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39248	2002-03-14 22:09:00	A new game project based on TRON, one of the grand daddies in CGI type film, is in the works. The game, titled TRON 2.0 uses a new variation of the LithTech engine called triton and includes features like a third person camera perspective and a vehicle physics system used to create the exciting Light Cycle races. Go and read the press release here to get the scoop on TRON 2.0.<www.bluesnews.com nVidia has snagged a big corporate deal for distribution of it's nForce chipsets. They have signed a deal with Compaq to ship their new Presario PC's with the chipsets. Here's a bit from the release: Compaq Computer Corporation today became the first major PC manufacturer to announce the powerful new NVIDIA. nForce?-powered AMD platform for Presario desktop PCs and unveiled a sleek, streamlined look for its new consumer product line. The company also announced the availability of the new Intel. Mobile Pentium. 4 processor for its Presario notebook PCs. For select new Presario desktop PCs, Compaq introduced the new nForce platform, which combines AMD processing power, including the just-announced AMD Athlon? XP 2100+ processor, with integrated NVIDIA GeForce?2 4X AGP graphics to create the industry's most balanced, powerful platform for supporting digital video and audio, gaming, digital photography and personal productivity needs.<www.compaq.com ABIT have announced their MAX motherboard series. this new series of boards will be significant for their lack of Legacy devices such as PS/2 and serial connectors. Other features of the boards are 3-4 DIMM slots, 4-Channel UDMA 133 RAID, 6-Channel Audio, On-board 10/100 LAN, IEEE 1394a and USB 2.0, SoftMenu? III & Hardware Monitoring. Read more here.<www.abit.com.tw Gamers Depot has posted an in-depth review of the Leadtek GF4 Ti4600 card. The review boasts that they were able to clock it up 15Mhz on the GPU and 50Mhz (DDR) on the memory. Here's the intro: Leadtek has established itself over the last few years as a major contender in the desktop 3D graphics arena by releasing best-of-class add-in video cards based on technology from NVIDIA, and their new A250 Ultra TD shows now signs up slowing down for them.<www.gamersdepot.com Leadtek have released a new version of their Winfox tool and new Detonator 27.50 and TV2000 drivers for their range of video cards. You can grab the drivers and Winfox from the links below: - LEADTEK Winfox v2.02.03.40<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/entertainment_graphics/winfox/WinFox_20_20304.zip> LEADTEK Winfast Titanium Detonator 27.50 drivers: - Windows 9x/ME<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/entertainment_graphics/WinFast_Titanium_Series/W9X_Ti_20204.exe> - Windows 2K/XP<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/entertainment_graphics/WinFast_Titanium_Series/W2K_Ti_20204.exe> - Windows NT4<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/entertainment_graphics/WinFast_Titanium_Series/WNT_Ti_20204.exe> LEADTEK Winfast 320 Detonator 27.50 drivers: - Windows 9x/ME<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/entertainment_graphics/WinFast_S320x_series/W9X_TNT2_20204.exe> - Windows 2K/XP<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/entertainment_graphics/WinFast_S320x_series/W2K_TNT2_20204.exe> - Windows NT4<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/entertainment_graphics/WinFast_S320x_series/WNT_TNT2_20204.exe> LEADTEK TV 2000 driver v2.03.08: - Windows 9x/ME<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/tv_tuner/tv2000_xp/W9X_TV_20308.zip> - Windows 2K/XP<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/tv_tuner/tv2000_xp/W2K_TV_20308.zip> LEADTEK TV 2000 USB drivers v2.03.08: - Windows 9x/ME<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/tv_tuner/winfast_tv_usb/W9X_TVUSB_20308.zip> - Windows 2K/XP<ftp://ftp1.leadtek.com/tv_tuner/winfast_tv_usb/W2K_TVUSB_20308.zip> Creative have released new drivers for their video card range. The drivers are for Win9x/ME/2000/XP and update TNT, TNT2, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3 and GeForce4 cards. The drivers have the following changes: Better support for newer graphics card Improves performance in some graphics-intensive games. Grab em here.<www.warp2search.net PowerDVD XP 4.0 Build 1329d Trial Version is out. This trial version adds support for Dolby Digital, Dolby Headphone and Dolby Pro Logic II audio features (limited in audio and video playback). Grab it here and give it a go.<www.cyberlink-usa.com Ahead Software has introduced Nero Express, a new burning software that Ahead describes as follows: Nero Express combines the top recording capabilities of the award-winning CD recording software, Nero, with a new user-friendly wizard that simplifies the CD and DVD recording process with the use of ?mouse over direction?. Whether you are a novice or a seasoned CDR/RW user; Nero Express is your total CD recording solution. Nero Express supports virtually every CDR/RW and DVDR/RW drive imaginable and is compatible with new DVD standards ensuring the user top-quality recording every time. Nero Express allows new users to feel comfortable by having an effective wizard walk them through the process of recording audio, video and data CDs. Nero?s patent-pending Ultra-Buffer technology provides a level of software buffer protection and stability previously unseen and unheard of in CD/DVD recording software. Taking full advantage of this technology, Nero Express allows multi-tasking on older PC?s where before it was virtually impossible without a system freeze or ruined disc. read more at <www.cdrlabs.com Creative have released new WHQL drivers for their sound blaster live series. The new drivers are version 35.12, are for Windows XP and contain liveware 3. These are no usual drivers though, as they have been released for Compaq PC's but they will work for other systems. They fix the following: HCT 10 RTM Midi Test failure Fixes pop sound after resuming from hibernation Fixes no sound problem after resuming from S3 Standby mode Fixes center channel lost after resuming from S3 Standby mode MP3 cannot continue playback from Standby mode and are available for download here if you're game to try them.<ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/softpaq/sp19501-20000/SP19612.exe>	Guest (0)
39249	2002-03-14 23:34:00	'Creative have released new WHQL drivers for their sound blaster live series.' Just so people know, if they're wanting to download this driver... it's a whopping 334Mb in size, and will take approx 20 hours on dialup to download (if you've got a good connection!) i'm gonna download it, but it's gonna take a couple of days, the rate I'll do it :)	Guest (0)
39250	2002-03-15 10:42:00	Wow!!! Those drivers have got more code in them than Windows 95!! And more than in Windows 98 if you do a compact install!! Frankly, if I was going to download that much stuff, I'd make it an Operating System... :) Erin	Guest (0)
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