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Best gaming performance on which version of Windows in 2021 ?

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Since the graphic cards prices are so high thus making it impossible for us to buy, can you guys make a video showing gaming performance on win7 vs win8.1 vs win10 vs win11, so that gamers can pick the OS that gives the best gaming performance in 2021 on medium level hardware ?

 

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I'm not sure what is prompting this question or what GPU's prices have to do with it but install Windows 10.

 

Really nothing else to say there.

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3 minutes ago, rickeo said:

I'm not sure what is prompting this question or what GPU's prices have to do with it but install Windows 10.

 

Really nothing else to say there.

^^^ Windows 10 runs DX12 whereas 7 does not, making 10 the clear winner for gaming. Current W10 runs better and is more usable than 8.1 so it wins there as well. There's no reason to use older Windows except for very niche compatibility cases or sheer nostalgia. 

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Apart from performance comparisons just for the heck of it there's nothing really to determine here. Windows 10 is the version of Windows that people should be using. There are cases where people may need to run an older version of Windows, but for general gaming (especially with the latest GPUs) Windows 10 is the way to go. 

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Such a video would be pointless, to be honest. 

 

Nobody should be running Windows 7, and I don't know why anybody would be using Windows 8.1. They lack critical features for modern gaming (like DX12 support in 7) and you're not going to get any meaningful performance uplift by using them. 

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58 minutes ago, DIPANJAN said:

Since the graphic cards prices are so high thus making it impossible for us to buy, can you guys make a video showing gaming performance on win7 vs win8.1 vs win10 vs win11, so that gamers can pick the OS that gives the best gaming performance in 2021 on medium level hardware ?

 

Thanks.

 

Auto HDR (High Dynamic Range) and Microsoft DirectStorage are features relevant to gaming that are exclusive to Windows 11. 

 

Unless you're running old games on extremely old hardware, you're not likely going to see any performance benefits from using Windows 7 or Windows 8.1. 

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I believe that windows 11s leaked iso ran better on slower hardware, buti don't know how that applys to higher end stuff.

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