UE4 performance on Windows 7 vs 8

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Hi. I have a question: which OS will give the best performances with Unreal Engine 4 ? Windows 7 or 8 ? Which OS is better to install?

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I’ve tested on both, and runs perfectly find on both :slight_smile:

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But in terms of framerate, on the same machine, in the same scene, which gives higher framerates?

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While I’ve got no idea about the performance difference specific to UE4, in general Windows 8 gives better overall performance than Windows 7. I had an old machine which was quite unresponsive with Windows 7 but was positively snappy when I installed Windows 8 on it.

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Windows 8 may give a tiny bit of better performance (based on general os performance). Not enough to warrant an upgrade, but if you are getting a new OS, win8 is the way to go.