AMD Bulldozer FX CPUs dated: October 12th.

PC Perspective have gotten leaks from Microcenter regarding the long awaited release of Bulldozer. The Bulldozer is said to be launched under the good, old FX brand, which was top of the line CPU for gaming in its old days. October 12th is the date to mark your calenders. According to the article on PC Perspective, it would be wise to update your bios if you have an AM3+ motherboard and plan to upgrade your CPU.

AMD Releases Catalyst 11.9 Driver Update

AMD has released the Catalyst 11.9 Driver update with the following key features:

  • Enables AMD HD 3D technology support on DisplayPort panels, such as the Samsung 750 and 950 series 3D displays.
  • Fixed various forms of hanging in the following titles: COD - Black Ops, F1 2010, Dungeon Siege 3, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Borderlands, Dead Rising 2, Serious Sam 2, Resident Evil 5, HAWX 2
  • Fixed CrossFire scaling for EarthSim 2, Battlefield Bad Company 2, Metro 2033 and HAWX

Sniper: Ghost Warrior

Sniper: Ghost Warrior is a tactical first-person shooter and the second instalment of the Sniper:-series. The game's objective is to insert players into the role of an elite sniper team sent into a hostile area in an attempt to help the rebels of Isla Trueno, a fictitious Latin American country, fight against the force who has toppled their government in a coup d'état.

Driver: San Francisco

Driver: San Francisco is a sandbox-style action driving video game developed by Ubisoft Reflections. The game takes place six months after the events of Driv3r. A new feature is "Shift", which allows Tanner to shift from a car into another car and continue the mission.

San Francisco is one of the largest driving environments, with about 208 miles (335 km) of road. Various landmarks were recreated in the game including half of the Bay Bridge and parts of Marin County and Oakland. However, it is a more fictionalized interpretation of these areas.

Rusty Hearts Triple Monitors ~4K Video

A new ~4K videos is up, Rusty Heart Online Multiplayer Hack and Slash Roll Play Game, it natively supports multi monitor resolutions but HUD elements are pinned to the side of the screens. Once again if your monitors width is larger than 1920 pixels and you have lots of bandwidth, set the quality to original and play the video in full screen for a much higher quality. The game is free to play on Steam or via direct download from their website.

AMD Releases Catalyst 11.10 Preview Driver (aka "Battlefield 3 Driver")

AMD has just posted a preview of the Catalyst 11.10 driver. It provides improvements to Battlefield 3 performance, as well as inclusion of 5x1 Eyefinity support into a release driver branch. Highlights include:

  • Improves performance in Battlefield 3 Open Beta release for both non-Anti-Aliasing, and application enabled Anti-Aliasing cases on the AMD Radeon™ HD 6000 and AMD Radeon™ HD 5000 Series for single GPU configurations

Nvidia Releases GeForce 285.38 Beta Driver (Battlefield 3 beta driver)

New in Release 285.38

Increases performance in Battlefield 3 by up to 38%i.
Improves overall stability and image quality in Battlefield 3.
Added or updated SLI profiles for Battlefield 3, Dead Island, Diablo III, Dragon Age 2, Need for Speed: The Run, and Saints Row: The Third.
Fixed a performance regression in 285.27 beta running Crysis 2 (DirectX 9).