Thread: 2.0 in Windows 8

I'm not agree about useless of win8. Even win7 applications runs a little faster on 8. And 8 boots much faster then 7.
With FFXIV 1.0 on win8 I got +10 fps. It's not much, but it counts. I don't say that you must setup 8 on your machine, but it's not useless.
You can hate it's new interface, but 8 shows very good performance.

Originally Posted by carlosx

i want to know the official Statement about Windows8 and 2.0

to know if i can install windows8 and will have no affect the game performance

There won't be any significant issues, trust me.

You'll have no problem running it on Windows 7 and 8 should you wish to upgrade or switch to either.

Originally Posted by Cascade

but my tablet has an SSD on it compared to my 2 PCes with 7 that have normal HDDs on them so i dont have anything to really give a fair side by side test

I have normal HDD on my desktop with 8 and it boots a lot faster then 7. Now I'm thinking about SSD for my desktop.
And I love new interface design, but I think it's not as comfortable as it can be.

Originally Posted by Cascade

i thought i would hate win 8.... but the more i play with it on my tablet the more i kind of like it..... i still prefer winxp/7 style dest top... but that can be fixed on windows 8 really easy and fast....
and load times are really fast.. but my tablet has an SSD on it compared to my 2 PCes with 7 that have normal HDDs on them so i dont have anything to really give a fair side by side test

If I had a touchscreen or tablet, I'd probably install w8. Since I do not, the interface is a hindrance to my workflow for things I use my pc for other than gaming. The couple of seconds that the faster startup time gets me, is of practically no benefit. A few more frames per second buys me nothing when I'm doing non-gaming related tasks. IMO, M$ have shot themselves in the foot yet again with this one.

For me the hindrance is refreshing the entire screen to show the start screen, this feels disorienting. To get around this I pin all my apps to the desktop taskbar. I would much rather have the tiles appear over the desktop when activating the start screen.

Originally Posted by Valmonte

linux will never get those major PC releases. corporations want lock-outs designed and catered specifically to them Microsoft is happy to oblige that, linux will never support any DRM technology ever HDCP, secur-rom, laser lock, this list can stretch miles and most games use up to 4 different types of DRM. the lack of native DX only makes the already apparent dream of Linux becoming a gaming OS farther away

linux cant get DRM its protected by the GPL and its already free, and when you add something to the OS you have to release the source code. linux can do everything and more then OSX(locked down unix) or windows.
Linux is getting alot closer to becoming the leader you can double click to install alot of software now. all they need to do is standardize. you can run DX on linux with wine so thats false.

Originally Posted by Pseudopsia

I would much rather have the tiles appear over the desktop when activating the start screen.

I'd have to agree on this one. It would look and feel so much nicer.

Originally Posted by Klefth

I'd have to agree on this one. It would look and feel so much nicer.

You know, they tried this once (sort of), it was called active desktop and it let you display web pages and peices of web pages directly on your desktop. It wasn't really a bad idea but I think it was cut because of security issues?