Benefits of Windows 8 installation via UEFI?

[mr91]

Hello

I know some of the benefits such as faster boot time and the use and GBT.


Can anybody elaborate?

 

[Darkbreeze]

UEFI BIOS Advantages

When the option is available to choose between a Legacy BIOS boot mode or UEFI boot mode operating system installation, the advantages to choosing a UEFI boot mode installation include the following:

Avoids Legacy Option ROM address constraints. For more information, see Legacy BIOS Option ROM Allocation Considerations.


Supports operating system boot partitions greater than 2 terabytes (2 TB) in size. For more information about limitations for supported operating systems, refer to Sun Blade X3-2B (formerly Sun Blade X6270 M3) Product Notes.


PCIe device configuration utilities are integrated with Setup Utility menus. For more information, see BIOS Setup Utility Screen Reference .


Bootable operating system images will appear in the boot list as labeled entities, for example Windows boot manager label versus raw device labels.


Benefits of UEFI boot mode over Legacy BIOS boot mode include:

Support for hard drive partitions larger than 2 Tbytes


Support for more than four partitions on a drive


Fast booting


Efficient power and system management


Robust reliability and fault management

 

[mr91]

Sounds Good! Do you think some of these benefits can improve overclocking graphics cards and Cpu's and improve gaming and benchmarks?

 

[mr91]

I'm probably going to re-install windows via UEFI - Do you think I should convert my 2nd drive to GBT?

I will need to reinstall all my games, do you think it's worth it?

 

[Darkbreeze]

GUID partition tables are much more flexible. If your hardware supports UEFI it's worth it in most cases.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/302873

 

[mr91]

Thank You! I will review the link you provided...

All of my Hardware is compatible as far as I know... I will probably Re-install windows and eventually convert my 2nd SSD to GBT.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Good luck to you with the upgrades.

 

[mr91]

Thank You!