New Toshiba laptop?

[greyhawk]

I am getting a new toshipa p850 with 8g memory,

Nvidia GT 630M 2GB dedicated graphics with Optimus

i7 processor

windows 8

 

I currently have a hp g series with a hd3000 graphic card.

 

Do you think it will run better with this set up? I have the strike fighter 2 europe, vietnam and north atlantic. Currently after a couple of games I have to restart and use low resolution.

 

Any help would be appreciated.

[Panama Red]

Do you know if SF2 will work in Windows 8 ???

[+ianh755]

It should run much better that your old one with it having both an i7 and a dedicated graphics card. Games that have been tested on Windows 8 haven't show any real increase/decrease in performance (some up & some down a few FPS) but as with any new OS just give it a go and let us know if it works

[+SkateZilla]

make sure to update all the drivers, and configure optimus tech to use the GT630 GPU ONLY for games.

[greyhawk]

Thanks for the tip, when i arrives I will defintly do that with the gt630

[Talez]

Games run on Windows 8 great!!

 

WoX, SF2 X, everything runs as ever before and my CH control manager runs without problem either.

 

Windows 8 changes UI a lot but the bottom line is, comparing it to Vista is a blasphemy.

Edited October 31, 2012 by Talez

[+daddyairplanes]

how is 8 overall? considering updating the family laptop to it but just the bit of putzing around in the stores i'm not so sure for my laptop just yet.....

[+suhsjake]

Wait about six months. Windows 8 has a lot of issues currently and only is cool if you actually have a touch screen. Other than that, not worth upgrading to currently.