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Release dates, announcements, and anything else worth noting. No PR fluff, no embargoed opinions. If it matters to people who actually play the games, it's here.

Hardware

15 Oct
Hardware
Real3D StarFighter AGP Drivers

Real3D put out new StarFighter AGP drivers. The StarFighter is their Intel740-based 2D/3D video card.

14 Oct
Hardware
Matrox Unified BIOS v3.44 Released

Saw at the Matrox Users Resource Center that Matrox put out a new unified BIOS version 3.44. Changes include, CRTC protection is set and Vertical Interrupts are disabled for all VESA modes with G200 AGP & PCI.

13 Oct
Hardware
AMD-K7 Processor Announced

AMD today disclosed design and technology details of its forthcoming AMD-K7 microprocessor, the leading-edge, seventh-generation successor to the AMD-K6 processor family.

12 Oct
Hardware
Voodoo2 SLI Drivers

3Dfx Interactive put out the new drivers for Voodoo2 in SLI. These new drivers were announced earlier and are supposed to have increased DirectX performance.

12 Oct
Hardware
Marble Mouse Announced

Logitech today announced the Marble Mouse, an innovative pointing device that combines the best features of both mice and a trackballs.

12 Oct
Hardware
Voodoo2 SLI Performance

The new drivers, combined with the unique 3Dfx SLI configuration of Voodoo2, offer 40 percent faster performance than the closest competitive product and are specifically optimized for the multi-texturing capabilities and other new features of DirectX 6.

01 Oct
Hardware
Matrox MGA-G200 Drivers

Matrox put out new drivers for their MGA-G200 based video cards. This is a beta release driver which includes a display driver and the Matrox PowerDesk. 26 beta drivers here from Matrox.

September 1998
30 Sep
Hardware
Spectra 2500 now shipping

The hardware race keeps getting louder. Canopus has started shipping the Spectra 2500, their TNT-based board and have signed up some new resellers to carry the card.

28 Sep
Hardware Nintendo 64
Intensor Gaming Chair ships

BSG Labs said they have shipped the Intensor Sensory Enhancement Chair to major electronics retailers nationwide. The Intensor is now available at retailers including all.