Windows 10 and games
helping a friend
Thursday, June 2, 2016 by anotherside | Discussion: Personal Computing
I'm gonna help a friend build a computer. Is Windows 10 good for gaming? What about older games compatibility?
Reply #2 Thursday, June 2, 2016 4:41 PM
Yes, it's great for gaming.
yea, but I thought maybe Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 were more compatible with older games.
Maybe I should ask this way: You want to play games from 2007 and newer. Which version of Windows would you install?
I know Win 10 is popular on Steam. But if you load games from physical discs, maybe Win 7 is better?
Reply #3 Thursday, June 2, 2016 5:12 PM
Windows 10 is in my opinion better for gaming than 8. I was a die hard Win 7 Pro fan and the sturdiness and stability of Win 10 won me over. Its lightweight like 7 but without the annoying shit that is in 8.
Also, you can get Start 10 which turns Windows 10 back into Win 7 (desktop wise). You also get DX 12 which is the selling feature in my book.
Reply #4 Thursday, June 2, 2016 6:05 PM
Windows 10 is in my opinion better for gaming than 8.
I am leaning toward Windows 10. Seems most games work. SafeDisc and SecuROM DRM games won't work. But Microsoft patched Win Vista,7,8 so they won't work there either.
Reply #5 Thursday, June 2, 2016 11:35 PM
I have windows 10. Most of my stuff works perfectly, but a couple of my steam games don't work on it. Though to be fair they didn't work on windows 8.1 either. Supreme Commander 2 and the 10 year old version of star wars battlefront are two I know don't work. Everything from GOG and Origin work. Also, everything that I've bought that is like 4 years old or newer works perfectly.
Reply #6 Saturday, June 4, 2016 1:18 AM
http://www.howtogeek.com/230773/how-to-play-pc-games-that-require-safedisc-or-securom-drm-on-windows-10-8.1-8-7-and-vista/
Or browse the website of the game in question and see if they posted a nocdpatch.
Reply #7 Saturday, June 4, 2016 12:34 PM
http://www.howtogeek.com/230773/how-to-play-pc-games-that-require-safedisc-or-securom-drm-on-windows-10-8.1-8-7-and-vista/
Or browse the website of the game in question and see if they posted a nocdpatch.
Ah, it looks like that is my issue in both of those games. Thanks for the heads up!
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Reply #1 Thursday, June 2, 2016 3:23 PM
Yes, it's great for gaming.