Saved Games for Crysis WARHEAD all levels

Many of you "crysis gamer" including me , are want to jump and play a specific level of this great game so you need the saved game right ! I don't know why its hard to find all the PC saved levels on the net ! so I want to share all the levels saves that I find in the incrysis.com forum with you ,

just enjoy ;)

About the Game:

Crysis Warhead is a science fiction first-person shootercomputer game developed by Hungarian studio Crytek BudapestElectronic Arts. Crysis Warhead is a standalone game and does not need Crysis installed to play. It was released on September 12, 2008 in Europe and September 16, 2008 in North America. and published by

Crysis Warhead, like the original, Crysis, is based in a future where an ancient alien spacecraft has been discovered beneath the Earth on an island east of the Philippines. The single-player campaign has the player assume the role of (Former SAS) Delta Force operator Sergeant Michael Sykes, referred to in-game by his call sign, Psycho. Psycho's arsenal of futuristic weapons builds on those showcased in Crysis, with the introduction of Mini-SMGs which can be dual-wielded, and the Plasma Accumulator Cannon (PAX). The highly versatile "Nano Suit" returns. In Crysis Warhead, the player fights North Korean and extraterrestrial enemies, in many different locations, such as a tropical island jungle, inside an "Ice Sphere", an underground mining complex, which is followed by a convoy train transporting an unknown alien object held by the North Koreans, and finally, to the airfield where the game ends with Psycho recovering the alien object. Like Crysis, Warhead uses Microsoft's new API, Direct3D 10 (DirectX 10) for graphics rendering. Crytek have also recently added a Crysis Wars mod for the Sandbox 2 editor, the same tool that Crytek used to create the game.

Download link for all Crysis WARHEAD levels from level2 " by savegameserver.com

How Google Ranks Search Results

As the European Commission opens an anti-trust enquiry into Google, the company has revealed details of how it ranks its search results. Amit Singhal, a Google Fellow responsible for ranking, says Google processes hundreds of millions of searches a day. More than one in five is a completely new query. Singhal defends the use of algorithms by saying that not only would it be impossible to handle queries by hand, but it wouldn't give the same level of quality.

"Every day we get the right answers for people, and every day we get stumped. And we love getting stumped. Because more often than not, a broken query is just a symptom of a potential improvement to be made to our ranking algorithm," he says.

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Realtek High Definition HD Audio Driver Windows 7 R2.43

The ALC882 series 7.1+2 Channel High Definition Audio codecs with UAA (Universal Audio Architecture), featuring five 24-bit stereo DACs and three 20-bit stereo ADCs, are designed for high performance multimedia PC systems.
The ALC882 series incorporates proprietary converter technology to achieve over 100dB Signal-to-Noise ratio playback quality; easily meeting PC2001 requirements and also bringing PC sound quality closer to consumer electronic devices.

The ALC882 series provide 10 channels of DAC that simultaneously support 7.1 sound playback, plus 2 channels of independent stereo sound output (multiple streaming) through the Front-Out-Left and Front-Out-Right channels. Flexible mixing, mute, and fine gain control functions provide a complete integrated audio solution for next generation multimedia PCs.

Changes in Driver Package R2.43:Realtek HD Audio Driver support all of Realtek HD Audio Codec.
    1. Vista/Windows 7 WHQL Supporting: ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262,ALC267, ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887,ALC670, ALC275, ALC680
    2. Windows 2000/XP WHQL Supporting: ALC880, ALC882, ALC883, ALC885, ALC888, ALC889, ALC892, ALC861VC, ALC861VD, ALC660, ALC662, ALC663, ALC665, ALC260, ALC262, ALC267,ALC268, ALC269, ALC270, ALC272, ALC273, ALC887,ALC670, ALC275, ALC680
    3. HDMI Device WHQL Support: ATI HDMI Devices
    4. OS Supporting: Microsoft WindowsXP, Widnows2000, Windows Server 2003, Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows7 - x86/x64
    5. Pack with Microsoft High Definition Audio UAAV1.0a(5013)
    6. Add/Fix
        1.) Driver :
            1. Customizations.

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Core i7 980 Extreme Edition specifications & price

This is the first six core CPU for desktops and are based on 32nm Westmere architecture. It comes with HyperThreading, 12MB of L3 cache and supports turbo boost up to 3.6GHz. It features DDR3 support up to 1066MHz and its TDP will be at 130W.

The listing puts the CPU’s price at € 1.099,-, which is pretty good as the same retailer sells i7-975 Extreme Edition at only a tad lower price. The e-tailer lists availability date as March 14th.

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MSI R5870 Lightning PCB & Specifications details

"Taipei- Taiwan" World-renowned graphics card and mainboard brand-manufacturer MSI has officially launched a new generation of the Lightning series, the R5870 Lightning. Not only are top-quality components used in the design, but the following features are also included: exclusive all Hi-c CAP for GPU power, 15-phase power design, two 8-pin external power connectors, special PCB design called LPL (Lightning Power Layer), Twin Frozr II Thermal design with 8mm SuperPipe technology…etc. These outstanding features boost overall performance and reliability to a whole new level. This can be described as a top-performing product specifically designed for the extreme gamers and built to be perfect.
15-phase power supply designs, two 8-pin external power connectors* and LPL design to enable more stable power supply
The new MSI R5870 Lightning features the industry's first 15-phase (13+2) power supply design; comparing to the reference-design 7 (5+2)-phase power supply module, it provides more than twice the power required by the GPU; It also features two 8-pin external power connectors, allowing more ample power supply for the R5870 Lightning; In addition, the design of the new R5870 Lightning has also incorporated a dedicated LPL (Lightning Power Layer) design, which is designed for GPU and memory power. This helps to increase the stability of power supply and also reduce noise.
All Hi-c CAP for GPU Power, All-new standard defined with military-class components
In addition to its innovations in power supply design, the all-new MSI R5870 Lightning continues its previous generations' practice of employing military-class components. Moreover, in order to enhance the quality of power supply of GPU, a next-generation capacitor - the Hi-c CAP has been all adopted. Compared with the solid-state capacitors currently used in high-end graphics cards, this new design has 8 times of lifespan, as well as being low-temperature and having better transmission efficiency and other technical characteristics. With the new Hi-c CAP, the life of the graphics card can be substantially extended, operating temperature significantly reduced, thus rewriting the standards for military-class components. To provide better power quality, MSI R5870 Lightning has also introduced the Proadlizer capacitors, which is not only able to accommodate very high current, but can also provide a more stable power supply. Combined with its low ESR, unnecessary heat is reduced to provide a lower operating temperature.
Exclusive Twin Frozr II Thermal Design and SuperPipe Technology
In addition the Twin Frozr II Thermal Design, which follows in the footsteps of the previous Lightning series, is equipped with dual 8cm PWM fans and the best-in-class 8mm SuperPipe technology for cooling efficiency. Heat can be distributed more quickly to the heat-sink, and removed by the dual fans. A single operation takes care of the GPU, memory and PWM modules, and is both efficient and silent; it is currently one of the most advanced thermal designs in the industry.
Exclusive Over Voltage Function of GPU & V-Check Points Support
Apart from the enhanced power supply structure, when the R5870 Lightning graphics card is configured with MSI's exclusive Afterburner overclocking software, not only can common GPU and memory clock adjustment functions be provided, but Over Voltage Function of GPU can be supported as well. This has completely freed up the potential of the graphics card; Meanwhile, MSI R5870 Lightning graphics card also provides the function of V-Check Points. When a multi-meter is attached, the current voltage status of the GPU and memory can be easily obtained without modding any circuit hardware. This provides a very convenient monitoring design.

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ASUS ROG Ares HD5870 X2 (5970) Specifications & picture

the ASUS ROG Ares picture is spoted @ guru3d.com and specifications ,as below:

The most interesting fact is that the product is no longer be based on NVIDIA chips, yet would be a Radeon 5870 X2 (5970) model. ASUS would use up all available stream processors (2x1600) and then opposed to the 5970 use normal clocks.

Normal clocks: (725/1000 MHz core/memory)
Expected Mars 5870 clocks: (850/1200 MHz).

DirectX 11 for Browser Games details

DirectX 11 Coming To internet Browser Games !

Forget Farmville, Flash puzzlers and 8-bit home computer emulators. The next generation of browser games will be able to take advantage of DirectX 11 effects, not to mention multi-core processing and both Havok and PhysX physics effects. A new browser plug-in called WebVision will be available for Trinergy's new game engine, Vision Engine 8. This will enable game developers to port all the advanced effects from the game engine over to all the common browsers. Of course, any budding 3D-browser-game dev will face the problem that not every PC has a decent graphics card that can handle advanced graphics effects. Not only that, but limited bandwidth will also limit what effects a developer can realistically implement into a browser game. Nevertheless, this is an interesting development that could result in some tight 3D programming, as well as some much more interesting browser games..

The middleware developer says that, using WebVision, game developers will be able to “quickly create stunning 2D or 3D browser-based games complete with animated characters, rich graphics, believable AI and physics.” Trinigy’s managing director, Dag Frommhold, insisted that the usual gaming systems still remained the “core focus” of the engine developer, but added that “we cannot overlook the popularity of games delivered through and played in browsers.”

Explaining how WebVision works, Trinigy spokesman Eric Schumacher told THINQ that "WebVision consists of two components: The browser frontend and the game backend. The frontend is a lightweight browser plug-in, which takes care of all the communication between the web browser and the game.

"It checks system requirements, downloads content and validates it before executing it, and handles versioning of critical DLLs. The backend, in turn, is built into the game itself, which is executed by the frontend after download and verification."

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NVIDIA Ion 2 VS Ion 1 3DMark Benchmark

The NVIDIA Ion 2 is 15% Slower Than Ion 1 in 3D Mark03 by fudzilla news !! :

As if Nvidia was not in enough trouble as it is, it turns out that the new ION 2 might not be brightest GPU in the bunch.

According to a review on netbooknews.de, ION 2 fails to outperform the original ION. The reviewers pitted the Samsung N510 with ION graphics against the ION2 packing Acer Aspire one 532G. The ION-based Samsung scored 3513 in 3D Mark03, while the Acer managed just 3049 Mark. "

SAMSUNG N510 Specification:

General
Brand	SAMSUNG
Model	N510-4B
Part#	NP-N510-JA02US
Operating System
OS Provided	Windows 7 Home Premium
Processor
CPU Type	Intel Atom
CPU Speed	N280(1.66GHz)
CPU FSB	667MHz
CPU L2 Cache	512KB
Display
Screen Size	11.6"
Widescreen Display	Yes
Max Resolution	1366 x 768
Graphics
Graphics Processor	NVIDIA ION LE graphics
Video Memory	Shared system memory
Memory
Memory	2GB
Hard Drive
HDD	250GB
Hard Drive RPM	5400 RPM
Hard Drive Interface	SATA
Hard Drive Spec	2.5" HDD
Dimension & Weight
Dimension	10.70" x 7.40" x 1.08" - 1.17"
Weight	3.08 lbs.

Acer Aspire one 532G Specification:

keep in mind that these are unofficial numbers from ndevil.com:

update:

NVIDIA ION 2 netbook 3D Mark 2003 benchmarked :A new Nvidia Ion 2 Benchmark result out from Netbooked take a look at the picture below :

GPU-Z 0.3.9 with support for ATI HD 5830 & 5xxx

TechPowerUp today released GPU-Z version 0.3.9, our graphics subsystem information and monitoring utility. The new version brings with it some important user-interface changes that make it accessible to various locales and language settings. It adds support for over 32 new graphics processors by AMD and NVIDIA, and a host of new technical improvements that make it more stable and accurate.

changes are as follows:

* Added localized tooltips in the languages: AM, AR, BG, CN, DE, FA, FR, IT, PT, RS, RU, TR, UA. Default language is your system language, you can change this setting in the system menu of GPU-Z.
* Added support for ATI HD 5830, HD 5770, HD 5750, HD 5670, HD 5570, HD 5450, HD 4860, HD 4750, Mobility HD 3430, M97, Mobile HD 5850, 5730, 5650, 5470 (Broadway, Madison and Park)
* Added support for NVIDIA GeForce 6200A, GTS 250, 9800S, 205, 310, GT 320, GT 240, GTS 360M, 230M, 330M, 240M, G105M, Quadro NVS170M, G210M, GTS 250M, future MCP, more ION variants.
* Added support for Intel GMA500, Clarkdale, Arrandale
* Added detection for variants of NVIDIA NV41, G94, G98, ATI RV350, RV370, R480, RV515. Most of them used on fake cards relabeled to NVIDIA 9x00 series.
* Improved default clock BIOS parsing on NVIDIA
* Fix for incorrect default clocks on HD 5000 Series
* Fixed incorrect real-time clock monitoring on some HD 5000 cards
* Added more accurate real-time clock monitoring function for NVIDIA
* Improved OpenCL detection on ATI R700, RV790, all HD 5000 cards
* Added temp. monitoring support for some Intel IGPs
* Improvements to CUDA detection
* Removed memory chip input fields from VGA BIOS Upload

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NVIDIA Geforce GTX 470 VS HD5850 result in 3Dmark vantage

NVIDIA Geforce GTX 470 Scores 7100 in 3DMark Vantage GPU Bench (HD5850 = 6200) :

"IT168 Graphics Channel " site recently received a special channel for news, said a new generation of NVIDIA's flagship graphics card GTX470 times accurate performance reports, GeforceGTX470 in somehow in the 3Dmark Vantage is divided into sub-X7400 around, GPU score of 7100 points, while the same platform Overall score for 6400 run RadeonHD5850 around, GPU score of 6200 or so. GeforceGTX470 810/3200MHz, 320Bit GDDR5, At the same time allegedly GeforceGTX470 core / memory operating frequency of 810/3200MHz, using 320Bit GDDR5 memory.

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PS4, Xbox 3 and Wii 2 GPU performance is not powerful to run Unreal Engine 4

Epic Games, the developer of the Unreal Engine 3 used in many current games, has announced that not only the PS3 and Xbox 360 would be completely out of the next version of its game engine the Unreal Engine 4 but even the next generation of consoles the PS4, Xbox 3 et Wii 2 would not be powerful enough to run the Unreal Engine 4 !! Mark Rein of Epic Games said it would see the day when consoles are equipped with massively multi-core processors.

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New ATI HD5995 Ultra X8 VS NVIDIA's Fermi LOL

Specifications:

BLA BLA BLA BLA but still no Physx !!

NVIDIA GT320,GT330 and GT340 Specifications

A new specifications out from behardware.com about the GT 320, GT 330 and GT 340 :

NVIDIA is launching three new GeForces, the GT 320, 330 and 340. Exclusively for OEMs, these models are versions of the GeForce GT240. The GT 320 is a cut down version with only 72 stream processors of the 96 GPU stream processors activated and has 790 MHz DDR3.

The GT 330 has 96 SPs and DDR3 at 800 MHz, like some DDR3 GT 240s, while the GT 340 is coupled with 1700MHz GDDR5, like the GDDR5 GT 240. Note however that the GT330 can also be based on a G92 and is then derived from the GeForce 8/9s: it then has a 500 MHz GPU, 112 SPs at 1250 MHz and the memory can be either 256-bit or 192-bit 500 MHz DDR2."

NVIDIA Confirms no retail Fermi before April

NVIDIA revealed a new site today with details on the "launch" date of an event that announces Fermi. Friday 3/26

Come see NVIDIA unveil the next generation of PC gaming. Want to see what’s hot and what’s next? If
you’re even vaguely a fan of PC games and miss this special event, you’ll likely be spending the next
few months kicking yourself. Line up early as seating is limited. ‘Nuff said.

You might be able to buy one at the event, exclusively!

- Test drive our highly-anticipated, next-generation GPU…you may even be able to buy one before anyone else

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Geforce GTX 480/GTX470 Specifications out ?

A new specifications and details about the Geforce GTX 480 and GTX470 is out from semiaccurate.com as below:

There are two cards, the GTX480 having the full complement of 512 shaders, and the GTX470 with only 448 shaders . The clocks for the GTX480 are either 600MHz or 625MHz for the low or half clock, and double that, 1200MHz or 1250MHz for the high or hot clock. Nvidia was aiming for 750/1500MHz last spring, so this is a huge miss. This speed is the first point the sources conflict on, and it could go either way, since both sources were adamant about theirs being the correct final clock.

On the GTX470 side, there are 448 shaders, and the clocks are set at 625MHz and 1250MHz in both cases. If the GTX480 is really at 600Mhz and 1200MHz, and the GTX470 is slightly faster, it should really make you wonder about the thermals of the chip.

Basically Nvidia has to crank the voltages beyond what it wanted to keep borderline transistors from flaking out. The problem is that this creates heat, and a lot of heat. Both of our sources said that their cards were smoking hot. One said they measured it at 70C at idle on the 2D clock.

Now that you know the raw clocks, how does it perform? It is a mixed bag, but basically the cards are much below Nvidia's original expectations publicly stated as 60 percent faster than Cypress. The numbers that SemiAccurate were told span a variety of current games, all running at very high resolutions..

The GTX480 with 512 shaders running at full speed, 600Mhz or 625MHz depending on which source, ran on average 5 percent faster than a Cypress HD5870, plus or minus a little bit. The sources were not allowed to test the GTX470, which is likely an admission that it will be slower than the Cypress HD5870.

There is one bright spot, and it is a very bright spot indeed. No, not the thermal cap of the chip, but the tessellation performance in Heaven."

Battlefield Bad Company 2 DirectX 11 engine features

PCG Hardware interviewed Anders Gyllenberg of DICE talking about the Frostbite engine and support for DirectX 11 features used in Battlefield: Bad Company 2:

PCGH: Are there any differences between the Console and the PC Version as far as technical or visual aspects are concerned (we know, BC2 is running with 720p and no AA on consoles)?
Anders Gyllenberg: We have added several PC specific features. Changing resolution & changing the graphical fidelity are the two obvious ones. We also have proper support for multiple aspect ratios like 4:3 and 16:10. The player has the option of activating the advanced control panel where you can set several settings such as detail levels, the AA, MSAA and HBAO. We support Dx9, Dx10 & Dx11.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - New pictures of the DX 11 game. (9)

PCGH: We also know that Bad Company 2 is featured by Frostbite Engine 1.x. Can you tell us the technical highlights of Frostbite Engine (for example SSAO, Depth of Field, Deferred Lighting or Global Illumination)? If yes can you please give examples how this rendering techniques are utilized in Battlefield Bad Company 2 (DoF while aiming for example)?
Anders Gyllenberg: The base renderer is a forward renderer. Some feature highlights would be an advanced SSAO technique called HBAO (Horizon-based Ambient Occlusion), DOF during cutscenes, particle systems optimized for huge amounts of particles, soft particle blending, and soft shadowmap filtering (DX11 only).

PCGH: Can you confirm that the PC version utilizes DirectX 11 (at GDC 2009, Johan Andersson showed some cool rendering features)? If yes, what were the deciding technical advantages of the DX11 API? In what way does it allow you to optimize or simplify the rendering process (we’ve heard you’re using Direct Compute for deferred shading)?
Anders Gyllenberg: Yes we can confirm that we support Dx11. The main benefits for us are efficient soft shadowmap filtering, and some smaller performance optimizations.

PCGH: Developing for Console (and PC) usually requires an engine that is strongly multithreaded. What different calculations can be or are split up into different threads/worker jobs and what is the expected performance gain resulting from two respectively four (or more) cores? You are using DX11-Multithreading to lighten the load on the CPU?
Anders Gyllenberg: Most of the CPU processing is parallelized – culling, rendering, physics, audio, animations, collision etc. Performance increases noticeably with a quad core. We are currently not using DX11-multithreading.

ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 VS intel Stock cooler Test & Review

Main Features
• Compatible with Intel Core i7 and Core i5
• Excel lent cool ing performance - 130 Watts
• Ultra quiet 92mm PWM fan
• 6 heatpipes and 42 fins for efficient heat dissipation
• Patented vibration absorption to el iminate buzzing sounds
• Pre-appl ied MX-2
• Easy instal lation

The Freezer 7 Pro is the upgraded version of the renowned . With the flexible mounting design, this version is compatible with the Intel Core i7, Core i5, as well as AMD Socket AM3.

Featuring an ultra quiet 92mm fan and 6 heatpipes, the Freezer 7 Pro is one of the most efficient and quiet CPU coolers for power users.

Specification

Mfr Part Number: ARCTIC Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2
Features:

Compatible with Intel Core i7 and Core i5, as well as AMD sockets
Excellent cooling performance - 130 Watts
Ultra quiet 92mm PWM fan
6 heatpipes and 42 fins for efficient heat dissipation
Patented vibration absorption to eliminate buzzing sounds
Pre-applied AMX-2
Easy installation

Application:

Supprot Intel Socket 1366, 1156, Core i7, 775
Supprot AMD Socket AM3, AM2+, AM2 and 939

Fan Speed: 900 ~ 2500 RPM(controlled by PWM)
Bearing: Fluid Dynamic Bearing
Air Flow: 45 CFM / 77 m3/h
Max. Cooling Capacity: 130 Watts
Dimension:

Fan: 92 mm
Heat Sink: 58 x 104 x 126.5 mm

Weight: 520 g

Airflow:

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Cooling performance and noise level VS intel Stock cooler with intel core 2 quad Q9550:

Temperature TEST with core 2 E6400 testseek.com

New Sony universal Gamepad all in one ?

Sony is developing an universal lever pad to be compatible with all consoles, the bellow image is for the remote controls which can be programmed to function with various consoles. The idea is simple: since it is frequent to find several consoles in the same place, why not propose a pad compatible with the whole of these machines?

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NecroVisioN Lost Company gameplay graphics video trailer

Valorous foughting on floor of the First world war, one of the soldier to german army suddenly finds that cruel war reason awakening of mysterious power of the ill became between people. Certainly, hero enters with them in unequal battle. Exactly he will raise on fight with daemon soldier all folk and will become that, with which come to fought the main a hero NecroVisioN Saymon Bakner

Style: Action (Shooter) / 3D / 1st Person
Developer: The Farm 51
Language: English
Size: 2.7 Gb

System requirements:
System: Windows XP(sp2), Vista
Processor: Intel Pentium IV at 2,4 GHz
Memory: 1 Gb
Video: 256 Mb

ASUS N61JV-X2 laptop with GT325M & NVIDIA Optimus Technology

ASUS N61JV-X2 laptop Specifications:

Product Features

2.53GHz Intel Core i5-430M Processor
4GB of DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM, 2 slots, 8GB Max
500GB Hard Drive (7200 RPM); Super Multi Optical Disk Drive; Wi-Fi 802.11 bgn
16-Inch HD LED LCD Display; 2.0MP Webcam; HDMI Port; NVidia GT325M Graphics Engine with 1GB DDR3 Dedicated VRAM
Windows 7 Home Premium (64 bit) Operating System

Processor: 2.53 GHz Intel Core i5

Size (LWH): 15.4 inches, 10.6 inches, 1.5 inches
Weight: 6.5 pounds

About the NVIDIA Optimus Technology:

GREAT BATTERY LIFE AND GREAT PERFORMANCE. IT’S THAT SIMPLE.
NVIDIA® Optimus™ technology intelligently optimizes your notebook PC, providing the outstanding graphics performance you need, when you need it, all the while extending battery life for longer enjoyment.

Key Benefits:

Optimus technology is completely automatic allowing you to experience longer battery life and amazing visuals without having to manually change settings.
Behind the scenes and with no interference to what you’re doing, Optimus seamlessly figures out how to best optimize your notebook computing experience.
NVIDIA graphics you’ve come to expect, with more than 10x better performance¹ with NVIDIA® CUDA™ technology, allowing you to enjoy your applications and games without interruption or worry.

VIA dual-GPU S3 graphics specififations

VIA released the VIA dual-GPU S3 , a graphic chipset that can do your basic needs:

Key Features of VIA dual-GPU S3 :
* Support for up to 8 simultaneous displays
* Up to 4 independent video streams
* HD screen resolutions of up to 1080p
* H.264, VC-1 and WMV-HD hardware acceleration
* Support for Span, Extended and Clone view configurations
* Built-in Genlock support for synchronized source timing
Samples of the S3 Graphics Chrome 5400E x2 will initially be available to ODM customers in the US from Q2 2010.

A Keyboard With LOL Button !

The Fast Finger keyboard was made for people, mainly children, who are not yet comfortable with the layout of most keyboards. It's also made for people who'd love to use just one button to type TTYL, L8R or BRB.

I saw this keyboard at Toy Fair 2010 in New York City yesterday in one of the aisles that had educational games for kids. The keys on the Fast Finger keyboard are laid out in alphabetical order, though a press of one button can rewire those keys to work in the standard QWERTY order instead. As you can see, it's simply a matter of the keys functioning based on the white characters printed on them or the red ones.

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Metro 2033 Struts to support DX11 /Graphics images

4A Games and THQ would like everyone to know that their upcoming post-apocalyptic shooter Metro 2033 will feature "the most advanced DX11 techniques yet seen" on your PC.

If advanced depth of field effects and full tessellation on character models means something to you, than you'll want to keep an eye out for Metro 2033, coming March 16th to the PC and Xbox 360. According to a THQ press release issued today, the PC version of the game takes full advantage of DX11's advanced features, or at least the fullest advantage to date. With the technology still at a relatively early stage, I'd say we'll be seeing this sort of press release sporadically from different publishers for the next year or so.

Metro 2033 Struts DirectX11 images

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Super Street Fighter IV gameplay & graphics video trailer

Alan Wake new images ingame Graphics

Alan Wake is an upcoming video game being developed by Remedy Entertainment. Alan Wake is a "psychological action thriller" inspired by Twin Peaks, Lost and the works of Stephen King. It is being developed for Xbox 360 and is set to be released worldwide in May 2010. The titular character, Alan Wake, is modeled after Ilkka Villi, a Finnish professional actor and writer

new ingame Graphics images is out from jeuxvideo.com

ATI Catalyst 10.2 driver Windows 7/Vista with Ultra Low Power State & DiRT 2 performance improves

ATI just launched Catalyst driver revision 10.2, this releases comes with a number of changes. Here is an overview.

Key new features in ATI Catalyst 10.2:

ATI CrossFireX profiles - providing better CrossFireX performance, sooner!

ATI CrossFireX re-architecture - providing better building blocks for the future!

Ultra Low Power State - saves power when you are not gaming.

ATI CrossfireX for Eyefinity - CrossFireX now improves your Eyefinity gaming performance!

DisplayPort Audio - you can now pass audio directly through to you DisplayPort monitor equipped with speakers

Performance improvements

DiRT 2 – Overall performance improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series products

Battleforge – CrossFire ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 performance improves up to 6%

Unigine Heaven – DirectX 9 CrossFire performance has improved significantly on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series products

The Chronicles of Riddick – Assault on Dark Athena – Overall performance on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 improves up to 4%

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ATI Catalyst 10.2 driver Windows XP with Ultra Low Power State & DiRT 2 performance improves

ATI just launched Catalyst driver revision 10.2, this releases comes with a number of changes. Here is an overview.

Key new features in ATI Catalyst 10.2:

ATI CrossFireX profiles - providing better CrossFireX performance, sooner!

ATI CrossFireX re-architecture - providing better building blocks for the future!

Ultra Low Power State - saves power when you are not gaming.

ATI CrossfireX for Eyefinity - CrossFireX now improves your Eyefinity gaming performance!

DisplayPort Audio - you can now pass audio directly through to you DisplayPort monitor equipped with speakers

Performance improvements

DiRT 2 – Overall performance improves up to 8% on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970, ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series, and ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 series products

Battleforge – CrossFire ATI Radeon™ HD 5870 performance improves up to 6%

Unigine Heaven – DirectX 9 CrossFire performance has improved significantly on ATI Radeon™ HD 5700 and ATI Radeon™ HD 5800 series products

The Chronicles of Riddick – Assault on Dark Athena – Overall performance on ATI Radeon™ HD 5970 improves up to 4%

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internet connection required to play Assassin's Creed 2 on PC !

computerandvideogames.com received Assassin's Creed 2 and Settlers VII for review, and verified with Ubisoft that the DRM is the same as the boxed product. If you get disconnected while playing, you're booted out of the game. All your progress since the last checkpoint or savegame is lost, and your only options are to quit to Windows or wait until you're reconnected.

The game first starts the Ubisoft Game Launcher, which checks for updates. If you try to launch the game when you're not online, you hit an error message right away. So I tried a different test: start the game while online, play a little, then unplug my net cable. This is the same as what happens if your net connection drops momentarily, your router is rebooted, or the game loses its connection to Ubisoft's 'Master servers'. The game stopped, and I was dumped back to a menu screen - all my progress since it last autosaved was lost.

Even if everyone in the world had perfect internet connections that never dropped out, this would still mean that any time Ubisoft's 'Master servers' are down for any reason, everyone playing a current Ubisoft game is kicked out of it and loses their progress. Even massively multiplayer games aren't so draconian about the internet: you can't play when the server's down, but at least you don't lose anything for getting disconnected.

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USB 3.0 to SATA HDD/SSD Active Media Aviator 2 external storage devices Specifications

Active Media Products has unveiled the Aviator-2 external USB 3.0 chassis for SATA HDDs. The chassis measures 3 x 5 inches and can fit any 2.5-inch SATA drive. The enclosure is also available with a 64GB or 128GB predator X7 SSD inside from Active Media Products. When fitted with the Predator X7 SSDs the system supports read speeds of up to 200MB/sec.
The SSD version uses MLC NAND flash and has ECC for reliability. The system also includes wear-leveling algorithms for longer life. The drive ships with a USB 3.0 cable. The enclosure alone sells for $32.95 with the 64GB SSD version selling for $259 and the 128GB version going for $449.95.(guru3d.com)

ASRock X58 VS EVGA E758 A1 SLI X58 Motherboard Benchmark Review

ASRock X58 SuperComputer Motherboard VS EVGA E758 A1 SLI X58 mobo Gaming and CPU Benchmark Test

Lets begin with the specifications of each motherboard :

ASRock X58 SuperComputer Motherboard Specifications and features :

Specifications :

General
CPU	- Intel^® Socket 1366 Core™ i7 Processor Extreme Edition / Core™ i7 Processor Supports Intel^® Dynamic Speed Technology - System Bus up to 6400 MT/s; Intel^® QuickPath Interconnect - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology - Supports EM64T CPU
Chipset	- Northbridge: Intel^® X58 - Southbridge: Intel^® ICH10R
Memory	- Triple Channel DDR3 memory technology - 6 x DDR3 DIMM slots - Supports DDR3 2000(OC)/1866(OC)/1600(OC)/1333(OC)/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Supports DDR3 ECC, un-buffered memory with Intel^® Workstation 1S Xeon^® processors 3500 series - Max. capacity of system memory: 24GB* - Supports Intel^® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)** Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows^® 32-bit OS. For Windows^® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation. *Due to Intel^® CPU spec definition, XMP DIMMs and DDR3 2000/1866/1600 are supported for one DIMM per channel only.
BIOS	- 8Mb AMI BIOS - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support - CPU, DRAM, NB, SB, VTT Voltage Multi-adjustment - Supports I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology) - Supports Smart BIOS
Audio, Video and Networking
Graphics	- n/a
Audio	- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection - DAC with 110dB dynamic range (ALC890 Audio Codec) - DTS (Digital Theater Systems) support
LAN	- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL8111DL - Supports Wake-On-LAN - Supports Dual GLAN with Teaming function
Expansion / Connectivity
Slots	- 4 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue @ x8 / x16 mode, orange @ x8 / N/A mode) (Double-wide slot spacing between each PCI-E slot) - 3 x PCI slots - Supports ATI™ Quad CrossFireX™, 3-Way CrossFireX™ and CrossFireX™ - Supports NVIDIA^® Quad SLI™, 3-Way SLI™ and SLI™ - Supports NVIDIA^® Tesla Personal Supercomputer with three Tesla and one Quadro graphics cards
Connector	- 6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, RAID 5 and Intel^® Matrix Storage), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions - 1 x ATA133 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices) - 1 x Floppy connector - 1 x IR header - 1 x COM port header - 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header - 1 x IEEE 1394 header - CPU/Chassis/NB/Power FAN connector - 24 pin ATX power connector - 8 pin 12V power connector - CD in header - Front panel audio connector - 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 5 USB 2.0 ports) *2 SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors can be used as eSATAII connectors.
Rear Panel I/O	I/O Panel - 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port - 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x Powered eSATAII/USB Connector - 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - 1 x IEEE 1394 Port - HD Audio Jack: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Other Features / Miscellaneous
Unique Feature	- ASRock OC Tuner - Intelligent Energy Saver - Instant Boot - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control - ASRock U-COP - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
Support CD	- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version)
Accessories	- 2 x ASRock XFire_Bridge_3S Cards - 1 x ASRock SLI Bridge - 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_3S Card - 1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI Bridge Card - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield - Floppy/ATA 133 Cables - 6 x SATA Data Cables (optional) - 2 x SATA 1 to 1 Power Cables (optional)
Hardware Monitor	- CPU Temperature Sensing - Chassis Temperature Sensing - CPU/Chassis/NB/Power Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet Fan - Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
Form Factor	- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
OS	- Microsoft^® Windows^® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant
Certifications	- FCC, CE, WHQL

EVGA E758 A1 SLI X58 Motherboard Specifications and features :

Specifications:

Performance

Based on Intel X58/ICH10R chipset

Supports Intel Core i7 Processors

133 Mhz QPI
Memory

6 x 240-pin DIMM sockets

Triple Channel DDR3

Maximum of 24GB of DDR3 1600MHz+
Expansion Slot

1 x PCIe x16, 1 x PCIe x8/x16, 1 x PCIe x8, 1 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI

2 x 32-bit PCI, support for PCI 2.1
Storage I/O

1 x UltraDMA133

9 x Serial ATA 300MB/sec with support for RAID 0, RAID1, RAID 0+1, RAID5, JBOD,
Integrated Peripherals

8 Channel High Definition

2 x 10/100/1000
Multi I/O

1 x PS2 Keyboard

1 x Serial Ports

12 x USB2.0 ports (4 external + 8 internal headers)

Audio connector (Line-in, Line-out, MIC)

FireWire 1394A (1 external, 1 header)
Form Factor

ATX Form Factor

Length: 12.0in - 304.8mm

Width: 9.6in - 243.6mm

Tests Benchmark

Test Systems Specifications
Motherboard:	ASRock X58 SuperComputer	EVGA E758 A1 SLI X58
Processor:	Intel i7 920 @ 2.66GHz
Cooling:	Thermaltake V1AX Heatsink
Memory:	3 x 2GB OCZ Platinum DDR3 1600 7-7-7-24
Video:	EVGA NVIDIA GTX 260
Power:	Corsair 750TX 650W
HDD:	Western Digital 400GB Blue	Seagate 320GB
OS:	Windows 7 X64 Ultimate