Yes the n68-vs3 20UCC does run windows 8
and very well i might add ive noticed it runs windows 8 better than it does windows 7
with that said i am thinking of getting a new board because of the limited capability the board has
personaly i would like more that 8 gb ram. My machine runs my home network as well as my web server. it is also my gaming computer. bat all in all this board has been great the it even plays some games out of the box witch is nice for the bugget gamer who doesnt play BIG graphic intensive games. its also limited in the tearms of pci expansion, while is has pci and its just a 2.0
most graphics cards are 3.0 but backwards compatible. witch means you can use them but not to there full potential