Windows 8 Consumer Preview Thread
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Note you cannot upgrade from this version.
Well, I finally binned Windows 8 (don't get upset, this isn't a rant post).
I've been running the Enterprise Edition for 9 days now, and have two issues that, at the moment, are stopping me from permanently migrating to Win 8.
1. Standby. I tend to put my machine to sleep when it's not in use, and unfortunately at the moment, Windows 8 has decided it doesn't want to resume from standby. Machine powers on, fans are spinning, monitor stays blank.
After Googling around, it sounds like a graphics driver issue .... which brings me to:
2. FPS. I've been playing D3 and Wow over the last week and, most noticeably in Wow, my FPS isn't going above 20. Using an Sapphire 6790, and it's fairly naff on Win 8 it has to be said at the moment. Just re-ghosted my machine to Win 7 and immediately back on 60 FPS solid.
I've no doubt these issues will be sorted when we get closer to retail availability, and I've kept a ghost image of my Win 8 install which I can revisit as new drivers arrive, but until then, as a gamer, it looks like I'm back to Windows 7 for now.
I've been running the Enterprise Edition for 9 days now, and have two issues that, at the moment, are stopping me from permanently migrating to Win 8.
1. Standby. I tend to put my machine to sleep when it's not in use, and unfortunately at the moment, Windows 8 has decided it doesn't want to resume from standby. Machine powers on, fans are spinning, monitor stays blank.
After Googling around, it sounds like a graphics driver issue .... which brings me to:
2. FPS. I've been playing D3 and Wow over the last week and, most noticeably in Wow, my FPS isn't going above 20. Using an Sapphire 6790, and it's fairly naff on Win 8 it has to be said at the moment. Just re-ghosted my machine to Win 7 and immediately back on 60 FPS solid.
I've no doubt these issues will be sorted when we get closer to retail availability, and I've kept a ghost image of my Win 8 install which I can revisit as new drivers arrive, but until then, as a gamer, it looks like I'm back to Windows 7 for now.
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that's very interesting, Infidelus, because I had the same issue on the Release Preview with the locking up. I assumed that it was due to the version I had being not quite ready but what you say is quite worrying. It was certainly a pest having to restart the machine.
Now I have a 470 graphics card and there are official Windows 8 drivers for it which is why, on the games I tried, there were no speed issues. Mind, I have my games on Steam and those games that logged in to Games for Windows failed to work at all.
I hope you re right and it is a driver issue as that should be solved quite easily. I am hoping to get the upgrade once it is released but not if it still has problems.
Now I have a 470 graphics card and there are official Windows 8 drivers for it which is why, on the games I tried, there were no speed issues. Mind, I have my games on Steam and those games that logged in to Games for Windows failed to work at all.
I hope you re right and it is a driver issue as that should be solved quite easily. I am hoping to get the upgrade once it is released but not if it still has problems.
Doesn't exist in windows 8. I think it tabs between metro apps now if you have any open.
This sounding very much like an AMD graphics driver issue (no surprises there then).
I use an NVidia graphics card and under 8 I am seeing the same framerate in all games I play, including SWTOR which can be a general pain when there is a lot going on screen.
Also it happily wakes up from sleep, one press of the spacebar and I'm up and running within seconds.
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Does anyone know what this is all about? No matter what I do here, I can't get a third column to work; as I shuffle icons around I just end up with those two icons stuck there on their own, which is rather frustrating.
You can't. It wraps on every large tile or 2 small tiles. It would be nice to have more flexibility in how you can arrange your tiles. Almost like the desktop equivalent of turning off auto arrange icons.
Great. Now I'm actually going to have to plan software installations based on this.
Thanks.
Great. Now I'm actually going to have to plan software installations based on this.
Thanks.
What are you actually trying to do. You don't need to plan installations. You can pick them up and move them about.
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What are you actually trying to do. You don't need to plan installations. You can pick them up and move them about.
To some extent but they tend to arrange themselves as one moves them. As someone mentioned above, we could do with the ability to turn off the 'auto arrange' function so the layout can look the way the user wants and not the way Microsoft says they want.
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Great. Now I'm actually going to have to plan software installations based on this.
Thanks.
Not sure what or who you're planning for? But FWIW I don't use the Start Screen for legacy programs. If they're used a lot I pin them to the Desktop Taskbar. Otherwise I'd just use WINKEY+Type Search, or get them from the All Applications in Start Screen.
I just leave the Start Screen for the standard Win8 apps.
It works for me, but I guess it depends how you used to use the Start Menu, if you navigated everything through All Programs it's going to be a harder transition.
Yes they all shuffle up to the top of each column, we could do with more options, but I'm not sure that is what JHeaton is on about.
This. Coming in and out of the Start screen will drive you nuts after a while.
Just me. I have issues with things not being arranged a certain way.
I'd have preferred it if you basically just had an invisible grid and you could stick any tile in any of the available slots, and not have Windows automatically arrange them this way. I'd rather have two full columns of four icons, then one half-column of two, than to have two new columns started with one icon at the top of each. Well, I'd rather have three full columns, but you know.
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Does anyone know what this is all about? No matter what I do here, I can't get a third column to work; as I shuffle icons around I just end up with those two icons stuck there on their own, which is rather frustrating.
You can fit more tiles by start screen, charms, tiles, show more tiles.
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You can create your own groups which may over come this to a point. You'll just end up with the dividers/spaces between each group. But it won't get round the half columns...
I'm pretty sure that we'll see more options in the future months, now they've got the basics finished.
I'm pretty sure that we'll see more options in the future months, now they've got the basics finished.
Bah, forgive my ignorance, I'm still getting used to this whole thing. What are charms?
Nevermind, got it.
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That's the impression I got too after Googling around. I'll wait for some new ATI drivers and try again.