Windows 10 or Windows 7 good for gaming in a potato laptop?

sankalpasubodha · Aug 10, 2018

I have a laptop. Model is Acer Aspire E1-531. I mostly do gaming on it. It’s incredibly slow on windows 10. Should I reinstall windows 7 or should i reinstall windows 10? I haven’t reinstalled a OS in a while. Maybe there are viruses in the laptop. What should i do? Windows 7 or Windows 10? Please help guys

sankalpasubodha · Aug 10, 2018

The gpu of this laptop is pretty old. It says Intel HD Family. Ram is 4GB and Processor is Intel B960.

USAFRet · Aug 10, 2018

Either OS won't make any real difference.

1. Virus.
2. It is simply a slow laptop.

sankalpasubodha · Aug 10, 2018

The memory usage is about 85% all the time when i check the task manager. And the disk usage is 100% when i check task manager. Can’t find what uses that much on task manager.

USAFRet · Aug 10, 2018

sankalpasubodha :

The B960 CPU and 4GB RAM and the integrated graphics are your limiting factor(s).
Not the OS.

sankalpasubodha · Aug 10, 2018

Even on the lowest settings + some tweaks i cant even get a stable 30 fps on dota 2. Even sometimes garry’s mod becomes laggy. Will a fresh install of windows will fix it?

USAFRet · Aug 10, 2018

sankalpasubodha :

You need a new laptop.
A new OS install can't hurt, but your hardware is still severely lacking.

sankalpasubodha · Aug 10, 2018

I don’t have money to buy a new laptop neither pc. Only thing i can do is upgrading this laptop which I can’t. If I can get 30 fps on dota which is enough for me. For my specs what OS will give me better fps. 1-5 fps is a huge difference for me.

USAFRet · Aug 10, 2018

sankalpasubodha :

Did it originally come with Win 10?
If so, then a clean install of that. Not just "refresh"...but rather a full wipe and reinstall.

If it came with Win 10, unlikely that there are Win 7 drivers for it.

sankalpasubodha · Aug 10, 2018

Nope. It didn’t came with win 10. It came with win 7 as i remember.

sankalpasubodha · Aug 10, 2018

Yeah I’m gonna do a full wipe and just install dota and my other games. Nothing else

USAFRet · Aug 10, 2018

sankalpasubodha :

Then return it back to the factory Win 7 if you can.
That won't change the substandard hardware, but it won't make it worse.

sankalpasubodha · Aug 10, 2018

Should i install 64 bit or 32 bit? Windows 7 ultimate?

USAFRet · Aug 10, 2018

sankalpasubodha :

What did it come with originally?
Is the Factory Reset partition still in there?

64bit
And Win 7 Ultimate is not the one you want. Win 7 Home, which is almost certainly what it came with.

sankalpasubodha · Aug 10, 2018

I don’t remember what did it came with in the first place. It is a pretty old laptop.how to check if the factory reset partition is in there?

USAFRet · Aug 10, 2018

sankalpasubodha :

Changing back to Win 7 will not change anything.

But...open up Disk Management. If that partition still exists, it will be shown in there.

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