Windows 8.1 Embedded Industry Pro with update good for gaming?

[luke127]

Hey guys, I've read many stories about this OS from microsoft dreamspark (I'm a student and can get this for free) being OK to use for a regular desktop OS, however I'm worried about the driver issues I've been hearing about. Mainly the normal drivers from nVidia / AMD not working with this OS. Can anyone elaborate on what I should do? $109 is a fair amount of money for me at the moment haha

 

[carnageX]

Hey guys, I've read many stories about this OS from microsoft dreamspark (I'm a student and can get this for free) being OK to use for a regular desktop OS, however I'm worried about the driver issues I've been hearing about. Mainly the normal drivers from nVidia / AMD not working with this OS. Can anyone elaborate on what I should do? $109 is a fair amount of money for me at the moment haha

From what I can tell, you should be able to run it as a normal desktop OS.

It's the same as Win 8.1 Pro, with Embedded features preinstalled.

 

[luke127]

I don't want to spend $119 if I don't have to, but I also don't want to have to deal with more issues than need be. I guess I can try. Wouldn't be a bad idea to keep the windows 8 pro copy on hand just in case though right?

 

[carnageX]

Like I said, from what I can tell from what other people were saying, it's a normal copy of Win8.1 Pro, but with add-ons preinstalled for embedded applications. May need to just either ignore those, uninstall 'em, or disable 'em. People were saying they were running it just fine, though.

 

[luke127]

Alright I'll get rid of the windows 8.1 from my purchase, and if this plan goes south I can always wipe and reinstall with retail windows 8.

 

[carnageX]

Good luck.

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