Windows 8 vs Windows 8.1 in Battlefield 4

[desprado]

Can any tell that is there any performance difference if shift from Windows 8 to 8.1 in battlefield 4.

My specs u can see on my signature.

 

[blastingcap]

A word of advice: edit your thread title so people might respond to this thread. Right now you ask "Windows 8 vs Widowows 8 in battlefield 4" but I think you mean "Windows 8 vs Windows 8.1 in battlefield 4"

 

[lehtv]

It's a free upgrade, why not go for it and see what happens

 

[Wall Street]

There are some mouse bugs in Windows 8.1 that impact high polling rate mice (e.g. 1000 Hz mice). There are things you can download to fix it.

See this knowledge base article from Microsoft.

 

[desprado]

I am just asking is difference in terms of performance

 

[lehtv]

Also, 1000hz mice can usually be run at 500hz as well. It doesn't matter if the lag is 1ms or 2ms, you still hit or miss the same.

If there's a difference in framerate, it's going to be so small you're wasting time asking .

 

[ShintaiDK]

The mouse issue is freezes and stutter.

For the OP, I doubt there is any difference as such. But since the WIndows 8.1 upgarde is free, I see no reason not to. Specially when Windows 8 already got an end date over it. Unlike Windows 7 and 8.1.

 

[n0x1ous]

I thought Johan Andersson said there were some DX11.2 optimizations that are 8.1 only but can't recall the article for sure. Ask him on twitter @repi he will probably answer. he is on twitter 24/7

EDIT - i think only AMD cards support 8.1 so after checking the sig of OP that may not help you in your case.

 

[ShintaiDK]

EDIT - i think only AMD cards support 8.1 so after checking the sig of OP that may not help you in your case.

AMD, nVidia, Intel all supports Windows 8.1....

 

[wand3r3r]

I thought Johan Andersson said there were some DX11.2 optimizations that are 8.1 only but can't recall the article for sure. Ask him on twitter @repi he will probably answer. he is on twitter 24/7

EDIT - i think only AMD cards support 8.1 so after checking the sig of OP that may not help you in your case.

It's only AMD on the Dx 11.2.

AMD, nVidia, Intel all supports Windows 8.1....

Did you forget the above?

 

[ShintaiDK]

It's only AMD on the Dx 11.2.

Did you forget the above?

Is it? AMD doesnt support all DX11.2 options do they?

Also to fully support the OS, it needs to be WDDM 1.3 compliant. And all GPU makers got that.

 

[Carfax83]

I thought Johan Andersson said there were some DX11.2 optimizations that are 8.1 only but can't recall the article for sure. Ask him on twitter @repi he will probably answer. he is on twitter 24/7

Battlefield 4 contains DX11.1 support, not DX11.2. Kepler supports all gaming related features of DX11.1, and partially supports DX11.2..

 

[Teizo]

It runs a heckuva lot better than Windows 7, that is for sure. I decided to get it despite my previous comments and after fixing the gui I could not be more pleased.

Although performance wasn't bad on 7, I did get hiccups/stuttering from time to time. Now on 8.1 that is completely gone.

 

[n0x1ous]

AMD, nVidia, Intel all supports Windows 8.1....

Mean to say amd only on 11.2

 

[Rvenger]

I actually went from 8.1 back to 8.0. I think I might wait until 8.2 because it seems that I have some serious stuttering issues in 8.1. I actually think BF4 feels smoother in 8.0. But I am sure it's dependent on the machine.

 

[NostaSeronx]

AMD doesnt support all DX11.2 options do they?

R9 290X
R9 290
R7 260X
Xbox One GPU(R7 260X with 2 CUs disabled)

All support the full(mandatory and optional) DX11.2 feature set.

 

[ShintaiDK]

R9 290X
R9 290
R7 260X
Xbox One GPU(R7 260X with 2 CUs disabled)

All support the full(mandatory and optional) DX11.2 feature set.

If so, when did AMD start to support Command List? Not to mention the rest.

 

[desprado]

Mean to say amd only on 11.2

Wrong MS has clearly said that any Dx11 card will support Dx11.2.AMD is just doing marketing by showing they support dx11.2 nothing else.

 

[hackerballs]

with 3 GTX780's SLI ...I doubt you would notice a difference with windows ME, lol

 

[mindbomb]

bf4 benefits from dx11.1, so windows 8 will be faster than windows 7.
the benefits are from software only, you don't need dx11.1 hardware. So even the radeon 5000 series and fermi cards should benefit afaik.

as for windows 8.1, why not.

 

[ShintaiDK]

bf4 benefits from dx11.1, so windows 8 will be faster than windows 7.
the benefits are from software only, you don't need dx11.1 hardware. So even the radeon 5000 series and fermi cards should benefit afaik.

as for windows 8.1, why not.

Just because it might support some DX11.1 visual features. It doesnt make it faster.