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This thread discusses users' experiences and preferences between Windows 7 and Windows 8, focusing on aspects like driver support and gaming performance. The original poster is torn between the two OSes and seeks input on which performs better, especially in terms of drivers and gaming benchmarks. A user shares a positive opinion of Windows 8 after testing it for a month, noting satisfactory performance despite some hardware limitations, and invites others to share frame rate comparisons to help determine the better OS. Overall, the tone is inquisitive and seeking community insights.
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I am torn between the two OS's and wonder which is better, I tried win 8 Rp but video drivers are not readily available for it. Now I'm on Win 7 and find gaming to be somewhat decent on my Thinkpad R61 with gm 965 chipset graphics A.K.A Intel X3100.

So I thought I'd start this thread to see how others felt, which is better for you. I'm not just asking about my specs but in general how people feel ?
 

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bassfisher6522 said:
I liked windows 8, I prefer it to 7. Sadly my mobo isn't supported...yet, so I can't install my chipset driver or audio driver. I do have a new GPU...AMD 6790 which there is a beta driver for it. So after a month of testing 8, I was surprisingly pleased with it. As for the gaming aspect, I could not tell if there was a significant difference between each OS as I don't have test rig for side by side comparisons.
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I see, Well if anyone has good driver support please post your results. If you need comparison you can use FRAPS to see framerates in the games. Please post the frames per second for both versions of windows. Whichever systems is deemed the winning that is what I intend to use.
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I liked windows 8, I prefer it to 7. Sadly my mobo isn't supported...yet, so I can't install my chipset driver or audio driver. I do have a new GPU...AMD 6790 which there is a beta driver for it. So after a month of testing 8, I was surprisingly pleased with it. As for the gaming aspect, I could not tell if there was a significant difference between each OS as I don't have test rig for side by side comparisons.
 

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bassfisher6522 said:
I liked windows 8, I prefer it to 7. Sadly my mobo isn't supported...yet, so I can't install my chipset driver or audio driver. I do have a new GPU...AMD 6790 which there is a beta driver for it. So after a month of testing 8, I was surprisingly pleased with it. As for the gaming aspect, I could not tell if there was a significant difference between each OS as I don't have test rig for side by side comparisons.
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I see, Well if anyone has good driver support please post your results. If you need comparison you can use FRAPS to see framerates in the games. Please post the frames per second for both versions of windows. Whichever systems is deemed the winning that is what I intend to use.
 

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