Fista Beta 2

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 8th, 2006, 14:49

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsvista/

Go and get it, all you need is a passport login (or hotmail address)

downloads are all overloaded atm though

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 8th, 2006, 14:50

Any special reason why we should bother?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 8th, 2006, 14:51

Because you can.

Hehulk · Post by **Hehulk** » June 8th, 2006, 14:53

Na, s'ok. I'll stick to my still somewhat buggy XP

Post by **Grimmie** » June 8th, 2006, 14:59

Grimmie doubts games will work?

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 8th, 2006, 15:02

should be mostly ok.

you'll have trouble installing cod:uo.

i'm pretty sure nvidia have Fista drivers out.

Post by **deject** » June 8th, 2006, 15:13

fuck Fista in the ass.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 8th, 2006, 15:14

i'm gonna have a play with it certainly, just to see how it handles gaming.

Post by **deject** » June 8th, 2006, 15:20

I've heard that beta 2reduces frame rates by about 20%. I doubt Fista will perform that bad when it's released but I don't think it will be worth my time.

mrbobbins · Post by **mrbobbins** » June 8th, 2006, 15:20

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In addition, once you install Windows Fista Beta 2 (or RC1) you cannot roll back to the previous operating system installation

Think I'll give it a miss for now, sounds like more trouble than it's worth

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 8th, 2006, 15:35

I want to try this but came across the same problem of overloaded server. As it's being discussed on all technology sites (including the BBC's technology section) that's hardly surprising.

Personally I will be testing it on a seperate disk to the one containing XP and even unpluging the XP disk just in case.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 8th, 2006, 15:40

spoodie wrote:Personally I will be testing it on a seperate disk to the one containing XP and even unpluging the XP disk just in case.

That.

Nickface · Post by **Nickface** » June 8th, 2006, 15:42

spoodie wrote:Personally I will be testing it on a seperate disk to the one containing XP and even unpluging the XP disk just in case.

I'd do that if I wasn't lazy. I just got done setting up a linux partition and getting all the crap straightened out, so I'm going to just sit back and wait.

Craig · Post by **Craig** » June 8th, 2006, 16:01

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Because you can.

Seems a good reason........ if i could be bothered to click a few buttons

pixie pie · Post by **pixie pie** » June 8th, 2006, 17:32

I think I'll wait for some opinions to be floated about before I decide to do anything drastic. But guys, if you do try it, make sure you tell us of your tale!

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 8th, 2006, 17:35

I'll probably try it tomorrow (to give me chance to download it and post a non-biased opinion on the whole process) including testing with most of the 5punk regular games (possibly even eeeve)

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 8th, 2006, 23:01

downloads are all back up now

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » June 9th, 2006, 7:38

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:downloads are all back up now

.....and down again

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » June 9th, 2006, 7:40

they're a bit shaky atm, use a download manager and keep trying now and then and you should be fine.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » June 9th, 2006, 7:43

I'm not getting a prompt for the download manager though