Windows 8 Support?

Synapses · 2012-03-02, 12:13 AM

I wonder if we are going to see windows 8 support. I am about to install it.

I am also curious about SLI and Quad-core proc support as well. And for those that I know are curious, also Eyefinity support.

Some others im curious about is my keyboard the Logitech G15. I would LOVE to see support for my G15 with maybe ammo counters or implant status or something cool.

VanuMAXGuy · 2012-03-02, 12:31 AM

Windows 8 will not have any major changes like what happened from XP to Vista. If it works in 7, it will work in 8.

Traak · 2012-03-02, 12:35 AM

Funny. Playing PS on a touch-screen. Imagine the controls.

Double-tap to, well, double tap?

Bags · 2012-03-02, 01:03 AM

I imagine since forge light is a brand new engine it will work well with SLI and take advantage of multi core well, but they haven't said anything about that.

That one noob · 2012-03-02, 01:55 AM

Isn't W8 suppose to be formatted for tablets? And desktop is suppose to be an app? Ugh

Synapses · 2012-03-02, 02:06 AM

So after looking more in to Windows 8 (just read it was coming soon) I found out that its basically going to be useless for us gamers. Its a Tablet operating system... Look almost exactly like the new Xbox360 operating system... Pretty lame.

My question still stands for the CPU/SLI support, and the G15 Keyboard display.

Bags · 2012-03-02, 02:49 AM

Why would you want your keyboard to display ammo counters when it will be in the bottom right corner?

Synapses · 2012-03-02, 03:12 AM

Originally Posted by Bags

Why would you want your keyboard to display ammo counters when it will be in the bottom right corner?

I didnt mean specifically ammo counters. I meant to portray the idea of having something cool be displayed. I am trying to think of cool things they could show. Maybe a small version of the map or the base layout. Even flashing some kind of warning when there is incoming missiles. There is tons of things they could do. And I know there is a lot of gamers out there with the gaming swag hardware.

I personally have the G15 Keyboard, G35 headset, and the G9X mouse. And its all themed to NC colors at that.

Shogun · 2012-03-02, 05:53 AM

i never understood why logitech included lcds on some gamerware.
when i´m gaming, i keep my eyes on the screen, so this is where i want my infos and head ups to be.

maybe the lcd could be useful for displaying a voicechatlist. like teamspeak overlay did, just not onscreen but on keyboard. everytime someone uses voicechat his name appears on the lcd and stays there till the next one speaks, causing the old name to scroll up one place.
this way you could check who said what, even when hell breaks loose.

i don´t need really important warnings or infos there because i will most likely not notice if it´s not on the screen

Synapses · 2012-03-02, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by Shogun

i never understood why logitech included lcds on some gamerware.
when i´m gaming, i keep my eyes on the screen, so this is where i want my infos and head ups to be.

maybe the lcd could be useful for displaying a voicechatlist. like teamspeak overlay did, just not onscreen but on keyboard. everytime someone uses voicechat his name appears on the lcd and stays there till the next one speaks, causing the old name to scroll up one place.
this way you could check who said what, even when hell breaks loose.

i don´t need really important warnings or infos there because i will most likely not notice if it´s not on the screen

Those are good points, *shrug*.

Currently all it gets used for is my performance monitors and Teamspeak 3's plugin for it. Having an overlay built in to my keyboard is amazing.

Knocky · 2012-03-02, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by IDukeNukeml

Laugh OUT Loud.

IN his defense....he did start off by saying "IF it works....."

Gimpylung · 2012-03-02, 07:54 AM

Yeah, G15 LCD is useful for system monitoring while you're are in game. The few games that do support it always display redundant information.

I use the LCDSirReal plugin mainly, tells me how much bandwidth I'm using in both directions, CPU and RAM usage.

Multimon (Eyefinity/NV Surround/TH2go) would be nice. It's not even that they necessarily have to 'Support' it, more so that the don't block its use by locking in a fixed set of resolutions, aspect ratios and a fixed FOV. Fixed FOV's annoy everybody.

Battlefield 3 supports it beautifully.

Planetside didn't have any dev support for superwide but it more or less still worked, HUD was a bit ropey. Heres a vid I capped when my PS Werner hey day was long over...

Oryon22 · 2012-03-02, 09:18 AM

Anybody give the W8 trial a try?

exoteror · 2012-03-02, 09:33 AM

I have been using the developer version and seems quite nice but alot of features are missing right now. I woulden't use it as my primary OS untill release unless your asking for problems.

Seems quite nice and I will upgrade if I can get a good price for it.

Ailos · 2012-03-02, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by Oryon22

Anybody give the W8 trial a try?

I have and I wouldn't recommend it just yet. I actually like not having the start menu, unlike many others out there. I think the interface has potential, but in its current shape it is much more for tablets than for desktops and needs a lot of work before it can go to the store shelves. Performance wise, its not much different. And it won't be. Everything that runs on Win7 will run on Win8.