Wait, Will 9xx drivers support Win8? On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote:
> My main and only reason that I might not be able to stay on Win8 is.. > Minecraft :P > > I can't install my actual graphics driver, which is only really needed for > OpenGL, and Minecraft NEEDS OpenGL to function (can't run in software mode > nooo) and my actual graphics driver causes the black screen of death :/ > > > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 5:42 PM, Shiny <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Windows 8 will have a better boost speed thats for sure and here's the >> list of features >> >> Revamped Task Manager >> Managing running applications—and being able to quickly kill resource- >> hogging tasks—is even more critical on mobile devices than it is on >> gaming rigs. The reconfigured tool, renamed Modern Windows Task >> Manager, will give you a single window from which to spot and kill the >> processes that are slowing down your system by combining the Resource >> Monitor and the Task Manager together. It also includes tap-friendly >> kill buttons for tablet users. >> >> Immersive Browser >> Some leaked screenshots from the Windows 8 alpha show a simple, full- >> screen browser that looks identical to the Metro browser included in >> Windows Phone 7, complete with a mosaic of little blocks for favorites >> and such. Once again, strong evidence that Microsoft is betting big on >> tablets as the future home of Windows. >> >> Cloud Integration >> At long last, it looks like Windows will get integrated cloud storage >> synching with Win8. In addition to Windows Live SkyDrive, which you’d >> expect the next Windows to support by default, it appears you’ll be >> able to add third-party cloud storage services as mapped drives. >> >> Portable Workspaces >> The demise of U3 in 2009 left a void in the portable apps market that >> Microsoft helped to fill by cofounding StartKey in partnership with >> SanDisk. It now appears that Microsoft is integrating this technology >> directly into Windows 8 with a feature called Portable Workspace. >> >> A New Portable Workspace >> Predicting final release features based on Windows alphas is always >> dicey. We need only recall all the cool features Longhorn was supposed >> to bring us, and then look at the reality of Vista, for a cautionary >> tale in the hazards of banking on Microsoft’s leaked alpha builds. But >> if Microsoft has the sack to release all the features we’re seeing in >> these early builds, Windows 8 could prove as significant a platform >> change as Win95. >> >> On May 1, 2:18 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: >> > So, has anyone been daring enough to "obtain" one of the recent dev >> > leaks of Win8 and install it to their computer? >> > >> > Heres what is known: >> > >> > - Aero can be rendered in software (on a 3100 laptop with no driver >> > installed, there is transparency and Aero Glass enabled right after >> > install) >> > >> > - Win8 7599 includes HybridBoot, which speeds up boot and shutdown >> > times a lot >> > >> > - Apparently some drivers have some type of new WDDM format (1.2 >> > maybe?) >> > >> > - On fresh install, with Aero enabled, Win8 used around 430MB of RAM >> > (which is awesome) >> >> -- >> 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
