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what do u think? any noticeable gains?

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?

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

Greg

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

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

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

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

Greg

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...

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.

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...

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

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.