Archive for the Windows Category
Assassins Creed Revelations Game Preview
Ubisoft finally revealed details of the story and the game in Revelations. Based on these leaks, it seems this would be the end of the story of Assassin Creed game trilogy. Revelations true sequel had already been leaked some time ago, but news of its existence when it is still confusing and not yet recognized Ubisoft.
SP2 for Vista and Server 2008 Release Candidate
Release candidate version of Service Pack 2 for Vista and Server 2008 are sent to Microsoft Connect testers, a few days ago. This internal version number RC 6002.16670.090130 and, in addition to currently 691, including the latest fixes, some of the highlights of SP2 will be:
- Support for recording data to Blu-ray media
- Windows Search 4.0
- Bluetooth 2.1 support
- VIA 64-bit CPU support
- Improved performance for Wi-Fi connection after resume from sleep mode
ATI Catalyst 9.2 for XP and Vista + Hotfix
AMD has just released ATI Catalyst version 9.2. Catalyst™ 9.2 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPU-limited. Some measured examples are:
* Crysis DX10 gains up to 20%
* Crysis Warhead DX10 gains up to 20%
* World in Conflict gains up to 5% .
GeForce Forceware 182.06 WHQL for Windows XP and Vista
This is a WHQL driver for GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, and 200-series desktop GPUs.
New in Release 182.06:
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 182.06 WHQL drivers vs. Release 181.22 WHQL drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
Up to 8% performance increase in Fallout 3 at high resolution and AA.
