Windows 8 is VERY unstable on some hardware, and the gaming performance of Windows 8 is absolutely AWFUL compared to Windows 7. I just built an AMD FX 8150 with 16GB RAM and Radeon HD 7770 on a MSI 970 chipset motherboard, and bought a brand new retail copy of Windows 8 Pro for $140, and while the installation was fast and the OS was fluid, gaming performance was a disaster. Maybe with Nvidia it's better as maybe Nvidia has more optimized drivers for Windows 8? IDK
But I'm back on Windows 7 and all games are running IMMENSELY better and faster, at higher resolutions and framerates by a factor of 2 to 5 times as much.
Adobe Flash player did use about half as much CPU on Windows 8 than 7 though, but that's what caused the instability; at random times when there was a web page loaded that had Flash on it it caused my system to be unresponsive and video to be messed up; I had to put it to sleep and then re awaken it to reset everything.
Windows 8 still has a way to go.
But I'm back on Windows 7 and all games are running IMMENSELY better and faster, at higher resolutions and framerates by a factor of 2 to 5 times as much.
Adobe Flash player did use about half as much CPU on Windows 8 than 7 though, but that's what caused the instability; at random times when there was a web page loaded that had Flash on it it caused my system to be unresponsive and video to be messed up; I had to put it to sleep and then re awaken it to reset everything.
Windows 8 still has a way to go.