Windows 7 vs 8.1 vs 10 ?

[brubru1998-02]

What is the best windows for big game like arma 3, gta 5, fallout 4 ?

 

Thanks !

[Guest]

No difference for games like that. Those games are big and should be well supported for all Windows

[Bananasplit_00]

makes no real differance in those games but i would go windows 10 because its the most recent and will have the most future support

[TheKDub]

4 minutes ago, brubru1998-02 said:

What is the best windows for big game like arma 3, gta 5, fallout 4 ?

 

Thanks !

 

I'd personally stick with 8.1, though it doesn't matter, the games should run about the same on all three operating systems.

[Scruffy90]

10 is you play anything that utilizes dx12. 8.1 for everything else.

[Guest]

I would go for 10 if you don't mind the price. Performance would be the same but 8.1 isn't that good and 7 is older and doesn't get as much support now 

[m0k]

just go with win10.... future games you play may/may not benefit from dx12 support
for games that dont use dx12 it doesnt matter

[Quasarsaurus]

If you are going to buy new software, then I'd just get whatever is cheapest. The games will run almost the same on all three. If you already have licenses for all 3 software and are just trying to decide which to use, I'd use 10, since it will have the longest support.

[Sintezza]

Windows10 theoreticly is the best choice its as simple as that.

Allthough i personaly dont use it, cause i totaly hate it.

But buying a Windows 7 or 8.1 license doesnt make any sense anymore.

Because those OSses are EOL.

 

[JefferyD90]

16 minutes ago, brubru1998-02 said:

What is the best windows for big game like arma 3, gta 5, fallout 4 ?

 

Thanks !

I'd say from Windows 7 to Windows 10 you'll notice a 2-3% difference...

[Wolther]

I'd go for 10.. Seeing how in the long run you're gonna have to pay for a OS that is actually supported by windows. Windows 7 support is already dropped. Not sure when 8 will be (hopefully not any time soon) 

[Sintezza]

4 minutes ago, Wolther said:

I'd go for 10.. Seeing how in the long run you're gonna have to pay for a OS that is actually supported by windows. Windows 7 support is already dropped. Not sure when 8 will be (hopefully not any time soon) 

Windows7 exaly has a longer support term then Windows8.

Windows 8 has allready been dropped.

And if im right the official support for Windows8.1 will end in 2017.

 

Windows7 will still be supported with security rollup patches for a while.

However hardware manufacturers like intel have allready dropped support for Windows7.

[Delicieuxz]

Windows 7 is still supported, and is being supported by Microsoft until 2020. And even after that, Windows 7, 8, 10 are all the same OS at the core, and will run the same programs, so long as drivers exist for those OSes for the hardware needed to run the programs.

 

My general opinion:

 

[Wolther]

2 minutes ago, Sintezza said:

Windows7 exaly has a longer support term then Windows8.

Windows 8 has allready been dropped.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet

Unless I'm missing something, this states otherwise 

[Delicieuxz]

Just now, Wolther said:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet

Unless I'm missing something, this states otherwise 

That says that Windows 7 is supported until 2020.

[Sintezza]

12 minutes ago, Wolther said:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet

Unless I'm missing something, this states otherwise 

 

Hardware manufacturers like Intel have allready dropped support for windows7 indeed yes.

Also Microsoft wont bring application improvement support or drivers from their side either anymore for both Windows 7 and 8.

They will only provide security rollup patches untill the end.

 

But the Windows7 update manager is allready pretty much broken since June last year.

 

I still use 7 now, but my next OS wont be Windows anymore.

I dont agree on the directions that MS is heading with Windows.

I want a standalone OS on which i can run the program´s i prever without any interference from the OS.

Nor do i need an OS that is mainly build upon online services.

Since Windows10 and also Windows 8.1 alike are not realy a standalone opererating system anymore.

Its just not for me then, but thats just personal. .

For gaming you pretty much dont have much choice then to go with Windows10 for future games right now.

Unless Vulkan becomes widley addopted which i realy hope for.

 

[Delicieuxz]

6 minutes ago, Sintezza said:

Hardware manufacturers like Intel have allready dropped support for windows7 indeed yes.

Intel's changed their plan to not support Skylake on Windows 7, and will now provide full support for Skylake on Windows 7 until 2020.

 

Kaby Lake will probably be just fine on Windows 7, with or without official support. I wouldn't be surprised if Intel changes their stance on Kaby, as well. Windows 7 is still by far the most used OS.

[Sintezza]

1 minute ago, Delicieuxz said:

Intel's changed their plan to not support Skylake on Windows 7, and will now provide full support for Skylake on Windows 7 until 2020.

 

Kaby Lake will probably be just fine on Windows 7, with or without official support. I wouldn't be surprised if Intel changes their stance on Kaby, as well.

 

Well yeah if Windows10 keeps loosing market share, then they might indeed rethink their statergy.

You can indeed still install Windows7 on a NVME ssd on Skylake with a littlebit of magic

 

[Sintezza]

But yeah like i edited my post above.

 

For gaming you pretty much dont have much choice then to go with Windows10 for future games right now.

Unless Vulkan becomes widley adopted which i realy hope for.

Then the world will be more open for other platforms aswell.

The only issue is that Microsoft tries to lock down the gaming platform.

 

 

[Guest]

36 minutes ago, brubru1998-02 said:

What is the best windows for big game like arma 3, gta 5, fallout 4 ?

 

Thanks !

Windows 10, simply because it's the latest and most recent. If a game won't cooperate with 10 you can always run it in compatibility mode

[SpaceGhostC2C]

18 minutes ago, Sintezza said:

For gaming you pretty much dont have much choice then to go with Windows10 for future games right now.

Unless Vulkan becomes widley adopted which i realy hope for.

 

Well, but DX12 is as infant as Vulkan right now. So I'd say you don't need WIndows 10 unless DX12 becomes widely adopted, unless Vulkan also becomes widely adopted, which I really hope for