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DirectX 11 SoftTripleHead in the Works?

Perhaps slightly old news to some, but it has just been brought to my attention... thanks to TheButcher for pointing out in a forum thread that DirectX 10/11 SoftTH may soon be possible ('soon' being relative, of course).

Codemasters Responds with Gifts!!!

I got a care package in the mail yesterday (quite by surprise) from Rich Eddy of Codemasters. It had some swag from Codemasters and the Dirt3 team. Thanks guys for sending some stuff back over the pond. It is greatly appreciated. I took a quick video of the stuff, and posted it on YouTube.

WSGF Success Story: Seamless Ent Makes Eyfinity/Surround Easier in Sol: Exodus (Update: 31st January 2012)

Just one day after the indie developer Seamless Entertainment released there new space combat simulator the guys over at Seamless Entertainment have released a patch, that does away with the need for a clumsy HEX hack to get multi-monitor resolutions to work. Instead the game now reads its resolution directly from the games ini file. This means that running this game in all its multi-monitor glory is now as easy as a simple .ini hack.

Read the full news article to see how the WSGF worked with the devs to improve the Eyefinity/Surround support in the title.

WSGF Android App

With pride I can officially present the WSGF News android application. The application is free to download from the android market place. The app is currently in a beta phase, so if you notice any bugs or issues, please report them on this thread, also any feedback or requests should go there as well.

You will need Android 2.1.x (Exlair) or higher to run this app.

The AMD Catalyst™ 12.2 Preview release

The AMD Catalyst™ 12.2 Preview release notes
The AMD Catalyst™ 12.2 Preview includes all of the features found in AMD Catalyst™ 12.1, plus additional fixes that are not included in the AMD Catalyst 12.1 release.
Please note that AMD Radeon HD 7900 users should keep using the 8.921.2 RC11 driver found here (the 12.2 preview does not supported the AMD Radeon HD 7900 Series): http://support.amd.com/us/kbarticles/Pages/RC11Driver.aspx

AMD Catalyst 12.1

Improvements
AMD HD3D technology support enhancement

Enables support for AMD HD3D technology in conjunction with AMD CrossFireX configurations
Delivers a new Stereo 3D mode over HDMI 1.4a connections - 1080p at 30Hz is now enabled on supported displays

AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – Application Profiles

AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver enables users to create per application profiles to individually control 3D and CrossFireX settings for Direct3D applications
Please be sure to select the “Restore Factory Defaults” option under the Catalyst Control Center Preferences menu before using the new application profiles feature – this ensures there are no compatibility issues between previous drivers and the new AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver with regards to application profiles

AMD Catalyst Control Center / Vision Engine Control Center enhancements – Video UI improvements

AMD Catalyst 12.1 Preview driver includes user interface enhancements to simply adjustment of video color and video quality controls