[I.S.T.]

Originally Posted by Ike Turner

eh?
open tab and:

You might want to use a different image host that doesn't bring up an adult chat room/web cam site popup.

[Grall]

Originally Posted by Ike Turner

open tab and:

I'm not getting that option.

I don't understand why they can't just make it restore the session automatically like it was in IE7, and like it's been working in Mozilla since...forever. Microsoft always has to find a way to screw with people somehow, just for the sake of it.

[Kaotik]

Originally Posted by Grall

I'm not getting that option.

I don't understand why they can't just make it restore the session automatically like it was in IE7, and like it's been working in Mozilla since...forever. Microsoft always has to find a way to screw with people somehow, just for the sake of it.

It's automatic if the session is closed unexpectedly (computer crash etc)

Check that when you open a new tab it opens about:Tabs page

[Ike Turner]

Or you can make the about:Tabs your home page.

[Arwin]

Well, I just installed IE9 as well, and I have to say, it is definitely a big improvement. ACiD3 wise also, as I get 95/100 this time, which is a huge step forward.

[Babel-17]

slashdot has a link that shows off some hardware acceleration.

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/03...nions#comments

Here's the link.

http://www.smashcat.org/av/canvas_test/

I'm getting 97 fps with Mozilla 4 RC, core clock at 400 MHz, gpu usage jumping up and down around 20%.

IE 9 gets me 288 fps with the core clock at 915 MHz, gpu usage at 16% now though before it was a steady 27% (hmmm).

Having two browsers open might be messing up the results though I keep only instance of that page open at a time.

Factory overclocked HD 6870.

[Arwin]

Interesting. I get 16fps in Firefox, 36fps in Opera and Chrome, and 66fps in IE9 (I have a Radeon 5570)

[Davros]

I get 55 in opera and waiting in ie8

[Kaotik]

171MHz in IE9, but that's on 300MHz core, doesn't kick in 3d clocks. (hd6870/11.4pre)

edit: FPS, not MHz

[Babel-17]

I never should have had two browsers opened. With just IE 9 open I get core clocks alternating between 300 and 400 MHz. Memory jumps around too.

[Kaotik]

Originally Posted by Babel-17

I never should have had two browsers opened. With just IE 9 open I get core clocks alternating between 300 and 400 MHz. Memory jumps around too.

Which card?

My HD6870 is at 300/300 (since I installed 11.4 previews, dunno why the clocks got higher than the old 100/300 idle) or 300/1050 if h.264 content is being viewed (UVD clocks)

http://www.smashcat.org/av/canvas_test/ stays on 300/300 clocks, and now I got 250'ish FPS, dunno why.

[Babel-17]

Originally Posted by Kaotik

Which card?

My HD6870 is at 300/300 (since I installed 11.4 previews, dunno why the clocks got higher than the old 100/300 idle) or 300/1050 if h.264 content is being viewed (UVD clocks)

http://www.smashcat.org/av/canvas_test/ stays on 300/300 clocks, and now I got 250'ish FPS, dunno why.

I have that tri-fan monster Gigabyte makes.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814125357

As I mentioned in another thread, I too find my 2d clocks are now 300/300 with newer drivers.

I'm running the 11.4 previews.

[Sinistar]

My HD6970 clocks switch between 250, and 500 MHz, and i get 295 FPS, second card not used. Frame rate does not change when clocks change, but GPU activity does, being higher at the lower clock speed.

Edit: in Chrome I get 59 FPS.

[Ike Turner]

310fps here on stock 5870 with With CAT 11.4

Edit: but it's highly depepdnon the GPU Clocks. Without anythingopenedI hit310FPs,whn I opened catalyst to check out the core/memeclosk it dropped to 220fps(and clocks went totally bockers, then down to idle :~150mhz). Closed the CCC then it started to slowly go up again and finally settled at 310fps.

[Miksu]

Originally Posted by Arwin

Well, I just installed IE9 as well, and I have to say, it is definitely a big improvement. ACiD3 wise also, as I get 95/100 this time, which is a huge step forward.

Microsoft guys stated in one DotNetRocks-podcast that they will probably never reach 100% because some of the tests contain stuff related to SVG fonts. Microsoft sees that SVG fonts will soon be replaced by some other technology (which name I can't remember).

[suryad]

310 fps while a bunch of other tabs and applications are running in the background as well.

[Grall]

Originally Posted by Kaotik

Check that when you open a new tab it opens about:Tabs page

Yeah, I realized that must be the case after I'd made the post, I always use the about:blank page since the new tab page was absolutely horrid in previous IE versions (IMO, of course...)

Since I can turn off the suggested sites now, the tab page is now acceptable to use.

Originally Posted by Ike Turner

Or you can make the about:Tabs your home page.

That's a very good tip. I'll certainly try it out, thanks.

[Grall]

Originally Posted by Babel-17

IE 9 gets me 288 fps with the core clock at 915 MHz, gpu usage at 16% now though before it was a steady 27% (hmmm).

Got just under 310FPS most of the time on my CF 6970s (although I doubt IE actually gets any crossfire action...), downclocked to 500MHz core. Fan didn't even rev up by the way.

Clocks and volts are all over the place btw. Memory in particular jumps between 150MHz, 625 and 1375, volts skipping around between 0.9, 1 and 1.175 for no discernible reason. AMD needs to work on this aspect btw, looks very messy and unprofessional.

CPU useage in IE9 is commendably low btw. It sat at ~1% with a couple flash animations running, that's really good. Of course, with GPUs being so power hungry these days, who can say if we're actually saving any power by off-loading stuff to the GPU...

[I.S.T.]

I got 66 FPS with no other browsers open. I only have a GTS 250 though.

[Malo]

Definitely a lot faster rendering than their previous offerings and I like the cut down interface. Definitely Chrome-like.

However, still no granular control over cookies, saved passwords etc. It's stupid having to remove ALL cookies or saved passwords just to remove one, unless I'm missing something?

I'll stick with Firefox.

[suryad]

I think you are right about that Malo. Here is hoping some decent add-ons come along that solve those sorts of functionality.

[Arwin]

I really like the warning functionality about which plugins cause what type of delay by the way. It definitely prompted me to kick out one or two of them.

[Dave Glue]

IE9: 280 FPS
FF4 RC: 100fps

Rig: E5400 2.7ghz, 2GB RAM, Radeon 5450

Looks like we're all limited by our desktop 3D clocks.

Otherwise I like it, I don't think I'll move from FF4 just yet but it's definitely *fast* - on the majority of the sites it's scrolling speed and smoothness is unmatched amongst any browser, and it definitely has the highest degree of GPU acceleration.

One thing that bugs me about this and FF4 - DirectWrite. It's highly sensitive to the type of font and background, more so in ways than Cleartype and especially OSX rendering. OSX rendering is "blurrier" than Cleartype but somewhat makes up for it with very attractive and accurate text rendering IMO. With DirectWrite, it seems to combine the worst of both worlds - some slight kerning improvements but fonts still look "computerized", and aliasing can still be present depending upon the font - along with increased blurriness. Not a huge fan so far.

[Malo]

oh and one more thing, it STILL doesn't have a built-in spell checker.

[Silent_Buddha]

Looks like Final version of IE9 has been released and according to mail I just received, they have changed the functionality of search to meet my needs. Downloading now to see if it does or not.

[edit] Nope, bloody idiots didn't do anything to address my issue even though they said it was resolved in the final release. /sigh.

Regards,
SB