Computer Hardware

FOR XP, Vista, and Windows 7 see here.
For Linux the 9.9’s only seem to support the HD series of cards. See here for those.

As I opined on Friday, AMD had issues with their servers. The 9.5 drivers are now ‘officially’ out.
Download & Info These are available for Linux too. The 9.5’s are for newer cards only (see the release notes).

I don’t post deals much but this one is a fantastic deal.
Newegg has the OCZ Vertex Series OCZSSD2-1VTX30G 2.5″ 30GB SATA II MLC Internal Solid state disk (SSD) for $99 after rebate. Free shipping too.
Normal price is $149, 20% off = $119, rebate is $20 = $99.

The ATI Catalyst 9.5 drivers were scheduled for release today. These drivers made it to their servers then disappeared. I do not know why they disappeared but the main ATI Driver download page has been extremely slow all day.
An initial forum post on the subject was removed and there is now a forum post stating “Sorry guys and gals the drivers are delayed until monday unfortunately. If you already download the drivers manually then you wont need to re-download them on monday as far as I am aware.”
The only place I can find these drivers at the moment is at techPowerUp so head there if you want them.
Check here Monday when they become officially released.

2009 Ars USB Flash Drive Roundup

Best Drives for fastest read/write speeds: The award here goes to both the OCZ Throttle and the Patriot Xporter XT.

Available for XP, Vista, & Windows 7. Download Nvidia GeForce 185.85 WHQL Drivers

These are available for XP, Vista, and Windows 7.
Download

These are for XP & Vista. Download
Linux drivers are at version 180.44 (dated March 30, 2009). Get them at the same link above.

They just released 182.06 drivers a little over 2 weeks ago. 182.08’s are out now.

ATI Catalyst 9.2 Drivers are out. Available for XP, Vista, and Linux.