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Fista Beta 2
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 14:49
by Dr. kitteny berk
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
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 14:50
by Hehulk
Any special reason why we should bother?
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 14:51
by Dr. kitteny berk
Because you can.
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 14:53
by Hehulk
Na, s'ok. I'll stick to my still somewhat buggy XP
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 14:59
by Grimmie
Grimmie doubts games will work?
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 15:02
by Dr. kitteny berk
should be mostly ok.
you'll have trouble installing cod:uo.
i'm pretty sure nvidia have Fista drivers out.
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 15:13
by deject
fuck Fista in the ass.
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 15:14
by Dr. kitteny berk
i'm gonna have a play with it certainly, just to see how it handles gaming.
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 15:20
by deject
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.
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 15:20
by mrbobbins
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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
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 15:35
by spoodie
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.
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 15:40
by Dr. kitteny berk
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.
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 15:42
by Nickface
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.
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 16:01
by Craig
Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Because you can.
Seems a good reason........ if i could be bothered to click a few buttons
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 17:32
by pixie pie
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!
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 17:35
by Dr. kitteny berk
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)
Posted: June 8th, 2006, 23:01
by Dr. kitteny berk
downloads are all back up now
Posted: June 9th, 2006, 7:38
by Woo Elephant Yeah
Dr. kitteny berk wrote:downloads are all back up now
.....and down again
Posted: June 9th, 2006, 7:40
by Dr. kitteny berk
they're a bit shaky atm, use a download manager and keep trying now and then and you should be fine.
Posted: June 9th, 2006, 7:43
by Woo Elephant Yeah
I'm not getting a prompt for the download manager though
