly. Thank you everyone in advance

[Wolly9102]

W10 home is just as good as pro for gaming. You can uninstall the bloatware btw

[PopsicleHustler]

I use Win 10 Pro 1809. All games that I play run smoothly. BF1/BF5, Witcher 3, Sekiro: SDT. Played Anthem for like 20 hours, never had any performance issues. I had my concerns when switching from 7 to 10, but once I installed it and got familiar with it I realized that its not that bad.

[Semper]

https://github.com/Sycnex/Windows10Debloater

[TheKDub]

8 minutes ago, katori142 said:

Hi everyone. im a huge fan of windows 7 but recentlly i wanna play some game which requires windows 10 so i decide to make a move. But windows 10 is just a mess full of bloatware , unnecessary progress runing in background which always make me hesitate. is any gamer here using windows 10 can tell me which one is the best for game ( both version and edition name )? i don't need ton of features and background progress i just want my game run smoothly. Thank you everyone in advance

They're all equal for gaming, however I'd go with Pro over Home because of increased control over the OS.

Check out /r/microsoftsoftwareswap, you can get Windows 10 for like $40 there. I've gotten a few copies of Windows from them (Mainly S5ean) without issue, even after several years.

[.Apex.]

20 minutes ago, katori142 said:

But windows 10 is just a mess full of bloatware , unnecessary progress runing in background which always make me hesitate.

on my 8700K at idle my CPU usage reaches 0% every time, Windows itself is not the cause of unnecessary background processes, it's the programs you install and decide to keep on all the time

 

It does have some Windows Store bloatware (UWP) on a fresh install though, but those have nothing to do with background processes and you can uninstall them.

[LienusLateTips]

Any version is fine. I don't really notice any bloating

 

If you need a key, ebay is pretty good.

[katori142]

Tha

21 minutes ago, PopsicleHustler said:

I use Win 10 Pro 1809. All games that I play run smoothly. BF1/BF5, Witcher 3, Sekiro: SDT. Played Anthem for like 20 hours, never had any performance issues. I had my concerns when switching from 7 to 10, but once I installed it and got familiar with it I realized that its not that bad.

yes im using win 7, i had decided to move to win 10 many time in the pass but i just can't because of hearing windows 10's issue . i think i will give 1809 pro a chance . Thanks Hustler

[katori142]

Thanks everyone for your help!

[duncannah]

Get LTSC if you can. You can still install the store and Xbox app if you need it

[CodeNova]

45 minutes ago, duncannah said:

You can still install the store and Xbox app if you need it

How? I was looking this up the other day, I couldn't find a solution.

[duncannah]

1 minute ago, CodeNova said:

How? I was looking this up the other day, I couldn't find a solution.

https://github.com/kkkgo/LTSC-Add-MicrosoftStore

[CodeNova]

Just now, duncannah said:

https://github.com/kkkgo/LTSC-Add-MicrosoftStore

Life saver! Thanks man!

[TopHatProductions115]

Get Windows 10 Pro or better if you want more control of Group Policy, Updates, and general features. That will make your computer easier for you to manage, and therefore more friendly for general use cases (such as gaming in your case).

[Delicieuxz]

Windows 10 LTSC is the best edition for gaming because:

 

- it's the most reliable

 

- it doesn't download feature updates so gaming won't be interrupted and performance won't possibly get screwed up after an update

 

- it doesn't have resource-hogging data-harvesting and background processes (telemetry can be turned down lower then Home and Pro)

 

- it has the least bloat-ware of all Windows 10 editions

 

- it doesn't have the inefficient and non gaming-friendly UWP

 

 

Windows 10 LTSC is currently available at eBay for $5, with multiple listings at $6.

 

Windows 10 LTSC is the only edition of Windows 10 worth having, IMO. It's the equivalent of what Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 was back in 2011. Windows 10 Home and Pro are just billboard and data-harvesting platforms.