Monday, May 30, 2011

Nvidia's Project: Kal-El

NVIDIA have displayed the graphical capabilities of their coming Tegra 3, as the world’s first mobile quad-core processor,'Kal El'. It showing off real time physics and dynamic lighting. Kal-El combines a battery-friendly, powerhouse of a quad-core processor with a 12-core NVIDIA GPU that supports 3D stereo. With the engineering wizardry of NVIDIA combined with quad ARM Cortex A9 cores, NVIDIA may be leading the march into the future of ultra portable devices.


Corsair Reveals Carbide Series PC Case

Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the Carbide Series mid-tower cases. The Carbide Series 400R and 500R have been designed for PC gamers with the same builder-friendly philosophy as the award-winning Obsidian Series and Graphite Series of PC cases, but with a competitive price. New system builds, develops and upgrades are fast and simple, thanks to the easy side panel access and tool-free drive mechanism and removal. Corsair's innovative cable-management system allows for clean-looking builds and increase airflow.


Saturday, May 28, 2011

AMD Catalyst™ 11.5b hotfix

AMD was a little too early in May with its monthly Catalyst driver release, with the Catalyst 11.5 WHQL reaching the web as early as 9th May (usually monthly Catalyst updates are released after the 24th). On the same time, AMD also released its first hotfix update for the Catalyst 11.5, the 11.5a Hotfix Update, which packed a number of game-specific performance improvements. Today, AMD released its second update for this month, Catalyst 11.5b Hotfix.


Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Fable 3 Performance Simple Guide

I was playing on Fable 3 for about 30 minutes this morning and didn't encounter the freezing or performance dip issues even with Shadows set to Very High.
And why?
Well, I re-enabled the game's v-sync option to cap the framerate at 30 fps!!!

If I allow the game to run at 60 fps with the in-game v-sync option disabled and v-sync forced via the driver or D3DOverrider then every time I open a chest or dig for treasure then the framerate plummets to 20 fps from 60 fps and I have to press START twice to fix it.

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 Family Shipment

Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the shipment of the Flash Voyager USB 3.0 family of USB flash drives. The Corsair Flash Voyager family of USB drives are rugged, stylish, compact, and reliable, making them ideal for transporting MP3s, digital images, presentations and more.


Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the shipment of the Flash Voyager USB 3.0 family of USB flash drives. The Corsair Flash Voyager family of USB drives are rugged, stylish, compact, and reliable, making them ideal for transporting MP3s, digital images, presentations and more.


Corsair White Graphite Series 600T Mid-Tower Case Availability


Corsair, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced the availability of the Special Edition White Graphite Series 600T mid-tower PC case. The Graphite Series provides full-tower features in a mid-tower sized case, with an emphasis on performance and style. Whether you are an expert or on your first build, the Graphite Series is designed from the ground up to provide you with an incredible building experience.