Lucas Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Has anyone that is into gaming experienced any significant glitches or compatibility issues that disallow you from gaming on Win8? Would love to hear it as I'm downloading it right now to try it out and not sure if to use VM or do a clean install. :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted February 29, 2012 Veteran Share Posted February 29, 2012 Well i don't think anyone got it fully installed yet much less to install games also. So you'll have to wait a bit :D Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594690072 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Well i don't think anyone got it fully installed yet much less to install games also. So you'll have to wait a bit :D Note how I also mentioned Developer Preview (DP) on the title, I'm sure someone tried to game on that! :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594690074 Share on other sites More sharing options...
threetonesun Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Should be fine. I don't see much that runs on Windows7 not running on 8. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594690164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Well i don't think anyone got it fully installed yet much less to install games also. So you'll have to wait a bit :D In the DP, gaming was smoother than Windows 7 + SP1 - a VERY welcome surprise. The included PinballFX2 is as slick a game as I've seen; the biggest surprise is that it's apparently WinRT-based. I'm still wondering how to install the CP on the Windows 7 side (I actually did an upgrade from the DP via the C2R installer; a VERY slick piece of work that puppy is - it's so small it can be sent as an e-mail attachment). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594690642 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 in DP build for time to time it minmize my games when i click on the edge of the game to move the view playing at full screen , the workaround is to play in windows mode (meh) which is very annoying behavior which i hope they fixed by now not sure about CP as of yet , haven't finnsh DL & installing one of the reason which made me revert back to Windows 7 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594691518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin McGregor Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 Played some WoW on CP ran smooth, maybe even better then it did on WIn7. Also played so BF and about 30 min of batman AC, also ran smoother then in win7. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594691530 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blaaha66 Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 did run Heaven DX11 Benchmark 2.5 same performance as win7 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594692044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefonz Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 what about the free/included games? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594692292 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PGHammer Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 what about the free/included games? I mentioned Pinball FX2 (one included game) - slick as blazes. I have not had so much as a SINGLE quibble in anything (other than the boot screen). Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594692860 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Field Commander A9 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 gonna test mass effect 3 on the cp soon~ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594693050 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yxz Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/compatibility/en-US/CompatCenter/ProductViewerWithDefaultFilters?Type=Software_Products&Category=0 Arkose 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594693192 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arceles Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 DiRT 3 runs fine with the amd windows 8 custom preview drivers, even full crossfire in mobile APUs is enabled, did a test on that game and it ran with everything on the highest settings except for shadows which were set to low and ambient occlusion also set to low. min fps 37 max fps 53 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594693212 Share on other sites More sharing options...
satukoro Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Low resource games run without issues (Cave Story, Minecraft, Terraria, etc.), and Lineage II runs at a higher framerate than it did before. Same thing for Aion and other high-resource games. Also, for any gpu driver issues, simply install the appropriate Windows 7 version of the driver. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594693224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 Has anyone had a problem installing the latest Nvidia driver? My PC just goes black. (I got SLI too, not sure if that might be it) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594693414 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystic Mungis Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I've tried Dead Island, Portal 2, Need For Speed The Run, Kingdoms of Amalur and they all worked fine :) Pinball FX2 worked really well and it was nice to be able to play it with my xbox controller (which I suppose should be a given since it's and xbox game :p) the only thing that I've seen lag is solitaire... really got no idea why but half the time it takes a good few seconds for a card I've tried to drag to start following the cursor and it jumps all over the place. Not sure if it's a bug in the game or just some weird glitch caused by my system but it's not really a problem since I doubt I'll ever play it! I have a Sapphire 6770 with the catalyst windows 8 consumer preview beta driver installed. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594693902 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo81 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Low resource games run without issues (Cave Story, Minecraft, Terraria, etc.), and Lineage II runs at a higher framerate than it did before. Same thing for Aion and other high-resource games. Also, for any gpu driver issues, simply install the appropriate Windows 7 version of the driver. Interesting, Aion runs pretty crappy even on high end pcs for some reason despite being based on a now really old engine. I will probably install Win 8 just to compare despite not liking the look of metro at all. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594693966 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SliceOfLife Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 I remember having Punkbuster driver issues on the DP. Then again those might've been fixed in the meantime. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594694622 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitaljus Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 No OpenCL, Cuda and PhysX for my GTX 460 with ForceWare 295.73 :( Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594694646 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devBrian Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Everything runs fantastic for me. ATI Mobility Radeon 5870 1GB w/ the latest ATI Consumer Preview driver. Skyrim, BF3, all considerably faster (5-15% in some cases) with no stuttering, as compared to Windows 7. This is the main reason for me sticking with Windows 8 for now. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594694674 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippo7 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Has anyone had a problem installing the latest Nvidia driver? My PC just goes black. (I got SLI too, not sure if that might be it) I had the same issue in VMWare Workstation 8, installed VMTools and now I have no desktop. In my case I simply gave up on it and moved on. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594694680 Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkydude Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 In the DP, gaming was smoother than Windows 7 + SP1 - a VERY welcome surprise. Not surprising at all, Windows 8 will be a must for gamers. Lower resource usage + new DirectX version + new WDDM version = more FPS. Just make sure you're using a WDDM 1.2 GPU driver. NVidia, select Windows 8: http://www.nvidia.co.uk/Download/Find.aspx ATI: http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=359369 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594694690 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Descartes Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 Well i don't think anyone got it fully installed yet much less to install games also. So you'll have to wait a bit :D ATI Radeon HD 4850 owner, and I can't even play Unreal Tournament '99 because I lack proper drivers - tried with both WU and dedicated WIn7 drivers from the AMD website, every game I tried so far crashed on me in one way or another. And apparently the Win8 CP AMD drivers are dedicated towards HD 5xxx onwards... I've installed them and still nothing works. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594694706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted March 1, 2012 Share Posted March 1, 2012 well for me on my system 2600k with 16gb of ram 470 GTX card running the new windows 8 drivers from nvidia i have tested all using the current windows 8 drivers the same ones that are current and used on windows 7 GTA 4 8FPS more then windows 7 Alan Wake 7 to 12 FPS more Rage same Skyrim 6FPS more Crysis Same crysis 2 10 FPS more LA Noire 4FPs more then windows 7 Farcry 2 7FPS more then windows 7 all those Games seem to work Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594695322 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Can't find an Intel HD 3000 driver for my Dell 1702X that will install on Windows 8 CP other than the Windows WDDM 1.2 one that it in the driver store. Any attempt to install the Nvidia 295.73 is met with the ":(" BSOD screen on login. Damn Optimus. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1061026-gaming-on-win8-dpcp/#findComment-594696696 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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