 Nvidia nForce1/2/3 System Drivers 5.10 WHQL
Nvidia have a new set of nForce drivers out, version 5.10 WHQL for windows 2000/XP! supporting the following chipsets:
nForce 220, nForce 220D, nForce 415 and nForce 420D nForce2 and nForce2 400 nForce2 Ultra and nForce2 Ultra 400 nForce2 400R and nForce2 Ultra 400Gb nForce3 150 and nForce3 PRO 150 nForce3 250, nForce3 250Gb and nForce3 PRO 250.
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: September 18, 2004, 12:56 pm
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 Ad-Aware SE Personal edition 1.05
Lavasoft released Ad-Aware SE Personal edition 1.05 to the public! Ad-aware Standard Edition is the award winning, free (for private use), multicomponent detection and removal utility that consistently leads the industry in safety, user satisfaction, support and reliability. With its ability to comprehensively scan your memory, registry, hard, removable and optical drives for known datamining, aggressive advertising, and tracking components, Ad-aware will provide the user with the confidence to surf the Internet knowing that their privacy will remain intact. Let Ad-aware protect your privacy.
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: September 18, 2004, 12:52 pm
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 Call of Duty: United Offensive SP Demo
Activision have released the single-player demo for Call of Duty: United Offensive, allowing you to sample the newly released World War II first-person shooter expansion by Gray Matter Studios. This standalone demo offers the intro level from the add-on, set during the Battle of the Bulge in the Ardennes.
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: September 18, 2004, 12:49 pm
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World of Warcraft Collector's Edition
Blizzard announced today the World of Warcraft Collector's Edition, the contents of which should please anyone looking forward to the game. In addition to offering the game in both CD and DVD versions, you get Art of World of Warcraft, a "200+ page hardcover art book," a behind the scenes DVD, signed manual, official soundtrack on CD, cloth maps, a 10-day "guest pass" to give to a friend, and an "exclusive" in-game pet. The pets are non-combat animals you can purchase all over the game world, and they currently include cats, parrots, owls, and snakes. These are different from the pets owned by the Hunter player class, which fight alongside them and can be tamed rather than purchased.
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: September 18, 2004, 12:49 pm
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The Matrix Online Delay
The Matrix Online has news that they have set a release date and have details on the preorder program. The game has been delayed so it can be released simultaneously in the US and Europe.
SEGA of America, Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced that the release date of The Matrix Online, the massively multi-player online game, will be January 18, 2005. Originally slated for a November ship date, the January release will allow the co-publishers to implement plans to launch the game simultaneously in Europe.
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: September 18, 2004, 12:48 pm
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Half-Life 2 submitted to VU
Valve officials confirm that the long-delayed shooter is thisclose from gold status.
After years of missed launch dates and release mishaps, the Half-Life 2 saga is entering its final chapter. Doug Lombardi, Valve's director of marketing, confirmed to GameSpot today that the release candidate for the game has been sent to its publisher, VU Games, for approval. "Yes, the release candidate went to VUG yesterday," he said.
Word of the submission first came via a forum post from Valve CEO Gabe Newell. "The RC went to VU yesterday," read Newell's one-line post on the hl2fallout.com forums. In light of the recent false postings on the site, shacknews.com confirmed the post's authenticity. "Yes. Getting close," Newell responded.
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: September 18, 2004, 12:47 pm
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Tribes Vengeance Single Player Demo
The single-player demo for Tribes: Vengeance is now available, offering a chance to try out the upcoming sci-fi first-person shooter sequel by Irrational Games. This demo sports one mission "that takes place about half-way through the game. As Daniel, the leader of the Children of the Phoenix, you must complete a traditional combat trial alongside two AI companions, as waves of enemies charge into the arena.
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: September 11, 2004, 1:12 pm
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Warhammer 40.000 Dawn of War Demo
THQ has released a playable demo (334MB) for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War, allowing you to test your skills in this just gold 3D real-time strategy game by Relic Entertainment. The demo includes an amazing intro, one single player mission, two skirmish maps that you can play as Space Marines, and a tutorial to Space Marines.
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: September 11, 2004, 1:11 pm
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 Catalyst 4.9 Out
ATI released Catalyst 4.9 for your download pleasure.
Resolved CATALYST? Driver Issues
This section provides information on CATALYST? driver issues that have been resolved in the latest release of CATALYST?. These include the following:
Doom3 performance improves 10-15% on ATI RADEON? X800 XT products when anti-aliasing is enabled.
UT2004 performance improves considerably on the ATI RADEON? 9500 PRO, RADEON? 9700 PRO RADEON? 9800 PRO and RADEON? 9800 XT products. The benefit can be 25% or more in some circumstances, particularly at extreme graphics settings such as 6xAA + 16xAF
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: September 11, 2004, 1:09 pm
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Tribes: Vengeance open BETA
The ultimate high-flying multiplayer FPS battle experience returns with deadlier weapons, enhanced jetpacks featuring faster and more versatile flight and in-depth strategic team action for up to 32 players.
Note: This will require you to sign up to participate in the Tribes: Vengeance Beta. This is open to anybody with a basic FilePlanet account. you can sign up on the Tribes: Vengeance sign up page.
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: September 6, 2004, 12:18 am
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Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault single-player demo
The promised single-player demo for Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault is now online, offering the first opportunity to try out this World War II first-person shooter sequel by EA Pacific. This massive download is in essence the E3 demo, containing the Henderson Field, Guadalcanal Island level from the full game.
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: September 6, 2004, 12:14 am
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The second phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins
The second phase of the Half-Life 2 preload begins to Steam account holders today.
This will allow users to download the majority of the audio of Half-Life 2 in encrypted form. No purchase is required to pre-load Half-Life 2, but is required to activate the game. The moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased Half-Life 2 via Steam will be ready to start playing right away.
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: September 6, 2004, 12:13 am
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 New version of Windows planned for 2006
Microsoft Corp., world's largest software maker, announced yesterday that it will release the next version of Windows operating system, code-named Longhorn, in the second half of 2006. The company was unsure about Longhorn's release for quite some time, but seems to have reached a goal due to end-customer inquires.
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: August 30, 2004, 11:27 am
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3Dmark05 to arrive in two weeks
It's almost finished and we managed to hear about it even though Futuremark is extremely conservative company when it comes to NDAs and information leaks.
Some initial test show that the beta favours Nvidia over ATI cards, but we've also heard the opposite. I guess we will have to wait and see who will be faster.
The developers could not wait for Shader Model 4 and Longhorn as it would take too. They went for Shader Model 3.0 and introduced a new test. After all Shader Model 3.0 is the most advanced Shader supported in DirectX 9.0c.
They waited for the new DirectX but all they got was 9.0c.
A similar thing happened years back with 3Dmark01SE when there were two versions of the same test, the one with DirectX 8.0 and the second one with ATI's DirectX8.1 support. Then, we were talking about Shader 1.1 that Nvidia adored, versus ATI's Shader 1.4
It's funny to remember that Nvidia's key argument at that time against Shader model 1.4 was that it would render a scene in less passes and would end up faster while the picture quality would be the same as on 1.1.
History repeats itself, but this time the tables have turned.
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: August 30, 2004, 11:24 am
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 Half-Life 2 (not) gold Monday
Valve impostor drops a golden bomb on the Half-Life 2 Fallout forums; stalwart site operators get to the bottom of the hoax.
The long, dramatic saga of Half-Life 2's development cycle may finally be coming to a close. Earlier this evening, Gabe Newell, the head of Valve Software, left a short but sweet post on the HL2Fallout.com forums, simply stating "We're going gold Monday..."
Earlier this week, Valve began preloading the highly-anticipated game through the company's Steam service. The only files that were uploaded were "set-in-stone" items, such as audio, textures and the like. But, if the game is indeed going gold as of this Monday, it could mean that a full, purchasable version of Half-Life 2 could be available practically as early as next week.
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: August 30, 2004, 11:24 am
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Interview: Doom 3: The Movie
Doom will be making the jump to the big screen, and we talk with id Software CEO, Todd Hollenshead about the film.
With the recent success of Doom 3 on the PC platform, and the upcoming release of Doom 3 on the Xbox, the franchise is all the buzz in the entertainment industry. Crossing the boundaries of gaming, Doom will soon be making the jump to the silver screen. We sat down with id Software CEO, Todd Hollenshead to chat about the upcoming movie.
GameDAILY: What is the latest status of the movie? I know the first deal expired after a year. Can you run through the process?
Todd Hollenshead: The script is close to final and we're very happy with it. Universal is in the process of casting and pre-production now. With every passing day I become more and more confident that we will see DOOM at movie theaters before the end of next year.
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: August 30, 2004, 11:23 am
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Half-Life 2 Pre-Loading Begins
Half-Life 2 pre-loading begins to Steam account holders today. Over the coming days, those who have selected the pre-loading option will have encrypted Half-Life 2 files delivered to their PC. No purchase is required to pre-load HL2, but is required to activate the game. Purchase options will be released soon. Then, the moment the game is made available, those who have pre-loaded and purchased Half-Life 2 via Steam will be authenticated and ready to start playing.
By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original Half Life 1, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around him, from the physical environment to the behaviors even the emotions of both friends and enemies.
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: August 30, 2004, 11:21 am
Doom 3 Review
After some waiting, Doom 3 finally comes out, and shows why it was delayed. Doom 3 gets five stars for it's remarkable 3D graphics. The gameplay is a little confusing in the beginning, but it gets easier after a while of running around. Doom 3 gives you a good first impression, but after a while you know the real deal.
Doom 3 is a remake of the original Doom, but with monsters from Doom and Doom 2. The game starts out as you being a marine on Mars in the 22nd century and working for Union Aerospace Corporation, also known as UAC. You'll have to fight back against the enemies using pistol, shotgun, machinegun, gernades, plasma gun and various other weapons. Your enemies can come from random places where it is easier to take you out. Doom 3 starts out scary, but after a while it gets predictable.
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: August 17, 2004, 4:04 pm
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NVIDIA Hints at SLI Chipset Plans
Amid the hubbub over the introduction of the GeForce 6600 line and the GeForce 6600GT's ability to work in an SLI configuration, folks from NVIDIA were dropping hints like mad at Quakecon about the company's plans for its next-gen Athlon 64 chipset with PCI Express support. NVIDIA is obviously working on a north bridge chip that will allow dual PCI Express graphics slots, and the company is confidently predicting SLI performance markedly superior to the dual Xeon-based motherboards that are powering the first SLI demo systems.
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: August 17, 2004, 4:03 pm
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Ati Cat 4.8's Released
Performance:
As with most CATALYST(tm) releases performance has increased in various situations. The following performance gains are noticed:
-Direct3D driver efficiency has improved considerably. Significant performance gains are noted in multiple "CPU-bound" cases, including 3DMark2001, Aquamark 3, Comanche4, Dungeon Siege, and Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004. Typical improvements are in the 1-5% range.
-OpenGL driver efficiency is also improved. Older OpenGL games such as Quake III Arena and Wolfenstein - Enemy Territory show small improvement (1-2%) at low resolutions. Call of Duty framerates are up approximately 4%. Doom3 improves considerably more (as much as 12% on some product configurations) as a result of the same software efficiency improvements.
Features:
Geometry Instancing:
This new feature provides assistance when a game has to render many objects where the geometry is highly similar. Geometry Instancing allows the VPU to create multiple objects from a single geometric model, rather than passing an entire new model for each item on the screen. This increases the rendering speed of images such as leaves, or grass.
VPU Recover Enhancement:
VPU Recover has been improved in this release of CATALYST. In most cases, VPU Recover will fully recover instead of switching to software rendering mode. This enhancement is supported under the Windows XP operating system.
EIA 861B Timing Specification:
This release of CATALYST? introduces EIA 861B Timing Specification for DVI based televisions. The RADEON? Software Release version 8.04 will support 256 byte E-EDID and will decode CEA timing extensions. Further, it will retrieve DTV timing information. When the driver detects EIA 861B timings in E-EDID that the controller cannot handle, it will replace the EDID detail timing with adjusted timings suitable to our controller. The modes will be added as EDID detailed timing.
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: August 17, 2004, 8:52 am
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