Calibrator on 13/5/2008 at 04:19
Quote Posted by RocketMan
It supposedly offers a 10% performance boost over sp2, at least in productivity software
I
strongly doubt that as long as I don't see benchmarks.
bye
Calibrator
twisty on 13/5/2008 at 12:23
It may very well be a coincidence but after installing SP3 I started getting system crashes with both Trackmania Forever and Assassins Creed; whereas I haven't had either game crash on me before. Since installing the latest Nvidia drivers I haven't had problem since. But as I said, it might just be a coincidence but strange never-the-less.
RocketMan on 13/5/2008 at 16:03
Quote Posted by Calibrator
I
strongly doubt that as long as I don't see benchmarks.
bye
Calibrator
Calm down guy, I don't make up facts for my own entertainment. Just type xp service pack 3 performance into google and you'll see the 1 benchmark that was performed using some sort of office productivity tool that I can't remember the name of.
Calibrator on 13/5/2008 at 19:14
Quote Posted by RocketMan
Calm down guy, I don't make up facts for my own entertainment. Just type xp service pack 3 performance into google and you'll see the 1 benchmark that was performed using some sort of office productivity tool that I can't remember the name of.
Now that's what I call "fact based argumentation".
Also I'm not overly excited so there's no need to calm down :p
bye
Calibrator
RocketMan on 13/5/2008 at 22:27
Ok so i shouldn't have used the word "fact"....but as always, reader beware. I'm sure there's some degree of merit to the benchmark.
bikerdude on 14/5/2008 at 09:29
The reboot bug is on ly effecting AMD users, basically microsoft dropped the ball - there is a missing amd .dll file. Put this file in the system32 folder and your good to go.
of course MS could just release the pack with the missing file - IDIOTS...
biker
The Fire Eater on 14/5/2008 at 11:51
I use AMD's CPU and could you please elaborate where and what exactly is the name of that .dll file located? Is it in the update and basically in the wrong folder? :confused: Thank you. :)
ffox on 14/5/2008 at 13:58
Don't wish to muddy the waters but....
I have an AMD machine and it has not suffered any bugs after installing SP3.
If you read a few of the google results it appears that the reported reboot bug affects Hewlett-Packard desktop computers with AMD CPUs but not HP AMD laptops. (
http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006932.html) See here. (My computer is not HP.)
I can't find anything about a missing file - searches seem to blame the bug on the activation of an Intel CPU file on an AMD CPU machine.
The file cited as being the culprit (
intelppm.sys) is also present in SP2. :confused:
I don't think we know enough yet to allocate blame or form any definite conclusions. (Except don't install SP3 yet if your PC is an HP AMD desktop.)
