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AMD Catalyst 13.4 (WHQL), 13.5 (Beta) ready for download

AMD Catalyst 13.4 (WHQL), 13.5 (Beta) ready for download
  • Posted April 25, 2013, 12:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • AMD has released two new sets of drivers for Radeon graphics card owners, namely Catalyst 13.4 and 13.5b2. The former driver bundle is WHQL-certified while the latter remains in beta; however, both offer the usual crop of bug fixes and…

New GeForce WHQL driver boosts Bioshock: Infinite, Tomb Raider

New GeForce WHQL driver boosts Bioshock: Infinite, Tomb Raider
  • Posted March 25, 2013, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • Nvidia just published its WHQL-certified 314.22 GeForce drivers. Simply put, if your PC is armed with a GeForce graphics card and you've recently picked up either Tomb Raider or Bioshock: Infinite -- you're going to want this update.

Download: AMD Catalyst 13.1 WHQL driver

Download: AMD Catalyst 13.1 WHQL driver
  • Posted January 18, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Good news for Radeon owners: AMD's latest WHQL-certified Catalyst driver (13.1) has finally materialized. After an unusually long wait -- no doubt thanks in part to AMD's recent "dynamic release" policy -- 13.1 contains all the improvements 12.11 beta made…

Atom-based Windows 8 tablets delayed until Jan. over driver issues

Atom-based Windows 8 tablets delayed until Jan. over driver issues
  • Posted December 20, 2012, 2:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Mobile Computing
  • Although system builders were supposed to dash off the starting line with seemingly dozens of Windows 8 tablets following the operating system's October 25 launch, most major players seem to have stalled at the gates -- particularly when it comes to Atom-based devices...

GeForce 306.02 WHQL drivers offer GTX 660 Ti support, new profiles

GeForce 306.02 WHQL drivers offer GTX 660 Ti support, new profiles
  • Posted August 28, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software With Video
  • Folks with the new GeForce GTX 660 Ti can now run the card with WHQL-certified software courtesy of a fresh driver released by Nvidia yesterday. GeForce 306.02 covers operating systems spanning from Windows XP through Windows 8 and carries various…

GeForce 302.80 WHQL drivers available for Windows 8 Release Preview

GeForce 302.80 WHQL drivers available for Windows 8 Release Preview
  • Posted June 14, 2012, 6:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Software
  • Nvidia has finally released WHQL-certified drivers for the Windows 8 Release Preview. Originally due last week, the update was delayed so it could be polished further. After missing its initial target, the company supplied beta drivers this Monday and cited…

GeForce 301.42 WHQL packs performance gains, new features

GeForce 301.42 WHQL packs performance gains, new features
  • Posted May 22, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • Nvidia's first GeForce R300 drivers have received Microsoft's approval, bringing a slew of new features and improvements, including some added since April's 301.24 beta. In case you missed that pre-WHQL update, it introduced various technologies such as FXAA, Adaptive VSync...

AMD releases WHQL-certified Catalyst 12.2 drivers

AMD releases WHQL-certified Catalyst 12.2 drivers
  • Posted March 8, 2012, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Folks who couldn't muster the courage to install AMD's "pre-certified" driver can now download a Microsoft-approved version. Catalyst 12.2 brings several worthwhile updates over the last stable release, though there doesn't seem to be any changes from last month's pre-certified…

Nvidia releases WHQL driver update for Battlefield 3

Nvidia releases WHQL driver update for Battlefield 3
  • Posted October 24, 2011, 4:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Gaming
  • Nvidia has released a new set of WHQL-certified drivers for its graphics cards just in time for tomorrow's launch of Battlefield 3 on the PC. The GeForce 285.58 for Windows XP and 285.62 for Windows 7/Vista users promise to increase…

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