Windows 7 or 8 for a gaming PC - which is better?

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Gee Bee

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well that's open for interpretation that goes beyond the gaming experience.

I'm bias, so keep that in mind. When I've had to make adjustments to various game files etc, it was so much easier under 7. I gave 8 a good shot (three months) but could not adapt and went back to 7 ultimate. It could have been cause i was to set in my ways, but it just seemed more complicated and took longer to make any changes to game files.
 
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Completely personal preference.

Performance is slightly better in some areas, slightly worse in others. Some people have reported slightly better FPS on some games.

As far as the user interface? Once you upgrade to 8.1, you can cause it to boot directly into Desktop mode. Doesn't look a whole lot different that 7.
 
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Gee Bee

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under 8.1 maybe, but under 8 it was diabolic.

 
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Right. That was the main enhancement for the free 8.1 upgrade.
 
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Ok, maybe i will revisit it under 8.1. Right now i couldn't be happier with 7 though.
 
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Right click on the toolbar, Properties, Navigation tab:
"When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start"
 
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From a performance point of view, they are essentially the same.
You could not tell the difference without a synthetic benchmark.

W8 being newer seems to have the occasional problem with some games.
One advantage for W8 is the elimination of the OEM system builder motherboard transfer restrictions.

For me, I am sticking with W7 mostly because the friends and family pc's that I help support are still on W7.
I tried W8 and did not like the tile interface.

For a new user, I might suggest going with W8. In time, W7 will go the way of XP.
 
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