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I came across a new UniGine demo called Tropics which can be used for benchmarking as well. Not used it yet myself (at work) but looks good. Download HERE Features: Support of DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and OpenGL Dynamic sky with light scattering Live water with a surf zone and caustics...

HERE This Sunday, August 31st, 2008 marks the 13th anniversary of the storied Command & Conquer franchise, which has sold over 25 million copies* to date. And to celebrate Sunday’s milestone and this October’s highly anticipated return to the world of Red Alert with Red Alert 3, EA Los Angeles...

Some great materials on this disc. in particular I like the Peter Gabriel DTS music vid. B&W (Bowers & Wilkins) are offering a free DVD if you fill in the form in THIS link (click on 'Get a DVD' at the bottom right) A great disc to test out your sound system/home cinema setup! The DVD has 6...

The latest Linux Operating System from Ubuntu is available to download HERE

Oblivion Fighter's Stronghold (Free official content) Apparently, the last official download from Bethesda for this epic game. HERE Defeat the attacking marauders and become lord of Battlehorn Castle. Located in the Colovian Highlands west of Chorrol, this expansive castle will allow you to...

EDIT: Sorry just found the other thread in the news section. (I ran a search for gpuz using the search tool and it didn't show anything - sorry) This has been out for a couple of days now and there is still work to be done. However, it is a useful tool to find interesting info on your graphics...

HERE Apparently you only need a Free membership to be able to download (rather than the paid membership) Rayman Raving Rabbits Farcry Prince of Persia Sands of Time

Free Download of Command & Conquer Gold Begins C&C 12th Anniversary Celebration by Carlos Bergfeld Aug 31, 2007 4:24pm CST EA is offering Westwood Studios' seminal RTS Command & Conquer Gold as a free download starting today on the Command & Conquer website. The full game download...

Not sure if anyones seen this but looks like a new benchmarking software for OpenGL. Seems to be similar to the furry ball in ATI tools See HERE for more info and download links The default benchmark settings are: fullscreen, MSAA None, 1280x1204, duration 1 minute. At the end of the...

ArchLord goes 100% Free ArchLord, the fantasy MMO, is now moving to 100% free. All you need to do to play ArchLord now is download the client, request a key and log into the world of Chantra. Get ready to take on your fellow ArchLord players in the battle of a lifetime to become the...

One of my DVD-RW drives is not longer unsable in Windows. Not sure why but it shows up in Windows but when I access a disc it freezes windows completely. I've flashed the drive to different bios but still nada. Any other suggestions I could try? PS Its a Samsung 4163b

I've been thinking on whether I should upgrade my CPU and get a dual core (skt939 4200x2 or opteron 165) or get a 22" TFT (With DVI)

Anyone used MS Server 2008 yet? Is it basically Vista with some additional features?

Any good demos to flex the muscles of X1900XT? I've run the ATI Toy shop demo and space screensaver, both okay but don't seem as impressive as running say Oblivion or other games (FEAR, Quake 4, coH, C&C3, etc) Not sure if anyone knows of any nVidia demos I could try out (and if they work?)

Does anyone know what the red LED (by the PCIe power ) is for? My blinks when I power on my PC and then it disappears and then the green LED (by the fan) stays on. Many thanks