HalcyonSpirit Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 The download link Bahamut posted says it's something like 2.23GB, but the download keeps cutting out at 163MB. Is it just me that's having this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phill Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 dx11 is some crap that nvidia's pushing so that when it has it and everyone's got those dx10.1 cards that they bought when ati was the rage, they'll get pissed. at current it's not even a finalized standard yet, it's still be worked out. it won't be available for w7's release.wikipedia! I may be grossly misinformed, but DirectX 11 is a Microsoft graphics API that will be available for Windows Vista (SP2-ish) and Windows 7. The new DirectX will include all the features from DirectX 10.1 and those DX10 features will run on both DX10 and DX11 video cards. DX11 will also include several new features, some which are said to be compatible with DX10 cards, well others, will not. However, from what I have seen of the feature list, its not a big deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgeCrusher Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Got my key and downloaded the beta from the MS site. Unforunately vista's partition program is shit. So now I have to defrag and then run Gparted to make a new partition to install this on. Fuck I hate waiting longer. seriously. 8 million people downloaded mozilla 3 the first day - did they honestly think no one would get in on this? There is a huge difference between a 10 meg file and a 3.2 gig iso. Plus free windows beta being plastered all over digg/slick deals/fatwallet/every forum around gathers more attention that firefox ever hopes to have. Plus firefox didn't limit key usage for its program to 2.5 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'm running this right now. It's fast and everything is working correctly. Just have to test out a few games to be sure. The interface is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antipode Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I'm running this right now.It's fast and everything is working correctly. Just have to test out a few games to be sure. The interface is fantastic. Is it performing any faster than Vista was? What are your favorite things about the new interface? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coop Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I was tempted to try this, despite never being one for beta testing OSes. But the 32bit file size (3+ GB? Damn...), coupled with my XP being an OEM version, pulled me back to reality. I had too may questions in my head, and since I know OEM OSes don't get the same treatment as full-on purchased ones, I figured I'd leave well enough alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Yeah, I just got back from a night with friends, and wow, Windows 7 looks and feels pretty nice so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Is it performing any faster than Vista was?What are your favorite things about the new interface? It's performing about the same speed - some programs open a bit faster, and it takes about half as much time to boot up as Vista did. The new interface - wow. Basically, the Quick Launch and Taskbar ideas have been fused together. Now you have one little square-icon thing for each program open - clicking that icon opens all windows associated with that program (all chat windows, Steam windows, etc). You can also right click and select the option of permanently pinning the program there, making it a Quick Launch program. Other than that little bit of awesome, the interface overall looks cleaner, is easier to navigate, and (from what I've heard) actually takes a bit less memory to look good than Vista's interface does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 still trying to get a key and the 32-bit version. i dl'd the 64-bit version last night, but haven't installed it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majin GeoDooD Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Yay.. FINALLY got my key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 it's back up! i got a 32-bit and 64-bit key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 sweet i have my key i'll probably install on a computer at work this monday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phill Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 I was tempted to try this, despite never being one for beta testing OSes. But the 32bit file size (3+ GB? Damn...), coupled with my XP being an OEM version, pulled me back to reality. I had too may questions in my head, and since I know OEM OSes don't get the same treatment as full-on purchased ones, I figured I'd leave well enough alone. Could always try dual booting XP and 7 or pick up the free VMware gsx/esx? server and install it on that. And if you are worried about not being able to reinstall XP OEM, as long as its the same computer same user, it will work, even if it requires a quick call to MS to activate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Left 4 Dead seems to be having some framerate issues. It's still playable, but I had to scale the graphics back a bit, and my framerate feels like a console framerate instead of a smooth PC game. Anyone know if there's some sort of fix for Nvidia cards? I installed the W7 drivers via the automatic update tool. Oh, and I'm running the x64 version. Edit: Forgot to mention that I have a Creative X-Fi sound card, which apparently isn't well supported in the new OS. That could be the problem, but changing it out may be more trouble than it's worth... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Majin GeoDooD Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Has anyone tried setting up IIS on 7 yet? I have it set up, and it tells me its running, but when I try to access it from another computer it won't load. Just wondering if anyone else has had success with it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Left 4 Dead seems to be having some framerate issues. It's still playable, but I had to scale the graphics back a bit, and my framerate feels like a console framerate instead of a smooth PC game. Anyone know if there's some sort of fix for Nvidia cards? I installed the W7 drivers via the automatic update tool. Oh, and I'm running the x64 version.Edit: Forgot to mention that I have a Creative X-Fi sound card, which apparently isn't well supported in the new OS. That could be the problem, but changing it out may be more trouble than it's worth... did you get the newest drivers from nvidia's website? it could just be because it's a new os, and they haven't optimized it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 Yeah, got the latest drivers. I'm assuming they will continue to optimize them, and release at least one more set of drivers for the W7 beta. For now, since the only setting I had to change to get 90% of my FPS back was the Shader detail, I'm fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majin GeoDooD Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 did you get the newest drivers from nvidia's website? it could just be because it's a new os, and they haven't optimized it yet. According to nVidia's site the only way to get beta drivers for 7 is through Windows Update. As soon as they release new drivers everyone should get them through WU, which is kinda nifty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 10, 2009 Share Posted January 10, 2009 yeah, microsoft was pushing to get all driver downloads through WU instead of everything else, supposedly to keep computers running quickly. it's more because WU doensn't work well with hacked version of the OS, i think, so it'll help reduce piracy if you can't get the drivers for anything anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 Half an hour from first boot to working desktop. For installing on a VM, that's not too shabby at all. As for the DirectX, seems that Windows 7 comes with DX11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 it's not really dx11, though, that's the rub. anyone find a working solution for mounting .iso files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 anyone find a working solution for mounting .iso files? PowerISO TENCHARACACACA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 anyone know something that doesn't cost money? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phill Posted January 11, 2009 Share Posted January 11, 2009 If you are looking to mount, try DAEMON Tools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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