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ATI Catalyst 9.3 driver released (XP|Vista|Win7)

ar31an — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:08:40 +0000

ATI released a new set of drivers for their Radeon based graphics cards. The new 9.3 Cats are available for 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP

Highlights of the ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 Windows release include:

Performance improvements

* Lost Planet: Colonies – performance gains of up to 20% were seen on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series, and performance gains of up to 50% were seen on the ATI Radeon™ HD 4600 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 4500 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 4300 Series of products
* Unigine Tropics Demo DirectX 9 and DirectX 10 – performance gains of up to 20% were seen on ATI CrossFireX configurations using the ATI Radeon™ HD 4800 Series of products
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New Features

ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 – the industries first Unified graphics driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista

* AMD has delivered a single unified graphics driver for both Windows 7 and Windows Vista – demonstrating AMD’s Windows 7 graphics driver leadership and focus on delivering a stable and robust Windows 7 experience on AMD hardware
* Delivers full WDDM 1.1 support under Windows 7 on the ATI Radeon HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon HD 2000 Series of products
* All future ATI Catalyst postings will deliver one single unified driver for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
o Please note that the AVIVO Video Converter is not currently supported under Windows 7

ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 Folding@Home performance enhancements

* Using ATI Stream™ technology, owners of the ATI Radeon™ HD 4000 Series, ATI Radeon™ HD 3000 Series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 2000 Series of graphics accelerators will see a performance boost in their Folding@Home scores when running the latest Folding@Home client and upcoming cores in conjunction with ATI Catalyst™ 9.3

ATI Catalyst™ 9.3 – Windows Vista HDMI audio driver support integrated into all ATI Catalyst 9.3 packages

As of ATI Catalyst 9.3 and future ATI Catalyst releases, the AMD Windows Vista HDMI audio driver is automatically included

* The HDMI audio driver will only be installed if the AMD graphics accelerator has an HDMI display connector and there is no 3rd party HDMI audio driver installed.

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ATI Catalyst 9.3 WHQL Windows XP 32-bit
ATI Catalyst 9.3 WHQL Windows XP 64-bit
ATI Catalyst 9.3 WHQL Vista | Windows 7 64-bit
ATI Catalyst 9.3 WHQL Vista | Windows 7 32-bit

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Realtek HD Audio 2.19 Driver

ar31an — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:09:17 +0000

The latest download of Realtek’s HD audio driver version available for Windows XP and Vista -it supposedly runs under Windows 7 too.

The HD audio driver version for Realtek chips is available for download on our server. This download offers both the Windows XP and Vista binaries, the files contain drivers for the 32 Bit and 64 Bit versions. All Realtek HD audio chips, which are common on many motherboards and in notebooks, are supported.

The sound specialist still offers the Beta version 0.1 of the 3D Sound Back Utility which preserves or reactivates 3D sound effects such as Surround, reverb and stereoscopic effects of older games under Windows Vista. Since it is a beta version, the use is used at one’s own risk only. You should backup your important files before using the software.

Here is an extract from the change log . Unfortunately improvements of performance are rare for new audio drivers. An uninstall problem in Windows 7 has now been fixed.

Realtek HD Audio Driver support all of Realtek HD Audio Codec in Vista/WinXP/Win2000/Win2003.

History:
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Driver Package R2.19
Realtek HD Audio Driver support all of Realtek HD Audio Codec in Vista/WinXP/Win2000/Win2003 .

1. Vista WHQL Supporting: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262,ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887
2. Windows 2000/XP WHQL Supporting: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267,ALC268, ALC269, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887
3. HDMI Device WHQL Support: ATI HDMI Devices
4. OS Supporting: Microsoft WindowsXP, Widnows2000, Vista, Windows7 x86/x64
5. Pack with Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013)
6. Add/Fix
1.) Driver Customizations.
Package :
1. Fix upgraded warning dialog for Small VGA mode .
2. Add failed run installation by count .

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Realtek HD Audio Driver 2.19 for XP/Vista (32/64 bits)

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NVIDIA nForce 15.25 WHQL International XP|Vista (32|64)

ar31an — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:08:41 +0000

NVIDIA released yet anotehr nForce driver, this time for another set of NFORCE motherboards. This is WHQL driver 15.25. NVIDIA released a new driver package for their nForce motherboard series. The new binaries include:

Driver Versions:

* Ethernet Driver (v67.89) WHQL
* Network Management Tools (v67.96) “Sedona”
* SATAIDE Driver (v10.3.0.46) WHQL
* SATARAID Driver (v10.3.0.46) WHQL
* RAIDTOOL Application (v10.3.0.46)
* SMU Driver (v1.61) WHQL
* SMBus Driver (v4.69) WHQL
* Away Mode Driver (v6.0.6000.107) WHQL
* Installer (v6.69)

Product Supported:

* nForce 790i Ultra SLI
* nForce 790i SLI
* nForce 780i SLI
* nForce 750i SLI
* nForce 740a SLI
* nForce 710a SLI
* nForce 680i SLI
* nForce 680a SLI
* nForce 680i LT SLI
* nForce 650i SLI
* nForce 650i Ultra
* nForce 590 SLI Intel
* nForce 590 SLI AMD
* nForce 570 SLI Intel
* nForce 570 SLI AMD
* nForce 570 Ultra AMD
* nForce 550

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NVIDIA nForce 15.25 WHQL Vista 32-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.25 WHQL XP 32-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.25 WHQL XP 64-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.25 WHQL Vista 64-bit

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NVIDIA nForce 15.26 WHQL International XP|Vista (32|64)

ar31an — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:08:16 +0000

NVIDIA released a new driver package for their nForce motherboard series. The new binaries include:

Windows Vista 32-bit Driver Versions:

Product Supported:

* nForce 980a
* nForce 780a
* nForce 750a
* nForce 730a – GeForce 8300/8200
* nForce 720a – GeForce 8100
* nForce 630i/GeForce 7150
* nForce 630i/GeForce 7100
* nForce 610i/GeForce 7050

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NVIDIA nForce 15.26 WHQL International XP 32-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.26 WHQL International XP 64-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.26 WHQL International Vista 64-bit
NVIDIA nForce 15.26 WHQL International Vista 32-bit

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MaxxPI 2 benchmark

ar31an — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:08:50 +0000

Download MAxxPI2 v1.31 – MaxxPI² is an benchmark to measure cpu / cache / memory performance of computer systems.

It uses current technologies like sse, mmx, scheduled threading and further techniques, including an accurate time measurement.Your results will precisely reflect the performance of your system. Every little change, done on the benched system, will take place on the received results.

MaxxPI² – PreView: Is the *little brother, but it contains the same PI-calculation routine as MaxxPI² does. So your reaced results will be comparable. MaxxPI²-Preview is designed to do SinglePI calculations.

File specifications:

* File size: 629760 bytes
* MD5…: 9a6f691b8245bc349027883735839fed
* SHA1..: a161b345429c08757043afa7a2ea15e2e5ea40ea
* SHA256: 28bbc5aa5db4ee4a578bc8a3dbd51b85407b7cce11429c51e1648e4fc6795358

Versions history:

* v1.31, initial release
* v1.32, CPU-Spinup code added, for much higher time measuring precision (07/01/2009)
* v1.34, selectable CPU-core, compatible with Intel i7 i9xx and up to 8 cores (10/01/2009)
* v1.34, now full compatible with Windows Beta 7000 x86/x64 (10/01/2009)
* v1.35, minor change in CPU name detection (18/02/2009) NEW!

Directions for use Install and Remove:

MaxxPI² – PreView does not need to be installed, just unzip the files in a directory and run the executable (MaxxPi2_preview.exe). In order to remove the program, just delete MaxxPi2_preview.exe and if it exists, MaxxPi2_preview.cfg.
The program does not copy any file in any directory (except temporary files), neither writes in the registry. MaxxPI² – PreView uses a configuration file, MaxxPI2_preView.cfg, that allows to store several parameters. It will be created at runtime automatically.

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NVIDIA BIOS Editor v4.9 (nibitor)

ar31an — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:08:15 +0000

NiBitor is a BIOS tweaker that supports the latest NVIDIA graphics cards, and which is updated on a regular basis. NiBiTor allows graphics card enthusiasts, or the hardcore overclockers to have full control over some advanced features and functionality found on firmware of supporting cards.

Doing so users gain some extra performance, enable certain hidden features, tweak memory latencies, provide extensive information, adapt boot up settings, change fan speed options and/or get extra stability on the NVIDIA based graphics accelerators.

Main features

* Detailed BIOS information output
o Device ID
o BIOS Version
o BIOS Date
o Vendor
o Core/Memory Clock display
+ 2D Core/Memory Clock
+ 3D Core/Memory Clock
+ Throttling Core/Memory Clock
o Core Voltage display
+ 2D Voltage
+ 3D Voltage
+ Throttling Voltage
o Memory Timings display
o Product Identification
* Ability to modify the several BIOS Parameters
o Core Clock defined within the BIOS
o Memory Clock defined within the BIOS
o Core Voltage defined within the BIOS
o Memory Timings defined within the BIOS
o Temperature Settings defined within the BIOS
o Fan Speed Settings defined within the BIOS
* Specific Boot Settings
o Graphics Card OEM and Advanced Signon Message
o Monitor Specific Parameters
o Graphics Card Initiation Settings
o TV Mode Selection (NTSC/PAL)
* Ability to check BIOS Integrity
o BIOS Checksum Checking
o BIOS Structure Checking

Changes in version 4.9:

* Added GeForce GTX 285

* Added GeForce GTX 295

* Minor Update and Bugfix

Changes in version 4.8:

* Added GeForce 9500 GS

* Added GeForce 9800 GTX+

* Added GeForce 9600M GS

* Added GeForce 9650M GT

* Added GeForce 9700M GT

* Added GeForce 9800M GS

* Added GeForce 9800M GT

* Added Quadro FX 1500

* Added Quadro NVS 140M

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EVGA Precision 1.5

ar31an — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 21:08:26 +0000

This program allows you to fine tune your GeForce graphics card for the maximum performance possible, with Core/Shader/Memory clock tuning, real time monitoring support including in-game, Logitech Keyboard LCD Display support, and compatibility with almost all EVGA (and other) graphics cards.

Version 1.5

New multi-GPU systems control approach. Now Precision gives you independent
access to thermal monitoring, overclocking and fan control settings of all GPUs
installed in the system regardless of SLI mode status. Please take a note that
the previous version settings and profiles are not compatible with version 1.5.0
and will be lost.

* Added new green and dark skin editions.

* New skin format v1.1 adds bitmap effects support to the skin compiler. Now
skin creators can use new technology to simplify skin creation process and
easily create different color editions of the same skin by applying various
color tuning effects to the same bitmaps during compilation. Built-in blue,
violet, green and dark skin editions are based on new technology, so it is
recommended to use these skins as bitmap effects usage tutorials.

* Added multi-GPU core, shader and memory clocks and fan speeds monitoring.

* SLI mode status is detected dynamically and displayed properly in system
info when SLI mode is being toggled on the fly during Precision runtime.

* Now Precision displays graphics processor codename in system info.

* Fixed memory clock monitoring for G98 graphics processors family.

* Now Precision is able to detect memory clock frequency generator switching
to PCIE bus clock and display correct idle 100MHz memory clock frequency on
GeForce 9 and older series graphics cards.

* Added -profile0 … -profile9 command line switches for loading the
profiles.

* EVGA On-Screen Display Server has been updated to version 3.1.2. New
server provides improved compatibility with SecuRom protected games when high
application detection level is selected and fixes issues with starting the
server with no server icon displayed in the system tray area under certain
conditions.

* Various internal code cleanups and optimizations.

The software also supports output to the G15 display

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GeForce ForceWare 182.08 XP|Vista WHQL

ar31an — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 21:09:42 +0000

NVIDIA issued a new WHQL release GeForce driver today. This is a WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs.

New in Release 182.08:

* Added support for GeForce GTS 250.
* Added SLI profile support for some newly released games.
* Additional information on specific bug fixes can be found in the release documentation notes.

New in Release 182 Drivers:

* Recommended for the best experience in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.
* Boosts performance in several 3D applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with Release 182 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
o Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.
o Up to 10% performance increase in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
o Up to 9% performance increase in Half-Life 2 at high resolution with AA.
o Up to 11% performance increase in Left 4 Dead at high resolution with AA.
o Up to 10% performance increase in Race Driver: GRID at high resolution and AA.
* Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series GPUs.
* Automatically installs the new PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203.

Download:

GeForce ForceWare 182.08 WHQL Vista (32-bit)
GeForce ForceWare 182.08 WHQL Vista (64-bit)
GeForce ForceWare 182.08 WHQL XP (64-bit)
GeForce ForceWare 182.08 WHQL XP (32-bit)

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GeForce 181.71 Windows 7 (32|64-bit)

ar31an — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:08:29 +0000

NVIDIA has rolled out new GeForce 181.71 beta drivers for the beta version of Windows 7, you can download them over here.

* Installs WDDM v1.1 for GeForce 8, 9, and 200-series DirectX 10 GPUs.
* Installs WDDM v1.0 for GeForce 6 and 7-series DirectX 9 GPUs.
* Supports Direct3D, Direct2D, and DirectWrite.
* Supports NVIDIA CUDA – Compute Unified Device Architecture.
* Supports NVIDIA PhysX (this driver package automatically installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0203 for all GeForce 8, 9, and 200-series GPUs).
* Supports NVIDIA SLI on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications.

GeForce GTX 295
GeForce GTX 285
GeForce GTX 280
GeForce GTX 260
GeForce GT 140
GeForce GT 130
GeForce GT 120
GeForce 9800 GX2
GeForce 9800 GTX+
GeForce 9800 GTX
GeForce 9800 GT
GeForce 9600 GT
GeForce 9600 GS
GeForce 9600 GSO
GeForce 9500 GT
GeForce 9500 GS
GeForce 9400 GT
GeForce 9400
GeForce 9300 GS
GeForce 9300 GE
GeForce 9300
GeForce 9200
GeForce 8800 Ultra
GeForce 8800 GTX
GeForce 8800 GTS 512
GeForce 8800 GTS
GeForce 8800 GT
GeForce 8800 GS
GeForce 8600 GTS
GeForce 8600 GT
GeForce 8600 GS
GeForce 8500 GT
GeForce 8400 SE
GeForce 8400 GS
GeForce 8400
GeForce 8300 GS
GeForce 8300
GeForce 8200
GeForce 8100 / nForce 720a
GeForce 7950 GX2
GeForce 7950 GT
GeForce 7900 GTX
GeForce 7900 GT/GTO
GeForce 7900 GS
GeForce 7800 SLI
GeForce 7800 GTX
GeForce 7800 GT
GeForce 7800 GS
GeForce 7650 GS
GeForce 7600 GT
GeForce 7600 GS
GeForce 7600 LE
GeForce 7500 LE
GeForce 7350 LE
GeForce 7300 SE
GeForce 7300 LE
GeForce 7300 GT
GeForce 7300 GS
GeForce 7200 GS
GeForce 7100 GS
GeForce 7150 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 7100 / NVIDIA nForce 620i
GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 630i
GeForce 7050 / NVIDIA nForce 610i
GeForce 7050 PV / NVIDIA nForce 630a
GeForce 7025 / NVIDIA nForce 630a
GeForce 6800 XT
GeForce 6800 XE
GeForce 6800 Ultra
GeForce 6800 Series GPU
GeForce 6800 LE
GeForce 6800 GT
GeForce 6800 GS/XT
GeForce 6800 GS
GeForce 6800
GeForce 6700 XL
GeForce 6610 XL
GeForce 6600 VE
GeForce 6600 LE
GeForce 6600 GT
GeForce 6600
GeForce 6500
GeForce 6250
GeForce 6200SE TurboCache™
GeForce 6200 TurboCache™
GeForce 6200 LE
GeForce 6200 A-LE
GeForce 6200
GeForce 6150SE nForce 430
GeForce 6150 LE
GeForce 6150
GeForce 6100 nForce 420
GeForce 6100 nForce 405
GeForce 6100 nForce 400
GeForce 6100

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AMD Overdrive 2.1.6

ar31an — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 13:11:38 +0000

The AMD OverDrive application was designed to be a utility the provides the ability to maximize the capability, flexibility, and adjustability of the AMD chipset products.

It allows user to tune parameters to ensure system stability, optimize performance, and control cooling/acoustic characteristics. Our target is to provide an all-in-one utility which can deliver all-around stellar operation.

Here are some key features of “AMD Overdrive”. Overclocking To Push Your System To Extreme Limits:

* Personalize your experience with state-of-the-art real-time overclocking.
Experience the power of AMD OverDrive as you adjust your processor, memory and
graphics settings to push the performance envelope further than it has ever
gone before.

* The power over your system is within reach. AMD OverDrive lets you sit
back and monitor all your performance settings including clock memory, voltage
and memory timing.

* Monitoring system stability has never been easier. AMD OverDrive utilizes
multi threaded CPU tests to ensure overall system stability so you can focus
on your game.

* Custom performance for novice and enthusiast users as well as an auto
clock option:

* Novice and beginner users need not be intimidated. AMD OverDrive provides
a simple performance slider to control system settings. Adjust the slider to
achieve your desired performance.

* Enthusiast users will be elated at the amount of control at your
fingertips. AMD OverDrive exposes all controls so experienced gamers can
monitor and modify performance settings to achieve extreme performance.

* Maximizing your system performance doesn’t get any easier than this. AMD
OverDrive includes a single-click Performance tuning feature that optimizes
your system performance automatically.