Dualbooted Win 8 on my gaming desktop. Experiences are as followed: 1.Most programs worked as long compatibility mode with windows 7 is enabled. 2. I installed my graphic drivers by running it in compatibility mode. 3. Firefox doesn't work :(
Thoughts: Pretty good lol. There is a revamped pattern login and task manager and I can notice performance differences and bootup and shutdown speeds even though this is a dev build. On May 1, 7:03 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > On the 7955 build I'm not too sure. My 3100 (not X3100) didn't have a driver > after install and I didn't bother trying to get one yet. > > My Radeon HD 3200 came with some "Engineering Sample" driver and I can't use > XP or 7 video drivers. > > If I heard correctly, versions below 7955 of Win8 will let you do Win7 video > drivers. But as for my Radeon HD 3200, D3D9 and D3D10 worked fine, just very > little to no OpenGL support (I can try to live without Minecraft for a > little while). > > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 9:51 PM, Abhishek Indoria > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > 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 -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
