Will the version of Windows affect gaming?

[Bojangle12]

Does it matter if you have Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8? Wondering if i should be worrying about this or not.

I currently run WIndows Vista 32 bit. I hear that the 32 bit version only allows you to utilize up to ~3.5 gb of your RAM, and if you want to use more RAM you need to run 64 bit. Is this true?

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Windows Vista seems to be the minimum requirement for a lot of today's games, so you may find yourself having to upgrade the OS soon. The 32-bit versions of Windows only recognise up to 4GB of RAM, which in gaming terms will get you by, but not for much longer.

How does the rest of your hardware stack up?

 

[garyleung140]

I suggest you to upgrade to windows 7 because it is a good OS for gaming.

I have windows 8 right now and it is really bad for gaming as windows 8 is filled with bugs and glitches.

I am going to downgrade to windows 7 soon

i hope this helped

 

[USAFRet]

I suggest you to upgrade to windows 7 because it is a good OS for gaming.

I have windows 8 right now and it is really bad for gaming as windows 8 is filled with bugs and glitches.

I am going to downgrade to windows 7 soon

i hope this helped

What 'bugs and glitches' are you seeing? If you want, please start a new thread on this.

 

[Hawkeye22]

New games are almost always optimised to run on the current generation of OS's. With XP going EOL in april, I'd recommend win 7 if you can still get it.

 

[garyleung140]

I suggest you to upgrade to windows 7 because it is a good OS for gaming.

I have windows 8 right now and it is really bad for gaming as windows 8 is filled with bugs and glitches.

I am going to downgrade to windows 7 soon

i hope this helped

What 'bugs and glitches' are you seeing? If you want, please start a new thread on this.

you joking right...

Why do you think microsoft has dropped it. according to microsoft "Windows 8 has fundamental flaws" so thats why they have dropped it

 

[USAFRet]

I suggest you to upgrade to windows 7 because it is a good OS for gaming.

I have windows 8 right now and it is really bad for gaming as windows 8 is filled with bugs and glitches.

I am going to downgrade to windows 7 soon

i hope this helped

What 'bugs and glitches' are you seeing? If you want, please start a new thread on this.

you joking right...

Why do you think microsoft has dropped it. according to microsoft "Windows 8 has fundamental flaws" so thats why they have dropped it

No, I'm not joking. Flaws in the design and user interface? Sure. Hence the changes in 8.1.
Bugs and glitches? What, specifically.?

 

[garyleung140]

I suggest you to upgrade to windows 7 because it is a good OS for gaming.

I have windows 8 right now and it is really bad for gaming as windows 8 is filled with bugs and glitches.

I am going to downgrade to windows 7 soon

i hope this helped

What 'bugs and glitches' are you seeing? If you want, please start a new thread on this.

you joking right...

Why do you think microsoft has dropped it. according to microsoft "Windows 8 has fundamental flaws" so thats why they have dropped it

No, I'm not joking. Flaws in the design and user interface? Sure. Hence the changes in 8.1.
Bugs and glitches? What, specifically.?

By windows 8 i mean windows 8.1 as well. thats the one im currently using

 

[USAFRet]

Well...I don't want to hijack this particular thread and go off on a tangent.
But in over a year of using 8 and 8.1 on various machines, I've not seen what you seem to be talking about.

 

[garyleung140]

Well...I don't want to hijack this particular thread and go off on a tangent.
But in over a year of using 8 and 8.1 on various machines, I've not seen what you seem to be talking about.

dont worry about it then

 

[garyleung140]

But in my opinion windows 7 is better for gaming

 

[Bojangle12]

Windows Vista seems to be the minimum requirement for a lot of today's games, so you may find yourself having to upgrade the OS soon. The 32-bit versions of Windows only recognise up to 4GB of RAM, which in gaming terms will get you by, but not for much longer.

How does the rest of your hardware stack up?

My current hardware is a Intel Core 2 Dup, two sticks of "1 gb RAM" (but its double banked or something, so it supposedly acts as 4 gb RAM) and a Geforce 8800 GT.

I'm upgrading though, which is why I'm trying to find out about the Windows OS's.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Does anyone have any articles or information about Windows 8's "flaws?"

 

[garyleung140]

Windows Vista seems to be the minimum requirement for a lot of today's games, so you may find yourself having to upgrade the OS soon. The 32-bit versions of Windows only recognise up to 4GB of RAM, which in gaming terms will get you by, but not for much longer.

How does the rest of your hardware stack up?

My current hardware is a Intel Core 2 Dup, two sticks of "1 gb RAM" (but its double banked or something, so it supposedly acts as 4 gb RAM) and a Geforce 8800 GT.

I'm upgrading though, which is why I'm trying to find out about the Windows OS's.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Does anyone have any articles or information about Windows 8's "flaws?"

http://news.sky.com/story/1194785/microsoft-windows-9-will-launch-in-2015

http://nypost.com/2014/01/14/microsoft-ditching-windows-8-planning-for-9/

 

[garyleung140]

just google microsoft ditching windows 8

 

[Bojangle12]

It seems Microsoft is ditching Windows 8 because people dont like the tile scheme. That's not a fundamental flaw in its design.

 

[l337n00bh4x0r]

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/modern-ui-metro-windows-8-microsoft-ux-designer,26057.html

This is a good explanation of why Windows 8 looks / feels different ... it took me one day of getting used to it, and now I like it. It's fast, and it keeps all of the new stuff out of your face unless you want it. It's also easy to manage. I HAVE heard of multi-monitor setups messing up some of the right / left mouse-swipe actions, though.

I "FEEL" like windows 8 runs everything smoother, over Windows 7, but I can't really say why. The task manager is way better, and the 8.1 update made everything easy. My PC is used by me and my wife for all sorts of various things (mostly gaming for me) and I haven't run into a single issue.

However, alot of people like the legacy feel of windows 7, it's "familiar," and if you're already used to Vista, it's hardly different. Windows 8 will last longer, but if you ditch it in a week, it's not worth the money.

So, in terms of your question, as far as I've found, NO, the OS doesn't really make any difference. You can look up some benchmarks, but keep in mind alot of those were run when Win 8 first launched and suffer from compatibility issues that have since (likely) been patched.

Whatever your move, make sure it's to 64-bit.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Windows Vista seems to be the minimum requirement for a lot of today's games, so you may find yourself having to upgrade the OS soon. The 32-bit versions of Windows only recognise up to 4GB of RAM, which in gaming terms will get you by, but not for much longer.

How does the rest of your hardware stack up?

My current hardware is a Intel Core 2 Dup, two sticks of "1 gb RAM" (but its double banked or something, so it supposedly acts as 4 gb RAM) and a Geforce 8800 GT.

I'm upgrading though, which is why I'm trying to find out about the Windows OS's.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Does anyone have any articles or information about Windows 8's "flaws?"

Realistically, if you want to play games from the last few years at good settings you'll need to upgrade everything. That includes the CPU, GPU and RAM. I've never heard of double-banked RAM but I wouldn't count on it to deliver the goods.

 

[USAFRet]

Windows Vista seems to be the minimum requirement for a lot of today's games, so you may find yourself having to upgrade the OS soon. The 32-bit versions of Windows only recognise up to 4GB of RAM, which in gaming terms will get you by, but not for much longer.

How does the rest of your hardware stack up?

My current hardware is a Intel Core 2 Dup, two sticks of "1 gb RAM" (but its double banked or something, so it supposedly acts as 4 gb RAM) and a Geforce 8800 GT.

I'm upgrading though, which is why I'm trying to find out about the Windows OS's.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Does anyone have any articles or information about Windows 8's "flaws?"

Realistically, if you want to play games from the last few years at good settings you'll need to upgrade everything. That includes the CPU, GPU and RAM. I've never heard of double-banked RAM but I wouldn't count on it to deliver the goods.

I think 'double banked' might be a weird term for 'dual channel'. Not automagically twice the RAM size.

 

[Bojangle12]

Windows Vista seems to be the minimum requirement for a lot of today's games, so you may find yourself having to upgrade the OS soon. The 32-bit versions of Windows only recognise up to 4GB of RAM, which in gaming terms will get you by, but not for much longer.

How does the rest of your hardware stack up?

My current hardware is a Intel Core 2 Dup, two sticks of "1 gb RAM" (but its double banked or something, so it supposedly acts as 4 gb RAM) and a Geforce 8800 GT.

I'm upgrading though, which is why I'm trying to find out about the Windows OS's.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Does anyone have any articles or information about Windows 8's "flaws?"

Realistically, if you want to play games from the last few years at good settings you'll need to upgrade everything. That includes the CPU, GPU and RAM. I've never heard of double-banked RAM but I wouldn't count on it to deliver the goods.

I think 'double banked' might be a weird term for 'dual channel'. Not automagically twice the RAM size.

It was advertised as "double banked" and thats what it says in PC Wizard. But i just looked at the manufacturers website, and it says the RAM is dual channel.

Here is a link if you want to see:
http://www.corsair.com/us/cm2x1024-6400.html

 

[USAFRet]

Windows Vista seems to be the minimum requirement for a lot of today's games, so you may find yourself having to upgrade the OS soon. The 32-bit versions of Windows only recognise up to 4GB of RAM, which in gaming terms will get you by, but not for much longer.

How does the rest of your hardware stack up?

My current hardware is a Intel Core 2 Dup, two sticks of "1 gb RAM" (but its double banked or something, so it supposedly acts as 4 gb RAM) and a Geforce 8800 GT.

I'm upgrading though, which is why I'm trying to find out about the Windows OS's.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Does anyone have any articles or information about Windows 8's "flaws?"

Realistically, if you want to play games from the last few years at good settings you'll need to upgrade everything. That includes the CPU, GPU and RAM. I've never heard of double-banked RAM but I wouldn't count on it to deliver the goods.

I think 'double banked' might be a weird term for 'dual channel'. Not automagically twice the RAM size.

It was advertised as "double banked" and thats what it says in PC Wizard. But i just looked at the manufacturers website, and it says the RAM is dual channel.

Here is a link if you want to see:
http://www.corsair.com/us/cm2x1024-6400.html

Right. 2 x 1GB in dual channel is not seen or used as 4GB. It is 2GB in dual channel.
Slightly faster than a single 2GB stick in one slot.

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

Windows Vista seems to be the minimum requirement for a lot of today's games, so you may find yourself having to upgrade the OS soon. The 32-bit versions of Windows only recognise up to 4GB of RAM, which in gaming terms will get you by, but not for much longer.

How does the rest of your hardware stack up?

My current hardware is a Intel Core 2 Dup, two sticks of "1 gb RAM" (but its double banked or something, so it supposedly acts as 4 gb RAM) and a Geforce 8800 GT.

I'm upgrading though, which is why I'm trying to find out about the Windows OS's.

Thanks everyone for the replies. Does anyone have any articles or information about Windows 8's "flaws?"

Realistically, if you want to play games from the last few years at good settings you'll need to upgrade everything. That includes the CPU, GPU and RAM. I've never heard of double-banked RAM but I wouldn't count on it to deliver the goods.

I think 'double banked' might be a weird term for 'dual channel'. Not automagically twice the RAM size.

It was advertised as "double banked" and thats what it says in PC Wizard. But i just looked at the manufacturers website, and it says the RAM is dual channel.

Here is a link if you want to see:
http://www.corsair.com/us/cm2x1024-6400.html

Ok, it's dual-channel, which is standard for modern-day RAM. The more pressing concern is that the RAM speed is only 800Mhz compared to the 1333Mhz or 1600Mhz you find today.

 

[Bojangle12]

It is old. Like 5+ years old.

Don't hate.

Now that the thread has gotten off topic, I have a new question. Is it worth it to get 1866 MHz RAM, or is 1600 fine?

 

[bicycle_repair_man]

It is old. Like 5+ years old.

Don't hate.

Now that the thread has gotten off topic, I have a new question. Is it worth it to get 1866 MHz RAM, or is 1600 fine?

I'm not hating, I still have my original PC from 2001. It's an old dog, but I still use it to try new things.

I don't see any difference in 1333Mhz and 1600Mhz, it's one of these things that you'd only notice in benchmarking software. The RAM speed is also dependent on the CPU and motherboard you have. I have 1600Mhz but my 2500k only works with 1333Mhz. You'll be fine with anything at that speed and above, just don't believe that more expensive RAM of the same type will lead to better performance.