Thermaltake BigTyp VP is a new upgraded value pack of the famous classical air cooler Thermaltake BigTyp 120 VX. BigTyp VP not only maintained the same excellent thermal structure of the original BigTyp but added on one extra 120mm satellite fan, and thus enabled the simultaneous cooling of CPU surrounding chipsets. The satellite fan (120x120x25mm) further utilizes system air flow and cools wherever you placed it.  The 2-direction-installation option of this additional fan is for extra cooling of RAM or VGA, and this multi-positioning design also allows add-ons of additional 12cm-fan, 9cm-fan, 8cm-fan, 6cm-fan, 5cm-fan, or 4cm-fan. Rotatable fan holder enables fan installation adjustment from 0 to 45 degrees to best fit your system structure.

The proprietary soldering process enables the Thermaltake BigTyp VP to be one of the best coolers on the market. With the adjustable fan speed from 1300 to 2500rpm, and lowest sound output of 16dBA, the flexible fan operation status can be easily controlled to best fit the users

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ComingSoon.net got a chance to talk to Twilight producer Wyck Godfrey about the status of the proposed Gears of War video game adaptation. "We've got our script on and a director we're about to attach. We'll hopefully make that early next year for the summer of 2010," said Godfrey.

It was announced in March of 2007 that New Line Cinema (now a unit of Warner Bros.) had acquired the feature film rights to Epic Games' award-winning video game. Stuart Beattie was attached to adapt the project and Temple Hill Entertainment set to produce.

Since its debut in November 2006, "Gears of War" has broken sales records on the Microsoft Xbox 360, selling more than 4.5 million copies worldwide (it sold 3 million copies in the first 10 weeks after launch).

The game thrusts players into humankind's epic battle for survival against the Locust Horde, a nightmarish race of creatures that surface from the bowels of the planet. The story unfolds as a ragtag group of soldiers use every last ounce of strength to survive the onslaught from the forces of evil, which begins on the historic Emergence Day.

Cliff Bleszinski, the lead game designer for "Gears of Wars," worked in conjunction with Beattie to define a treatment for the film.

Bleszinski announced in February at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco that a sequel to the "Gears of War" video games is in the works and is slated for a November 2008 launch.

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Guru3D Behind the scenes - the servers 2008

Earlier last week Guru3D drove to the datacenter to install our newest server "Corleone", a new front-end server that is to be used for our rapidly growing forums. We'll show you the specs and some insider info on that server later on. But also let's have a look at where the Guru3D website is hosted, the racks, the gear and the network we are broadcasting over ...

A quick peek behind the scenes of Guru3D, the 2008 edition.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/guru3d-behind-the-scenes--the-servers-2008/

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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.

Changes in this release:

• Added Support for GeForce 9800 GTX
• Added Support for GeForce 9500 GT
• Added Support for GeForce 8800M GTX
• Added Support for GeForce 8600M GT
• Fixed Bug with Fan Speed IC Settings

Download - click here

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CPU-Z is a diagnostic tool that provides information on your CPU, including: processor name and vendor, core stepping and process, processor package, internal and external clocks, clock multiplier, partial overclock detection, processor features, supported instructions sets, L1 and L2 cache information, location, size, speed, and technology.

CPU-Z is a freeware that gathers information on some of the main devices of your system.

System

* Windows and DirectX version.

Changes in version 1.44.2:

• NVIDIA 650i, 680i, 750a/780a, 750i, 780i, 790i chipsets
• Intel G35 chipset
• Updated support for VIA chipsets

Download - http://downloads.guru3d.com/CPU-Z-v1.44.2-download-1340.html

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Let's face the truth here, personally I haven't had to experience the problems Creative Labs users have been having on Windows Vista. However, the sound cards, which work fine on Windows XP, yet lose some functionality on the new Vista operating system. Forum member Daniel_K made some modifications to the code used to run the sound cards, and released drivers of his own that allowed Creative Labs users to take full advantage of their sound cards on Vista.

Daniel Kawakami has been modding Windows Vista drivers for Creative Labs products. While Creative Labs insisted that features such as Decoding of Dolby Digital and DTS signals and DVD-Audio which worked fine in WinXP, would not work on Vista.

Daniel_K was recently able to "fix" many drivers, enabling the "incompatible" features as well as fixing some bugs. He made a few mistakes, however, as in asking for donations. Making a profit off his modded drivers was asking for trouble. Now Daniel_K probably shouldn

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So we just pourchased a new server, 4 cores .. pretty spiffy right ? Yet Forrester Research analysts believe server processors will get 64 cores next year and that the same number of cores is expected in desktop processors by 2012. However, to fully take advantage of so many cores software makers will need to get ready:

While the era of multi-core computing is here, application development teams must embrace new programming approaches to reap the full performance and economic benefits of the new hardware. The new

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Chipzilla Intel published information on its website about the new Desktop Board DX48BT2 motherboard which uses the all new X48 chipset.

Pulse-pounding gaming and high powered multimedia experiences require the ultimate in performance from your processor and motherboard. Intel

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read the whole thread, the have crippled previous gen cards drivers for vista on purpose to sell more X-Fi cards. They also shut down the only guy who made them work but also fixed their broken Vista drivers for their X-Fi.

http://forum.beyond3d.com/showthread.php?t=47444

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=116332&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

Message to Daniel_K

Daniel_K:

We are aware that you have been assisting owners of our Creative sound cards for some time now, by providing unofficial driver packages for Vista that deliver more of the original functionality that was found in the equivalent XP packages for those sound cards. In principle we don't have a problem with you helping users in this way, so long as they understand that any driver packages you supply are not supported by Creative. Where we do have a problem is when technology and IP owned by Creative or other companies that Creative has licensed from, are made to run on other products for which they are not intended. We took action to remove your thread because, like you, Creative and its technology partners think it is only fair to be compensated for goods and services. The difference in this case is that we own the rights to the materials that you are distributing. By enabling our technology and IP to run on sound cards for which it was not originally offered or intended, you are in effect, stealing our goods. When you solicit donations for providing packages like this, you are profiting from something that you do not own. If we choose to develop and provide host-based processing features with certain sound cards and not others, that is a business decision that only we have the right to make.

Although you say you have discontinued your practice of distributing unauthorized software packages for Creative sound cards we have seen evidence of them elsewhere along with donation requests from you. We also note in a recent post of yours on these forums, that you appear to be contemplating the release of further packages. To be clear, we are asking you to respect our legal rights in this matter and cease all further unauthorized distribution of our technology and IP. In addition we request that you observe our forum rules and respect our right to enforce those rules. If you are in any doubt as to what we would consider unacceptable then please request clarification through one of our forum moderators before posting.

Phil O'Shaughnessy
VP Corporate Communications
Creative Labs Inc.


Forum Moderator
Creative Labs

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Cybernet (?) Cybernet released a computer that's housed inside a keyboard. A pretty spiffy one as well. it's An All-in-One PC in a keyboard that not only takes up far less desktop space, but also puts an Intel Core

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Okay it's a slow day for hardware news, something that tickles the mind then .. we all adored the movie Transformers right ? These shots, snapped in a drive-by of a trailer in the movie-making capital of Culver City, Calif. are two Saleen Mustangs outfitted with that familiar paint scheme that marks a very special 'stang. This can only mean filming of Michael Bay's next masterpiece is underway or getting pretty damn close. We can already hear Wert's robogasms from here.

The latest word is the script is still in development with filming to start in June, and really, why worry about something as silly as a script when there's giant freakin' robots to blow stuff up. Bay is pretty excited about the sequel, so we wouldn't be surprised if things were already starting to get underway.

Now the questions start to fly: why would there be two Barricades? One would think that multiples would be needed for the filming process, but the little kid in us believes Barricade multiplies and fights as twins, or, you know, Ford's bringing out their new Barricade special edition Saleen 'stang. Nah.

Bumblebee's ass is grass man ...

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GPU-Z is a lightweight utility designed to give you all information about your video card and GPU.

Changes in version 0.1.8:

• • Fixed SLI detection for Vista32 and Vista64
  • Added automatic refresh of clocks and multi GPU status
  • Added support for NVIDIA Quadro FX Go1400, Quadro NVS 440, GeForce 7350 KE, 7300 GT, 8400 SE, 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX, 9500 GT, 8400, Quadro NVS 140M, 135M, FX 360M, 9300M G, 9500M GS, 8600M GT, 8700M GT, FX 3600M
  • Added support for G96
  • Added support for ATI FireGL V8600, some RV635 and RV620 variants
  • Fixed fan speed monitoring for RV6xx
  • Fixed fillrate for 8800 GTS 512
  • Fixed some subvendor names
  • Fixed shader calculation for M68
  • Process size, Die size, DirectX Support will now show "Unknown"
  • Fixed crash when no sensors detected
  • Fixed NV44 ROP and shader calculation
  • Fixed crash when NVIDIA BIOS couldn't be read
  • Added Splash screen

Download - click here

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Stereo drivers are intended to enable the NVIDIA stereo Control Panel for the support of 3D Glasses. This is a beta driver so there might be a bit of stability issues for you. Then again it has been a long time since NVIDIA released such a driver so it'll make loads of you quite happy.

Two files are required to use your 3D glasses with any GeForce card. The first is the ForceWare video card drivers (I suggest Forceware 174.74), and the other is the NVIDIA Stereo drivers you can download from this download section.

> Download

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Rockstar Games has just released the final Grand Theft Auto IV trailer: "Everyone's a Rat". " GTA IV reinvents the series with a renewed version of Liberty City detailed to the last pothole and rooftop vent. There are now four boroughs to explore plus extra area outside of Liberty City proper ".

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The Samsung NV24HD boasts high 10.2 megapixel resolution with a 24mm ultra wide angle 3.6 optical zoom lens so that wide shots can be taken from a limited distance. It is equipped with the Dream Engine, a rapid image correction feature developed with exclusive Samsung technology so that high quality images can be shot more quickly and clearly. Samsung NV24HD

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GSC Game World and Koch Media have announced S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, the prequel to the irradiated first-person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, will hit the store shelves on August 29, 2008, and will be published by the games labels Deep Silver and GSC World Publishing.

The topic of the release date for S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky has created a lot of interest among gamers, press and fans. We

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Albatron GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB review

Albatron recently released their GeForce 8800 GTS armed with 512MB. This product is all about value for your money. We've seen cards like these sell for 219 USD already. Over the next pages we'll dive into the technology called G92, which is powering that 8800 GTS 512MB, we'll look at the card stripped naked in a photo-shoot, then fire off a nice round of benchmarks at the cards top see how they perform and where they stand among the rest of the 8 series products. Check out this review.

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/514/

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Corsair Flash Voyager 32 GB review

These are the flash memory sticks that Bruce Willis could carry around while making Die Hard 4.0, they've been laundered, baked, frozen, boiled, dropped, and even run over by a SUV in many third party reviews. After all the punishment it receives, these sturdy little freaks continue to work. Now available in a 32GB capacity. It's a small HDD in your pocket. With that file size you could even partition it, split into two partitions, and make one encrypted as the product supports EAS-256 bit encryption technology.

Read our review here:
http://www.guru3d.com/article/memory/511/

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Quad SLI Review With Dual 9800 GX2

Today is the 25th, the press is "allowed" to publish results on new NVIDIA technology today. It's a topic we quite frankly already have covered before, yet back then on a different operating system. It was exactly that operating system which limited what we really needed and wanted to achieve, and that is utilizing more than two GPU's to render a game.

It's 2008, times have changed and obviously we'll play peek-a-boo with a Quad-SLI system. What do you need for Quad-SLI ? A pretty beefy system, that's for sure.

You can find the article at this URL:

http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/515/

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Retrieved information's are presented in a logical and easily understandable form and can be exported into various types of reports. Comprehensive hardware information
System health monitoring
Basic benchmarks
Text, CSV and XML report formats
Periodical updates
For Windows NT/2000/XP/Server 2003; Windows 9X/Me (limited)

nges in HWiNFO32 v1.80 - Released on: Mar-26-2008:

• Added several new nVidia G96 and G98 models, GeForce 9800 GX2.
• Added support of ADT7490 sensor.
• Added S3 Chrome 400 Series.
• Enhanced support of nVidia MCP73 (nForce 6x0i) and C73 (nForce 790i).
• Added support of Enhanced Performance Profile 2 (for DDR3).
• Added ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430, 3650, Radeon HD 3300, 3430 and M86.
• Added Intel Atom branding for Silverthorne and Diamondville CPUs.
• Updated Intel XMP support to v1.1.
• Added recognition of Intel Mobile Diamondville.
• Improved memory module timing information.
• Added monitoring of CPU power consumption and current for Giga-Byte boards supporting DES.
• Added ATI FireMV 2260 and 2450.
• Improved identification of LGA771-based Yorkfield (QX9775).
• Added ATI Mobility RADEON HD 3850 X2, 3870, 3870 X2.
• Enhanced identification of Cantiga SKUs.

Upcoming changes in the next release:

• Enhanced support of AMD Geode-LX.
• Added nVidia GeForce 8800 GT, 8800 GS, 9400 GT, 9500 GT, 9500 GS.
• Added nVidia GeForce 8200M, 9200M GS, 9300M G, 9300M GS, 9500M G, 9600M GS, 9600M GT, 9650M GT, 9700M GT, 9700M GTS, 9800M GT, 9800M GTS, 9800M GTX.
• Added nVidia Quadro NVS 150M, Quadro FX 770M, 2700, 2700M, 3700M.

Download - http://downloads.guru3d.com/HWiNFO32-version-1.80-download-1078.html

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This is NVIDIA ForceWare 174.74, an all new driver as released by NVIDIA. This drive comes with full support for all current GeForce graphiocs cards from the GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 series.

We have a discussion thread open on these drivers right here.

• Supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs including these newly released GPUs:
  o GeForce 9800 GX2
  o GeForce 9600 GT
  o GeForce 8300
  o GeForce 8200
  o GeForce 8100/NVIDIA nForce 720a
  o NVIDIA nForce 730a
• Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI
  

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BFG Technologies announced today the BFG NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT OC2 512MB PCI Express 2.0 graphics card for a suggested retail price of $249.99 USD.

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