The HardwareOC Far Cry Benchmark is an easy-to-use tool, that makes video card benchmarking fast and easy. You can select different resolutions, rendering engines, detail levels and much much more by one click. After that, you can sit back and relax, while the computer does its job, there is no need for any intervention. When all the tests are completed, you get the results prepared and ordered in HTML format in a second.

Update: v1.1 is out.

Add 3DNews Research demo Fix error in the user defined demo section Fix no sound error - Error: in this case read in the help file the "Far Cry settings recovery, crash information" section.

A collection of codecs for playing DivX movies. All you need to see DivX movies: DivX, XviD, AC3...

Many OpenGL extensions, as well as extensions to related APIs like GLU, GLX, and WGL, have been defined by vendors and groups of vendors.The extension registry is maintained by SGI and contains specifications for all known extensions, written as modifications to the appropriate specification documents.

The Intel Processor Frequency ID Utility was developed by Intel Corporation to enable consumers the ability to identify and, in some circumstances, determine if their Intel processor is operating at the correct and rated frequency intended by Intel Corporation. Beginning with the Pentium® processor, this utility provides consumers with the ability to determine standard CPU identification of Intel processors. In addition, supported processors can utilize the Frequency Test feature of the utility to help determine if a processor has been overclocked.

Fraps is a tool that lets you monitor current framerates in a corner of the screen for programs using DirectX or OpenGL technology. It also allows you to easily take screenshots of games, make movies of gameplay, and manually determine the average framerate between two points.

Azarov Eugeny aka Jaz has created new BIOS editor ATI Radeon BIOS Tuner (RaBiT) with real ability to control Memory Timings (RAS-to-CAS, tRP, RAS#, CAS#, tRbs). It also can change Device ID, core/mem clocks, memory bus width 32/64/128/256 bit and memory type sdr/ddr (in soft !)

Central Brain Identifier 7.2.0.4 Beta Build 0717 is available for download! New features include: support for SiS741 chipset, ability to change the DRAM Refresh Time parameter, etc..

Flexbeta FireTweaker XP is a tweaking and optimizing software for Mozilla Firefox. Flexbeta FireTweaker XP bundles more than 20 different tweaks to optomize or customize Mozilla Firefox. FireTweaker XP does not contain any spyware or adware, it is 100% clean for your tweaking pleasures. FireTweaker XP currently supports Windows 98/Me, 2000, Xp and 2003.

Unofficial multiregional Hack for the Kiss 450, 470, 1500 & 1504 DVD Players

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MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator, and currently runs 1800+ classic (and even some not so classic) arcade games! There are two version of MAME:

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Thanks to Guru 3D for the heads up!

Yesterday I added ForceWare Coolbits 2.0 to our download section. Coolbits 2 unleashes hidden function within ForceWare drivers, it enables several new Direct3d and OpenGL configuration tabs, and even more tweaking capability from the nVidia taskbar settings panel. This new coolbits registry hack has some new items in it that are interesting for sure. This .reg file was created and thus is courtesy by rewt, a regular visitor from nvnews, he did a nice job for sure.

Nero Media Player specializes in playing back audio data. It offers a large range of function and effects for the perfect reproduction of audio CDs, MP3, MP4, WMA, AIFF, WAV files, etc.

Some of you guy's have been asking How do I unlock's all the Hidden Features in my Forceware Driver control panel like the Overclocking , AGP settings and the Refresh Rate Override tabs, then head this way to Nvnews.

Since so many of you like my Coolbits tweak I decided to continue my work further. Coolbits 2 adds additional support for mobile systems, enables the Direct3d and OpenGL configuration tabs, and even more tweaking capability from the nVidia taskbar settings panel. Hope you all enjoy

Thanks to BenchmarkHQ for the heads up!

SP2004 uses a redesigned user interface that calls Version 23 Prime95's torture test code. This should provide the same results as Prime95, displayed in a different manner. SP2004 provides: easily-visible test status, time-related test status, log window text that can be copied! Changes include: minor improvements and bugfixes.

AutoGK comes with almost all that you'll need to create excellent quality backups of your DVDs. This program puts the VOB files onto your hard drive, and in the process breaks the encryption and Macrovision protection which DVDs have, and which is illegal in many countries. You'll have to get it and install it yourself.

Tommti-Systems have published a benchmark that's based on ATi's double CROSS demo aka Ruby! Runs on Nv4x and R42x graphics cards.

New version of HD Tune is out. HD Tune is a hard disk utility which has the following functions: -Benchmark: measures the performance (Transfer Rate, Access Time, CPU Usage, Burst Rate) -Hard Disk information which includes partition information, supported features, firmware version, serial number, disk capacity, buffer size, transfer mode -Hard Disk Health: S.M.A.R.T. Information (Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology) -Power On Time -Error scan -Temperature display -Copy text to clipboard -Copy screenshot to clipboard

Thanks to my good mate Zardon over at Driverheaven for the heads up!

Ive been noticing a few people have been having issues with Temporal AA not showing up in their control panels. Ive been chatting with ATI today and they have kindly allowed me to host a tool ive had for a while now. Just download this small archive, extract and turn it on or off. simple as that. If you somehow manage to get lost, there is a readme in the archive. Also guys TAA is broken in the new 4.7 driver panel for those on NON english OSes, this will be fixed in 4.8.

A fresh new version of mIRC released today! With this release we hope to address the most important comments, and remarks we received after the release of the previous version. We tried to focus on fixing things like the (few) freeze/gpf issues relating to SJIS/JIS and while/continue/break statements in scripts, as well as a handful of others - making the mIRC 6 series very stable. Only a few new features and functions have been added.

AutoGK comes with almost all that you'll need to create excellent quality backups of your DVDs. This program puts the VOB files onto your hard drive, and in the process breaks the encryption and Macrovision protection which DVDs have, and which is illegal in many countries. You'll have to get it and install it yourself.