I occasionally have the screen whine while in Xp Pro on my MPB early '08, but regardless of that fact, I would love to install some new drivers for it. I downloaded the latest for my model from Nvidia's website, but when ever I open it I get the Nvidia background, then an error message that says "Setup couldn't find any drivers that are compatible with your current hardware" or something very close to that.

I have heard of many Boot camp users installing these drivers with success. Whats my issue? Can you guys also send me the proper link for the drivers just in case I got the wrong ones?

Macbook Pro 10.5.5 Penryn GeForce 8600 Gt 256 MB VRAM. Running XP Professional SP3 on a NTFS 31 GB partition with about 28 GB free.

Thanks!

We got into some debate on the nature of TWIMTBP program in the General Radeon Discussion thread about FC2 driver issues.

I decided to just ask what is involved with NVIDIA's developer relations program, and got this answer:

Quote: 1. we examine the game engine and the developers and publishers objectives and suggest features that will look good and which will be fun, these are suggestions only, they are usually accepted where they make sense and are cost effective.
2. we provide details of what we have shipped and where so that the publisher/developers can see the installed base to judge whether enough people can enjoy the implemented features
3. we provide a wide range of tools to implement features include FXcomposer, texture tools, shader debugger, etc and then optimize them for performance such as PerfHUD, AGPerfMon, etc, see here; http://developer.nvidia.com/page/home.html
4. we provide technical support all thru this process both remote and on-site
5. we test the builds of the game at our Moscow labs, called GTL and provide documented feedback on bugs, perf and compatibility
6. we then promote games that have great features for GeForce owners to our Club SLI members, newsletter subscribers, and nzone.com visitors
7. we work with our AIC partners and OEM customers to also promote these games too

Will I be able to dual-boot Vista on my HP Pavilion DV9500?
My specifications are as following:


Code: CPU Full Name        Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7300 @ 2.00GHz
CPU Code Name        Merom
Instructions        MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, ET64, XD, VMX, EST
Motherboard Manufacturer        Quanta
North Bridge        Intel PM965 Revision C0
South Bridge        Intel 82801HBM (ICH8-ME) Revision C0
Display Adapter        NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
Video memory size        256 MBytes
Network Adapter Intel(R)PRO/Wireless 3945abg Network Connection
Maximum Capacity 4096 MBytes (2x2048) DDR2 (PC2-5300)
I have iATKOS v1.0i downloaded and burnt on a DVD and a 7GB partition for OSX.

Can I install OSX?
If yes, how? I don't want to mess with the bios, really.
I found this article. Is it any good?

Thanks, in advance, for your help.

via MacNN:

NVIDIA on Tuesday switched focus to its highest-end workstation cards with the unveiling of the Quadro FX 4800. The chipset is based on the same architecture as the GeForce GTX 260 and carries 192 programmable shader cores but is tuned for 3D modeling and other pro apps: it carries a full 1.5GB of memory for higher-detailed models and textures, supports 30-bit color output and allows 32X full-sce...


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There's a new option for CAD junkies and other professional users. Nvidia has unveiled the Quadro FX 4800, a workstation graphics card that looks like a derivative of the original GeForce GTX 260—except with a much higher price...

NVIDIA on Tuesday switched focus to its highest-end workstation cards with the unveiling of the Quadro FX 4800. The chipset is based on the same architecture as the GeForce GTX 260 and carries 192 programmable shader cores but is tuned for 3D modeling and other pro apps: it carries a full 1.5GB of memory for higher-detailed models and textures, supports 30-bit color output and allows 32X full-sce...

Hi guys - I'm a noob at this. Friend gave me the idea of installing OS X on my Intel rig, so I downloaded iDeneb 10.5.5. System specs are:

Dell Inspiron 530
Intel Q6600 (2.4Ghz Quad, 8MB L2 cache)
7 gig 5300U DDR2 (667)
2x500gb
standard DVD/RW drive
nVidia GeForce 9600GT w/ 512

So I get to the first screen where the Darwin bootloader is going... and it gives me an EBIOS read error?

I'm lost... anyone have any advice?

Nvidia Has Been Stockpiling New 55nm High-End Chips for Over Three Months - Picture

I'm aware this topic must have been beaten to death, but allow me to ask some questions about system optimization again, mainly re. Photoshop CS4 and Cinema 4D.

After doing quite some research and getting great advise on this fine forum, I have now put together this system :

- Mac Pro 2.8 Ghz Dual, 12 GB Ram , GeForce 8800GT

- Main drive Western Digital Caviar Black 500GB (system, applications, files), using less than 200GB, big files go into external archives

- Stock drive Western Digital 320GB (SE16 ?) used for Bootcamp partition (XP) and Photoshop scratch disc ( 111GB partition )

- External 1TB drive/ FW 800 with Samsung Spinpoint F1/ 1TB for Time Machine

- A bunch of external harddrives for archiving large files and bootable system backups

- Two ACDs , 23" and 20", connected to the GeForce 8800


As for performance, my questions are only about two apps really, Photoshop CS4 in general, and C4D rendering, working with highres image files (200-500MB, lots of layers) and highres C4D renders with GI and complex materials. I have googled my behind off, but still am not a lot wiser...

1) Will I see performance gains if I run my Photoshop files off a seperate internal drive (recommendations ?), instead of having them on the system/application drive, and might that affect C4D renders as well ?

2) Given the 12GB Ram I have, should I worry about a more efficient PS scratch disc setup ? Recommendations ?

3) Cinema 4D : OpenGL previews in the editor window are working, but way too sluggish. If I ran my second display off a seperate graphic card, would that make a great difference ?

4) Where would a Raid0 configuration of two drives really improve performance, regarding the needs mentioned above, and how important is HDD speed ?

5) Anything else you can recommend ?

Cheers !

Months after rumor sites first discussed a 55nm die-shrink of Nvidia's mighty GT200 graphics processor, a Chinese website has managed to get a picture of it. Well, to be fair, Expreview's photo actually seems to shows the same heat spreader that covers existing, 65nm GT200smdash;but there are some...

Following on from the release of their first "GeForce Power Pack" back in August, NVIDIA are at it again, launching another bundle of the latest demos and applications that show off the CUDA and PhysX capabilities of their range of graphics boards. Having already examined the CUDA side of this equation in recent weeks, Elite Bastards have instead chosen to use the release of the GeForce Power Pack 2 as an opportunity to take a second look a GPU-based PhysX processing, in light of both advances introduced via the latest GeForce 180 series drivers as well as the opportunity for some additional testing thanks to some elements included within this pack.

That leaves us with some more PhysX related investigation and discussion, and to be honest it couldn't be a better time to re-evaluate this particular functionality. For starters, we now have a brand-spanking new Core i7 setup, which gives us a more powerful CPU to put up against any GPU-based physics acceleration. Then there's the recent WHQL release of NVIDIA's GeForce 180 series drivers, which includes the ability to move all PhysX processing to a second discrete GPU (which doesn't need to be configured via SLI, meaning it can be used on any motherboard with two PCI Express 16x slots), leaving your primary graphics board free to perform normal 3D rendering.

With this in mind, we'll be making use of the contents of both GeForce Power Packs to check out the state of PhysX acceleration with NVIDIA's GeForce 180 series drivers, using both a GeForce GTX 260 graphics board in isolation, as well as paired with a slower (but more than capable for PhysX processing alone) GeForce 9600 GSO to run PhysX processing while the GeForce GTX 260 handles 3D rendering. Read on to see how these combinations fare when coupled with our Intel Core i7 940 system.

Read the full article at Elite Bastards.

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Ce portable pour joueurs invétérés est propulsé par un processeur Intel quadricÅ“ur et deux GeForce 9800M GTS en SLI.

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Asus commercialise une nouvelle déclinaison du X57VN, un portable 15.4 pouces doté d#8217;une configuration intéressante et d#8217;un prix compétitif. L#8217;Asus X57VN-AP046C dispose d#8217;un processeur Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 (2.26 GHz), de 4Go de DDR2, d’un disque dur SATA de 320Go à 5400 tr/min, d’une carte graphique Geforce 9650M GT 1 Go dédié, d’un écran 15.4 [...]img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LaptopSpirit/~4/472271635" height="1" width="1"/

i just got a new laptop hp X16-1040us :

http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/ca/en...5-3798737.html

Processor:
manufacturer Intel(R) Corporation
model Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P8400 @ 2.26GHz
clock speed 2266.0 MHz
FSB speed 1066.0 MHz

Chipset:
Northbridge Intel PM45 rev. 07
Southbridge Intel 82801IM (ICH9-M) rev. 03
Graphic Interface PCI-Express
Memory Type DDR2
Memory Size 4096 MBytes

BIOS:
vendor Hewlett-Packard
version F.04
date 10/01/2008

System Information:
manufacturer Hewlett-Packard
product HP HDX 16 Notebook PC
version F.04

Baseboard:
vendor Quanta
model 361B
revision 15.15

Hard disk controller : SATA Hard Disk Drive
Internal hard disk drive: 320 GB
Video Card : Nvidia GeForce 9600M GT 512 MB dedicated
Network interface : Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN
wireless: Intel WiFi Link 5100AGN & Bluetooth
Internal audio : Altec Lansing with Dolby Home Theater with Sub-Woofer(IDT High Definition Audio Codec)
Operating system installed : Windows Vista® Home Premium 64-bit with Service Pack 1

i partition the hard drive using gparted live, vista partition is 100gb and leopard partition is 25gb and 150gb for data. install iDeneb_v1.3_10.5.5 everything went fine the install finish and i reboot the laptop and all i get now is "you need to restart your computer....." i can get into vista with the F8 but i cant boot into leopard. anyone know how to fix this problem?

Thanks.

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My brother in law is trying to decide between these two MBP's from macmall. Is it worth it for him to go with the Penryn model, or just save the extra cash? I know he doesn't care about multi touch. But, is there a difference in speed or battery life between the two? Also, did they make any changes to the display between these two models? I know the resolution did not change, more referring to a brighter, different manufacturer kind of thing, etc...

Thanks everyone!


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"One feature present in FarCry 2 we did not talk about is the inclusion of some DirectX 10.1 coding to improve antialiasing performance. Now, of course only the latest AMD Radeon HD 4000 series GPUs support DX 10.1, NVIDIA GPUs do not. However, NVIDIA GPUs, like any current generation GPU, are very programmable and there is a way to exploit DX 10.1 like features out of the GPU if coded specifically for it. This is the case in FarCry 2 for NVIDIA GPUs (read GTX 200 series.) This excerpt comes from NVIDIA documentation on FarCry 2 features:

FarCry 2 reads from a multisampled depth buffer to speed up antialiasing performance. This feature is fully implemented on GeForce GPUs via NVAPI. Radeon GPUs implement an equivalent path via DirectX 10.1. There is no image quality or performance difference between the two implementations.

This statement implies that the DX 10.1 implementation and the NVAPI implementation produce the same result, and that is to speed up multisampling performance under DX10. We will test antialiasing performance differences in this evaluation."

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