DCS World + Windows 8: Worked fine

[ARM505]

Most won't worry, but just in case you do, I did an upgrade (if an OS change can be called that) to Win 8 from 7 (ie NOT a fresh install) and DCS World + all the addons ran with no problems. No reactivation needed. Track IR on the other hand.....

[112th_Rossi]

Oooh, please tell about TrackIR

 

I was about to install Windows 8

[Cali]

I'm sticking with W7, I see no need to change, nor have I heard of a good reason to. Thx for the heads up, I'm sure a lot of people were wondering about it.

[159th_Viper]

Oooh, please tell about TrackIR

 

I was about to install Windows 8

 

http://forum.naturalpoint.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=50755&page=1

[BigfootMSR]

I too will be sticking to win 7. I have seen the screens of win8 and everything they have changed. I see NO reason to upgrade.

[phant]

 

...DCS World + all the addons ran with no problems...

ARM, what about DCS performace (FPS or other stuff) Win8 vs Win7?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Bye

Phant

Edited August 21, 2012 by phant

[jib]

I have installed windows 8 on a new solid state hard drive and DCS seems to run better (smoother with less pauses) but this is most likely because of the faster hard drive, I had to use the work around to get the unsigned track IR driver installed but apart from that it works great on windows 8.

[Slayer]

Just a word of warning : (if anyone is still playing it)IL-2 COD will not run under Windows 8. AFAIk there is no workaround and the devs over there are aware of it but it's a very low priority. All other sims I own seemed to work ok but I couldn't stand Windows 8 so I reformatted again.

 

Best to do a dual boot if you are going to upgrade.

[Speed]

Is this an accurate assessment of Windows 8?

 

 

This review makes it seem quite awful.

[ARM505]

Frankly, there is zero reason for a sim player to change to Win 8, the only reason I did was because I get it free. All the nuts and bolts that we like to tweak are still in the usual places, except they've made things harder (IMHO) to get to with the newer UI. I could see no real improvement, nor were there any slowdowns though in terms of performance in sims, although one game I play (Company of Heroes) was a but more stuttery when panning around larger maps. Bear in mind I didn't benchmark anything, that's just subjective impressions. On another pc, the Heaven benchmark improved by one (1) point, ie nothing! Both pc's are relatively ok, (Core i7, GTX 580 on main pc, SSD OS drive) but not brand new. Win 8 boots faster, but that is spoiled by going straight to the 'metro' desktop, which is mostly a waste of time.

 

To sum up: I wouldn't murder myself if I had to get a new pc with Win8 pre-installed, but there is absolutely no reason to change at the moment. Win 7 is definitely the new XP IMHO, it should do well for a quite a while I reckon.

Edited August 23, 2012 by ARM505

[Kuky]

^^^

Thanks, that sums it up for me very nicely and good to hear we can stick with Win7 for few more years

[Cowboy10uk]

Just a word of warning : (if anyone is still playing it)IL-2 COD will not run under Windows 8. AFAIk there is no workaround and the devs over there are aware of it but it's a very low priority. All other sims I own seemed to work ok but I couldn't stand Windows 8 so I reformatted again.

 

Best to do a dual boot if you are going to upgrade.

 

 

Hey come on, IL2 - COD, dosnt even run right on windows 7, no chance of having it run on windows 8 ;)

 

Cowboy10uk

[zzzspace]

Win-8 is not an upgrade, it's a downgrade.

 

(but then again I consider Win7 a most regretable downgrade of XP from my standpoint as being the user ... while Win8 looks like the ultimate microsoft horror-story).

[Zomba]

Yeah? I found 7 to the best OS they have ever produced. Stable, 64 bit and a dodgy driver or application bug can't drag the whole OS down.

[Slayer]

Windows 8, I think I'll W8 ;P

[WildBillKelsoe]

after the FLIGHT fiasco, waiting almost 3 years for the next commercial sim, and bumping into this arcade nonsense, microsoft is no go... win8, it's win 7 64 bit, home premium..

 

The King..

for me..

/

[Cedaway]

I installed W8 CP, all the stuffs and... Tried with TrackIR, without success.

I rolled back to W7-64bits and will stick onto for a while.

I didn't appreciated W8 ergonomy. Some pro but many cons.

But that's subjective, not objective at all. The major issue for me is that trackIR isn't supported yet...

[Ensi Ferrum]

@Cedaway: Disable Driver signature Thing and TrackIR Drivers installs fine.

[PoleCat]

I found that using "Classic Shell" to get the look and feel more palatable for me in Windows 8 has made all the difference. I boot straight to the desktop and have the start menu of my choice. (I have also become much more comfortable and familiar with the Metro screen and charms bar in a very short time. Both of which I disliked at first).

 

Install from USB stick was fast and painless.

Hardware drivers for all installed fine and without issue including.

Intel Rapid storage drivers

X-fi Xtreme Gamer PAX drivers.

AMD Catalyst for 6970.

 

All gaming hardware working fine

(Installs fine after disable driver signature enforcement for install)....

TrackIR 5

HOTAS Cougar

HOTAS Cougar MFD's

G-15 Keyboard

G700 Gaming mouse.

Ivibe TFS3 Force feedback seat.

 

Gaming Software utilities working fine:

TeamSpeak 3

VAC 3.11

 

Installing and testing Flight sims shortly.

 

Although I will keep Windows 7 on my main SSD raid array for now, things are looking much better with Windows 8 then my previous experiences with earlier builds. If flight sims run better or smoother under Windows 8 it will not be long before it is my primary OS.

 

Out

 

Edited August 27, 2012 by PoleCat

[WillyWonka]

I'm on Win 8 and I can confirm that DCS works just fine--in fact, it's even quite a bit faster! I just got to mess around with that TrackIR and I'll be back to flying.

[ARM505]

This was actually the most painless OS upgrade I've ever done. I actually set up to reload a whole bunch of 9mmP during the install, and I didn't even get as far as priming 100 rounds! TrackiR works after disabling forced driver signing, HOTAS works fine and all software worked fine first go. Can't actually complain I suppose.

[Cedaway]

@Cedaway: Disable Driver signature Thing and TrackIR Drivers installs fine.

 

I know this 'hack' but it id not a 'normal' function and potentially dangerous.

I found a lot more simple to roll back to W7.

Thank you anyway:thumbup:

[WillyWonka]

I know this 'hack' but it id not a 'normal' function and potentially dangerous.

I found a lot more simple to roll back to W7.

Thank you anyway:thumbup:

Disabling the enforcement is only in effect until the next reboot. You disable the enforcement, install trackir, reboot back into the normal environment, and you're back to drinking whiskey while flying in no time.

[ChandlerUSMC]

I know this 'hack' but it id not a 'normal' function and potentially dangerous.

I found a lot more simple to roll back to W7.

Thank you anyway:thumbup:

 

Not as dangerous as you might think. The disabling of driver signing is temporary. It's only required for the amount of time it takes for you to install the unsigned drivers. After a reboot, it defaults to turning itself back on. No harm, no foul.

 

Indeed many beta drivers are released unsigned in the name of efficiency and that's fine by me.

 

EDIT: *Willy beat me to it* What Willy said... ;)

[PoleCat]

It is not a hack, this is a feature of the OS. It simply enables the installation of unsigned drivers. Works absolutely fine.

 

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