Hot Off The Presses! Alienware SLI, FarCry Patch v1.3, Leaked Detonators & More

by Marco Chiappetta — Monday, October 25, 2004, 06:23 PM EDT

Good evening HotHardware Fans! We've got some interesting news for you tonight, hot off the presses...

Alienware to offcer NVIDIA SLI Configurations...

Area-51 ALX with SLI

Alienware ALX Full-Tower Chassis
Alienware X2 and NVIDIA SLI Technology
Cutting Edge Performance-Enhanced Hardware
Personalized Pre- and Post-Sales Support
Alienware ALX Game Support Portal
Award Winning AlienCare Service Program

Don't beleive us? :) Check these out...

Alienware SLI Information
Alienware SLI Configurations

FarCry Patch v1.3 with SM 2.x & 3.0 Support Released:

That's right! The long awaited Far Cry patch 1.3 is out along with the linux dedicated server.

·_Fixed a crash with the ForkLift when loading some levels.
·_Fixed a bug that prevented levels from loading after saving in a previous level.
·_Returned surround 5.1 sound option to the menu.
·_Fixed a mounted weapon traverse problem.
·_Fixed problems related to shaders1.pak and scripts1.pak not being removed on installation of the patch.
·_Fixed a delay relating to tagging enemies in binocular mode.
·_Normal Map Compression.
·_SM 3.0 and SM 2.0x are now enabled by default when graphics settings are set to 'Very High'.
·_Improved tangent-space calculation to improve bumpmap quality.
·_Improved syncronization in multiplayer.
·_Fixed bug in leaning with different player classes.
·_Fixed an invisible wall exploit in mp_freighter.

NVIDIA Forceware v70.41 Drivers Leaked:

"A brand new NVIDIA Forceware 70.41 beta is now available for download online. This one comes from a test at OSNN and features new improvements and other enhanced things. "We unveiled the driver five days ago and after some initial testing determined that they contained so much debug code and were testing a few new features that they weren't going to be better than the current 66.81 release." This is being released to tide you over until a release that may or may not currently be under WHQL testing. It works on Win2000 and XP and as always be carefull with Beta drivers!"

Crucial Ballistix PC3200 DDR Memory Review @ Tweak3D:

"Be it your neighbor, friend, or just someone talking about their computer to others one of the most common questions over the years has been "How much RAM does your machine contain? Of course advanced users would add to this by being interested not solely in size but also type as a method to determine which is faster, yours or mine."

OK, that's all I've got for now. See ya soon!

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Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com