ForceWare 191.07 WHQL available A-Data SH93: even when wet it’s dry! Corsair TX950W CPUID offering Tmonitor Super Talent UltraDrive DX

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ForceWare 191.07 WHQL available   Posted on 06/10/2009 at 16:46 by Marc - source: NVIDIA

	NVIDIA has put the ForceWare 191.07s online. These are more or less the same drivers as we used in our test of the Radeon HD 5870 and the ForceWare 191.03 dirvers announced last week in beta version. These drivers are for cards based on the GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100 and 200 as well as the ION platforms. OpenGL 3.2 support has been added for the GeForce 8, 9, 100 and 200 as well as ION. NVIDIA has announced the following improvements on version 190.62: - Up to 12% in ARMA2 - Up to 8% in Batman Dark Asylum with PhysX effects activated - Up to 50% in Call of Juarez: Blood in Bound in SLI mode - Up to 14% in interior scenes in Fallout 3 with FSAA activated - Up to 10% in Farcry 2 with FSAA activated - Up to 34% in Prototype with FSAA activated The 191.07 drivers also correct certain bugs such as SLI support which has been added for the following games: Darkfall, Dawn of Magic 2: Time of Shadows, Dreamkiller, Fuel, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Need for Speed: Shift. Downloads are available here.

A-Data SH93: even when wet it’s dry!   Posted on 06/10/2009 at 16:27 by Marc - source: A-Data

	A-Data has announced the release of a new portable hard drive called the SH93. It has been designed to US military standard MIL-STD-810F giving it the unique qualities of being waterproof and shock resistant. A-Data says that it remains water resistant for up to 30 minutes 1 metre below the surface. Very useful for any airheads who might take their external hard drive with them into the shower, the SH93 comes in 250, 320, 500 and 640 GB versions with a 3-year guarantee at an as yet un-named price.

Corsair TX950W   Posted on 06/10/2009 at 16:06 by Marc - source: Corsair

	Corsair has announced the arrival of a new 950 watt power supply, the TX950W. It has 80 Plus Bronze certification and has been designed for SLI and CrossFire configurations (6 PCI-E 6+2 cables are come with it). It is built around a +12V 78A rail, representing 98.5% of the total power of the supply. It is cooled using a 140 mm fan that works at minimum speed as long as the overall charge of the supply doesn’t exceed 65%. The TX950W is available now at $169.99.

CPUID offering Tmonitor   Posted on 06/10/2009 at 15:54 by Marc - source: CPUID

	CPUID, the CPU-Z developer, have launched a new application called TMonitor. It allows you to visualize graphically the clocks of each core of a processor. For now it is only compatible with Intel Core 2 and Core iX processors. Tmonitor refreshes 20 times a second and gives very precise visualization of the smallest clock variation, detecting, for example, the use of Turbo boost in Intel processors, allowing you moreover to activate or disactivate the function on the fly. Support for AMD CPUs is also planned but will arrive later. Downloads available here.

Super Talent UltraDrive DX   Posted on 06/10/2009 at 15:34 by Marc - source: Super Talent

	Super Talent have announced a new range of SSDs resulting from a partnership with Toshiba. They are, in fact, the Toshiba SSDs announced in August, Toshiba limiting itself to the sale of OEMs under its own brand. The UltraDrive DXs will be available in 64, 128, 256 and 512 GB versions of MLC flash. Sequential read and write speeds have been announced at 230 MB/s and 180 MB/s respectively. The UltraDrive DXs use two different technologies for protecting data, an encrypted password and data randomization to prevent unauthorized copying. The drives will be available this month at the prices given in the table.