Archive for June, 2006

ATI Catalyst Version 6.6 WHQL

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

ATI has released the new graphics driver Catalyst 6.6 WHQL. This release adds performance improvements and introduces new features:

Avivo™ Video Converter Extension for Windows Media Center Edition
Theater 650 Pro TV Tuner support
Far Cry performance improves 4-5%. Larger gains of up to 18.3% can be seen when using anisotropic filtering
Fear [...]

NVIDIA ForceWare 91.31 WHQL Driver

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

NVIDIA has released the new ForceWare driver version 91.31 WHQL certified. Release highlights include:

WHQL Certified
Adds support for GeForce 7950 GX2.
Includes the new NVIDIA Control Panel. Please visit the NVIDIA Control Panel website for more information.
New NVIDIA PureVideo features and enhancements. Please visit the NVIDIA PureVideo website for more information on PureVideo technology and system requirements.
Adds [...]

Galaxy 7300 GT 256MB DDR3 @ Guru3D

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Guru3D reviews the Galaxy 7300 GT 256MB DDR3 graphics card which features a highly overclocked GeForce 7300 GT chipset and an effective but low-noise cooling solution. Guru3D comes to this conclusion:
It is obvious that although not intended as a card for the hardcore gamer, it will still be able to play all of the latest [...]

Corsair TWINX2048-4400PRO 2GB Memory Kit @ MadShrimps

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

MadShrimps reviews the Corsair TWINX2048-4400PRO 2GB Memory Kit and writes:
Corsair’s TWINX2048-4400PRO is a high performance beast with glowing eyes. Surpassing 580MHz was a breeze and while the memory wasn’t completely stable in all benchmarks at DDR580 (it failed only in Far Cry) it was 100% stable at DDR570 including Far Cry. Had I spent more [...]

MSI NX7600GT VT2D256E @ EclipseOC

Tuesday, June 20th, 2006

EclipseOC reviews the MSI NX7600GT VT2D256E graphics card and writes:
From an overclocking standpoint, I was honestly let down a little bit. With a 580mhz core clock, I was hoping for at least a 10% over stock speeds without tweaking voltages, instead there was barely 5% for the core. To me, this isn’t a good thing, [...]