Directly from Nvidia ....
Nvidia Geforce/ION 190.38 Beta Driver
New in Release 190.38
Adds support for OpenGL 3.1
Adds support for CUDA 2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA Zone for more details.
Adds a new user-controlled power management setting for...
ATI Catalyst Driver 9.3 Released
XP 32-Bit:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst...p=xp/radeonx-xp
XP 64-Bit:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst...64/radeonx-xp64
Vista 32-Bit:
http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.../common-vista32
Vista 64-Bit...
Bound to happen sooner or later, guess it's later ... :p
http://www.techpowerup.com/86305/Palit_Quitely_Slips_In_HD_4850_Sonic_Special_Edition_Sports_GDDR5_Memory.html
Prior WHQL Release Candidate Beta was 182.05, so if you're running those already, up to you....
XP 32-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_182.06_whql.html
XP 64-bit
http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_182.06_whql.html
Vista 32-bit...
Interesting OC utility from Galaxy just released. Works with any brand card, but doesn't have an OSD and can't monitor temps in sys-tray. It does have vid-card BIOS flashing built in, but only for Galaxy cards. I tried it for kicks, but leaving EVGA Precision installed for obvious reasons and...
Ray Adams has a beta in progress working with the 4800 series if anyone want to give it a shot. Not finished yet, expect bugs ....
Discussion Thread:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=270486
Beta Download:
http://cid-a50350ea7a969f0c.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/attsetup.exe
Google Shopping has 3 sites with the HD 4870X2 listed so far. Best price so far is from Provantage for $531. I've also dealt with them before and they have a good rep. Not in stock yet, but up for Pre-Order it seems.
http://www.provantage.com/sapphire-100251sr~7SAPP010.htm
Personally, I'm...
BFG steps up to the plate and offers up to $120 Cash Back....
http://www.bfgtech.com/bfgrebate260280.aspx
Maybe a Mod could merge all these Cash Back threads into one big one.
First of all, many thanks to Bretware on Guru3D who originally came up with the concept. See link below. Great little fix, single Card users only need to make two changes in the XML file created by your ATI Profile. I tried this and it worked perfectly using a fan-speed of 38%...
I'm using 175.12 Betas which are working well for me, guess I'll go with the official 175.16 ones now. Here are some links for your download pleasure ....
Official 175.16 WHQL Drivers ....
XP-32-bit
XP-64-bit
Vista-32-bit
Vista-64-bit
Release Highlights
WHQL Certified for...
For those interested. This one's only $189 after $40 rebate. 512MB card with decent fan, 3-phase power system, heatpipe cooler. Shipping is $12 though ....
http://www.ncixus.com/products/27328/88YFF6HUFEXX/Galaxy%20Technology/
Haven't tried them yet, but here they are. Long thread discussing these on Guru3D and NVNews. They just showed up.....
Vista/32
http://www.itocp.com/ftp//WinVista171_16beta.zip
XP/32
http://www.itocp.com/ftp//WinXP171_16beta.zip
Guru3D users have commented that there is an issue with...
Released January 14, 2008
http://www.evga.com/forums/tm.asp?m=176929&mpage=1&key=
"This new update ramps the fanspeed up quicker, and more gradually as the temperature increases. This update can lower the GPU operating temperature by about 10c under load. In addition, this BIOS also...
Another 8800 card is coming if you can believe this .....
http://en.expreview.com/?p=151
So in no particular order we now have the following 8800s. Let me know if I missed any.
8800 Ultra 768 MB
8800 GTX 768 MB
8800 GTS 640 MB
8800 GTS 320 MB
8800 GTS 640 MB (revised 112sp)
8800 GT...
Don't know how long this is going to last but just found a very good deal on a PNY GTS at Frys. Go to this link and click special price. It will be added to your cart as $299 and they also have a $20 rebate to send in = $279...
http://shop3.outpost.com/product/5471769
Two cards are up at Ewiz.com now and prices are pretty much in line with what we all assumed they'd be. $355 for the Asus and $380 for th EVGA card ....
http://www.ewiz.com/query.php?categry=0&s=8800gts+512mb&search=y
Just a heads-up to anyone who may be using a Biostar Motherboard with a 8800GT and your PC won't boot. They have issued 2 new motherboard BIOS's to fix the issue. If this has been posted, I searched and didn't see it.
BIOSTAR TForce TF7050-M2...
Don't know if this has been posted yet in one of the billion pages of 8800GT posts, but Sparkle has 2 unique 8800GTs. No Fan and 2-Fans ...
Passive:
http://www.sparkle.com.tw/News/SP8800GTpassive/news_SP8800GT_passive_EN.html
Dual-Fan...
Looks like good news for Crossfire Users anyway, Single Card Users can breathe a Big Ho-Hum ...............
http://pcper.com/article.php?type=expert&aid=463
Just switched to Vista Home Premium 32-bit and overall things worked out very well. Damn near every game I loaded has worked except for one of my son's games Activision's Ultimate Spider-man. It crashes to the desktop immediatley upon loading. I'm currently using the beta for ATI Cat. 7.9, but...
This is going sound like a dumb question to you guys that have been doing this for years, but I just moved from AGP and built my first PCI-E based rig over the weekend using a E6600/GA-P35C-DS3R Motherboard.
Anyway, the past two days I have been screwing around with some overclocking and was...
Coming soon to an AGP slot near you...Sapphire and DX10. If you click on the links for the cards, you're directed to the PCI-E specs however ......
http://www.sapphiretech.com/us/products/browseproducts.php?pcat=3
......and just to get it out of the way. Yes, all of us with AGP...