Tuesday, May 5th 2009

Microsoft Windows 7 RC Available for Download
The wait is over, Microsoft has published the official download page for Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC), that's not some pirated torrent link. Offered now directly from Microsoft are five different language versions (English, German, Japanese, French, and Spanish) of both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7 RC. Minimum system specs to run Windows 7 include:
Source:
Microsoft
- 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
- 1 GB RAM (32-bit) / 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
- 16 GB available disk space (32-bit) / 20 GB (64-bit)
- DirectX 9 graphics processor with WDDM 1.0 or higher driver
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One glaring issue that I have had with Vista that I hope is cleared up by 7 is allowing for hardware sound acceleration. Vista doesn't do it, at all. Whatsoever. So while your sound card may end up cleaning up your sound and making it sound crisper and clearer than integrated at least, its processing and encoding power is not being utilized because Vista forces it to be processed by the CPU anyway.
So anyone knows if W7 is fully compatible with X-fi cards? or Creative has some drivers for W7?
and W7 RC will include new features?
3rd driver down the list is the Win 7 Beta.......
support.creative.com/Products/ProductDetails.aspx?catID=209&CatName=X-Fi&subCatID=208&subCatName=X-Fi&prodID=14066&prodName=Sound+Blaster+X-Fi+XtremeMusic
support.creative.com/kb/showarticle.aspx?sid=61105
I dont know what speed im getting, but I started about ten minutes ago and im already passed 40%.
EDIT: Found my speed. Here is what im getting.
YET
I'm installing Build 6850 right now(via USB :p). Now I enlisted the PS3 40Gig HDD(never found that stupid SSD) split it in half. I'm going to compare which one is faster than the other. Reason is I really really really LOVE build 6850 I HAVE ZERO ISSUES.
zero issues, had to install a fwe drivers via device manager, but even crossfire worked on the first go.
Getting better FPS in everything i've tested - my avg went from 280 to 300 in company of heroes - its totally noticeable (lol)
I asked this in another thread but i think it is more suited in this one.
I am trying to install the x64 now, but it keeps wanting me to install the cd/dvd drivers. I have googled around and alot of people are having this problem. I can't seem to get passed it and i don't know what drivers to download and use. I have tried running threw IDE and Sata and changing it to IHCI in BIOS but still no luck, I have also tried re burning the disk and it still doesn't work, any ideas?