anyone tried Vista SP2 Beta yet?

[roid450]

There already is a sp2 beta thread in the OS forum
bsobel


It made my PC all kinds of fast :evil:

http://technet.microsoft.com/e.../library/dd335032.aspx


*Adds new capabilities to Direct X Graphic display reliability. The graphics experience has been greatly improved for users, such as gamers, running applications that require a lot of graphics processing.
source: http://technet.microsoft.com/e.../library/dd335036.aspx

^^ That I kinda call BS on. I have the ultra config for Crysis and my FPS are up some but not insane amount. Assassins Creed showed a lil better gain as well as Warhead on all Enthusiast. FC2 also benefited but its not a huge gain.

Normal windows usage is noticeably faster, just like when I tried SP3 for XP, file system is faster now too, I have 13K+ pictures on my PC and they load almost instantly with no lag when viewing thumbnails and switching windows.

**beware: if you have a Creative sound card, the SP2 will probably reset your settings. I have a 5.1 setup and had to go back and reconfigure everything.

 

[haffey]

besides the file system, did you notice any other differences? i might have to see this for myself.

 

[mb]

I tried to give it a go on my laptop, but after finishing step 2 of 3 (I don't think it went to step 3 yet, unless step 3 only takes one second), it hung on shutting down for over 2 and a half hours. I forced the computer off and then it wouldn't start back up. I just got a black screen with this:

!! 0xc0000034 !! 132/47822 (_000000000000000000.cdf-ms)