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/ Adam Richardson

New Permedia 2 Drivers Released

The new drivers has a fix for the problems in Need For Speed III and NHL '99.

New Permedia 2 Drivers Released is the story on November 6, 1998, and it is one of those late-1998 PC gaming updates that says exactly where the scene is right now. 3D Labs has released new Permedia 2 drivers which include a new OpenGL Driver. The new drivers has a fix for the problems in Need For Speed III and NHL '99.

For players keeping track of patches, demos, hardware drivers, online events, and retail releases, this is the sort of news that can change what gets installed tonight. Drivers and hardware updates are not glamorous, but when they fix a game or unlock a card you already paid for, they matter.