Elite Bastards analysis: Batman: Arkham Asylum - PC review, performance and PhysX evaluation
It's already being heralded as a modern classic, but does the PC version of Batman: Arkham Asylum really live up to the hype?آ We take a look at the game itself in our full review, while also taking some time to delve into this title's graphics performance and just what the use of NVIDIA's PhysX technology within the game brings to the table.
Batman: Arkham Asylum - PC review, performance and PhysX evaluation
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More AMD Radeon HD 5850 X2 and 5870 X2 shots surface
Do you want to see more pictures of AMD's forthcoming "Hemlock" graphics boards, aka the Radeon HD 5850 X2 and 5870 X2?آ Of course you do!
While it is difficult to get an accurate length just from pictures, with a second die , it would be nearly impossible to squeeze it into the same sized PCB as the 5870. From our basic visual calculations, the card appears to be extended by at least 1″ – 1.5″, giving it a total footprint of an estimated 12″-12.5 inches long. Best of luck fitting this behemoth into any mid sized tower, or even a smaller full tower.
As seen in the photo’s, at least one prototype of the 5870أ—2 has it built with a squarish fan shroud, with plenty of venting along the far side to hopefully provide adequate cooling for the dual GPU’s. The 5850أ—2آ has dual circular fans over just the chips, with no shroud as seen on the rest of the product line. We can be fairly cetain that this is not the ATI OEM spec, but rather a particular manufacturer’s unique cooling option.
Hardware Canucks have the full image gallery.
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Intel's "Gulftown" CPU to sport improved stock cooler
I'm sure I'm not the only person here who never fails to be frustrated by Intel's stock CPU cooling solutions - Sure, they do the job, but there aren't many other polite words which can be levelled at them.آ However, it looks as though the launch of Intel's six-core "Gulftown" CPU is going to buck this trend, with French site PC World suggesting that this particular (and admittedly Extreme Edition branded) part is going to ship with an altogether more impressive cooler.
If you want to see just what Intel have chosen to do with this particular solution, then you can find a handful of images right here.
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NVIDIA GeForce beta driver 191.03 released
If you're the owner of a NVIDIA GeForce graphics board and feel in need of some shiny new driver to install, then rejoice, for NVIDIA have now publicly released a beta set from their GeForce 191 series which has been around for a week or so amongst those of us with access to them.آ There are plenty of new features and improvements available with these drivers, from DirectCompute support for Windows 7 users through to a handful of performance improvements in new game titles.
New in Version 191.03
- Adds support for OpenGL 3.2 for GeForce 8, 9, 100, and 200-series GPUs and ION GPUs.
- Accelerates performance in several gaming applications. The following are examples of improvements measured with version 191.03 drivers vs. version 190.62 drivers (results will vary depending on your GPU, system configuration, and game settings):
- Up to 12% performance increase in ARMA 2
- Up to 8% performance increase in Batman: Arkham Asylum with GPU PhysX enabled
- Up to 50% performance increase in Call of Juarez: Blood in Bound with SLI enabled
- Up to 14% performance increase in Fallout 3 (indoor scenes) with antialiasing enabled
- Up to 10% performance increase in Far Cry 2 (DX9 version) with antialiasing enabled
- Up to 34% performance increase in Prototype with antialiasing enabled
- Adds SLI support for Darkfall, Dawn of Magic 2: Time of Shadows, Dreamkiller, Fuel, Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim, Need for Speed: Shift and more.
- Includes numerous bug fixes, including the following key fix (additional bug fixes can be found in the release notes on the documentation tab): For graphics cards supporting multiple clock states, 3D clocks correctly return to 2D clocks after exiting a 3D application.
- Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here.
New in Release 190/191 Drivers
- Include support for DirectCompute with Windows 7 and GeForce 8-series or higher graphics cards.
- Installs PhysX System Software version 9.09.0814.
- Supports NVIDIA 3D Vision Discover, a complete, low cost solution to start your immersive stereoscopic 3D experience. NOTE: If you are using NVIDIA 3D Vision active shutter glasses, you must download the separate 3D Vision driver which includes the driver for the 3D Vision IR emitter.
- Supports CUDA 2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA Zone for more details.
- Supports a new user-controlled power management setting for select GeForce 9-series and later graphics cards (only available on cards that already support more than one power state). This option allows users to set a performance level for each DirectX or OpenGL application.
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You can download these new beta drivers from the links below:
Download NVIDIA Geforce beta driver 191.03 for Windows Vista/7 (32-bit)
Download NVIDIA Geforce beta driver 191.03 for Windows Vista/7 (64-bit)
Download NVIDIA Geforce beta driver 191.03 for Windows XP Home/Professional
Download NVIDIA Geforce beta driver 191.03 for Windows XP Professional x64
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