Having trouble running games/emulators on windows 8----->

<----- Is there anything I can do to fix this, last thing I would want to do is go back to windows 7. Games run slow in windowed mode with occasional jumpiness and in full screen they become so slow till the point it's unplayable.

Welcome to EightForums. If it worked on 7, it should work with 8.

Please fill in your system specs.

Are all your drivers up to date?

Which games?

Are you monitoring temps?

I have an HP 2000-2b19WM Notebook

4GB System Memory

320GB Hard Drive

Processor: AMD E-300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 1.30 Ghz

And I just updated the Graphics driver to AMD Radeon HD 6310. Don't understand why I'm having trouble my last notebook was a hell of a lot older than this and everything worked just fine but I used windows 7.

As far as games go I can't run arcade or retro games from snes to playstation w/out slow down, not big on it but I like to mess around with it every now and then when I have some down time.

Notebooks can run hot try looking a temps. How much ram do you have?

Edit, just saw you posted ram.

You just updated the graphics driver? Try rolling it back

4GB of Ram, and no matter if I'm just starting it up or it's been running for a few hours the result is still the same. Also noticed there is no windows 8 compatibility for any of this software, highest I've seen is compatibility for with windows 7.

These are older games? You said emulators.

If so some of these games are 32 bit with some older 16 bit processes. If so you should run them in either hyper-v or a virtual box under a x86 os for better compatibility.

First time hearing of this method, mind going into to detail?

Here is a link to the tutorials

Windows 8 Tutorials[2]=Virtualization

Or you can go with a Dual Boot config

http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/2344-dual-boot-installation-windows-8-windows-7-vista.html

To be VERY BLUNT!!!

THE PROBLEM IS WINDOWS8

Put NO faith in those that say , if it ran on Windows7, it will run on Windows8.

The fact is, the changes in Windows8 makes games run REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY... REEEEALLLLLYYYYYY SLLLLLLLLLLLLLOWW.

However, sometimes you do get lucky with the suggestions put forth above, however, overall, windows8 and old games is terrible compared to windows7.


Great Tutorials regarding virtualization and dual boot.

Rebellion said:

I have an HP 2000-2b19WM Notebook

4GB System Memory

320GB Hard Drive

Processor: AMD E-300 APU with Radeon(tm) HD Graphics 1.30 Ghz

And I just updated the Graphics driver to AMD Radeon HD 6310. Don't understand why I'm having trouble my last notebook was a hell of a lot older than this and everything worked just fine but I used windows 7.

As far as games go I can't run arcade or retro games from snes to playstation w/out slow down, not big on it but I like to mess around with it every now and then when I have some down time.

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To be EXTREMELY BLUNT!!!

It's not Windows 8.

I've run hundreds of games in 8.1 and they don't have a problem. Sure, there are some extra steps to run some games. But normally, all work great.

I'm mainly an Atari emulator guy (2600, Lynx, 800, ST emulators) and I don't have to run them under compatibility more, but try it with compatibility settings for Windows 7. Emulators are very tricky since they have to.....emulate. That means they have to hook into disk access routines, display routines, etc, etc. Depending on the quality of the emulator and how it hooks into the routine have a big effect on how well it works.

Good luck.

I also run Atari ST emulators, and I have my Original 1985 on the internet with cab, as well as my megast, ste, megastes, TT , and falcon. I been around the block alot.

I up your bluntness by one and call lol...

However, I have always considered ST users the best of the best, and I have never had a problem deferring to one that is better then me.

Since I have more things running on WINE then successfully helping my friends with Windows8 and since the Windows8 issue is repetitive, and I have NOT seen the fix in 2 years and since its directly related to the handling of Directx within the OS that has been changed and causing the issue of slow response.

Atari ST emulators do not require Directx to the best of my knowledge.
They run on the same premise as open gl.

Atari hackers/modders and creator of emulators use open source software.

That is why with regards to Gaming, Open GL games are working great.

Games using directx, are the ones that are slow, and its a glitch in the backwards compatibility of directx in the windows8 release.

Now I am ALWAYS OPEN TO BE HUMBLED!!! Infact, thats is what I want....

And if you can get the game I have modded that runs on anything from WIndows95 to Windows7, uses directx8. & 8.1
I will eat that humble pie.

Until then, there is an issue with directx backwards compatibility, and if you look its pretty well documented.
What the issue is, is whether the error gets corrected in the next release or past on...

The first post is regarding games running slow.
The only games that I am aware of with issues are those who followed microsofts directx instead of open gl, because...... Directx was going to be backwards compatible...
Because ALL these games DO run, but unfortuneately RUN slow on Windows8 and its release of directx and run in full speed on Windows7 and its release of directx is what those users are running into with regards to old playable games.

My game is on this forum, I am very serious when I ask, if you can get it to work at full speed, on windows8 and can state what you did (or didn't) have to do.... then great. That is what people are looking for.

If you have been inthe atari scene of past, you might recongise my handle, it hasn't changed in 29 years.