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85445	2002-10-02 09:54:00	UT2003 FAQ and PDF Manual The official Unreal Tournament 2003 (www.unrealtournament2003.com) downloads page has posted up a copy of the Adobe Acrobat (www.adobe.com) format manual for Unreal Tournament 2003. Apparently some of the manuals that shipped with the game were a bit hard to read as it is had printed with orange text on white paper. If you want a replacement printed copy, just send word at this (www.ina-support.com/) tech-support site and they will organise a replacement printed version. Infogrames has also posted a new UT2003 FAQ which can be read here (http:). Hitman2 Gold GameSpot (gamespot.com) has posted word that Hitman 2: Silent Assassin has gone gold, and should start shipping towards the end of the week along with the PS2 and Xbox versions. AMD’s announces new processor launch AMD has announced the imminent availability of Athlon XP 2700+ and 2800+ processors built on 333 front-side bus. Here's part of the release: Limited edition desktop systems featuring the AMD Athlon XP processor 2800+ targeted at PC enthusiasts and gamers are expected to be available in late November exclusively from premier enthusiast PC manufacturers ABS, Alienware, Falcon Northwest, MicronPC and Voodoo PC. “Digital entertainment, particularly gaming, is driving the need for innovative technology to enhance the overall computing experience for today’s PC users,” said Ed Ellett, AMD vice president of Client Business. “The AMD Athlon XP processor 2800+ with its advanced 333 FSB is the ultimate processor for PC customers who demand the highest levels of performance. View the whole press release here (www.amd.com). AMD Athlon 2800+ review at AnandTech Anandtech has posted up a review of the Athlon 2800+ processor, running it through its paces. Here's a clip from the review: Things haven't been so peachy for AMD as of late; Hammer was officially moved back to next year, the 0.13-micron Thoroughbred-A core didn't scale as well initially as AMD had hoped and facing increasing pressure from Intel, AMD was forced to "paper launch" (launch without beginning volume shipments) the Athlon XP 2600+ and 2400+ in August. Compare this to the launch of the Athlon XP and its clock bumped successors and you'll see that things aren't as bright for AMD as they once were. This is partially because Intel has finally made the Pentium 4 a worthy competitor, with the Northwood core scaling extremely well. Another contributor to AMD's recent tough times is the strong internal focus on Hammer, but with the CPU around 4 - 6 months away it is impossible to ignore the Athlon XP. Even though the Athlon XP 2400+ and 2600+ (launched on August 21st) are just now appearing in retail channels, AMD is going ahead with the announcement of their Athlon XP 2700+ and 2800+ processors. The processors won't be widely available for another couple of months, clearly not something to get excited about. Check out the rest here (www.anandtech.com). More AMD 2800+ and nForce2 reviews Here are some more reviews of the AMD 2800+ that uses a new nForce2 for performance tests: - [H]ardOCP (www.hardocp.com) - Hexus (www.hexus.net) - The Tech-Report (tech-report.com) - Bjorn3D (www.bjorn3d.com) - Hardware-Test.dk (www.hardware-testdk.com) - The Tech Zone (thetechzone.com) - nForce2 Press Release (www.nvidia.com) nForce2 starts production. nVidia has announced that nForce2 motherboards have started production and the first examples should start being available towards the end of the month. The nForce2 board comes in two versions of the chipset North Bridge, one with the integrated graphics core (SPP) and the one without it (IGP). The chipsets are called nForce2-ST and nForce2-GT respectively. here are the chipset specs: North Bridge (840-pin BGA): Socket A platform, dual PC2100/PC2100/DDR400 memory channel, integrated GeForce4 MX graphics core (only in nForce2-GT, in nForce2-GT the core is disabled), AGP 8x. South Bridge (484-pin BGA): ATA/133, 6 USB 2.0 ports, 10/100 Ethernet MAC inherited from nForce 4xx, new 10/100 Ethernet MAC from 3Com (i.e. there are two 10/100 Ethernet MAC chips), 3 IEEE1394 ports, Dolby Digital decoder, ACR. ICQ 2002a Beta Build #3729 released Mirabillis has released version 2002a Beta Build 3729 of ICQ the widely used and popular chat and messenger program. There's no word on the changes in this version as yet. ICQ 2002a Beta Build #3729 (fileforum.betanews.com) Nero Burning Rom 5.5.9.14 Not a day after version 5.5.9.13 was released, a new version 5.5.9.14 is out with the following changes: Full-O-Meter shows the correct size for DVD-R/RW and DVD-RAM Only Disc-at-once is visible in the recorder settings for DAO/96-only-recorders Files cannot be dropped to the main window any more while a modal dialog box is open Resized edit fields on New compilation -] [/url] date-tab Disable multisession for DVD-Video compilations Fixed a problem in the save track dialog, which occurred hile trying to jump to an index positions within an audio track New message if you drop an invalid file in a VCD or SVCD compilation Added the possibility to continue burning even when the compliance test of DVD-Video files fails Fixed issue with verify and DAO/96 on some drives NeroExpress: allow only one copy of Multi Session-Compilations Nero Express: Fixed rare Unexpected Errors at the beginning of the burn process with some drives Nero Express: WMA plug-in shows different messages for corrupted, wrong or copyright protected files Whats New: Added several new recorders If possible, Image-Compilations now allow to change the compilation type (DVD,CD, ...) Added multisession support for bootable discs (note: track linking is only possible with non-bootable multisession discs) Mirror 1 (ftp://ftp.nero.com/NERO55914.exe) Mirror 2 (ftp://ftp2.nero.com/NERO55914.exe) Mirror 3 (ftp://ftp3.nero.com/NERO55914.exe) Mirror 4 (ftp://ftp4.nero.com/NERO55914.exe) Mirror 5 (ftp://ftp5.nero.com/NERO55914.exe) Mirror 6 (ftp://ftp6.nero.com/NERO55914.exe) New Bugbear virus targeting Internet Explorer A new e-mail virus called Bugbear has been infecting unpatched Windows PCs. The W32.Bugbear or I-Worm.Tanatos mass-mailing computer virus started infecting computers via e-mail on Sunday. On Tuesday, it accounted for nearly 11,000 infected e-mail messages intercepted by e-mail service provider MessageLabs' gateway servers. That placed it second to Klez.h, which accounted for about 14,000 e-mail messages. The Bugbear virus infects computers running the Windows operating system and an unpatched version of Internet Explorer 5.5, according to an advisory posted by security company Symantec. A flaw in MIME (the multipurpose Internet mail extensions) lets a malicious program attached to an e-mail message execute when the text of the message appears in Outlook. The software problem was patched by Microsoft almost 18 months ago, but some users apparently have not updated their computers. Read more here (rss.com.com). Liquid Audio sells music software patent rights to Microsoft Liquid Audio has sold its patents rights to Microsoft for $US7 million. Liquid Audio makes software that allows users to listen to, download and buy music off the internet. View the whole story here (www.ananova.com). DivX For Nintendo Game Cube released Factor 5 has announced the released of the DivX Development Kit for the Nintendo GameCube. The software was originally used during the development of Star Wars: Rogue Squadron, in which it features file sizes 7-10 times smaller than MPEG-2. Here's a clip from the announcement: “We are pleased to work closely with the talented team at Factor 5 to develop the DivX for Gamecube product. DivX is the perfect video compression technology for game developers and publishers seeking the highest visual quality, best compression and fastest encoding and decoding speed,” said Darrius Thompson, director of research and development at DivXNetworks, Inc. (www.divxnetworks.com (http://www.divxnetworks.com)). “The DivX for Gamecube SDK was designed to provide developers with a complete, easy-to-use solution based on the world’s most powerful video compression technology,” said Thomas Engel, Director of Technology at Factor 5, LLC. “By partnering with DivXNetworks, we are able to offer game developers a toolset of cutting-edge video technology specifically optimized for creating the highest quality cinematics in Nintendo Gamecube titles.” Read the whole announcement here (www1.internetwire.com). New Omega 2.4.66 9066 based drivers for 9X/Me The Omega crew have released new drivers based on the 9066 Radeon drivers with the following changes: Based on the official 2.3 Catalyst drivers (9066). Added support for ALL Radeon Cards since the 9066 drivers only had support for 9700 cards. Fixed the desktop "freeze" problem using the 9066 drivers in NON 9700 cards by using the 9062 display files (2D only), the rest of them are pure 9066 files. From now on the WDM files will be a separate download, the link to the latest WDM drivers is avaiable in my ATI drivers page. These files are needed for: Radeon 64MB VIVO (aka: 7200) and Radeon AIW cards (any) Integrated Control Panel (3027), no need for external CP setup. NOTE: Don't install the new 3030 Control Panel with these drivers, they remove the Trueform option from the menu. Omega 2.4.66 9066 based drivers for 9X/Me (www.omegacorner.com) Unreal Tournament 2003 Savegame Here's a save game file that gives you access to all levels if you just can't get good enough to do it yourself. Download the file and put it in the folder Save in the UT2003 directory. Unreal Tournament 2003 Savegame (www.fileconnect.net) Unreal Tournament 2003 cheat codes If your just too new or just too bad at the game you can use these cheat codes by pressing `(tilder as in Quake 2/3) in the game to bring down the console, or press TAB for the quick console. Then type the commands from this (www.fileconnect.net)page. Windows Media Player 9 Beta Build 2800 updated Microsoft have fixed their Windows Media Player 9 Series Beta Build 2800 update to correctly download the right version. This update however, can now only be downloaded using the players Auto-updater facility. This is accessed by opening the player, then click on the Help, then click on check for player Updates then download the 2 files there about 1.8mb each and now you have Build 2800. TVTool 6.8 released TVTool, the program that helps with the TV ouput of Nvidia graphic cards, fixing black borders around the picture on the TV screen, version 6.8 has been released with the following changes: Punctual on the beginning of October there is a new version of TVTool. It introduces the TV mode resolution 1024x768, supports the SAA7104 and has other features. A closer description can be found here (tvtool.info) TVTool 6.8 released (tvtool.info) Get full RAID support Owners of motherboards with Promise RAID controllers may be interested in this. These controllers are only "Lite" versions of the full controller and only give a minimum of 64kb in block sizes and only one array with max 2 disks. To give you full support a site by the name Lumberjack.de has posted up some BIOS files for some motherboards that will give you a RAID system with 4 disks in ONE array and block sizes down to 1kb. They also have BIOS files if you just want to use your RAID controller as a "standalone" UDMA controller. Click on over to Here (www.lumberjacker.de) and pick out the BIOS for your board. Asus BIOS updates Asus have released some new beta BIOS files for the following motherboards: Asus Bios P4T533-C 1008 Final (=1008 - 02 Beta) Asus Bios A7V8X 1007 - 05 Beta Asus Bios A7V266 (KT266) 1012 - 01 Beta Asus Bios A7V266 - Serie (KT266A) 1012 - 01 Beta Asus BIOS (www.asuscom.de) Easy CD-DA Extractor 5.0.4 released Version 5.0.4 of Easy CD-DA Extractor, digital audio extraction utility that makes digital copies from audio CDs and saves as audio files such as MP3, Windows Media Audio and Windows Wave, has been released with the following changes: Freedb - Fix: Freedb access via Proxy Server is working (again) Ogg Vorbis - Fix: Very long comment field in ID3 tag no more crashes the encoder Ogg Vorbis - Fix: All formats now work correctly (i.e. some formats do not hang the encoder) Ogg Vorbis - Feature: Both ABR and VBR modes are now supported You can read more on the program here (www.poikosoft.com) and download the program from the link below. Easy CD-DA Extractor 5.0.4 (www.poikosoft.com) Unofficial SiS AGP 1.12 driver released A new unofficial version (1.12) of SiS' AGP driver has been released with no word on the changes included. This version must be considered as beta and thus use at your own risk. Unofficial SiS AGP 1.12 driver (xabregamers.free.fr) ACDSee version 5.0 out A new version of one of my all-time favourite programs, ACDSee 5.0 is out. Here's the spiel on the program from the official site: ACDSee is a program that gets, views, organises, prints, enhances and shares your digital photos super fast. Whether you're a digital photography beginner or a graphics professional, the picture viewer of choice for millions of people will make your digital camera software experience more rewarding. Viewing and browse digital photos and graphics quickly, even large images or thousands of thumbnail previews at a time. I strongly recommend giving the program a go. 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85446	2002-10-02 10:53:00	*queues downloads* :D damn Nero. That'll teach me to download releases that aren't on the Ahead website. :( At least it's a smaller file size ;) hmmm the Promise RAID thing might come in handy......... if only I could afford another WD800JB	-=JM=- (16)
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