Why do I see no Windows 8 or 8.1 support? If I got an RTX card would I really have to re-install Windows to use it since I'm on 8.1?

I know 8 and 8.1 have less market share than 7 or 10, but it's still greater than Linux, Solaris or FreeBSD for desktops isn't it?

Yep, another Windows 10 only feature!

Yeah, I know the raytracing feature only works on Windows 10 with the latest Direct X 12. I was wondering if the card works on Windows 8 and 8.1 at all since the driver list (as shown in the images) includes Windows 7, but not Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. Why list Windows 7 in the driver list, but not list Windows 8 or 8.1?
 
I've no interest in raytracing until more games utilize it. The performance of traditional "raster-based graphics" (I think that's what we're calling it now) is what I was more interested in since there is a colossal amount of PC games that are not using raytracing or even DX12 for that matter.
 
It will be nice to have such features in the future, but I'd rather not have to install Windows 10 immediately. Installing Windows and all my programs is one of my least favorite things to do. It is very tedious. Popping in a new video card and only having to install drivers for it is far less of a hassle than reinstalling absolutely everything. I will update to Windows 10 when I move to the Z390 platform since a Motherboard+CPU upgrade actually would require an OS update for things to function properly, but for a video card swap? I don't want to wipe the OS and reinstall everything for a video card swap.

squall-leonhart
The device will function on windows 8.1, it just isn't officially supported. (it has nt6.3 strings for installation in the inf)

Thank you.
 
That's so weird that it isn't officially supported on Windows 8 though since Windows 7 is supported. I kinda expected support for the older OS to be yanked first like with XP.

GTXMan

vernacular

squall-leonhart
The device will function on windows 8.1, it just isn't officially supported. (it has nt6.3 strings for installation in the inf)

Thank you.
 
That's so weird that it isn't officially supported on Windows 8 though since Windows 7 is supported. I kinda expected support for the older OS to be yanked first like with XP.

Userbase is nowhere near Windows 7 though. And I have to wonder: why are you on 8? I don't remember anything good about that OS.

I agree that 8.1 user-base is low, so it makes sense.

8.1 performs better than Windows 7; especially in regards to boot speed and SMT/hyperthreading performance. And doesn't have as many spying issues compared to Windows 10. For some people, it's the happy medium between the two, while the rest polarize to one extreme or another.

they probably withheld 8 support because although it has a usb3 driver built in, it won't be able to use the PPC driver, making the usb c's only use as a data port.

Without the latest Windows 10 Fall Update version you will be unable to take advantage of Ray Tracing such as that supported in Battlefield 5 if you have an RTX card. You will also not be able to take advantage of newer DirectX features from Microsoft.

raytracing is immature and windows 10 is a broken joke, these are entry level cards for the tech that will grow on future cards.
 
You also don't need dx12 for rtx, and you certainly won't need it for DXR once directvk advances.

windows 10's a bit different. the driver code will actually refuse to run if a minimal wddm isn't met.

the sme driver between 7 and 8, it'll work on 8.1
 
im not sure if its wddm 1.3 though.

Thank you very much. You're the man.

Hush, hush, better not let know Nvidia about this, they may block it.

is the nvidia usb port/hub running the built in XHCI driver?
 
also can you list the WDDM version in dxdiag?