- CPU: A 2.6GHz Intel or AMD 2800+
- Memory: 1GB or better
- Video: ATI X800 or better, or NVIDIA 6800 or better
10/30/05
| Quake 4 Timedemos - 10/28/05 @ 5:55 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
We noticed the problem a few days ago and Joshua Walrath over at Penstar Systems confirmed it with NVIDIA. The Quake 4 timedemo feature is not working correctly as it fails to render certain textures, shaders, and lighting effects.
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| NVIDIA and Hybrid - 10/28/05 @ 9:44 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Email |
NVIDIA AND HYBRID PROVIDE EXPANDED 3D INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MOBILE PHONES
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| Lost Coast Debuts - 10/27/05 @ 9:24 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Blue's News |
| Valve has released the Lost Coast level for Half-Life 2. Lost Coast is a single-player custom created level that showcases the Source Engine's High-Dynamic Range (HDR) Lighting capabilities.
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| nForce4 AMD Drivers - 10/26/05 @ 5:32 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA has released WHQL certified nForce4 AMD driver version 6.70 for Windows XP/2000 (32-Bit). This driver contains general compatibility fixes. Feedback here. |
| 81.87 Beta Drivers - 10/26/05 @ 5:01 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA has just released beta driver version 81.87 at their nZone web site. Drivers are available for Windows XP/2000 32-bit, Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, and GeForce Go. Single GPU Issues Resolved
SLI Related Issues Resolved
Feedback here. |
| October Newsletter - 10/26/05 @ 4:17 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| The following topics are from NVIDIA's October 2005 newsletter. Click on the headline if you would like to register for the newsletter. |
| FEAR Gameplay Tests - 10/24/05 @ 3:38 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
The folks at bit-tech.net have put together an excellent article that covers the gameplay and graphics in FEAR. They go on to measure high-end and mid-range system gameplay performance and conclude with the best playable settings (similar to what HardOCP has been doing for a while now).
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| Quak4 Tuning Tool - 10/22/05 @ 6:28 am - By: MikeC - Source: Browsing |
| tertsi, the author of the popular Doom 3 tuning tool 3dmood for NVIDIA's G70/NV40/NV30 GPUs, is working on a similar tool for Quake 4.
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| C51 Not Pulled Back - 10/21/05 @ 6:16 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
NVIDIA would like to pass along the following information in regards to The Inquirer's story titled Nvidia pulls C51, Geforce 6150 motherboards.
Feedback here. |
| Friday Roundup - 10/21/05 @ 8:35 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| WHQL Release 80 - 10/20/05 @ 5:17 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
Many of you have already installed the Windows XP Beta 81.85 drivers, but NVIDIA posted the WHQL version on their web site today. The highlights of this release include:
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| A8N32 SLI Deluxe - 10/20/05 @ 10:29 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
Hot Hardware has today unleashed the first of any review of a retail nForce4 X16 chipset motherboard, the motherboard in question is an ASUS A8N32 which resembles the A8N-SLI Premium. The only difference between the two being the nForce4 X16 chipset, NVIDIA's latest premium AMD platform chipset which can provide dedicated 16 lanes of PCI Express connectivity to each card if both cards are utilized in SLI mode unlike the nForce 4 SLI, which could provide only 8 lanes to each grapihics card. In benches, the new chipset seems to provide no real benefits that is, until you start cranking the AA to insane levels like SLI AA at 16X! Take a read to find out what the extra bandwidth can do for you.
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| Thursday Roundup - 10/20/05 @ 8:34 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| Apple Power Mac G5 - 10/19/05 @ 5:25 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| Apple announced their Power Mac G5 desktop line today, which features the Power Mac G5 Quad and Power Mac G5 Dual. The new Power Mac G5 comes standard with either the NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE with 128MB of video memory or the NVIDIA GeForce 6660 with 256MB of video memory, both provide support for dual-displays and Apple's breakthrough 30-inch Cinema HD Display, now priced at $2,499. The NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT with 256MB of video memory and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 with 512MB of video memory are both available as build-to-order options.
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| Wednesday Roundup - 10/19/05 @ 8:40 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| ForceWare 81.85 Beta - 10/18/05 @ 10:13 am - By: JonathanM - Source: The Forums |
NVIDIA has placed verion 81.85 of their ForceWare drivers on nZone. This version includes a large number of fixes over the previous 81.84's. Here's a quick list of the fixes:
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| Tuesday Roundup - 10/18/05 @ 6:17 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email/Browsing |
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| NVIDIA COD2 Bundle - 10/18/05 @ 5:37 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA GeForce graphic processing units (GPUs) have been selected by Activision as the preferred platform for Call of Duty 2, the highly anticipated sequel to Call of Duty which won over 80 "Game of the Year" awards.
A pre-sale program for GeForce-based graphics cards bundled with Call of Duty 2 starts immediately. US partners that will participate include: Under the agreement, NVIDIA is granted exclusive bundling rights to Call of Duty 2, making partners of NVIDIA the only source to get Call of Duty 2 outside of a stand-alone purchase of the game in retail. NVIDIA bundles will occur simultaneously with the retail launch of Call of Duty 2. NVIDIA and Activision will also participate in joint advertising and various promotional activities through the holiday selling season to make consumers aware that NVIDIA is the preferred GPU from Call of Duty 2. |
| Video Quality Analysis - 10/18/05 @ 5:24 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
The FiringSquad has published an in-depth article on testing video processor quality using the HQV Benchmark DVD. They note significant errors that were made by Principled Technologies, who NVIDIA commissioned as an independent 3rd party to compare PureVideo against competing solutions from ATI, Intel and other DVD players.
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| NVIDIA Multimedia - 10/14/05 @ 2:29 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
NVIDIA Enhances Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 with Full Suite of Video Products
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| Friday Roundup - 10/14/05 @ 8:43 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| Thursday Roundup - 10/13/05 @ 8:44 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| Wednesday Roundup - 10/12/05 @ 8:36 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| Food For Thought - 10/11/05 @ 5:06 pm - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
| Last year we had fun discussing the head-to-head benchmark results of NVIDIA's GeForce 6800 Ultra vs. ATI's Radeon X800 XT and the GeForce 6800 GT vs. Radeon X800 Pro. At that time, the high-end GPUs from NVIDIA and ATI were pretty evenly matched performance-wise. Let's fast forward some 15 months and summarize a few results of NVIDIA's GeForce 7800 GT vs. ATI's recently announced Radeon 1800 XL.
If you have $444 to spend, maybe you should consider the GeForce 7800 GTX.
Food for thought... |
| Tuesday Roundup - 10/11/05 @ 8:58 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| Monday Roundup - 10/10/05 @ 9:23 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| Razer Copperhead - 10/09/05 @ 9:40 pm - By: MaxPower - Source: nV News |
Razer USA's latest gaming mouse is now available. With Razer sticking with the serpentine naming theme, the Copperhead High Precision Gaming Mouse promises improvements over its Diamondback predecessor. What are these improvements? Do they add considerable value to the Copperhead? Let's find out.
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| Weekend Roundup - 10/08/05 @ 12:38 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
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| Friday Roundup - 10/07/05 @ 12:48 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| Thursday Roundup - 10/06/05 @ 12:27 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| Beta Release 80 - 10/05/05 @ 6:30 pm - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
| NVIDIA posted a beta version of their ForceWare Release 80 drivers yesterday evening. The driver contains a number of fixes for Black and White 2, which came out today, performance improvements for dual-core processors, mobile GPU support, and new features.
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| ATI X1000 Previews - 10/05/05 @ 5:34 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Various |
| ATI Technologies announced their new high-end Radeon X1000 familty of GPUs today. The Radeon X1000 family of GPUs will compete with NVIDIA's GeForce 7 and GeForce 6 Series of GPUs. Enthusiast Segment
Performance Segment
Mainstream Segment
Note: Expect a GeForce 7800 series board with 512MB in the near future. Previews |
| Wednesday Roundup - 10/05/05 @ 9:04 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| ATI's Crossfire - 10/04/05 @ 3:43 pm - By: MikeC - Source: |
Josh at Penstarsys has written an editorial on ATI's PR.
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| Tuesday Roundup - 10/04/05 @ 3:32 am - By: MaxPower - Source: Various |
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| Quake 4 Is Gold - 10/03/05 @ 6:19 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| The first in a series of games that uses the Doom 3 engine, Quake 4 has gone gold and will be available in stores on October 18.
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| Where's Crossfire? - 10/03/05 @ 1:51 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
That is what the President and CTO of VoodooPC writes about in his latest blog entry.More at HardOCP. |
| Monday Round Up - 10/03/05 @ 1:11 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
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| Forum Upgrade - 10/01/05 @ 5:09 am - By: MikeC - Source: vBulletin |
| Update @ 7:18 AM CST: The forum is back online. Please report any problems here. The forum will be taken offline so that we can upgrade to the latest version of vBulletin. Keep your fingers crossed... Here is a list of the changes since the previous version. Some of the changes are related to forum administrative functions. AJAX stands for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, which is a new form of web application architecture.
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