its not the same. the older build... had some issues with ASUS mobos this build suppose to fix it... problay asus fixed it... anyway its both Beta 8.03 but this one... is problay modified by asus (to fix some issues)

Some gamma issue with Direct3D ... FFXI is messed up.

I hadn't heard that, I haven't been keeping up with the betas lately since I like the official & Omega ones just spiffy. If these have the official controls I'll give 'em a whirl just to see that! (Well, that and I'm loving me newly modified 9700 pro back in my rig after that icky 5900. ;) )

Mozilla/Firefox, add Adblock extension for browsing nirvana

i dont see popups... only small not noticeable ads but its ok... and its fast.. so that means its not the website. its your crappy computer. get rid the spyware and all the "weird" stuff you got there..