Windows 8.1 Gaming is slower than Windows 7?

[acrospore]

Specs:

AMD r7 260x DD 2gb gpu
AMD 6120 3.5gz processor
10gb ram

On smite I get 100+ fps on high settings (windows 7)

After i upgraded to windows 8.1, i have 40-60 fps...

I even updated my drivers for windows 8.1 and used windows update to get everything.

What could be the problem?

 

[4ktv]

If that's an older program then windows 8.1 likely isn't playing as nice with it as windows 7 does. I have a number of games that won't run on windows 8.1 that did on windows 7 so it wouldn't be shocking if it did something like that.

 

[velo3100]

8.1 usually has problems with games that are old and can cause a loss in fps. I would only worry if it drops lower than 30 unless you are a serious gamer who always wants the max fps in which case only worry if it drops below 60 as anything more will be unnoticeable.