Games not compatible with Win8.1 x64
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:24    Post subject: Games not compatible with Win8.1 x64
My HDD broke down so i got new one, but now I am not sure if i should install Win 7 x64 i already had or Windows 8.1 x64. Dont much care about FPS boost but i care for compability of some older titles. I would like to know the list of older games you guys wasnt able to run in Win 8.1. I am intersted on info about if i can run some old games (Crysis, Fallouts , Diablos, firs CoDs and such) or even older games (Dungeon Keeper 2, Sacrifice,..and similar games)

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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:37    Post subject:
I wouldn't go with 8.1 but hey there's always dual boot if you are worried about compatibility issues.


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:40    Post subject:
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scaramonga




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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:41    Post subject:
Never had a problem running any game on Win 8.11, even if there were problems, there are usually ways round it.

DK2, Crysis, and Fallouts definitely do, because I've played them on 8 Smile
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:41    Post subject:
dk 1/2 works fine.

i play a lot of old games usually and i dont remember having any major issues with them.
the only issue i had is with homeworld 2, but i had problems on win7 x64 aswell.
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:42    Post subject:
windows 8.1 is just fine actually, as for compatibility it runs all those titles you mentioned, and if some even older titles didn't then you could just put compatibility mode on.
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:43    Post subject:
i would write a list and explanations ,about Win7 and Win8 and Win8.1 compatibility issues with DX9/ Legacy Gdi titles/Memory management issues/32bit emulation Dll etc... ,
but King sabin , neona and their trusty followers will just contradict this with nonsense

so fuck this forum


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:46    Post subject:
so compatibility issues running Win7x64 and Win8.1x64 are pretty much the same


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:46    Post subject:
"Contradict with facts" you mean? Far Cry 2 works perfectly on Win7-x64. You need to get over it hfric, really.
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scaramonga




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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 13:51    Post subject:
prudislav wrote:
so compatibility issues running Win7x64 and Win8.1x64 are pretty much the same


Pretty much, yup.
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 14:07    Post subject:
Couldn't get World In Conflict to run on 8.1
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 14:10    Post subject:
With Windows 7 I disabled AERO for some emulators, because its vsync caused stuttering. With Windows 8 this is no longer possible/feasible. I think I had problems with a N64 emulator...
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 14:14    Post subject:
had some problems starting gta 4 but it seems like it was the cracks fault. (worked on my w7 laptop, just for testing ofc)
after trying a few other releases and patches and so on i finally managed to get it to work.

was the only problem i ever had since i changed to windows 8. almost 2 years now... Smile

go for win 8.1 please
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 14:32    Post subject:
Pretty sure witcher 1 is not working. I had to switch back to win7 to play. And no, none of the workarounds worked for me.


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 14:39    Post subject:
Przepraszam wrote:
Pretty sure witcher 1 is not working. I had to switch back to win7 to play. And no, none of the workarounds worked for me.


It's working fine...Played it just fine the other day.
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 14:41    Post subject: Re: Games not compatible with Win8.1 x64
prudislav wrote:
My HDD broke down so i got new one, but now I am not sure if i should install Win 7 x64 i already had or Windows 8.1 x64. Dont much care about FPS boost but i care for compability of some older titles. I would like to know the list of older games you guys wasnt able to run in Win 8.1. I am intersted on info about if i can run some old games (Crysis, Fallouts , Diablos, firs CoDs and such) or even older games (Dungeon Keeper 2, Sacrifice,..and similar games)

thx.
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 14:43    Post subject:
well it was broken anyway on Win7 - broken drivers for x64 game executables
and it should be fixed for Win8, but i am still not sure


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 14:50    Post subject:
Witcher runs just fine on 8 with the 'dontforceminreq' switch & texture fix @ nexus mods Smile
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 15:04    Post subject:
prudislav wrote:
well it was broken anyway on Win7 - broken drivers for x64 game executables
How? Confused


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 15:17    Post subject:
I'm using Win 8.1 since it came out and haven't had a single issue with any game so far.


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 15:22    Post subject:
somebody confirm me Dust: An Elysian Tail (Steam AND Yarr)


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 15:27    Post subject:
tonizito wrote:
prudislav wrote:
well it was broken anyway on Win7 - broken drivers for x64 game executables
How? Confused

messed up laptop drivers for nvidia GPU - x64 exes it always runs through intel GPU - from what i gathered its some confilct with one of Windows hotfixes
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 15:36    Post subject:
the combo you need is DESKtop+win 7x64, then you won't have any further issues to discuss Cool Face


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 16:44    Post subject:
Przepraszam wrote:
Pretty sure witcher 1 is not working. I had to switch back to win7 to play. And no, none of the workarounds worked for me.

Works perfectly fine here on W8.1, didn't change a thing.

Never had problems with any games or software on W8.1 either.


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 16:45    Post subject:
well, desktop aswell as derpsole arent practical for me at the moment as I need something transportable. On weekends i am on countryside, and during the week i travel between work, school, my place and gfs place a lot. And desktop is to heavy for that
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 17:01    Post subject:
DV2 wrote:
somebody confirm me Dust: An Elysian Tail (Steam AND Yarr)


Haven't tried it since i switched to 8.1. Just installed it via steam and tried it out. Works fine for me.

Essentially everything that i had running in windows 7 x64 has worked for me in 8.1 x64. Once you get rid of metro (make sure that you get to the desktop when you login and install a start-menu app, i use start8) it works like win7 but feels a bit faster (atleast on my machine)


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 17:20    Post subject:
escalibur wrote:
I'm using Win 8.1 since it came out and haven't had a single issue with any game so far.


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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 18:00    Post subject:
I'm using Win 8 since it came out and haven't had a single issue with any game so far.

i did however have multiple issues with 8.1 when it released
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 18:10    Post subject:
matta666 wrote:
Couldn't get World In Conflict to run on 8.1

can anyone confirm/deny this?
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PostPosted: Tue, 8th Jul 2014 19:05    Post subject:
Perhaps for gaming works, but some software like Trillian doesn't...Well,it does,but whenever you try the Skype plugin it'll crash Forever.


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