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Title: DX8
Post by: CRASH on June 13, 2001, 09:23:00 PM
After pyro's beta anouncement I'm suprised that there doesnt seem to be any mention of it on the gen board.  I guess it's been pushed aside for the far more interesting and ongoing Cit scandal  :)
     Anyway, how's everyone been running dx8?  I haven't upgraded to it yet, due to some rather ugly comments I seem to remember comin' from this community.  Any advantages to usin' it?

CRASH
Title: DX8
Post by: Exile on June 13, 2001, 09:30:00 PM
I've been running DX8 since it came out and it's been smooth sailing so far.

System:
1gig T-Bird
Abit KT7A-Raid
256mg CAS2
GeForce DDR
always the latest nvidia drivers
W98 SE
Title: DX8
Post by: bloom25 on June 13, 2001, 09:37:00 PM
If you have Windows 2000 or ME ( ME comes with a horrible version called 7.1), yes, go to 8a.  If you already have 7a under windows 9x then going to 8 won't gain you much yet.

I'll warn you that going to DX 8 will "break" RW.  You will have to set it to WAV recording, instead of direct sound recording.
Title: DX8
Post by: Ozark on June 13, 2001, 09:46:00 PM
Used DX8a for the last two to three months. Only problem was in using "direct" in RW (like Bloom said)...changed to wav and end of problem.

A7V KT133a
AMD Thunderbird 1 GHz
ATI Radeon 64MB DDR
512MB SDRAM..PC133..CL=2
IBM 75GXP HD 30G
Sound Blaster Live
Title: DX8
Post by: 2Late4U on June 13, 2001, 11:08:00 PM
I can say without hesitation, that DX8 was the least troublesome of any DX upgrade Ive done :D    So far the only glitch Ive encountered is that in order to use my video in, I need to reboot if I've played any 3d games.
Title: DX8
Post by: SOB on June 14, 2001, 01:43:00 AM
Quote
Originally posted by bloom25:
I'll warn you that going to DX 8 will "break" RW.  You will have to set it to WAV recording, instead of direct sound recording.

Not necessarily...at least, not for me.
Title: DX8
Post by: Pepe on June 14, 2001, 02:35:00 AM
I just canīt use RW in Full-Duplex. Besides of that, once into the game, I can't Alt-Tab, as it usually hangs the system. It's all RW related.

Besides that, Dx8.0a here, with no apparent problems.

Cheers,

Pepe
Title: DX8
Post by: AcId on June 14, 2001, 08:36:00 AM
Been on DX8.0a since it's release and haven't had any problems but this it really a moot point due to the fact that we are not using the Beta exe yet.

Win98SE
One Intel Pentium 4 processor 1.5 GHz with 400-MHz Front Side Bus
256-KB Level 2 cache integrated on processor
Intel 850 chipset with AGP4X support and 400-MHz Front Side Bus support
256mb ECC RDRAM
Ultra 160 SCSI controller
2 High-performance 10,000 rpm 18.2Gb Ultra160 SCSI hard drives
32mb LeadTek GeForce2
Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter NIC  
32-bit, PCI-based system
Six total slots (five PCI, one AGP)
Five bays (three external, two internal)
DVD-ROM and CD-RW
Integrated SoundBlaster 128 audio, internal speaker
Title: DX8
Post by: Thorns on June 15, 2001, 06:03:00 PM
Bloom25,

I been using DirectX beta 8.1 and having no problems.  I went to get it again and all the links have been removed....What gives?

Thorns
Title: DX8
Post by: Thorns on June 15, 2001, 06:04:00 PM
Bloom25,

I been using DirectX beta 8.1 and having no problems.  I went to get it again and all the links have been removed....What gives?

Thorns
 
Please delete this post.........doh!

[ 06-15-2001: Message edited by: Thorns ]
Title: DX8
Post by: Wilbus on June 16, 2001, 01:24:00 AM
No problem with DX8 and RW here.
Title: DX8
Post by: Nomde on June 17, 2001, 12:44:00 PM
I have Windows Me, DirectX 8.0, and have my RW set on .WAV. No problems so far.    :)

Nomde
56th FG/63rd FS

[ 06-17-2001: Message edited by: Nomde ]
Title: DX8
Post by: LLv34_Snefens on June 17, 2001, 01:01:00 PM
I just changed to DX8.0a. I had a little problem with RW as well, but got it sorted with upgrading to newest version and going to Wav-recording.

Sitting on a field that is under shell bombardment in the AH-DX-beta sounds too cool now. Generally I really like the new sound. Gonna be interesting to see what new graphic there will come.

Snef