DX 8.0a update?

[xortam]

I'm installing Win98 on my new removable boot drive (first install in two years!!!) and I want to get feedback on how stable DX 8.0a is versus DX 7. It seemed many people were running into problems with the initial release, DX 8.0, but I haven't heard much about the sub-release. What do you folks think?

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• ASUS P2B-S Rev 1.03, PIII 850MHz, Award ACPI BIOS v1013, 256 MB RAM
• 9.1 GB Quantum Atlas 10K 9SCA Ulta160 mounted in inClose Mobile Dock PMD-96U3-SCA removable tray
• MYLEX FlashPoint RAID+ UW (BIOS v2.02N) running RAID 0 on two 9.1 GB IBM Ultrastar 9ES (DDRS-39130 U2W 68-pin) drives
• Diamond MX300 sound card, MX25 S/PDIF output in waiting
• Matrox Millennium G400 Max Dual Head - English
• NEC 5FG monitor
• Logitech MouseMan Wheel
• YAMAHA CRW4416S and NEC Multispin 3x CDs
• 3Com Fast EtherLink XL 10/100Mb TX NIC (3C905B-TX)
• US Robotics 56K Voice FaxModem Pro
• Pioneer DVD-303S SCSI
• Note--All SCSI devices (except disk drives on RAID) are connected to onboard AIC7890 U2W SCSI
• Mainly running Win98 v4.10.1998

[Grego]

I have been running it for a little more than a week, and so far have had no problems, with games or dvd-playback.


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System:
Asus A7V rev. 1.01p bios 1007
AMD Thunderbird 800
SBLive retail with liveware 3.0
Matrox g400 MAX pd 6.51
LG Flatron 795FT 17" monitor
IBM 13.5 GB 7200 hdd
Pioneer 103-s dvdrom
WinME
directx 8.0a
128mb pc133

[This message has been edited by Grego (edited 02 May 2001).]

[xortam]

Thanks for the feedback. I take it this was on WinME? I'm debating on installing it on Win98. Tomorrow I'll be installing W2K Advanced Server and I think I'll install it there unless somebody screams. Was not so sure about installing it on Win98.

[Grego]

Yes it was on WinME, havent tried it on Win98. I have not heard about any problems - as if that is any guarantee

[Lucid]

No problems here with Win98SE.



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AMD Athlon 600 MHz, MSI K7 Pro, 256 MB PC133 SDRAM, G400 32 MB DualHead, SB Live! Platinum, FastTrak66, 2 x Maxtor DiamondMax (total 40 GB), Toshiba SD-M1212, etc..

[ahartman]

I've got 8.0a installed on 98SE (Tribes2 needs it).

No problems here. I recently switched to the 6.51 drivers, but everything else in sig is accurate.

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PIII 550@605
IWill Motherboard VD133
VIA Chipset
256MB PC133 CAS2 Crucial
G400 DH 32MB (6.04 Drivers)
DirectX 7.0
SB Live! Value
8x DVD (Toshiba)
6x4x24 CDRW (Sony)
Intel Pro/100+ NIC
3Com CMX Cable Modem
Optiquest V95 19"
HP 812C Color Ink Jet
Microtek flatbed scanner
Intellimouse Explorer
Surround Sound w/two subwoofers
AND WAY TOO MANY GAMES!!!

[xortam]

Thanks all! I'll go ahead and take the plunge with Win98 and DX 8.

Looking forward to doing the W2K AS install on my second removable boot drive later today.

[Fat Tone]

ditto