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RIFT: Storm Legion - Hunt Rifts

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RIFT: Storm Legion - Hunt Rifts


A new type of dynamic event, Hunt Rifts, is coming in Storm Legion and allows players to go on the offensive instead of merely reacting to planar invasions.

Creating Dynamic World Events in Firefall

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Creating Dynamic World Events in Firefall


Red 5 Studio has figured out a new way to improve the PvE experience in Firefall, so that they introduced the implementation of dynamic world events to keep Firefall's world alive and active. In the latest developer blog, the desiginer Bryan Malloroy talks about how they go about designing dynamic world events, as well as some of the things that we have coming up in the not-too-distant future.

LOTRO Developer Diary: Mounted Combat

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LOTRO Developer Diary: Mounted Combat


As the core feature for Lord of the Rings Online's upcoming Riders of Rohan expansion, mounted combat is understandably the focus of many player concerns and questions.

DK Online Shows Off Diverse PvE Experience

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DK Online Shows Off Diverse PvE Experience


There's never a shortage of wonders to behold in the world of Litos! Aeria Games today highlighted the PvE features in its eagerly-awaited medieval MMORPG DK Online.At the core of a great PvE experience lies the excitement of exploring new and wondrous environments.

The Glorious Guardian: The Support/Sustain Role - Part 3 - The Valor Trait Line

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The Glorious Guardian: The Support/Sustain Role - Part 3 - The Valor Trait Line


Welcome back to my series which takes a look into the Guild Wars 2 Guardian profession as a support/sustain. I had originally planned to wrap this up within 3 articles but the trait lines are pretty extensive to cover so I'll be doing each on in it's own article.

SMITE News - MANOWAR Teams Up with Hi-Rez Studios

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SMITE News - MANOWAR Teams Up with Hi-Rez Studios


Hi-Rez Studios, independent developer of AAA free-to-play online games and MANOWAR, the band known worldwide for mythology-themed lyrics and an epic heavy metal sound, today confirmed their collaboration around the game SMITE.

Dragon Nest SEA Take A Jump Shot Event

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Dragon Nest SEA Take A Jump Shot Event


What's the best thing to do to celebrate Dragon Nest SEA's first anniversary? Take a photo for keepsake of course! To commemorate this special 3-month long event, snag an exclusive Take Jump Photo Gesture (Permanent, Untradable) so you can snap a cool jump shot with your buddies!

EVE Online: Inferno for $4.99 in Amazon

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EVE Online: Inferno for $4.99 in Amazon


CCP Games partnered with Amazon to offer the newest expansion, all 17 expansions of content and 30-days of game time with several helpful perks of EVE Online: Inferno for just $4.99.

DayZ Standalone Releases before the End of This Year

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DayZ Standalone Releases before the End of This Year


DayZ has already attracted a fan following despite being a mod for an existing game, and the alpha build of DayZ standalone will be released before the end of the year, probably in December.

Neverwinter Dev Blog: Events

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Neverwinter Dev Blog: Events


In the latest Neverwinter developer blog, events take center stage as the devs explain their plans to help keep the experience fresh and alleviate the repetitive feeling of doing the same thing constantly.

Save CoH Movement, Petition Passes 20,000 Signatures

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Save CoH Movement, Petition Passes 20,000 Signatures


Since the shutdown date for City of Heroes announced by NCSoft, the players with sadness and anger have been doing their effort to protest the decision. The movement to save the game has maintained its intensity. The online petition to save the game has collected over 20, 000 signatures.

Dragon Nest (EU) Closed Beta Test Coming Soon

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Dragon Nest (EU) Closed Beta Test Coming Soon


eFusion MMOG GmbH has confirmed today its firm intention to keep its initial milestone for the launch of Dragon Nest Europe at the end of this year.All works related to the localization - 4 different language versions will be available at the launch of Dragon Nest in Europe - are being finalized. The official web site for the first closed beta is under construction for opening, as expected, in late October.

Trickster Online Releases Tapasco Theme Spa

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Trickster Online Releases Tapasco Theme Spa


Trickster Online Releases Tapasco Theme Spa SG Interactive has released the Tapasco Theme Spa update for Trickster Online, a four level dungeon for high level players. In addition to fierce monsters, players will have to contend with challenging puzzles to figure out what lies beneath this spa on top of a volcano. Players level 230 and up will be able to enter the dungeon, whose levels become increasingly difficult as you progress through each floor. 10 new monster types are introduced with the update, and several powerful mini-bosses await players as they fight towards the powerful Spice Dragon. Expect this boss to drop the best items the game has seen yet.

SMITE Gods' Guide - God of Thunder: Thor

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SMITE Gods' Guide - God of Thunder: Thor


Mighty Thor, as famous as he is bold, is God of the thundering sky. Yet his hammer, Mjolnir, is nearly as famous as he is, and Thor will not be parted from it. Thor is a physical melee character with a range of support abilities, including a massively-ranged stun and path-denying capabilities. Thor is often best built tanky, especially due to his early weakness.

RaiderZ Previews Mt. Eda

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RaiderZ Previews Mt. Eda


Perfect World Entertainment has revealed first details of Mt. Eda in RaiderZ.

Continue reading RaiderZ Previews Mt. Eda.

Arena Net Approves True Action Combat Mod For Guild Wars 2!

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Arena Net Approves True Action Combat Mod For Guild Wars 2!


Whats up gamers im your host Zach Sharpes and today im going to spotlight a mod that in my opinion can increase your experience in Guild Wars 2 by at least double. Why is that? Well ever imagine having True Action Combat in Guild Wars 2?

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Play SMITE to the rhythm of Manowar

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:28 AM PDT

Hi-Rez Studios  and the metal group MANOWAR have teamed up to bring true battle feelings to SMITE. In addition, they have released a new video, in which the gods of the game fight with the rhythm of the MANOWAR song, The Sons of Odin. The game is currently in beta stage, and it will be [...]

UFO Online starts a especial stress test

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:52 AM PDT

UFO Online: Fight for Earth is going to begin a stress test under the codename of Operation: Wargame, in which players have to participate in the largest number of PvP and PvE battles to weaken the other factions and reclaim the dominance of the world. During this stress test, which will begin tomorrow, September 28 [...]

New ingame videos from World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:41 AM PDT

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc has released World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria and to celebrate it, today we bring you these exclusive videos that show you several new features of the expansion, like a pandaren monk exploring its initial area, and the new enemies that live there.

Knight Online has launched the Renew patch

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:34 AM PDT

Knight Online has launched a huge patch, entitled Renew, that brings a complete graphical overhaul, improves the Castle Siege War System, and brings a new Dungeon inhabited by a terrible dark dragon, and will reward the players who dare to explore it with great rewards and powerful objects. Last, but not least, the patch fixes [...]

Shot Online celebrates its eighth anniversary with lots of prizes

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 04:26 AM PDT

Shot Online is celebrating its eighth anniversary and Gamescampus has beginned several draws for win both real and virtual prizes.  To earn raffle tickets you have to complete a round of 18 holes every day. The awards that you can get in the draws include Boxes of Swag with desk mats and USB drives, monthly [...]

Farm Kingdom launches a new update

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 03:17 AM PDT

Mail.Ru Games has launched a new update for Farm Kingdom that comes with many new features, as for example new ways to improve your stats, because now you can equip with magic bracelets and amulets or new missions and challenges to complete. The update Also adds new ways to decorate your farm, brings a new [...]

Play against the best teams in Goalunited

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 01:58 AM PDT

Goalunited has announced that in the new season of the game, the players will have the possibility to play against the national teams of France and Germany. Also from now and until 31 May 2013, players will also have the possibility to play against Milan, Real Madrid and Arsenal teams in the special events “Beat [...]


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Acer Iconia W510 Tablet Runs Windows 8 FAST (Video)

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:05 PM PDT

Maximum PC had the opportunity to check out Acer's newly announced Iconia W510 Windows 8-powered tablet today and boy, was the thing FAST.

As you can see from the video above, this ain't your uncle's Atom processor. Navigating through Windows 8's touch interface was lightning quick.

The W510 is expected to go on sale in October when Microsoft formerly launches Windows 8. The price has not been announced, but competing designs peg it in the $650 range. 

Daily Deals 9/27/12: 128GB Flash Drive, Toshiba Ultrabook $550, and More

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 12:30 PM PDT

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Top Deal:

Today's top deal is Centon's massive 128GB USB flash drive which is on sale for $64.99. Considering the stick comes with free shipping and is normally priced at $80, that's roughly 20% off the regular sticker price. Two unique features about this USB 2.0-enabled stick is that it's waterproof and comes with a shock-resistant case to keep your data safe. To start saving on this deal (storage pun intended), head on over to TigerDirect

Laptops:

Toshiba Satellite U845-S402 14" Intel Core i3 ULV Ultrabook for $549.99 with free shipping at Toshiba Direct (normally $750 - use coupon code: ULTRA100).

Computing Hardware & Peripherals:

Dell S2330MX 23" Ultra-slim 1080p LED-backlit LCD Monitor for $161.99 with free shipping at Dell (normally $220 - use 10% Coupon Code: XV4FRKQTP$MF0D). 

Logitech Performance Mouse MX for $79.99 with free shipping (normally $99.99). 

Crucial M4 2.5" 512GB SATA 6Gb/s SSD (CT512M4SSD2) for $399.99 with free shipping at TigerDirect  (normally $420).  

Build It: Modern Commodore 64

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 11:33 AM PDT

How to build a modern-day PC into a replica of the Commodore 64

The mission many people wax poetic about the polite '50s, the radical '60s, or the wild '70s, but for nerds, the 1980s was the best decade. A full-on war raged in the new category of "personal computer," no one operating system ruled the world, and, man, you could walk into a Toys "R" Us and buy the world's all-time bestselling PC: the Commodore 64.

Whether you want to relive the golden age of PCs or you weren't alive for it, Commodore USA (no relation to Jack Tramiel's original Commodore International) offers its Commodore 64x to recreate that 1980s experience.

Commodore 64

The main difference between the original C64 and this replica is the latter's ability to take standard PC industry components. Is the Commodore 64x case/keyboard a perfect recreation of the original? No, but it's damn close. I'm not judging this by my faded memories of the C64 I owned in 1982, either. See how closely the inset shot of the original resembles the new C64x?

What's Inside the New C64?

I had envisioned using a Core i7-2600K with a notebook GeForce graphics card in the C64x, but I quickly realized that heat would be a serious issue in this thermally constrained PC, which has one puny 4cm fan handling all its airflow. I also considered a mobile Core i7, but the cost and scarcity of parts made me ditch that approach. In the end, I decided that an AMD E-350 Fusion APU would be the most cost-effective and reliable route.

The best candidate for the job? Zotac's Fusion ION‑ITX T Series. The board features AMD's E-350 Fusion chip, built-in Wi-Fi, and, best of all, a 90-watt external power brick. Because the C64x doesn't have much room, running an internal power supply is out of the question. Pico-ITX PSUs are an option for standard boards, but that would require cutting a hole into the chassis to route the wiring. The Fusion ION‑ITX T Series takes care of that in one swoop. Thermals also shouldn't be an issue with its integrated heat pipe and heatsink. My previous experience has taught me that the E-350 runs super cool for an 18-watt part.

For storage, I opted for Seagate's Momentus XT hybrid drive. It gives the C64x some SSD-like performance but is cheap enough that I can afford to give the machine 750GB of storage space. A Silverstone slot-fed DVD burner rounds out the package, but we did have to add an NZXT internal USB expansion module and an old-style Molex Y power splitter.

For tools, a standard Philips-head screwdriver and a small jewelers Philips-head screwdriver are required for the build. I also had to round up a set of system screws, as well as a set of screws that are typically used to mount an internal 5.25-inch optical drive.

INGREDIENTS
PART URL Price
Case C64x www.commodoreusa.net $345
PSU/Mobo/CPU/Cooler/GPU Zotac Fusion ION‑ITX T Series www.zotac.com $199
RAM Corsair 8GB DDR3/1333 SODIMMs www.corsair.com $44
ODD Silverstone SST-S0-D02 www.silverstonetek.com $69
HDD Seagate Momentus XT 750GB www.seagate.com $155
Miscellaneous NZXT IU01 USB Expansion module www.nzxt.com $20
One Molex Y-power splitters www.newegg.com $1
Zalman Fan Mate 2 www.zalman.com $7
Total Cost $840

 

1. OPEN THE CASE

You'll need to unscrew six screws along the perimeter of the C64x first (image A). Then carefully remove the keyboard and place it aside. Now, find a cassette tape player and put in your favorite mix tape of Olivia Newton-John, Survivor, Joan Jett, the J. Geils Band, and the Human League. Yes, all the top artists of 1982.

how to build commodore 64

 

2. REMOVE THE DRIVE TRAY

Unscrew the four screws under the C64x. Note: You will probably have to loosely hold the four nuts inside the case to get them loose. Once the screws are out, remove the tray and mount the 2.5-inch drive (image B). The drive tray is countersunk to fit countersunk screws. Since Commodore USA doesn't include these parts (when they say bare-bones, they mean it), we used four fine screws of the type that comes with a 5.25-inch optical drive to hold the drive in place. This will cause the tray to ride a little higher than it should, but don't worry: The loosey-goosey build quality of the drive opening means the tray should still fit it. Mount the drive tray back in place and screw it into the case using the four screws and nuts.

building commodore 64x

 


 

3. INSTALL THE OPTICAL DRIVE

We couldn't find a 170KB 5.25-inch floppy drive, so we settled for this Silverstone slot-fed DVD burner. It comes with four tiny screws. Place the drive in the cage and screw it in place with the jeweler's screwdriver (image C). Now plug in the HDD power and SATA cable as well as the ODD power and data cable.

 

4. INSTALL THE ALL-IN-ONE MOTHERBOARD

Install the I/O shield by sliding it into the slots at the rear of the C64x. Now gently slide the Zotac motherboard into place, making sure the two Wi-Fi antennas feed out the holes in the I/O shield (image D). Take four screws from your spare parts box (because why would Commodore USA bother to include them in the box?) and gently screw the board in place (image E). The board doesn't have metal standoffs, so you'll be boring the screws into plastic. Do not over-torque the screws or you will strip out the mounts.

 

 

5. INSTALL THE RAM

Install the pair of SODIMMs by placing them into the slots while carefully making sure the notches in the DIMMs line up with the notches in the slots. Apply pressure with your thumbs on the corners until the arms snap into place (image F).

 

6. EXPANSION NEEDED

Since the keyboard is internal, it hooks directly into a USB 2.0 header. Unfortunately, the system's internal media card reader also requires a USB 2.0 header, but the Zotac board we selected has only one internal USB 2.0 header and a USB 3.0 header. To get around this, we used an NZXT 1U01 USB expansion module. The 1U01 needs power, so take the Molex Y-cable splitter and plug it into the Molex output on the motherboard (image G). Now take the Molex-to-SATA power connector that came with the motherboard and plug it into one end of the Y-cable splitter. Plug the other end into the 1U01's power pass-through and then plug into the optical drive's Molex cable.

 

7. HOOK UP THE KEYBOARD

The USB cable isn't labeled, but the wires indicate what functions they do. The red wire is power and the black is ground. Look at the USB pin-out chart we've provided (image H) and match the keyboard connector that has the red wire with one of the +5V pins and then plug it in (image I). If you're still skittish, you can grab one of those USB header adapters that ship with MSI and Asus boards. Plug the power switch and power LED into the board's front-panel connectors (image J).

 

 


 

8. BACK TO THE FUTURE

You're ready to turn on the Commodore 64x. If you're wondering where the power button is, it's the red LED dome on the right-hand side.

1)This little fan can get whiny, so use a $7 Zalman Fan Mate 2 to lower its RPMs.

2)The Zotac Fusion ION‑ITX T Series wraps the GPU, CPU, PSU, MOBO, and heatsink into one nice little attractive package.

3)The slot-fed optical drive can be substituted for a standard tray drive or skipped completely, but it wouldn't be quite as classy. Now if we could only fit a 5.25-inch floppy in there.

An Elegant Weapon for a More Civilized Age

The original Commodore 64 packed a 1MHz MOS 6510 processor, which probably has one hundredth of the power of the CPU in your printer. Next to that, the AMD's E-350 "Brazos" would appear as magic from the gods. In our world, though, the E350 is pretty far off the power band as you can see from our tests. The E-350's main weakness is its x86 performance.

The Fusion APU is faster than a dual-core Atom 330, but beefier parts such as Intel's Core i5-2430M—even with the i5's low clocks—will leave it in the dust. Where the E-350 in the C64x does well is in 3D performance—its integrated graphics solution has enough power to run older games such as Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare at lower resolutions.

The real beauty of the E-350 is its low temps. At 18 watts for CPU and GPU combined, it really stays cool. In our experience, it's far cooler than Intel's own low-voltage 35-watt dual-core Sandy Bridge chips. The E-350 isn't about blistering performance, but neither is the C64x. It's about the cool factor of having a retro exterior with modern computer brains. 

Benchmarks
Model Commodore 64x Giada i50    Giada Ion-100 Zbox Plus Nano XS
CPU 1.6GHz AMD E-350 1.2GHz Intel Core i5-430UM 1.3GHz Intel Atom 330 w/ Nvidia Ion 1.6GHz AMD E-450
Photoshop CS3 (sec) 445 272 552 423
MainConcept (sec) 8,280 4,736 8,858 4,560
3DMark 2003 5,685 1,189 3,371 6,954
Quake III (fps) 204 87 118 161
Quake 4 (fps) 38 9 29 40

Valve Plans Limited Beta Test for Steam on Linux, Only 1,000 Users Invited

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:01 AM PDT

Penguin on SteamGabe Newell now famously referred to Windows 8 as a "catastrophe for everyone in the PC space," which could work out great for Linux users. Based in part on fears that Microsoft will erect a walled garden around Windows 8 and lock out developers who don't want to play the Windows Store game, Valve has been hard at work trying to port Steam over to Linux, and the first beta run will kick off in October.

The private beta is only open to 1,000 users, so it's a pretty exclusive club if you can manage to get in. It will include Steam on Linux, a single Valve game, and support for Ubuntu 12.04 and above. It will not include the recently launched Big Picture mode, which is a revamped interface tailored for big screen TVs (check out or How To guide for enabling this optional feature), nor will there be any additional titles offered in the beta.

Valve hasn't said which game it's including, but we're willing to bet it's Left 4 Dead 2. The company has been working on porting L4D2 to Linux and even managed to get it running on Ubuntu 12.04 with impressive results.

Steam Penguin

If you're new to Linux, Valve suggests waiting for a subsequent release with more features before diving in. For everyone else, Valve will announce at a later date when sign-ups are to begin.

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European Union Expects to Fine Microsoft Up to $7.4 Billion for "Technical Error" in Windows

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 07:25 AM PDT

Technical DifficultiesTime and again, European Union regulators have proven they're not the least bit bashful about slapping mega corporations like Microsoft and Intel with gargantuan fines for violating antitrust laws. In fact, Microsoft has already been assessed around $1.28 billion in the last decade for various dealings in the EU, and if EU officials are feeling particularly ornery, they could penalize Microsoft up to $7.4 billion, or up to 10 percent of its revenues, for what amounts to an unfortunate "technical error."

Let's backtrack for a second. Back in 2009, the EU ordered Microsoft to begin offering Windows users a choice of web browsers in Europe. The so-called browser ballot was intended to even the playing field, and not long after it was implemented, Opera Software claimed it saw triple the amount of browser downloads.

Things were fine since then, up until earlier this year when some PCs running pre-loaded copies of Windows 7 with Service Pack 1 shipped to European without the browser ballot. Microsoft blamed the oversight on a technical error, saying it affected around 28 million PCs. European customers who purchased PCs running the original version of Windows 7 or relevant versions of Windows XP and Vista were unaffected.

That error could end up costing Microsoft a lot of money.

"The next step is to open a formal proceeding into the company's breach of an agreement. We are working on this," EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia reportedly told reporters at a conference in Warsaw. "It should not be a long investigation because the company itself explicitly recognized its breach of the agreement."

EU Flag

While Microsoft may be hoping for lenience, especially since it has been, for the most part, complying with the original order, the EU may look to make an example out of the software maker. If we had to venture a guess, we'd say it probably won't be nearly as high as the maximum fine -- $7.4 billion -- but probably several million dollars, if not hundreds of millions.

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Intel Responds to 'Unsubstantiated' Reports of CEO's Anti-Windows 8 Remarks

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 06:19 AM PDT

Together Microsoft and Intel have ruled the PC industry for a ridiculously long time, but with smartphone and tablet sales going through the roof, they now have a lot to think about. While both parties don't seem entirely averse to venturing out of their longstanding relationship, Intel's Android-compatible Medfield SoC and Microsoft's ARM-friendly Windows RT OS seem little more than half-hearted attempts at being unfaithful. On Wednesday, however, a report that Intel CEO Paul Otellini had been heard criticizing Windows 8 in a recently held company meeting in Taiwan painted a slightly different picture.

According to Bloomberg, Otellini got candid about Windows 8 in a company meeting in Taiwan on Tuesday and was reportedly heard telling employees that the upcoming OS wasn't fully baked yet. But Otellini, Bloomberg's source claimed, did not seem to have a problem with the idea of Microsoft releasing Windows 8 a little prematurely — a practice much more widespread than what most people like to think.

With Windows 8 having already received a lot of negative publicity, it did not take Microsoft too long to respond. "With over 16 million active preview participants, Windows 8 is the most tested, reviewed and ready operating system in Microsoft's history. We're looking forward to making Windows 8 available to the world on October 26th," Microsoft said in a statement.

A bit later in the day, Intel also issued a statement on "unsubstantiated news reports about comments made by Intel CEO Paul Otellini in a meeting with employees." While the brief statement reminds everyone that Otellini once hailed Windows 8 as being "one of the best things that ever happened to Intel", nowhere does it deny that Otellini made the remarks attributed to him by Bloomberg.

"Intel has a long and successful heritage working with Microsoft on the release of Windows platforms, delivering devices that provide exciting experiences, stunning performance, and superior compatibility," reads the statement. "Intel fully expects this to continue with Windows 8."

"Intel, Microsoft and our partners have been working closely together on testing and validation to ensure delivery of a high-quality experience across the nearly 200 Intel-based designs that will start launching in October."

Nvidia Treats Linux Users to 304.51 Display Driver

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:37 AM PDT

Linux and NvidiaNvidia's relationship with the open source Linux community is sometimes strained, such as when Linus Torvalds flipped Nvidia the bird and dropped f-bombs at the GPU maker in frustration over the lack of Linux support. It is what it is, and slowly but surely, things are improving. Proof of that can be found in Nvidia's new 304.51 display driver for Linux, which addresses a whole bunch of issues and adds support for several graphics cards.

The driver adds support for the GeForce GTX 660, GTX 650, GT 645M, GTX 670MX, and GTX 675MX graphics cards, while squashing numerous bugs in the process. Some of these include:

  • Fixed an X server crash on X.Org xserver 1.13 when it is compiled without support for DRI2.
  • Fixed a regression that broke color controls on older X servers.
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused the display layout area of the nvidia-settings control panel to be laid out incorrectly.
  • Fixed a bug that prevented panning from working correctly after a modeswitch on some X servers with support for cursor constraining.

GeForce GTX 660 Ti

That's just a sampling of what's laid out in the full release notes, which is also where you can download the new drivers.

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Digital Storm Infographic Pits PC Gaming Versus Consoles

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 05:33 AM PDT

PC and ConsoleListen, this is Maximum PC, not Maximum Xbox 360 or Maximum Console, so obviously we're a little biased when it comes to which platform is the best for gaming. So is boutique builder Digital Storm, for that matter, but as Shakespeare wrote, "Truth is truth, no matter how much console gamers disagree" (it's pretty amazing he had the foresight to write about consoles way back when, isn't it?). So pardon Digital Storm for stating what we consider the obvious, and enjoy the company's infographic detailing exactly why PC gaming rules.

The infographic is the creation of DS Unlocked, which is comprised of "an elite team of Digital Storm technicians." It starts off talking about price, and while it's true PCs require a larger initial investment, "the level of graphics and processing power of the average gaming computer means you get a lot more for your money," DS Unlocked says.

Consoles are also disadvantaged in that, for the most part, they're stuck with whatever hardware is under the hood. Larger hard drives and add-ons like the Kinect motion sensor offer a bit of upgradeability, but it's not like you can rip open the chassis and upgrade the graphics card or plop more RAM in there like you can with a PC.

PC vs Consoles

Don't get us wrong, consoles have their strengths and we're not hating on the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 (maybe a little on the Wii), but if we had to choose just one platform, it would definitely be the PC, and Digital Storm's infographic outlines many of the reasons why.

What about you, which is your favorite platform to game on?

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PS3 Essentials priced and dated for India

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 08:25 AM PDT

Sony has confirmed to MCV India that Playstation 3 Essentials will be arriving in India this weekend. This really is good news for gamers who've only just bought a PS3 and are catching up on a humongous backlog. For those who don't know, PS3 Essentials are (older) budget first as well as third PS3 games. [...]

Daily Deals 9/26/12: Samsung 830 256GB $180, Dell 24" IPS Monitor, and More

Posted: 27 Sep 2012 02:20 AM PDT

Top Deal: Installing an SSD as your boot drive can significantly increase the performance of your computer. Luckily, one of our favorite SSDs, the Samsung 830 series 256GB (MZ-7PC256B), is on sale today for $179.99 with $2.29 shipping at TigerDirect (normally $199.99, use coupon code: GHX71608). To read more about the Samsung 830, check out our review of it here.  Laptops: Dell [...]

Here’s Why Nintendo Land Deserves A Second Look

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 11:15 PM PDT

Minigame collections get a bad rap in the gaming industry, so people were quick to dismiss Nintendo Land when it was unveiled for the Wii U at E3 2012. As more games have been announced and more people have had a chance to play it, the tide is slowly turning in the theme park’s favor. [...]

Torchlight II – Bugged player recieves loot from company president

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:59 PM PDT

I am currently playing Torchlight II now, and I must say I am enjoying TONS of fun with the game. Yes, not as big budget as its richer cousin and without the fancy cinematic, but hey, I don't care as long as I have fun my own way without being told how to by the [...]

Forsaken World – 6th race being teased for October

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:57 PM PDT

1 of the more famous non-playable races in Forsaken World's storyline, it seems the Werewolf is finally going to be added as a playable one come October for the China server. Referred to as the "speed king", perhaps 1 of its racial passives will be enhanced movement speed. Just guessing! The first new race since [...]

Fan-made video promotes the movement to save City of Heroes

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:54 PM PDT

City of Heroes players have been rallying around the movement to save the game ever since the shutdown announcement was made. It’s been nearly a month with no official response regarding the movement’s requests from NCsoft aside from a special email address, and that’s enough to make almost anyone start to despair. But a new [...]

Wizardry Online – Closed Beta signup now available

Posted: 26 Sep 2012 10:49 PM PDT

Having posted about the game over the past year since it launched in Japan, it seems the English version is gearing up for Closed Beta, with registration having just begun. Published by Sony Online Entertainment, Wizardry Online is the MMORPG version of the much beloved classic RPG franchise which originated in North American (current IP [...]

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