We already know that the look and feel of Windows 8 is very different from Windows 7. But once you fire up your favorite title, does Microsoft's latest affect your experience? We test 10 games and talk to one of the company's SDEs to answer that question.
Benchmark Results: Borderlands 2
The opposite is true in Borderlands 2, as both the AMD and Nvidia boards run a bit slower under Windows 8. The loss is more severe on the GeForce GTX 660, though. We ran this benchmark several times in order to confirm its outcome.
If you look at the GeForce's frame rate over time, it's clear where the differences between Windows 7 and 8 occur, though they're not particularly significant.
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Don Woligroski was a former senior hardware editor for Tom's Hardware. He has covered a wide range of PC hardware topics, including CPUs, GPUs, system building, and emerging technologies.
