For those who installed DX 8.1...

chottoED · Post by **chottoED** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 2:37 am

what do u think? any noticeable gains?

Mutant_Lead · Post by **Mutant_Lead** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 10:25 am

Don't know if 14 3d marks ala 3d mark 2001 is significant, but initial test post- 8.1 install is 14 higher than 8.0. I don't believe 14 marks is noticable-i read that a 100 mark difference is not noticable by us mere humans

Did you see any diference in 3d mark 2001?

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 10:46 am

yea...I got about 25 extra. big deal. atleast there arnt any Probs.

Greg

blade · Post by **blade** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 11:03 am

Holey moley, 24.5 megs! It'd take me 2 days to get it,hehe

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 11:29 am

Poor blade..

I downloaded a 137mb demo in 45 minutes.

Gotta love DSL...

Mutant_Lead · Post by **Mutant_Lead** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 11:31 am

Haha, no doubt, blade...it was a long download as i am broadband challenged...it would be nice if Microsoft would offer a 8.1 update that would just add the new/changed files vs. the whole ball of wax---assuming it would be like 5 megs or so...I wish i could say it is worth it, but as nexus said "big deal"

wait till it's offered on a game cd and save the time you would spend on downloading for playing a cool game

nexus_7 · Post by **nexus_7** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 11:36 am

they will probably have the Updates on there update section soon they are usually around 9 meg there I think.

Greg

Slugbait · Post by **Slugbait** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 1:24 pm

I downloaded a 137mb demo in 45 minutes. Gotta love DSL...

I downloaded a 134mb demo in 13 minutes. And it had to hop all the way from Indiana, too.

Gotta love cable more...

The above comment was not meant to ridicule, embarrass and/or otherwise make other individuals participating in this thread feel inferior about their bandwidth limitations or internet connectivity issues in any way.

ok, it was. So sue me...

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Sat Nov 10, 2001 3:56 pm

So? You probably got it off a faster server.

I was only able to transfer 37 kb/sec But, the speed of our DSL is 640 kbs down stream.

Always depends though.

Slugbait · Post by **Slugbait** » Sun Nov 11, 2001 12:27 am

You probably got it off a faster server.

Perhaps. But that's why I chose a server 1500 miles away, just to make it a little more fair. I was getting no less than 155 kb/sec, maxed at 162...and on a Saturday afternoon, too. And I tweaked my registry months ago (of course), otherwise I'd be downloading at less than half the speed.

OK, so I was bragging a bit...

Just playing with ya. I actually considered DSL three years ago, but cable was available in my neighborhood first, and I jumped...darn glad, too. If cable wasn't here, I'd be peachy-keen with DSL...

knight0334 · Post by **knight0334** » Thu Nov 15, 2001 4:24 pm

I dont play any FPS games, but my Diablo II LOD visuals quality increased a noticable difference.

Wipeout · Post by **Wipeout** » Sat Nov 17, 2001 8:33 pm

Originally posted by Sean
Poor blade.. I downloaded a 137mb demo in 45 minutes. Gotta love DSL...

Just so you know, it would have taken me 2.5 minutes.. gotta love uncapped cable..

I didn't notice any difference in DX 8.1 at all.