Windows 10 Vs Windows 8 Game Performance Review, Major Titles On Microsoft's New OS
Introduction & Our Test System
Windows 10 is finally here. The new OS has been spit-shined and primed for an official release. As advertised, Windows 8/8.1 users can upgrade to the new operating system, provided that current Win8 installs have been properly activated. Make sure you check our comprehensive Migration Guide for details on upgrades and clean installs.
Test System:
Our test system of choice is forged from an intel Core i7-5960X Haswell-E octa-core CPU (4.5Ghz), Corsair H100 AIO water cooler, 16GB of Corsair Vengeance DDR4 2666Mhz, a 1300W CoolerMaster PSU, an Nvidia GTX Titan X GPU and a Corsair Neutron XT 240GB SSD.
Please note, at the time of publication, our tech writer, Shawn only had access to a couple of higher-end NVIDIA graphics cards. As a result, all testing was done on an NVIDIA graphics platform and its associated drivers. We hope to revisit general performance in some of these titles and compare with AMD graphics as well.
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| Hardware Used: Intel Core i7-5960X (OC'd 4.5GHz, Eight-Core) ASUS Sabertooth X99 TUF NVIDIA Titan X 16GB Corsair DDR4-2400 | Relevant Software: Windows 10 Pro x64 Windows 8.1 Pro x64 DirectX Redist NVIDIA GeForce Drivers v353.62 Benchmarks Used: Unigine Heaven v4 3DMark "Fire Strike" 3DMark API Overhead Test Tomb Raider The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Metro: Last Light Redux Grand Theft Auto V |
When each Windows installation was complete (Windows 8.1/10), we fully updated the OS, and installed the drivers necessary for our components. We installed all of our benchmarking software, performed a disk clean-up, cleared any prefetch and temp data, and then ran our tests.
It's onward then, with the testing and analysis...
