Nvidious Forceware 56.56 drivers under scrutiny

NVIDIA'S FORCEWARE 56.56 drivers have been doing the rounds, though they won't be available to download from Nvidia yet because of a couple of Unreal Tournament hiccoughs, we hear.

Neoseeker has been having a fiddle with them over here. They like the fact you can fix settings for different games.

HotHardware does its business here, looking at what new hardware optimisations the software brings.

And, while we're at it, Bjorn3d chips in it's threepenn'orth too, over here.

Oh. And here's that UT 2004 Demo.

Elsewhere, LostCircuits slips a pair of Radeons into its testbed for a spot of comparing and contrasting. The "Ultimate" Radeon 9600XT Edition from Sapphire and the Radeon 9600XT from ASUS get their goings-over here.

Tweaknews likes the look of the H.I.S. Excalibur Radeon 9600XT Platinum Turbo graphical wonder here. A pleasant, cut-price surprise, they reckon.

While the [H]ardnuts put Gigabyte's R96X up against its NV57U offering for more comparing and contrasting over here.

Oh. Other folk have been at IDF too, ya know. BitTech give their perspective on wireless USB and stuff, over here.

While the Hexers add to their earlier coverage with a blink in the direction of Alderwood/Grantsdale here. And here's their roundup.

Down in the Overclocker Caff there's a look at a Bluetooth Mouse from Thermaltake, here. Nearly, but not quite, they say.

While OCIA.net checks out an Eagle Touch Wireless Power Office Keyboard XP over, here.

Spire's CopperStream II Heatsink chills out in the CoolTechZone here.

While Techware Labs sink some heat with burnt offerings from Cooler Master, Thermalright, OCZ, and Microfins, over here. Arctic Silver's new Ceramique thermal compound also gets used and abused.

Wibble contenders here, if you please. µ