Uefi vs Legacy

Ilijas Ramic

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Are they any performance difference ? in real world performance ? Im running 2600k 4.5 with 8gb ram 2133 and r9 380 in legacy mode with win10 legacy. Is there any difference in performance (FPS) between legacy and uefi ?
 
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Especially not worth it if you have to wipe the disk to convert from MBR to GPT and then reinstall Windows to do it.

There are 3rd party tools that allow you to convert without losing data, but most of the buggiest implementations of UEFI are for Sandy Bridge boards like yours, so you may end up reverting to Legacy Boot anyways!
The only difference is legacy takes longer to POST and boot up. After the BIOS or UEFI hands off control to the OS then everything runs on something called "drivers."

Microsoft swears UEFI is more "secure," mostly because then any OS maker will have to license a certificate from them. No certificate and your linux distro will not boot up.
 
Especially not worth it if you have to wipe the disk to convert from MBR to GPT and then reinstall Windows to do it.

There are 3rd party tools that allow you to convert without losing data, but most of the buggiest implementations of UEFI are for Sandy Bridge boards like yours, so you may end up reverting to Legacy Boot anyways!
 
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