Catalyst 3.0 Driver Suite dated January 10, 2003

Win2k/WinXp : Version: 6.14.01.6255 Packaging Version: 7-81-021218a-007192c

Win98/ME : Version: 4.14.01.9076 Packaging Version: 7-81-021218a-007192c

Fixed in this driver:

RADEON™ 9700 / RADEON™ 9500 Series – OpenGL based games stutter after installing wxp-w2k-r9700-7-81-021213a-006924C.exe driver download package.
Running the games Zanzarah or Star Trek-Amada II at 1024×767 32bpp with Anti Aliasing enabled at 6x no longer results in a black screen display
Selecting single player mode in Heavy Gear 2 has no longer results in display corruption when using the RADEON™ 9700 under Windows XP
Display corruption is no longer seen around the start button when using the RADEON™ 8500 under Windows XP
Running the game Serious Sam Second Encounter when using the RADEON™ 7000 under Windows XP, no longer results in a system hang when the display is set to a resolution of 1024×768 or higher

Nvidia NVDVD 2 combines advanced video and audio playback with superior features and intuitive controls to enable a home theater experience on any desktop or notebook PC. NVDVD is a full media player with play-list support, enabling users to create custom playlists of MP3 music, photo slideshows with background music, or any mixed audio and video presentation. Download Link #1

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What’s New:
Improved VCD playback
Improved Windows XP Fast User Switch mode
Improved default color control settings for Hardware overlay and VMR modes
Improved user interface performance
Fixed region problems that occurred after installing new DVD-ROM drives
Fixed problem with left/right/sub speaker configuration downmixing

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CREATIVE LABS TOLD told us before the holidays that it will have the one and only exclusive for Europe, at least to start with, but we are starting to get more information from other firms who say it’s not so.

See for example, the Club-3D confirmation of its GeForce FX board today.

We were advised by one of the top four manufacturers of Nvidia’s cards that it’s very unlikely that Creative will be exclusive and here’s why.

He believes, and we agree, that if this is true, and if it’s anything to do with Nvidia, this type of move could cause many partners to feel a little “upset”.

Nvidia has four major OEM partner companies in Taiwan, MSI, Asus, Leadtek and Gainward and all these companies would be pretty upset by this kind of agreement.

One of the facts is that MSI actually builds cards for Creative and it would be quite interesting to see only Creative cards on European market as MSI is actually manufacturing them.

MSI should also have contracts with major OEM PC buil

You might have noticed that about a week ago 42.01 Wink/XP driver appeared on-line. At the time Win9/ME version was no where to be seen BUT today it has finally appeared on-line!!!
Download : file from guru2d.com

I found some more details about AMD’s upcoming Hammer processor at german site Planet3Dnow :

The transition from the K7 to K8 will take place in the first half of 2003 (first supplies in H01, mass supplies in H02)
K7 (FSB- and L2 Cache-development)

Thoroughbred 2400+, 2600+, 266MHz FSB, 256KB L2 Cache
Thoroughbred 2700+, 2800+, 333MHz FSB, 256KB L2 Cache
Barton 2800+, 3000+*, 3200+*, 333MHz FSB, 512KB L2 Cache
K7 AMD Athlon XP 3000+ (Barton Core) needs new specs regarding cooling (therm. resistance < 0.60 ¡ãC/W)

K8 roadmap:

“ClawHammer”, 1MB L2 Cache, 0.13u SOI
“Paris”, 256KB L2 Cache, 0.13u SOI
“San Diego”, 512KB L2 Cache, 0.09u SOI
Furthermore AMD seems to be planning to bump the front side bus to 400MHz (200MHz DDR). The JEDEC will play an important role here since it is no ensured yet, that DDR400 will be integrated into the DDR-1 specs.

Improvements from VIA KT400 to KT400A:

substancial performance increase
possibility to run DDR400 with

This is newest unofficial beta driver so maybe it will not work best on all systems,in the package comes also Catalyst 2.2 but thats way it is,i know cat 3.0 is out but this is newest beta driver still. Cards supported: radeon 7200 and higher….Download

As promised, new nvidia drivers have hit the web. We have two sets available: Detonator 42.01 for Win2k/XP only and Detonator 32.20 for Win2k/XP and Win9x/ME …Ö§³ÖÃ?Ã?ºÅ¾ßÌåÈçÃ?壼nVIDIA RIVA TNT¡¢nVIDIA RIVA TNT2/TNT2 Pro¡¢nVIDIA Aladdin TNT2¡¢nVIDIA
Vanta/Vanta LT¡¢nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Ultra¡¢nVIDIA RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro¡¢nVIDIA
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