-
We tested the Nvidia App performance problems — games can run up to 15 percent slower with the app
- Status
iLLz
Distinguished
- Nov 14, 2003
- 102
- 1
- 18,680
Did anyone read the blog? Its more than Hardware Acceleration.
They sped up alot of menial tasks while ALSO reducing CPU and GPU workload.
READ THE BLOG, it has nice videos too, showing the performance increases with side by side video of Win 8 and Win 7. Win 8 beats Win 7 by reducing the amount of time to so menial stuff by half.
They sped up alot of menial tasks while ALSO reducing CPU and GPU workload.
READ THE BLOG, it has nice videos too, showing the performance increases with side by side video of Win 8 and Win 7. Win 8 beats Win 7 by reducing the amount of time to so menial stuff by half.
pjmelect
Splendid
- Jul 14, 2006
- 3,209
- 20
- 21,415
Yes Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7, but there are only a few top end graphics cards that are supported by Windows 8 drivers, and the ones that I have tried are very buggy. If the driver situation is not sorted out by the launch date then Windows 8 will fail.
tech_twist
Distinguished
- Jul 5, 2010
- 159
- 0
- 18,690
blazorthon
Glorious
- Sep 24, 2010
- 14,022
- 21
- 43,265
[citation][nom]killerclick[/nom]I don't get what's the halabaloo about faster boot times, like that can offset the constant switching between desktop and Metro you'll be forced to do, and the fact you're being pushed into the Metro walled garden where Microsoft decides which apps you can run, and the fact that you'll be using a tablet UI on your PC.Also, who turns off or reboots their computer, anyway? Maybe if you use a laptop, but that's not a proper computer. Last time I booted my desktop was 114 hours (almost 5 days) ago, when I was installing a new GPU. Suspend to RAM turns the computer off and on in like 5 seconds if you're worried about wasting electricity.[/citation]
I've been using Windows 8 previews and the Server 2012 previews even up to the release candidate. I don't use Metro much at all except when I log in. Your argument, which was a fail even without considering that you don't need Metro, falls apart completely after considering this. Metro is not needed to be used much at all, so if that's your only problem with Windows 8, then you've got a problem with yourself, not with Windows 8 because you don't need to use Metro. You also ignore the increases performance of Windows 8, the improved task manager, and more.
I've been using Windows 8 previews and the Server 2012 previews even up to the release candidate. I don't use Metro much at all except when I log in. Your argument, which was a fail even without considering that you don't need Metro, falls apart completely after considering this. Metro is not needed to be used much at all, so if that's your only problem with Windows 8, then you've got a problem with yourself, not with Windows 8 because you don't need to use Metro. You also ignore the increases performance of Windows 8, the improved task manager, and more.
blazorthon
Glorious
- Sep 24, 2010
- 14,022
- 21
- 43,265
[citation][nom]wiinippongamer[/nom]And now they'll make DX11.1 win8 exclusive, and gamers will feel forced to buy it. Predictable.[/citation]
It's hardly any different from DX11 if I remember correctly and even if it's very different, you don't need to use it. Heck, using DX10 or DX9 can be just fine if the devs for the games are thorough about adding features that DX11 makes more automated. If gamers feel forced to buy it, then they're pathetic. If they want to buy it, then they should do so because they want to, not out of a stupid reason such as this. That no game will make use of DX11.1 soon, at least not good use compared to DX11, should be enough for that to not be a problem at least until Windows 9 (or whatever it gets called) is out and we have another option to consider.
It's hardly any different from DX11 if I remember correctly and even if it's very different, you don't need to use it. Heck, using DX10 or DX9 can be just fine if the devs for the games are thorough about adding features that DX11 makes more automated. If gamers feel forced to buy it, then they're pathetic. If they want to buy it, then they should do so because they want to, not out of a stupid reason such as this. That no game will make use of DX11.1 soon, at least not good use compared to DX11, should be enough for that to not be a problem at least until Windows 9 (or whatever it gets called) is out and we have another option to consider.
blazorthon
Glorious
- Sep 24, 2010
- 14,022
- 21
- 43,265
[citation][nom]pjmelect[/nom]Yes Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7, but there are only a few top end graphics cards that are supported by Windows 8 drivers, and the ones that I have tried are very buggy. If the driver situation is not sorted out by the launch date then Windows 8 will fail.[/citation]
This is easily one of the few legitimate complaints about Windows 8 that I've ever read. Yes, the Windows 8 driver problems do need to be sorted out if they are to be successful, at least unless Windows 7/Vista SP2 drivers can be used in place of them.
This is easily one of the few legitimate complaints about Windows 8 that I've ever read. Yes, the Windows 8 driver problems do need to be sorted out if they are to be successful, at least unless Windows 7/Vista SP2 drivers can be used in place of them.
blazorthon
Glorious
- Sep 24, 2010
- 14,022
- 21
- 43,265
[citation][nom]yarensc[/nom]It is a pitty, but I'm sure someone will have a 'hack' to get it back within a month of release... I hope[/citation]
We've had ways to get a start menu in Windows 8 since before Windows 8's dev preview was released and many of them work even in the RC and will work in the RTM too. Where have you been all of this time?
You can give programs such as VisTart/ViOrb and Classic Shell a try. They still work in the RC because they aren't hacks to try to make the Windows start menu return. Those old hacks don't work anymore because the code for the Windows start menu is gone. Vi and Classic Shell install a new start menu, so they still work and will work in any Windows that supports the code that they're written in and still has a desktop shell.
We've had ways to get a start menu in Windows 8 since before Windows 8's dev preview was released and many of them work even in the RC and will work in the RTM too. Where have you been all of this time?
You can give programs such as VisTart/ViOrb and Classic Shell a try. They still work in the RC because they aren't hacks to try to make the Windows start menu return. Those old hacks don't work anymore because the code for the Windows start menu is gone. Vi and Classic Shell install a new start menu, so they still work and will work in any Windows that supports the code that they're written in and still has a desktop shell.
blazorthon
Glorious
- Sep 24, 2010
- 14,022
- 21
- 43,265
[citation][nom]izajasz[/nom]Dude i dont care hoqw much faster it runs. It features Metro interface , a GUI that mekes windwos experience same as with dos...[/citation]
Metro is nothing like DOS. Have you even tried it, especially Metro in the RC? I still don't like it a whole lot, but Idon't use it much anyway, so it's kinda a moot point. However, that doesn't make it anything like DOS.
Metro is nothing like DOS. Have you even tried it, especially Metro in the RC? I still don't like it a whole lot, but Idon't use it much anyway, so it's kinda a moot point. However, that doesn't make it anything like DOS.
livebriand
Distinguished
- Apr 18, 2011
- 1,004
- 0
- 19,290
Get rid of metro and keep aero, and this will be one good OS. If not, I will refuse to buy it, end of story.
livebriand
Distinguished
- Apr 18, 2011
- 1,004
- 0
- 19,290
Get rid of metro and keep aero, and this will be one good OS. If not, I will refuse to buy it, end of story.
livebriand
Distinguished
- Apr 18, 2011
- 1,004
- 0
- 19,290
Get rid of metro and keep aero, and this will be one good OS. If not, I will refuse to buy it, end of story.
Now will the forum software stop sending my posts into a black hole for once?
Now will the forum software stop sending my posts into a black hole for once?
livebriand
Distinguished
- Apr 18, 2011
- 1,004
- 0
- 19,290
Get rid of metro and keep aero, and this will be one good OS. If not, I will refuse to buy it, end of story.
livebriand
Distinguished
- Apr 18, 2011
- 1,004
- 0
- 19,290
Get rid of metro and keep aero, and this will be one good OS. If not, I will refuse to buy it, end of story.
Edit: Hmm... now I find that the comment appeared several times in the forum, but not on the actual article page. WTF? Can't you guys fix the forum software sometime?
Edit: Hmm... now I find that the comment appeared several times in the forum, but not on the actual article page. WTF? Can't you guys fix the forum software sometime?
livebriand
Distinguished
- Apr 18, 2011
- 1,004
- 0
- 19,290
[citation][nom]pjmelect[/nom]Yes Windows 8 is faster than Windows 7, but there are only a few top end graphics cards that are supported by Windows 8 drivers, and the ones that I have tried are very buggy. If the driver situation is not sorted out by the launch date then Windows 8 will fail.[/citation]
The driver stuff hasn't changed since Vista, so there's no reason to need new drivers. For instance, you know how the drivers for Vista and 7 are often identical?
The driver stuff hasn't changed since Vista, so there's no reason to need new drivers. For instance, you know how the drivers for Vista and 7 are often identical?
MrMakapuu
Distinguished
- May 13, 2012
- 43
- 0
- 18,540
There are three type of Windows Bitchers;
1. Apple Users
2. All Male Windows Users Over 50
3. Wanna Be PC users, whom don't know the difference between a MB and a Mb.
Ill buy Windows 8 and like I always do with any OS's (Apple, Linux, Android) experiment with it and have fun...
So to all you complainers and bitchers... F**K OFF!
1. Apple Users
2. All Male Windows Users Over 50
3. Wanna Be PC users, whom don't know the difference between a MB and a Mb.
Ill buy Windows 8 and like I always do with any OS's (Apple, Linux, Android) experiment with it and have fun...
So to all you complainers and bitchers... F**K OFF!
pjmelect
Splendid
- Jul 14, 2006
- 3,209
- 20
- 21,415
You obviously have not tried Windows 8, Windows 8 graphics drivers are completely different to Vista and Windows 7 and are not compatible in any way with Windows 8. Windows 8 uses hardware acceleration of the graphics card to achieve faster performance.
razor512
Distinguished
- Jun 16, 2007
- 2,160
- 87
- 19,890
while any improvement is good, all of what they improved were processes that were so fast with any modern windows 7 PC's that those improvements will not be noticed unless you benchmark.
In using the windows 8 rc, the performance is no better than that of windows 7 in terms of what I can perceive.
why not work on making the OS more IO efficient so things can load faster on the same hardware.
after windows XP, almost everything across the board has been requiring more hard drive IO's to perform the same task (this is something anyone who has used both OS or dual boots can test for them self)
In using the windows 8 rc, the performance is no better than that of windows 7 in terms of what I can perceive.
why not work on making the OS more IO efficient so things can load faster on the same hardware.
after windows XP, almost everything across the board has been requiring more hard drive IO's to perform the same task (this is something anyone who has used both OS or dual boots can test for them self)
blazorthon
Glorious
- Sep 24, 2010
- 14,022
- 21
- 43,265
[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]I'll suck it up and buy Windows H8 the moment there is a hack to disable Metro UI and install a Start Button.[/citation]
You can already install a start menu. There have been such programs for years, although their original purpose was to give you a Windows Vista/7 start menu into Windows XP. The current versions still work in Windows 8 RC and will work in the RTM so long as there is a desktop shell. Disabling Metro is then pointless (not to mention maybe impossible) because you would only use it to log in, if even then.
You can already install a start menu. There have been such programs for years, although their original purpose was to give you a Windows Vista/7 start menu into Windows XP. The current versions still work in Windows 8 RC and will work in the RTM so long as there is a desktop shell. Disabling Metro is then pointless (not to mention maybe impossible) because you would only use it to log in, if even then.
blazorthon
Glorious
- Sep 24, 2010
- 14,022
- 21
- 43,265
[citation][nom]Razor512[/nom]while any improvement is good, all of what they improved were processes that were so fast with any modern windows 7 PC's that those improvements will not be noticed unless you benchmark.In using the windows 8 rc, the performance is no better than that of windows 7 in terms of what I can perceive.why not work on making the OS more IO efficient so things can load faster on the same hardware. after windows XP, almost everything across the board has been requiring more hard drive IO's to perform the same task (this is something anyone who has used both OS or dual boots can test for them self)[/citation]
Windows 8 is noticeably faster in some ways (especially sheer snappiness) than Windows 7 and Vista SP2 to me, depending on what I'm doing.
Windows 8 is noticeably faster in some ways (especially sheer snappiness) than Windows 7 and Vista SP2 to me, depending on what I'm doing.
- Status
TRENDING THREADS
-
-
-
-
Discussion What's your favourite video game you've been playing?- Started by amdfangirl
- Replies: 4K
-
News Intel terminates x86S initiative — unilateral quest to de-bloat x86 instruction set comes to an end- Started by Admin
- Replies: 28
Latest posts
-
-
Question I have to do a Network Reset everytime I want to log in to Path of Exile
- Latest: ConfuciusGoblin
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram