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Just saw over at Guru3D that AMD released a new driver. The big improvement is that Crossfire is enabled for Skyrim now. http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=354664

One of the biggest and most useful features I lost when switching to AMD GPUs was memory usage monitoring. Now, thanks to the great programmers at Microsoft, AMD users can now see how much memory is being used on their videocards. The newest version of Process Explorer has added GPU monitoring...

For those of you who are still interested in OpenGL, Khronos just released the specs of the next update. It's just a point release and will work with existing DX11 hardware but will need new drivers. Nvidia released theirs today while AMD is going to released a beta soon. The main changes as...

Just got through reading at Kotaku and found something that raised my hopes. EA is preparing a new SimCity for 2012. But as I actually read the article, I fell into despair. They are turning one of the greatest PC franchises into a Facebook game. First they tarnished it's legacy with that...

I'm so saddened right now. My 5870's fan just bit the dust. I was playing a game and I noticed the temperatures on my OSD were too high. Exited out of the game and brought up Afterburner and saw that the fan was spinning only half the RPMs it should be. Took it out and found that the bearing...

Download the driver and install like normal. At first, it will unpack the files, usually to the C:, and then start the actual install process. Exit out at that time. Now go to the folder where the package was unpacked, and navigate to *C*:\AMD\*Driver Name*\Packages\Drivers\Display. There...

Here's a benchmark for Lost Planet 2. It includes both the DX9 and DX11(with tessellation) API. http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_lostplanet2_home.html Will post my DX11 results once I've downloaded it. Edit: Here's a link to a page with some screenshots and performance numbers...

Just saw this over at Engadget. Apparently, TUL(PowerColor) has plans to place a Radeon 5000 GPU on the same board as a Killer NIC. It's just a prototype, but it's always interesting to see what companies will integrate together...

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/63503 Just saw this on Red Faction:Guerrilla's Steam new page. I know it's probably going to suck, but I can't help but get excited. They also mention another game being made, set to release in early 2011.

Just got my new chip in last night, and after a few hours, I've finally gotten to 4Ghz. It's taken 1.48v, but it's rock stable. I also upped my IMC to 2.6Ghz with a small voltage boost. Tried to go higher, but it wouldn't even post at 2.8 no matter the voltage. All in all, I'm happy. Now I...

Just found this interesting article/rumor over at Ars Techinica. Would be nice to see AMD expand into more markets. Their Fusion seems like the perfect chip for Apple's need. http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/04/amd-and-apple-it-could-happen-with-the-imac.ars

http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/Catalyst-OpenGL-preview-driver.aspx Haven't tried them yet, but that's because I don't use any OpenGL programs. If anyone tries these, please report your experience here.

While looking at some SSD forums, I found a link to this little program. It was created by an end user, and it allows you to monitor the health, write cycle count, and other information. It even shows you the amount of data both read and written to your drive. The link is to a site in German...

http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,703669/Mass-Effect-2-Galactic-battle-Geforce-versus-Radeon/Practice/ Quick performance preview from PCGamesHardware. Seems to be inline with other UT3 based games, so it shouldn't be tough to max this game out and enjoy it in high-res, full detail glory...

Was browsing over at Beyond3D, and I found this little nugget. It's supposedly a CPU-Z screen shot of a Bulldozer based Opteron. There's not any kind of useful data though, but as an AMD fanboy, it still excites me. Edit: After further reading, it's generally agreed that it's a fake. Too...

Anandtech has a preview of the new, but yet to be released, OCZ Vertex Pro 2 SSD. It looks like a nice update to the line. http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3702

I just bought Shattered Horizon since I'm really interested in seeing how well Futuremark can make a real game. I haven't actually fired it up yet, so now comments. This thread has been created for one reason, to give out my 3 guest passes. The first 3 who p.m. me get them. Just make sure to...

I was browsing over at Beyond3D, and I found a thread with some nice little demos. According to the site, they should also work on DX10 cards by utilizing DirectCompute 4/4.1. Have fun, and beware that these will heat up your card quickly. http://users.skynet.be/fquake/

Just found these on a thread over at Guru3D. It's a new RC build of the 9.10s. The only download link I have found so far is the Megaupload. I've scanned it with Avira, and it didn't find anything amiss. Now I'm off for some testing. Download Link http://www.megaupload.com/?d=SLASCEWU...

Has anyone seen an article describing the performance of AMD's new cards when paired with a Phenom II processor? I've tried searching on Google and Bing, but with no luck. I'm wanting to see just how much of a difference there is compared to a I7.

For the people who may not have heard of this, I wanted to point out a great browser. It's called Srware Iron. It's a browser built off of the open source base of Chrome. The special part is that it's built with the removal of all the reporting that Chrome sends to Google. While some folks...

Just got my Megahalems with the AM2/AM3 bracket installed, and this thing is amazing. With my X4 940 at 3.78GHz at 1.52v, my temp has yet to go above 48c. Of course, I am using two 1600rpm Scythe Slipstreams. I know this thread isn't really helpful to most people, but I wanted to post this to...

I just ordered one with the additional bracket and 2 Scythe Slipstream 1600rpm fans from FrozenCPU. Does anyone here have any experience with these? I'm hoping it'll allow me to push my PII X4 940 another 200Mhz on the core and NB.

The prevailing opinion has been that if you're going to overclock an AMD processor, you need to disable Cool 'N Quiet in the bios. Well, after some problems using PhenomMrsTweaker, i decided to buck the trend. Using the same overclock settings, I turned to option on, and violla, my 940 is...

I just got a new system put together. Went with Phenom 2 940Be @ 3.7(200*18.5 1.5V) With Zalman 9900 Asus M4a70 Deluxw Mobo 8GB G.Skill 1100 @ 1067 5-5-5-15-32 1.9V GTX 260-192 SP( already had this) Antec 1200 with 7 fans My question is this. Is my cpu voltage safe for everyday use? I...