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[Berek-PG]

Multi-monitor support is something I'm really looking forward to in Windows 7. It's been a long-time coming, but finally we have an operating system truly focused on supporting more than one monitor at a time. It is almost becoming common to have two, maybe even more (I run a trio setup).

Combine that with DX11 multi-monitor support in games and my flight sims and FPS games are going to ROCK.

[Haasth]

I'm going with a 'maybe'. Depends on how well it'll be received Thursday. Luckily I can just order it for this Laptop too, if I want to.

Edited by Caescen, 20 October 2009 - 05:02 AM.

[Kelathin]

MensInvictaManet-PG, on Oct 19 2009, 02:05 PM, said:

http://en.wikipedia....ew_to_Windows_7

Enjoy. I should mention that although Windows 7 takes a lot from Vista, the kernel for it was built nearly from scratch. It's relation to Vista is mostly visual, and let's be honest... if Vista was to be rated on visuals alone, it was pretty nice.

So you think every feature listed in Win7 wiki article that is "new" is better than Vista counterpart? I've been using win7 since Janurary coupled with I'm not a fan of Aero snap or shake nor the new taskbar (I'm one of those guys who like classic 95 the best )

Berek-PG, on Oct 19 2009, 02:10 PM, said:

Multi-monitor support is something I'm really looking forward to in Windows 7. It's been a long-time coming, but finally we have an operating system truly focused on supporting more than one monitor at a time. It is almost becoming common to have two, maybe even more (I run a trio setup).

Combine that with DX11 multi-monitor support in games and my flight sims and FPS games are going to ROCK.

I like 4 moniters, but my desk is too small for that So I run 2, 2 monitor systems and a laptop for 5 screens!
I'm awaiting Dx11 cards...particularly seeing how Fermi stacks up to whatever ATI releases next.

[MensInvictaManet-PG]

Kelathin, on Oct 20 2009, 06:14 AM, said:

I'm awaiting Dx11 cards...particularly seeing how Fermi stacks up to whatever ATI releases next.

I'm confident that Fermi is going to wipe the floor with ATI's next line. Fermi info got put out and ATI had nothing to say about it... that makes me think they most likely are going to have trouble getting anywhere close to it.

[Berek-PG]

MensInvictaManet-PG, on Oct 20 2009, 01:37 PM, said:

I'm confident that Fermi is going to wipe the floor with ATI's next line. Fermi info got put out and ATI had nothing to say about it... that makes me think they most likely are going to have trouble getting anywhere close to it.

I wonder what mobile parts they'll introduce for it...

[freelance]

MensInvictaManet-PG, on Oct 20 2009, 11:37 PM, said:

I'm confident that Fermi is going to wipe the floor with ATI's next line. Fermi info got put out and ATI had nothing to say about it... that makes me think they most likely are going to have trouble getting anywhere close to it.

Actually they did have something to say about it.

http://www.hardocp.c...ng_eric_demers/

[MensInvictaManet-PG]

freelance, on Oct 20 2009, 11:10 PM, said:

Actually they did have something to say about it.

http://www.hardocp.c...ng_eric_demers/

Ah, very nice. It's kind of sad though that they had to imply a lot of things they don't have evidence for. Most of their stats on Fermi, like the price or the speed increase for gaming, are speculation, and the numbers for Fermi are higher, if you look into the actual press releases from nVidia. I'm not saying they are just trying to make Fermi look bad by making things up... it's entirely possible that they got that information back when it was true or something, but at the moment it is very much incorrect. Given that it was put out on the 14th of this month, I would say they knew this and released it intentionally.

Edited by MensInvictaManet-PG, 21 October 2009 - 11:50 AM.

[Kelathin]

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Given that it was put out on the 14th of this month, I would say they knew this and released it intentionally.

Mind clarifying what you mean?

[MensInvictaManet-PG]

Kelathin, on Oct 21 2009, 10:02 AM, said:

Mind clarifying what you mean?

That interview... it was posted a week ago. The information about Fermi was wrong at that point, making it look worse than it is... They should have posted an update regarding Fermi's stats that were released, and they didn't. I was just saying that I think that was intentional.

Edited by MensInvictaManet-PG, 21 October 2009 - 05:14 PM.

[Mizu]

I'm just randomly putting this out there so feel free to ignore this post.

http://www.dannychoo...pan Launch.html

[Kelathin]

Just in the spirit, I'll outdo your win7 link with

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That interview... it was posted a week ago. The information about Fermi was wrong at that point, making it look worse than it is... They should have posted an update regarding Fermi's stats that were released, and they didn't. I was just saying that I think that was intentional.

That happens often though, you as a game developer should know about how articles often get printed containing outdated information. With UaW often screenshots were released, often misrepresenting UaW as the graphics had significantly improved.

[Mizu]

@ Kel:
Oh, declaration of war?



Win 7 has a female Anime persona . I wouldn't be surprised if they made a Figure out of it.

[barrios1992]

Berek-PG, on Oct 15 2009, 05:02 PM, said:

I'm actually somewhat excited about it because Windows XP is getting old and Vista never really did it for me. Windows 7 seems like the answer in almost every case I care about, particularly DX11.

agreed

[Haasth]

Just ordered my Windows 7 though the Asus.com website. Just hoping everything went correctly. My verification email does talk about some... proof of purchase, meaning I'd have to scan the web-page and e-mail it, for god knows why. But they do not mention what it is required for.. and it already says that they are just processing the payment now and I will get an e-mail when it has been successfully processed. Little vague.

But hopefully. I should have my Windows 7 soon.

[slornie]

Caescen, on Oct 23 2009, 12:03 AM, said:

My verification email does talk about some... proof of purchase, meaning I'd have to scan the web-page and e-mail it, for god knows why. But they do not mention what it is required for.. and it already says that they are just processing the payment now and I will get an e-mail when it has been successfully processed. Little vague.

Probably proof of purchase of your laptop. They don't want to be giving copies of Windows 7 away to everyone who emails them

[tham007]

It's better for me to wait later. Even as a student, I still get discounts to purchase the OS.  

[MensInvictaManet-PG]

tham, you aren't going to beat $30 for Windows 7 unless you pirate it. It's as cheap as it's gonna get for students. You should really get it now.

Ghostly_Substance, on Oct 22 2009, 03:26 PM, said:

Win 7 has a female Anime persona . I wouldn't be surprised if they made a Figure out of it.

All versions of windows have a female anime persona. Look up "OS-tan".

http://randomdiscord...m/category/art/

Edited by MensInvictaManet-PG, 23 October 2009 - 05:03 PM.

[BOTA:99]

From what I have heard it is a very easy upgrade. It doesn't wipe your stuff out you already have in vista.

Edited by BOTA:99, 24 October 2009 - 08:59 PM.

[Berek-PG]

BOTA:99, on Oct 24 2009, 06:59 PM, said:

From what I have heard it is a very easy upgrade. It doesn't wipe your stuff out you already have in vista.

I typically reinstall Windows two or three times a year anyway, so I tend to stay away from "upgrade" choices and just spend a day enjoying a reinstall of Windows .

[MensInvictaManet-PG]

BOTA:99, on Oct 24 2009, 06:59 PM, said:

From what I have heard it is a very easy upgrade. It doesn't wipe your stuff out you already have in vista.

I did the Student version deal for the "upgrade version". It allows for completely wiping your harddrive from any OS or upgrading from Vista (...as long as you have the same version. You can't update from Vista 32 to Win7 64). There was a major problem with the distribution, where Digital River would provide you with an installer that would create a boot folder for you instead of just giving you an ISO... which I partially blame Microsoft for. They really should have kept a closer eye on the distributors of it's new OS.

...but after that headache, I got Win7 installed and installed all my stuff and now I run it on my home theater. I took some pictures of me putting the computer together and running games on it in case you guys wanted to see my setup.

Berek-PG, on Oct 24 2009, 07:05 PM, said:

I typically reinstall Windows two or three times a year anyway, so I tend to stay away from "upgrade" choices and just spend a day enjoying a reinstall of Windows .

I tend to do that when I use a computer a lot... at least I did that with XP a lot. Every 6 months or so. It wasn't that there was anything wrong with the computer, either... I just have a bit of OCD about everything being super-clean on my computer. If I've installed and uninstalled anything, I feel like I need a reformat. It's a bit silly, now that I think about it...

Edited by MensInvictaManet-PG, 26 October 2009 - 12:47 PM.