DirectX 8 beta out!...Is this official? anyone try it yet?
- Thread starter Mr Pepper
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I wonder if there is any kind of a frame-rate boost in 3D? I'm a little scared to be honest. Not sure if it's an official beta...
Oh well, there is always the old "Format C:" option
Oh well, there is always the old "Format C:" option
apoppin
Lifer
Beta - great, that means there are probably bugs.
I am downloading now (3.6K a sec - I love my ISP connection - NOT!) but I will back up everything before installing this weekend (unless I hear how good/bad it is).
I am downloading now (3.6K a sec - I love my ISP connection - NOT!) but I will back up everything before installing this weekend (unless I hear how good/bad it is).
Started at 120KB/s and by the time it finished it was 13KB/s!
..better get it before it crashes or Microsoft shuts it down :Q
Good find Mr.Pepper!
..better get it before it crashes or Microsoft shuts it down :Q
Good find Mr.Pepper!
Well, got it installed it and benched it with 3dmark2000
The results:
no improvement in score. In fact, it was down from my previous score.
DX7: 5401
DX8 beta: 5355
Sytem specs:
Abit KA7 eith RY bios
Athlon @700 (.25 die)
128 megs PC100 @ 133mhz, set a turbo speed and 4 way interleave
Leadtek Geforce DDR rev.B (150mhz core, 340 mem (170mhz for all you non DDR types))
Quantum LM+ 10.2 gig
SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer
10/100 NIC
granted only a 56 point drop but no real improvement. I guess this can be attributed to it being beta version. I'll try it out on some games and see how it does.
Games I will use: Unreal Tournament
TFC
BattleZone (DON'T LAUGH!! Still a kick ass game)
Let ya know how it goes
The results:
no improvement in score. In fact, it was down from my previous score.
DX7: 5401
DX8 beta: 5355
Sytem specs:
Abit KA7 eith RY bios
Athlon @700 (.25 die)
128 megs PC100 @ 133mhz, set a turbo speed and 4 way interleave
Leadtek Geforce DDR rev.B (150mhz core, 340 mem (170mhz for all you non DDR types))
Quantum LM+ 10.2 gig
SoundBlaster Live! X-Gamer
10/100 NIC
granted only a 56 point drop but no real improvement. I guess this can be attributed to it being beta version. I'll try it out on some games and see how it does.
Games I will use: Unreal Tournament
TFC
BattleZone (DON'T LAUGH!! Still a kick ass game)
Let ya know how it goes
apoppin
Lifer
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Same results here:
AMD Athlon 600 overclocked to 735MHz
ABIT KA7
256MB PC100
Gigabyte GA-GF2560 32MB SDR GeForce o/c 150/200
Western Digital 27.3 Gig 7200 RPM ATA66 Hard Drive
Philips 4X DVD-ROM Drive
Plextor 8x4x32 CDRW Drive
Best Data 56K Mach 2 PCI Winmodem
Netgear FA310TX 10/100 PCI Ethernet Card
Sound Blaster Live! Sound Card
Win9x, nVidia 5.30 drivers
3DMark2000
DX7 4695
DX8 4678
AMD Athlon 600 overclocked to 735MHz
ABIT KA7
256MB PC100
Gigabyte GA-GF2560 32MB SDR GeForce o/c 150/200
Western Digital 27.3 Gig 7200 RPM ATA66 Hard Drive
Philips 4X DVD-ROM Drive
Plextor 8x4x32 CDRW Drive
Best Data 56K Mach 2 PCI Winmodem
Netgear FA310TX 10/100 PCI Ethernet Card
Sound Blaster Live! Sound Card
Win9x, nVidia 5.30 drivers
3DMark2000
DX7 4695
DX8 4678
Mr. Pepper, ya, Win98 SE
I decided not to use BattleZone since many of you are unfortunate enough not to have played it. So, I'll stick with UT and TFC.
I always use 1024*768 16bit. I could care less about playing 32bit, but I'll do that next time.
In the flyby for UT, lock up. 2nd time lockup. 3rd time was a charm and got an average of 60.32 fps (my strength and brutality are legendary).
PLayed a couple of assualt games and weird things happens when the sh$t hits the fan with an invasion. During extreme fights, everyone and their brother shooting in close quarters, the gameplay slowed way down. Almost like in slow motion. Never had that happen before. I average out in games around 45-55 fps depending on the map and how many bullets are whizzing by my head.
The colors were a bit better and the lighting effects improved that I could tell. Textures looked smoother, in my opinion, and effects such as water improved. Eye candy wise I think it's better. performance wise still not sure.
In TFC nothing really changed. Worked fine just as it did before. Around 70fps with Dx7 and smae thing with this Dx8.
will try other things and let you folks know.
I decided not to use BattleZone since many of you are unfortunate enough not to have played it. So, I'll stick with UT and TFC.
I always use 1024*768 16bit. I could care less about playing 32bit, but I'll do that next time.
In the flyby for UT, lock up. 2nd time lockup. 3rd time was a charm and got an average of 60.32 fps (my strength and brutality are legendary
). PLayed a couple of assualt games and weird things happens when the sh$t hits the fan with an invasion. During extreme fights, everyone and their brother shooting in close quarters, the gameplay slowed way down. Almost like in slow motion. Never had that happen before. I average out in games around 45-55 fps depending on the map and how many bullets are whizzing by my head.
The colors were a bit better and the lighting effects improved that I could tell. Textures looked smoother, in my opinion, and effects such as water improved. Eye candy wise I think it's better. performance wise still not sure.
In TFC nothing really changed. Worked fine just as it did before. Around 70fps with Dx7 and smae thing with this Dx8.
will try other things and let you folks know.
Not sure about uninstall. Never tried it but I imagine that loading DX7a would overwrite the Dx8 files wouldn't it?
Well I'll be a monkey's uncle.
UT WAS in fact in 32 bit colors. I have no idea when I did that.
Maybe that would explain the color richness being better.
UT WAS in fact in 32 bit colors. I have no idea when I did that.
Maybe that would explain the color richness being better.
Of course, it is beta.. and the drivers do not fully support it yet..
I dont think we'll see much in the line of performance anyway, just newer features..
I dont think we'll see much in the line of performance anyway, just newer features..
apoppin
Lifer
Here is a review:
http://www.italian3dnow.it/recensioni/dx8beta/index_eng.shtml
And you're stuck with it - no going back to DX7.
http://www.italian3dnow.it/recensioni/dx8beta/index_eng.shtml
And you're stuck with it - no going back to DX7.
I installed it and DirectX Properties now shows version 8 for everything EXCEPT Direct3D which is still version 7. So go figure how there could be any significant improvement in 3D games.
BEWARE Once you go to DX8 there is no turning back. You can't uninstall it, plus it's a beta version and there have already been complaints on this forum about it. If your daring and have no fear of reformatting I say "Go for it" My two cents.
I'd be careful with installing it.....a guy said UT wouldn't play in D3D.......and as you know, you can't uninstall or "go back" with directX......just wait until the official version comes out
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