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Portal 2 Confirmed
Mar 5th
Just announced and no one really knows what will be taking place in the game yet. But cool picture none the less…
Hydra Lives
Mar 5th
http://www.vimeo.com/6700209 I first heard of this new chipset via ‘this week in computer hardware‘ and was very interested. After some digging I have learned that this all started back in 2008 when LucidLogix accounted plans to introduce ground breaking parallel graphics technology, followed by the first preliminary performance tests in in late 2009, and now the first board using this technology is up on newegg.
Most of the reviews say this hardware is not quite ready for prime time, as the price/performance level is not yet at the mass market level. Additionally, the current dev/driver team is rather small, so there are some hardware support issues and which are taking awhile to get patched. However buggy it may currently be, the idea behind it is very impressive. If the company manages to keep the line alive, it could be a very interesting thing to see in 4-5 years time. Check it out.
Bad Nvidia Drivers!
Mar 4th
StarcraftWire.net relates warnings from Blizzard that the just released version 196.75 have faulty fan control software, cause intermittent framerates from overheating. They are recommending reverting to the previous drivers. Here’s word:
We’re getting reports where users are getting intermittent low FPS after installing these drivers. It seems that it is related to the fan control included in these drivers not working correctly and is causing the video card to overheat on 3D applications. This will affect Warcraft 3, World of Warcraft and StarCraft 2 Beta. Please uninstall the drivers and revert back to the older ones.
Windows XP: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_196.21_whql.html
Windows XP 64-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_196.21_whql.html
Windows Vista/7 32-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_32bit_196.21_whql.html
Windows Vista/7 64-bit: http://www.nvidia.com/object/win7_winvista_64bit_196.21_whql.htmlMore information can be found on threads such as these:
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161525
http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=161503
