Windows 8 Back to 7 Question

caz32 · 1 Jan 2013 at 16:02

So, I have W8 on an SSD and was thinking about going back to 7, however is an SSD just as easy to maintain in 7 as 8? I heard 8 has better support for SSD's but in what way?

Also would I just install windows 7 as usual on the SSD (format > install off disc)?

Cheers

zakblood · 1 Jan 2013 at 16:31

same tbh, win 8 maybe a bit quicker with some things, but find it no different for a sdd

caz32 · 1 Jan 2013 at 16:33

Don't get me wrong, I like Windows 8, but I've just downloaded The Witcher 2 (about 18gb) and I can't progress past a certain point because it might be something to do with W8, which is annoying so I'm probably going back to Windows 7 just cause it seems more 'safe' for now

zakblood · 1 Jan 2013 at 16:42

more than likely a driver issue than the game, as it didn't get flagged up with a google search for known game errors with win 8 etc

with all the latest patches, forums say it works fine

Elevon · 1 Jan 2013 at 16:46

caz32 said:
Don't get me wrong, I like Windows 8, but I've just downloaded The Witcher 2 (about 18gb) and I can't progress past a certain point because it might be something to do with W8, which is annoying so I'm probably going back to Windows 7 just cause it seems more 'safe' for now

Running Witcher 2 fine here on my Win8 Pro x64,does sound like something else causing the problem,btw I'm using latest Nivdia drivers for my Nvidia video card.

Sound wise I'm using Asus XONAR DX with default drivers.

caz32 · 1 Jan 2013 at 16:56

I've got the latest nvidia drivers, also posted on the witcher 2 forums but their solutions didn't work.

Seem's to be underclocking my gpu as well, reading at 405mhz in MSI afterburner and the game runs at 15/20 fps, wtf?

gareth170 · 1 Jan 2013 at 17:00

zakblood said:
same tbh, win 8 maybe a bit quicker with some things, but find it no different for a sdd

i'd say win8 as better features for SSD such as the optimize tool.

zakblood · 1 Jan 2013 at 17:09

well have both and have no issues with either tbh, both pro running sdd, and both gaming pc, as stated above, win 8 maybe slightly quicker, has latest dx11 verison, but apart from that there's not much difference speed wise with sdd for me, but then again im not on samsung one's either, im using adata pro 256gb on both win 7 and win 8.

no probs on either with fresh installs both run and tested fine, benchmarked both apart from cpu different and vga different etc same drives got almost the same scores.

3926 / 3998 win 7 / win 8 with passmark latest version

h88p://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html

caz32 · 1 Jan 2013 at 19:07

zakblood said:
well have both and have no issues with either tbh, both pro running sdd, and both gaming pc, as stated above, win 8 maybe slightly quicker, has latest dx11 verison, but apart from that there's not much difference speed wise with sdd for me, but then again im not on samsung one's either, im using adata pro 256gb on both win 7 and win 8.

no probs on either with fresh installs both run and tested fine, benchmarked both apart from cpu different and vga different etc same drives got almost the same scores.

3926 / 3998 win 7 / win 8 with passmark latest version

h88p://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html

Nice to know, cheers.

I think I've fixed my game problem it was due to my gfx card overclock, so I think I will stick with 8 for now but it's nice to have feedback just in case