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Media & Art / Re: Debate: Metal
« on: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 20:27:56 PM »
I used to listen to a little Metallica but quickly got out of it. How could I have forgotten AC/DC and Guns 'n Roses... Add that to my list 
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Games & Programming / NVIDIA Graphics Drivers: 260.63 - Updated 9-14-2010
« on: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 20:22:14 PM »
First off, I hope to update this thread with the newest NVIDIA drivers available to inform others of performance fixes and new features.
Link for current & beta drivers:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
196.21 Download:
32-Bit | 64-Bit (Windows 7 / Vista)
32-Bit | 64-Bit (Windows XP)
Highlights / New Features:
Link for current & beta drivers:
http://www.nvidia.com/Download/Find.aspx?lang=en-us
196.21 Download:
32-Bit | 64-Bit (Windows 7 / Vista)
32-Bit | 64-Bit (Windows XP)
Highlights / New Features:
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This is the first driver release from the Release 260 family of drivers . This driver package supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, 9, 100, 200, 300, and 400-series desktop GPUs as well as ION desktop GPUs.
New in Release 260.63
New GPU Support
Adds support for the newly released GeForce GTS 450 GPU.
Performance
Increases performance for GeForce GTX 400 Series GPUs in several PC games vs. v258.96 WHQL drivers. The following are examples of some of the most significant improvements measured. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration:
GeForce GTX 480:
Up to 10% in StarCraft II (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF Ultra)
Up to 14% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
Up to 16% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
Up to 6% in Aliens vs. Predator (SLI – 1920x1200 noAA – Tessellation on)
GeForce GTX 460:
Up to 19% in StarCraft II (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Ultra)
Up to 15% in Battlefield Bad Company 2 (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
Up to 12% in S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (2560x1600 noAA)
Up to 9% in Aliens vs. Predator (1680x1050 4xAA/16xAF – Tessellation on)
Up to 7% in Metro 2033 (1680x1050 noAA – Tessellation on)
Up to 11% in Dirt 2 (SLI – 2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
Up to 12% in Crysis:Warhead (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF Gamer)
Up to 13% in Far Cry 2 (2560x1600 4xAA/16xAF)
Up to 12% in H.A.W.X (SLI – 1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF SSAO Very High)
Up to 5% in Just Cause 2 (1920x1200 4xAA/16xAF)
Up to 22% in Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena (1920x1200 noAA)
Up to 5% in 3DMark Vantage (Extreme Preset)
HD Audio
Upgrades HD Audio driver to version 1.1.9.0.
Installation
New driver installer with enhanced user interface and new Express and Custom installation options.
Express – one-click installation
Custom – customized installation
Option to perform a clean installation (completely removes older drivers from your system prior to installing the new driver).
Option to choose which driver components (ie. PhysX or 3D Vision) to install.
Improved installation time for multi-GPU PCs.
Other Improvements
Upgrades PhysX System Software to version 9.10.0514.
Includes numerous bug fixes. Refer to the release notes on the documentation tab for information about the key bug fixes in this release.
Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
Additional Information:
Supports the new GPU-accelerated features in Adobe CS5.
Supports GPU-acceleration for smoother online HD videos with Adobe Flash 10.1. Learn more here.
Supports the new version of MotionDSP's video enhancement software, vReveal, which adds support for HD output. NVIDIA customers can download a free version of vReveal that supports up to SD output here.
Supports OpenCL 1.0 (Open Computing Language) for all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
Supports OpenGL 3.3 for GeForce 8-series and later GPUs.
Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI technology* on DirectX 9 and OpenGL.
Supports GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.
*Note: The following SLI features are only supported on Windows Vista and Windows 7: Quad SLI technology using GeForce 9800 GX2 or GeForce GTX 295, 3-way SLI technology, Hybrid SLI, and SLI multi-monitor support.
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Media & Art / Re: Debate: Metal
« on: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 20:11:48 PM »
Time for me to get flamed. Over the years my tastes have definitely changed. I've listened to hard core rap in the past for extended periods (weeks if not months) and same with metal (Slipknot being one band) but now I dislike both genres. Anything else pretty decent to me as long as it falls into my requirements: Quality (encoding and recording), soul (the music/artists has to speak and feel though the music and lyrics), and catchyness. Metal and rap to me just doesn't have any soul, half of the reason for that I'm sure is you cannot understand what a babbling black guy or screaming white dude is saying with heavy drums (synthesized or not). I don't like a specific genre or specific artist. The top artists that I've thouroughly enjoyed and can listen to over and over again would be (in no particular order): Johnny Cash, Green Day, Nirvana, The White Stripes, The Eagles, etc. To me, you just can't top the soul that Johnny Cash put into his work and the way he revolutionized things in the music industry. In saying all of this, I don't mean any disrespect to metal or rap listeners or artists because it is a preference and I do recognize that the majority of them do have talent and therefore reach a substantial audience, it's just not for me. I don't hate or flip out over music I don't enjoy, that would be just rude.
I also tend to dislike anything synthesized or new. I like to know that the people behind the instruments are human and do make mistakes. These days, instruments are increasingly affordable and anyone with the cash to buy one thinks they're an artist and I don't respect that.
I also tend to dislike anything synthesized or new. I like to know that the people behind the instruments are human and do make mistakes. These days, instruments are increasingly affordable and anyone with the cash to buy one thinks they're an artist and I don't respect that.
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The Lounge / Re: Oi faggots, don't let this die!
« on: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 19:48:00 PM »I wouldn't suggest DRAAT. It was bearable for most before (I said most, Nate)
I just had a large genuine
Anyway, if you guys want new boards or topics or something, let me know. This is your place to discuss, share or show off.
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The Lounge / Re: Oi faggots, don't let this die!
« on: Thursday, December 17, 2009, 18:41:50 PM »
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Media & Art / Re: CleanX X-Fire Skin - SPANKED
« on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 23:48:24 PM »
I probably could have told you that... That's how my ad-blocking works, I re-route ad requests via DNS to a local webserver running PixelServ, a 1x1 transparent png and my X-Fire was always white where the ad was, until now
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Media & Art / Re: CleanX X-Fire Skin - SPANKED
« on: Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 02:22:39 AM »
Here's a cracked binary with the logo replaced with a 1x1 black pixel. Unfortunately the logo is a jpg so I don't think we'll get transparency and also the 1x1 pixel fills in the ad space to be the regular size. It fits better with the theme but it's not gone yet...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/Xfire.7z
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/464376/Xfire.7z
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Media & Art / Re: CleanX X-Fire Skin - SPANKED
« on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 22:36:43 PM »
Uh... SHARE!!! Lets make an awesome X-Fire customization
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Media & Art / Re: CleanX X-Fire Skin - SPANKED
« on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 19:12:21 PM »
There were/are 2 places that I know of for X-Fire to host their ads:
xfire.adbureau.net
media.xfire.com
I have both routed via DNS and I always see a white image, not the default X-Fire logo.
xfire.adbureau.net
media.xfire.com
I have both routed via DNS and I always see a white image, not the default X-Fire logo.
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The Lounge / Re: Global Warming - What's your opinion?
« on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 01:18:04 AM »
I want to flame you so much, but I'm really above that. I'll just say that you have no idea what I meant by that and you never will.
Let the conversation continue between those that wish to be part of it.
Let the conversation continue between those that wish to be part of it.
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The Lounge / Re: Global Warming - What's your opinion?
« on: Tuesday, December 15, 2009, 00:42:44 AM »
This is pointless.
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The Lounge / Re: Global Warming - What's your opinion?
« on: Monday, December 14, 2009, 16:36:46 PM »
The subject unfortunately does take a turn to involve the Government because this is really something that everybody should be involved in. The uninformed and lazy (typical american) isn't and that becomes a problem. There are many times when people don't do what is ethically or morally best and we have laws because of that. I'm not all for full government but we need something to give us a little push in the right direction. Then comes up the area that who defines what is ethically or morally right, I think in this situation it's pretty clear that we shouldn't have to live with pollution just because people like to drive an hour to work in stop and go traffic.
As for what Dann has posted, I got 3 seconds into the video and see 2 negative points:
The guy's avatar
The video looks like a shock video meant to scare people
With that said, I will finish the video and post back if it enlightens me.
As for what Dann has posted, I got 3 seconds into the video and see 2 negative points:
The guy's avatar
The video looks like a shock video meant to scare people
With that said, I will finish the video and post back if it enlightens me.
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The Lounge / Re: Global Warming - What's your opinion?
« on: Monday, December 14, 2009, 06:03:51 AM »
I know, especially with digital cameras and todays photo editing software, it's easy to change colors but there is a color difference between steam/fog and smoke/pollutants. Granted, a lot of plain old dust is probably floating around but on the other hand we're meant to breathe oxygen, not dust, not car exhaust, not smoke. Actually (from logical thinking) I think that's one of the sad things about the green movement in that a lot of the videos and images they show of tall towers pumping out "pollution" when the majority of it is probably steam or water vapor.
It would be in the governments best interest to do something along those lines. Give em a tax break and in return make them put 2% of their profits or so into alternative energy. I wouldn't be surprised if this is being done already though. I would like to see government control on electricity and oil usage per person but on the other hand that would strike up some protests and riots and it would eventually get counter-productive. Maybe instead an incentive for individual people to do more environmentally good things. We see some of this already, I think there were tax breaks or rebates for those that bought Energy Star appliances. I'm sure that could be taken further.
Just like everything in the world, oil is a limited resource, there's no arguing that. The question is how limited and we don't know. Oil doesn't just make gas for your car. It makes many other useful products that you don't even think of. If we run out, it's gonna mean more than not being able to start our cars. This is a great argument to recycle. Recycling isn't necessarily about being easier on the environment than to use raw materials (a lot of people argue this point and I'm on the fence about it) it's about re-using the materials we have instead of packing them away in landfills that nobody is going to want to dig through when we're all out of plastic. Now I don't want to sound frantic but hell, I'm sure it's possible in some amount of years to have a shortage if we keep this wasteful practice up.
Ok, I'm really gonna lay off for a while and let other people voice out.
But you know, maybe some regulation on the oil companies to do some research into alternative fuel sources wouldn't be all that bad. I mean why should they take home millions while all we get is dirty oil?
It would be in the governments best interest to do something along those lines. Give em a tax break and in return make them put 2% of their profits or so into alternative energy. I wouldn't be surprised if this is being done already though. I would like to see government control on electricity and oil usage per person but on the other hand that would strike up some protests and riots and it would eventually get counter-productive. Maybe instead an incentive for individual people to do more environmentally good things. We see some of this already, I think there were tax breaks or rebates for those that bought Energy Star appliances. I'm sure that could be taken further.
Just like everything in the world, oil is a limited resource, there's no arguing that. The question is how limited and we don't know. Oil doesn't just make gas for your car. It makes many other useful products that you don't even think of. If we run out, it's gonna mean more than not being able to start our cars. This is a great argument to recycle. Recycling isn't necessarily about being easier on the environment than to use raw materials (a lot of people argue this point and I'm on the fence about it) it's about re-using the materials we have instead of packing them away in landfills that nobody is going to want to dig through when we're all out of plastic. Now I don't want to sound frantic but hell, I'm sure it's possible in some amount of years to have a shortage if we keep this wasteful practice up.
Ok, I'm really gonna lay off for a while and let other people voice out.
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The Lounge / Re: Global Warming - What's your opinion?
« on: Monday, December 14, 2009, 04:28:37 AM »I just know I don't want the government to tell me how much power I'm allowed a day, or how many miles I'm allowed to drive a day. I don't know if it would ever come down to that, but if people get scared enough, I know they're probably going drop freedoms for security.
See there's a hazy part in the whole freedom thing. I would be ok with you using as much power/oil as you wanted if the consequences ONLY affected you. It's the same thing with smokers, I would be perfectly happy if absolutely no "used" (2nd hand) smoke was emitted into the air I breathe. Totally fine if they want to kill themselves, hell I might even light it for them but when it infringes on MY life when it's absolutely un-necessary for THEIR life, is that right? Is that what freedom means? Shit if that's what it means, I gotta find a new country without freedom to call home
I can imagine someone bringing up the argument that 2nd hand smoke and using excessive amounts of electricity aren't equal. Well, in the current world, they are. They both emit pollutants. What does global warming matter when some people have to breathe this:
I tried to find an image from a non-tree-hugging/green group. I think I did alright. Click on the picture to read the article that was posted in.
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Games & Programming / Want your XP to look like Windows 7?
« on: Monday, December 14, 2009, 04:00:39 AM »
I found this site and it does so many mods I had no idea were possible, might be interesting to someone:
http://www.askvg.com/transform-windows-xp-into-windows-7-without-using-customization-pack/
http://www.askvg.com/transform-windows-xp-into-windows-7-without-using-customization-pack/
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You probably won't see much for another 7h or so - after the EU workday ends.
Greetings guys. Just installed, anyone up for a quick game?
Gunman, keep your head up mate. Not all of us are picky bastards. You're appreciated. There's much love for the Groovy Gang
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