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EVGA has recently released the latest BIOS for several models of its X58 motherboards which supports Intel’s 32nm Gulftown processors which are set to launch next month. The BIOS 44 adds “Turbo Performance” option and fixes 1866MHz memory ratio. EVGA X58 SLI Micro (E756) EVGA X58 SLI LE (E757) EVGA X58 SLI (E758) EVGA…
Fraps 3.0.0 has just been released with new features and a new look. It’s good to see it’s compatible with Windows 7 and the latest DirectX 11 games. What’s new: * DirectX 11 support * Compatible with Windows 7 final (RTM) and RC1 versions * Stereoscopic 3D Vision video capture up to 1920×1200 for D3D9 games * Force…
Unigine has lately announced release of the first DirectX 11 benchmark “Heaven” that is based on its proprietary Unigine engine. Heaven benchmark provides the following key features: * Native support of OpenGL, DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and DirectX 11 * Comprehensive use of tessellation technology * Advanced SSAO…
AMD has just released ATI Catalyst 9.9 Display Driver to resolve some existing issues, but the release note doesn’t mention if the new driver has brought gaming performance improvement. Resolved issues for all Windows operating systems: * Catalyst Control Center - Basic now responds properly after exiting Quick Adjust…
AMD today sneaked in the latest version of its ATI Catalyst driver suite that provides support to several AMD/ATI components such as ATI Radeon series GPUs, AMD desktop chipsets, AMD FireStream GPGPU, and ATI Theater multimedia products. As revealed by the release notes document, AMD introduced several performance and…
NVIDIA BIOS Editor, better known as NiBiTor, received an update today. The popular NVIDIA graphics card BIOS modification utility has been updated to version 5.1, with a slightly expanded GPU support list, and a number of minor bug fixes. NiBiTor adds support for the following GPUs: * GeForce GTS 160M * GeForce 9800M…
NVIDIA seems to have a big update for its GeForce driver suite underway, with the bump in version number from the 186 series to 190. The first release in the series carries the unsupported beta tag. Version 190.38 beta introduces a series of changes as indicated in the release notes documents, though the list of…
BEIJING -- China plans to require that all personal computers sold in the country as of July 1 be shipped with software that blocks access to certain Web sites, a move that could give government censors unprecedented control over how Chinese users access the Internet. The government, which has told global PC makers of…
NVIDIA made an update to the PhysX system software, the common backend for all NVIDIA products that support PhysX: GeForce 8 series and above graphics processors, and Ageia PhysX accelerator cards. Version 9.09.0408 packs the following changes and features according to the company: Updated runtime to improved…
AMD have just released their ATI Catalyst 9.4 Driver for Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. Highlights of the ATI Catalyst 9.4 Windows release include: New Features ATI Catalyst 9.4 includes a new ATI Overdrive auto-tune application to estimate the over-clocked engine and memory values for ATI Overdrive…
NVIDIA has launched GeForce ForceWare 182.47 for Windows XP/Vista systems. The new driver has added OpenGL 3.1 and GLSL 1.40 support which require G80 or newer hardware. Actually, GeForce ForceWare 182.47 is mainly designed for developers, but if you’re interested, please click the following links to download: GeForce…
NVIDIA has launched a new BETA driver for its mobile GeForce graphics processors. The new drivers are numbered 179.48 and in theory they support all GeForce Go 7-series, GeForce 8M and GeForce 9M series notebook GPUs. The whole 7-series GeForce Go support is new to this driver, so be prepared for eventual problems.…
NVIDIA today also released new BETA GeForce driver version 182.05 for both Windows Vista and Windows XP. Some games will run a bit faster with this driver compared to the latest official version 181.22: * Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA. * Up to 11% performance increase in Left…
EVGA today made its GPU Voltage Tuner (GVT) software utility official. The utility allows end-users to control the voltage of the graphics processor, a significant factor when it comes to overclocking, as within safe limits, increasing the GPU voltage facilitates higher maximum GPU core and shader clock speeds. The…
NVIDIA made its latest version of the PhysX system software available today, version 9.09.0121. The update aims to fix several issues with the older 9.09.0010, relating to its installation, runtime environment, game-specific and graphics accelerator-specific. To begin with, this version of the software resolves issues…
During IDF Taipei earlier last week Intel demonstrated its DCC (Desktop Control Center) overclock software for the forthcoming Intel Core i7 processors. The DCC is a easy to work with software that will allow overclocking in Windows environment and help novice overclockers and experts. The Desktop Control Center can…
ATI today issued a hotfix for all owners of the new Radeon HD 4800 series cards. This patch applies to both Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870 and improves overall performance and stability. Also note that this hotfix includes the Display Driver and Catalyst Control Center. DOWNLOAD Source: techpowerUp!
Futuremark has released an update for their Windows Vista only 3DMark Vantage that brings the benchmark application up to version 1.0.1. Below are the full hotfix notes. Go ahead and download the HOTFIX 1.0.1 Source: techpowerUp!
Jaakko Haapasalo, project manager of 3DMark Vantage, confirmed on the Futuremark/YouGamers forums that a hotfix for the Vista exclusive benchmark is on the way. The patch is said to fix all current issues such as having to enter the product key twice, and having to ponder about an error popup on the first run. In…
It was yesterday when the EVGA Precision utility first became available, and now just a day later here's a brand new version released. The EVGA Precision 1.01 features the following changes: * Added desktop shortcut creation feature to the installer * Fixed problem with instance checking in the installer * Added…
Little update on our previous story that EVGA is to announce a new overclocking utility. The Precision overclocking tool was confirmed today to be released this week, by the administrator of EVGA's support forums. He also revealed some exclusive features of the tool, such as Logitech G15 LCD applet integration and…
On this page you can download the latest version of RivaTuner. In RivaTuner v2.09 you'll find some minor bugfixes, better driver support as well as added support for NVIDIA G96 and G100 (aka GT200). Source: techpowerUp!
In relation to the new 3DMark Vantage benchmark, all ATI owners that experience some problems with the benchmark, or just want to try some new drivers for their cards can now try 3DMark Vantage Catalyst hotfix driver for Windows Vista 32/64-bit. The 3DMark Vantage Catalyst hotfix (737-33840) includes bug fixes and…
Well, 3DMark Vantage is now available for download. At this moment Futuremarks' servers are completely overloaded so we recommend you to get it from our colleagues from techPowerUp! .
Less then 6 hours till 3DMark Vantage is released and available for public download. 3DMark Vantage is the anticipated DirectX 10 benchmark. It's engine is written entirely for DirectX 10 (Vista only). Below you can see some screenshots and our team is hopping to be able to buy and download the benchmark today for a…
Microsoft CEO today said that the software company may extend the life of its previous operating system Windows XP, a glimpse of welcome news to fans of the OS and potentially seen as an admittance of Vista's slow growth. Speaking at a news conference in Louvain-La-Neuve University in Belgium, Ballmer said, "If…