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Old 20 September 2005, 03:17 PM
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just been looking at beta 2. looks quite good
Old 20 September 2005, 03:22 PM
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whats new ?
Old 20 September 2005, 03:50 PM
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erm...

nice new pretty colours & icons......

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nicer user file search

erm...think its more of a complete rewrite...
Old 20 September 2005, 07:44 PM
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And you need at least 512MB RAM and a Direct X9 compaitble Video card just to contemplate running it.
Old 20 September 2005, 07:46 PM
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Make that 1gig
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yes you certainly need a 3d hardware graphics card & yes probably lots of ram but i think they are standard these days
Old 21 September 2005, 12:40 PM
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3D graphics cards may be common, but not so many have the ability to decode DX9 instructions. Anyone with a GeForce 4 and below (many, many people still use GF2 MXs) will not be able to run it.
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i duuno but im sure theyve thought of that and got it covered. Im sure theyre not expecting vital upgrades needed on all company machines
Old 21 September 2005, 03:07 PM
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Is there anyway non ms members can download and test?
Old 21 September 2005, 03:27 PM
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Oh and it's got a new filesystem called..... (Queue Bioforger).
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