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Intel released a new version of it's IAA RAID Edition for the new i865/875 chipsets. It improves data transfer rate with SATA RAID using the integrated chipset features. According to the release notes bugs and problems were ironed out and some goodies were added. Most interesting of those is the addition of redundant RAID 1 arrays on select Intel 865 and 875 chipset-based platforms using Windows XP or Windows 2000. Read More for the links.

VIA Tech has released new drivers for the internal AC97 sound in their chipsets i.e. south bridges VT686A, VT686B, VT8231, VT8233, VT8233A, VT8233C and VT8235. The version carries the 3.70a number and works on Windows 9x/ME/2K/XP. More infos: Release Notes
Download VIA Audio drivers 3.70a for Windows
Source and download mirror: SavageNews

Jumping the gun eVGA has released a full reference Nvidia Detonator driver for Windows 2000 and XP. The 20.9MB download is a WHQL certified multilanguage release. More importantly eVGA states in the release notes, that all 3DMark 2003 issues have been corrected. If this note corresponds to the much disputed 'optimzations' remains to be seen. Looks like another round of Antidetector testing is coming at us. You can discuss your findings, benchmarks etc in this forum thread.

Our french pals at Station-Drivers have scored another neat driver download. They found some nForce 1/2 ( 220/230/415/420/430) drivers version 3.44 WHQL, non officiel for Windows 2000/XP. This is not a full driver release but includes audio, ethernet, IDE and GART drivers.

Just got word that Elitebastards.com have thrown up Hanner's Catalyst 3.5 On Test article using Unwinder's Detection scripts on ATI's latest drivers. There's a good bit of thought inside! Benchmarks included.

Recent months have been nothing short of a soap opera for both ATI and Nvidia and the followers of the two companies ? A soap opera that shows no sign of abating. I have no intention of going over the details of recent events yet again, as I?m sure anybody whose been living on planet Hardware recently will be more than aware of all the recent goings on. Instead, I?ll step in to the story at the point of the most recent allegations levelled against the two IHVs in Digit Life?s recent article. For those of you that missed it, Aleksei Nikolaichuk (better known to most as ?Unwinder?, the creator of RivaTuner) set about creating a script to disable the ability of both nVidia?s Detonator and ATi?s Catalyst drivers to detect when specific applications were running , thus eliminating their ability to optimize for those applications in any way.

Just got word that 3DChipset.com have repackaged the Dell Detonator 44.24 Quadro FX Go700 driver to support all of Nvidia's cards.

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Just got word from Omegadrive that he's released his Omega Drivers version 2.6.09 based on ATI's Catalyst 3.5 for windows 9x/ME/2k/XP!

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Dell have released new sets of Nvidia Detonators 44.24 Drivers for the Quadro FX Go700! This is a mobile GPU / notebook PC release.

Thanks to AMDUser for the info. The ALC650 is an 18-bit, full duplex AC'97 2.2 compatible stereo audio CODEC designed for PC multimedia systems, The ALC650 CODEC supports host/soft audio from Intel 810/815/820/845 chipsets as well as audio controller based VIA/SIS/ALI chipsets.

Just got word from our friends at Station-Drivers.com that they've snagged a new Creative Sound Blaster Live & Audigy Driver version 512.12.4.285 WHQL from IBM for Windows 2000/XP. I expect that these need some editing to be able to install. Almost all drivers since .253 were not compatible with the Soundblaster Audigy software including SurroundMixer, AudioHQ etc. Alternatively Audigy users might opt for the latest official .383 drivers.

Just got word from Station-drivers that they've snagged Nvidia Detonator 44.22 for Windows 2000/XP! This is a mobile GPU / notebook PC release and supports the following cards natively: GeForce4 420 Go, GeForce4 440 Go, GeForce4 448 Go, GeForce4 460 Go,GeForce FX Go5200, GeForce FX Go5600.

Tweakers4u posted their Catalyst 3.5 performance comparison last week where they compared the latest Catalyst 3.5 drivers against the Catalyst drivers 3.2 and 3.4.

Voyetra has released a BETA driver for the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz card v5.12.4193 for Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP.

Two major issues forced ATI to work on a hotfix for their recently released Catalyst driver suite. The first resolved issue was Radeon 9100 series not working at all in OpenGL. The second fixes partly transparent and flickering objects in Neverwinter Nights.

SiS has new 740/65x integrated VGA drivers 2.18.
VIA has new W9x VGA drivers for CLE266 and new W2K/XP drivers for KN/KM400. I included a link to S3 Twister / ProSavage / ProSavage DDR integrated VGA on older VIA chipsets. Read more for the links

New CMedia 9738/9739 AC97 OnBoard-Audio drivers were released: MSI has a 25MB package with 5.12.01.0031 drivers
Both drivers should be available in smaller packages through Windowsupdate

Logitech has released a small update patch for their iTouch keyboard drivers. The patch alters the file players.ini to provide correct functionality with Winamp 3.x and Real One player.