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[Jun 23, 1999, 1:36 pm ET] - Post a Comment

Part one of the Ars Technica Report from PC Expo '99 is online.
I've gotten enough emails saying these Diamond Multimedia Viper V770 drivers are new, in spite of being dated 6/3/99 to believe they in fact, are. Thanks RyanF, and all the others who've clued me in on this.
P3D has posted some links for the latest and greatest version v3.02.02 Canopus Spectra series drivers from the Canopus Japanese site if you're feeling cutting edge.
Entech Taiwan has posted a new version 2.51 of the PowerStrip uber-video card/monitor control utility. Thanks GameDev.net.
Also new from Entech Taiwan is an EnergySaver for Windows NT. Thanks again GameDev.net.
RIVA Station has a couple of different posts up with information to help you tell the difference between TNT2 and a TNT2-Ultra based accelerators (besides the box label, of course).
Speedy 3D's texture resolution article talks about its impact on visual quality, saying "Texture resolution in my opinion is a far more noticeable feature, then say 32bit color is over 16bit color."
HardOCP has posted a review of an air-cooled (no water needed) Peltier cooler for CPU refrigeration.