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Thread ID: 27017	2002-11-11 07:04:00	Tuesday 11 November 2002 News	-=JM=- (16)	Press F1

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97790	2002-11-11 07:04:00	Well I'm here again with some more news, hopefully I can successfully not put those blank lines in this time :) Nvidia Virtual Skipper 2 With Virtual Skipper 2, take control of a 24 ft . boat or of a 70 ft . racer and challenge the best skippers in the world! Virtual Skipper, the 1st true 3D regatta simulator, allows you to steer and tack to win . Follow the wind shifts, use the breezes; lulls and currents are all faithfully reproduced on the most prestigious stretches of water in the world . Play in single mode against the computer or in multiplayer mode, on the Internet or on LAN, to face real opponents . You really will need nerves of steel! Grab it here ( . nvidia . com/view . asp?IO=games_vskipper2" target="_blank">www . nvidia . com) . TVTool v6 . 8 . 2 The tool helps with the TV ouput of Nvidia graphic cards . The main problem is the black borders around the picture on the TV screen . They are very annoying for most applications like e . G . DVD-playback . This tool helps getting rid of those bars . . . What's New? The help file for version 6 . 8 is ready and can be found in the download section . Also a bug in TVTool was fixed which caused a stroboscope effect on some cards with the CX25871 TV chip . The demo and the full version (for registered users) have been updated . The Turkish and the Ukraine language files have been added, too . You can grab it here ( . info/english/download_e . htm" target="_blank">tvtool . info) SiSoftware Sandra 2003 One of the best benchmarking utilities has just brought out a new version with added support for AGP 3 (8x) and Intel's new Hyperthreading chipsets as well as VIA's KT400 . It's available in a free version and a paid one with a few extra features . Grab it from this site ( . sisoftware . co . uk/index . php?location=sware" target="_blank">www . sisoftware . co . uk) . WinRAR 3 . 10 Beta 3 has been released which is a very good program for RARing files . In a lot of cases a rar will be smaller than the equivalent zip file . Available here . ( . fileconnect . net/modules . php?name=News&file=article&sid=2816" target="_blank">www . fileconnect . net) Great new(ish) NZ based chat site This is a chat site which was set up by a member of PressF1 so that people can get PC help instantly, or just to have a wee chat at times . Please pop in to ChatF1 (http://www . chatf1 . net . nz) at some stage . It can be rather lonely sometimes :_| Why Free Software's Long Run TCO must be lower Go here ( . linuxandmain . com/modules . php?name=News&file=article&sid=281" target="_blank">www . linuxandmain . com) for a read about why . The INQUIRER guide to installing Linux The Inquirer ( . theinquirer . net) has posted up it's fourth part of their guide on installing Linux . Have a read (http://www . theinquirer . net/?article=6162" target="_blank">www . theinquirer . net) has posted up it's fourth part of their guide on installing Linux . Have a read (http:) . Til next time :)	-=JM=- (16)
97791	2002-11-11 07:49:00	You need something now to finish it off, instead of thx thy god monty.. how bout something like: From -=JM=- the King.. I dunno, it was the first thing that came to mind... ?:| (Note to Babe Ruth - YAY! I finally got the Emoticon thing sussed out!)	Chilling_Silence (9)
97792	2002-11-11 14:43:00	>Great new(ish) NZ based chat site This is a chat site which was set up by a member of PressF1 so that people can get PC help instantly, or just to have a wee chat at times. Please pop in to ChatF1 at some stage. It can be rather lonely sometimes 03:40 Where is anyone? And that "installing Linux is easy"... excellant resourse!	Clueless (181)
97793	2002-11-11 20:13:00	Just and idea... ;\ ...but perhaps the ChatF1 address could be made as an announcement/sticky...	Hervard (405)
97794	2002-11-12 00:48:00	TVTool is one impressive piece of software. A pity that Nvidia didn't just provide drivers with usable tv-out though :(	gibler (49)
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