The "Tech News" Thread

Shane

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Im always lagging behind when some interesting news comes out so i thought why not create a thread that we can all Share and post the latest and interesting technology news and discuss them.

Valve® and AMD Team Up to Provide Gamers with Easy ATI Catalyst™ Driver Updates on Steam


SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced its collaboration with Valve to deliver ATI Catalyst™ graphics driver updates via its Steam platform, a leading platform for PC games and digital entertainment. Steam users can now detect and install the latest ATI Catalyst driver for their ATI Radeon™ graphics card directly from within Steam. Valve’s most recent Steam Hardware Survey shows that fully 87 percent of DirectX® 11 gamers are enjoying ATI Radeon or ATI Mobility Radeon™ hardware.

“Valve is extremely pleased to be working with AMD to provide automatic driver updates for AMD's leading edge products on Steam”

“Steam represents an evolution for PC and online gaming, and the availability of ATI Catalyst graphics driver updates directly on the Steam platform can help further enhance the PC gaming experience for users of ATI Radeon products,” said Ben Bar-Haim, corporate vice president of software for AMD. “AMD Gaming Evolved and Valve share the belief that ‘Gamers Come First’ – we now have the opportunity to work together to help ensure the best possible experience for PC gamers.”

Helps ensure gamers always have the most up-to-date drivers with the AMD auto-notification feature directly on the Steam platform....Seems kind of a good idea to me,But lots of people choose drivers suited to their needs, forcing updates would not go down well imo,Especially if newly released drivers are problematic or something like they can be sometimes.

Source:
http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20100914007367/en/Valve®-AMD-Team-Provide-Gamers-Easy-ATI
 
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joh06937

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That post about the mind control makes me not want to join them military....

it isn't as much mind control as it is mind enhancement. but it does seem like it could be a bit dangerous. convincing the body it is in a state it isn't...
 

Dystopia

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it isn't as much mind control as it is mind enhancement. but it does seem like it could be a bit dangerous. convincing the body it is in a state it isn't...

Yes, but do you really think they will stop at "mind enhancement"? No, they will start putting thoughts in your head so that you do what those thoughts tell you to do...
 

G25r8cer

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joh06937

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adobe released a 64 bit version of flash player. those testing out ie 9 or using ie 8 (or lower) be sure to install it and watch youtube vids on your 64 bit internet browser!
 

Shane

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adobe released a 64 bit version of flash player. those testing out ie 9 or using ie 8 (or lower) be sure to install it and watch youtube vids on your 64 bit internet browser!

You tried them both in X64 mode joh06937?...had any problems?


Im suprised,I thought it would be a handy and informative thread to share but,Oh well :eek:

Those processors look impressive for the Smartphones,Just shows how far the portable devices are really getting now.

Some other news that some people mey not already know..

Nvidia Fermi successor called Kepler, coming next year

Exciting stuff at the end of Jen-Hsun Huang's GTC keynote as Nvidia's CEO has presented a roadmap depicting the next two GPU architectures currently in the works at the Santa Clara company. Fermi's successors are known as Kepler and Maxwell and are scheduled to launch in 2011 and 2013, respectively.

Kepler is confirmed to be made for the 28nm process, will enter production next year, and is supposed to have 3 to 4 times the performance/watt of Fermi. Kepler will also implement various technologies to limit CPU bottlenecks but those will be detailed at a later date (maybe only upon release).

The 2013-bound (and likely 22nm-manufactured) Maxwell is set to bring a huge boost in performance/watt as you can see below but no details about it are known. Told you it was exciting. And yes, I want Kepler for Christmas (this Christmas).

Source:
http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/...ermi-successor-called-kepler-coming-next-year

28nm process!!!!:eek:
 

joh06937

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You tried them both in X64 mode joh06937?...had any problems?

nope. youtube vids worked very well. it was nice to be able to use a 64 bit browser seeing as how mine has not been used since i installed windows :p

Those processors look impressive for the Smartphones,Just shows how far the portable devices are really getting now.

absolutely. in the pcworld one they name some of the things that it will support... dual lcds, usb 3.0, directX and openGL! friggin' awesome stuff.
 

Shane

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nope. youtube vids worked very well. it was nice to be able to use a 64 bit browser seeing as how mine has not been used since i installed windows :p

Im going to give it a try! :)



absolutely. in the pcworld one they name some of the things that it will support... dual lcds, usb 3.0, directX and openGL! friggin' awesome stuff.

:eek:

You know what that all mean though = $$$,They are going to cost alot. :cool:
 

salvage-this

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the clock speeds are quite impressive for the mid range cards but I am excited to see if amd will finally go over 1gb/256bit for their future cards.

I am also really excited to see how the 28nm process effects the performance and heat of the new nvidia gpus
 

Aastii

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the clock speeds are quite impressive for the mid range cards but I am excited to see if amd will finally go over 1gb/256bit for their future cards.

I am also really excited to see how the 28nm process effects the performance and heat of the new nvidia gpus

I would like to see if they get decent yield with dropping the size again on a new architecture, and they don't embarrass themselves again like they did with fermi
 
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