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July 15th, 2017, 17:59 Posted By: wraggster
The final of the 3 news items from the ScummVM guys adds support for Starship Titanic, heres the news:
Explore a broken-down luxury cruise liner, try to convince the Deskbot to give you an upgrade, and eventually track down and fix the ship's governing computer, Titania. Or you're never going to get home. We're pleased to announce the testing period for the late '90s game Starship Titanic. At this time, only the English version is ready for testing. So break out your copy, and grab the latest daily build of ScummVM. You'll also need an extra required titanic.dat file, which should be put in the same folder you copy your game files to. Before you start your test run, please be aware there is one specific kind of Indeo encoded AVI video we haven't yet figured out how to decode transparency information for. In a few areas, such as the SGT Stateroom and Titania's closeup, amongst others, you'll see objects with jagged black areas around them. Please just ignore the problem for now. But all other graphics or gameplay issues should be reported on our Issue Tracker.
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July 15th, 2017, 17:58 Posted By: wraggster
The guys over at ScummVM added another update recently, heres the lowdown:
Last year, we added support for three of Sierra's Hi-Res Adventure games: Mystery House (#1), Mission: Asteroid (#0) and Wizard and the Princess (#2). We're proud to announce that three more Apple II games are now playable in ScummVM and ready for testing: Ulysses and the Golden Fleece (#4), Time Zone (#5) and The Dark Crystal (#6). For Ulysses and the Golden Fleece, we currently support the Load 'N' Go budget release. For Time Zone and The Dark Crystal we support the disk images that can be found on some of the Sierra collection CDs. The Datafiles wiki page has been updated with the required filenames for the disk images.
If you own one of those classics, grab the latest daily build and try it out! If you encounter an issue, please post a bug report following our testing guidelines. And while you're at it, please take some screenshots!
You may be wondering what happened to Hi-Res Adventure #3: Cranston Manor. Unfortunately, we still have not been able to locate a copy of this game after looking for it for over a year. If you own it, we'd love to hear from you!
More info --> http://www.scummvm.org/news/20170617/
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July 15th, 2017, 17:56 Posted By: wraggster
ScummVM has seen a rather awesome update, heres more info on both the update and what ScummVM is :
ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the games, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed! ScummVM supports many adventure games, including LucasArts SCUMM games (such as Monkey Island 1-3, Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max, ...), many of Sierra's AGI and SCI games (such as King's Quest 1-6, Space Quest 1-5, ...), Discworld 1 and 2, Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2, Beneath A Steel Sky, Lure of the Temptress, Broken Sword 1 and 2, Flight of the Amazon Queen, Gobliiins 1-3, The Legend of Kyrandia 1-3, many of Humongous Entertainment's children's SCUMM games (including Freddi Fish and Putt Putt games) and many more.
You can find a full list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often. Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2, PSP, PS2, SymbianOS and many more...
Explore a haunted museum, hunt a serial killer, mop the floor, descend into madness, find your true love, find your “true love”, travel to lands below, solve the Voodoo Murders, rediscover a lost opera—or do it all! The first batch of 32-bit DOS/Windows Sierra adventures are now ready to be tested in the latest daily build of ScummVM:
The Datafiles page has been updated with instructions on how to install these games. If you don’t own some, go to our where to get the games page to buy them!
Before you start your test run, please read the instructions on our SCI testing page, and take some screenshots along the way.
(If you have been itching to play some of the earlier SCI games, please take this time to run through them again too, as changes to the engine may also affect some 16-bit SCI games!)
Have fun!
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February 8th, 2017, 21:47 Posted By: wraggster
Mame the Multiple arcade machine emulator for Windows has been updated with a new release, heres the long list of whats new:
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the first MAME release, we’ve got a really exciting update for you. There’s so much awesome stuff in this month’s release that there’s no way we can possibly cover it all here. MAME is a team effort, and we’d like to thank everyone who’s contributed towards making this release as awesome as we think it is. One very exciting addition is support for another version of the East German Poly-Play system, with German and Czech ROM sets providing ten games, six of which are new. Protection on Future Flash/Laser Base has finally been emulated, so you can take a look at Hoei’s take on Missile Command. A dump of the damaged microcontroller (MCU) from Tatakae! Big Fighter makes this title and Sky Robo finally playable. Another eagerly awaited addition is the Hot-B prototype Hangzo.
Serial ports have been hooked up on Race Drivin’ allowing you to link two MAME instances over TCP, reproducing the multi-player experience with linked cabinets. To do this, use a null modem slot device and configure it for 38,400 Baud, 8 data bits, even parity, and 1 stop bit. It would also be possible to connect a MAME instance to a real board set by forwarding the connection to a serial port on the host system.
We’ve received a contributed PortAudio output module and integrated it in this release. This provides a cross-platform low latency audio output solution. Performance should be similar to Steinberg ASIO on Windows 7 or later without the licensing issues, and better than SDL audio on Linux. It can be enabled by setting the sound parameter to portaudio on the command line or in an ini file. Of course, all the other audio output modules are still supported, so if you're happy with your current setup you don’t have to change anything.
Although we haven’t added a huge number of new microcontroller (MCU) dumps in this release, substantial work has gone into improving systems where we already have dumps but the emulation is lacking. MCU emulation was added to Puzznic, Joshi Volleyball and Gladiator. For Puzznic, this places player data at the correct location in RAM and supplies the game with a pseudo-random number sequence rather than a stream of zeros. Joshi Volleyball now behaves better in service mode, allowing coins and inputs to be tested. Gladiator now honours the coinage DIP switches. The MC68705 core has had a complete overhaul, and all drivers using it have been reviewed. This fixes lots of subtle issues: for example Change Lanes will now skip the full memory tests if configured to ignore them in DIP switches, timings have improved in Arkanoid, and the Apple II mouse card is slightly improved. We now emulate the ’705 family well enough to support stand-alone MCU programmer boards.
Other improvements include working sound in Pole Position bootlegs, improved video in Winning Run, preliminary banked 256 colour mode for the NEC PC-9821, kana input on the Sharp X1, a VME bus system with preliminary support for the miniFORCE 2P21 chassis, additional Aristocrat Mark 5 peripheral emulation allowing non-US games to boot, Corvus hard disks for the DEC Rainbow 100, preliminary work on Atari Stunt Cycle (displays the playfield), fixes for the Aussie Byte and Otrona Attaché, and support for octal and binary numbers in debugger expressions.
More info --> http://mamedev.org/
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February 8th, 2017, 21:32 Posted By: wraggster
RetroArch the Multi system emulator for Windows/Wii/GC/PS3/XBOX/XBOX360/Android has been updated with a new release
Half a year after RetroArch 1.3.6 was released, now comes the next big stable! Version 1.4.1 is by any yardstick a big massive advance on the previous version. There are about 5000 commits or more to sift through, so let’s focus on a few big main standout features that we want to emphasize for this release.
Where to get it
https://buildbot.libretro.com/stable/1.4.1/
We are calling this release an ‘Open Beta’ because we want people to put the massively improved Netplay features through its paces! All of your feedback and issues will be taken onboard so that 1.5.0 (which we intend to ship somewhere beginning of March) will deliver on all the promises we have made for netplay.
Check out the full release info Here --> https://www.libretro.com/index.php/category/blog/
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February 7th, 2017, 21:45 Posted By: wraggster
Mednafen has been updated with a new release, Mednafen is a multi-game-system emulator, for various platforms such as Atari Lynx,Famicom,GameBoy (Color),GameBoy Advance,Neo Geo Pocket (Color), NES(both NTSC and PAL),PC Engine/TurboGrafx 16 (CD) and SuperGrafx,PC-FX,WonderSwan (Color).
Mednafen v0.9.41 Changelog:
-- 0.9.41: --
January 21, 2017:
SS: Implemented disc change IRQ on disc eject.
January 20, 2017:
Replaced usage of trio_snprintf() to a fixed-size buffer for path construction in general.cpp with manual concatenation of std::string strings.
Download Here --> http://forum.fobby.net/index.php?t=msg&th=1250&start=0&
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February 7th, 2017, 21:24 Posted By: wraggster
Romulus v0.033 is released, heres whats new for this Rom Manager.
Romulus v0.033 Changlog:
- ADDED In settings an option to apply registry fix to detect mapped drives at elevated applications as Romulus.
- ADDED To XML dats new param at "
".The new "" node contains filename of needed header for the profile. This param don´t take effect in other rom mamangers.
- ADDED Saving current header xml file when creating XML dats from Database and fixdats.
- FIXED Problems detecting inside Zip files with especial attributes.
- FIXED Problems with inverted CRCs and correct CRCs in same profile. Rebuilding correct CRC when inverted CRC exists in same place.
- FIXED Detecting ROMs scan or rebuild hidden files or folders. Thanks to Agus.
- FIXED Detecting folders inside compressed files when profile has single folders information. Thanks to Agus.
- FIXED Reading and creating baddumps when MD5 and/or SHA-1 checksums are filled with zeroes.
- FIXED Zero bytes creation baddumps when MD5 and/or SHA-1 checksums are filled with information.
- FIXED Problems displaying master games list end at Offlinelist profiles with filters.
- FIXED Open URLs in Richedits using OS default web browser when in settings is enabled the option to do it.
- FIXED Visuals non rectangle hints on Windows 8 and laters.
- FIXED Taskbar preview size problems for Windows 7 and laters.
- CHANGED Importation security code to prevent files information with final backslash when really has checksums converting it to files and not folders. Thanks to Agus.
Download Here --> http://romulus.net63.net/
Source --> http://www.emucr.com/2017/02/romulus-v0033.html
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February 7th, 2017, 21:22 Posted By: wraggster
RomVault v2.6.1 is now released. RomVault is a rom management tool. RomVault should be seen as an alternative to clrmame pro with some nice and new features that could make it perfect for managing large numbers of dats / collections using less time (one scan vs N dats a time instead of one scan for each dat) and giving you a nice easy to use GUI.
Download Here --> https://github.com/gjefferyes/RomVault
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February 7th, 2017, 21:16 Posted By: wraggster
Wine v2.1 is released. Wine is a project to allow a PC running a Unix-like operating system and the X Window System to run x86 programs for Microsoft Windows.
Wine v2.1 Changes:
* Many fixes that were deferred during code freeze.
* More Shader Model 5 instructions.
* A number of improvements to MIME message handling.
* Line breaking improvements in DirectWrite.
* HID bus service now running by default.
* Direct2D rendering improvements.
* Various bug fixes.
* Source release tarballs now use xz compression.
Download Here --> http://www.winehq.org/
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January 1st, 2017, 23:48 Posted By: wraggster
The Nes Emulator for Windows called Mesen has seen a new update in the last day or so, Mesen is a NES/Famicom emulator and NSF player.
Heres whats new in this release:
[h=4]0.7.0 - December 30, 2016[/h]Happy new year!
This release is a beta - save states, movies, etc. created with this version may not be compatible with future versions of Mesen.
New Features
- Video: Added new NTSC filter (based on Bisqwit's work).
- Video: Added feature to allow recording gameplay to AVI files
Bug Fixes
- Video: Fixed graphic glitches and crashes with the 2xSai, Super2xSai and SuperEagle filters.
- Startup: Fixed crash that occurred when the path contained non-ascii characters (bug introduced in 0.6.1).
- Linux: Fixed an issue with the "only allow one instance of Mesen" option.
Download Here ==> http://www.mesen.ca/index.php#Contact
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January 1st, 2017, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster
Jabo has released a new version of his Nes Emulator for Windows, heres some of the news from his site:
It's been a year since I've posted here, but even longer since a release for Jnes for Windows, over three years in fact. Since the last Windows release there were pretty big changes under the hood to get Jnes to work on Android, and in the background I have been trying to also improve the accuracy of the emulator. While Jnes has proud tradition of playing most games, there are some subtle hardware behaviors that Jnes was not able to emulate correctly. I've made some progress on improving that in this release, you are unlikely to notice it unless it breaks something. Cheats also got reworked significantly, editing should be a lot more stable. There are a slew of new awesome cheat codes from Gent, please give him some thanks for all his hard work in helping put this release together.
Download Here --> http://jabosoft.com/categories/3
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January 1st, 2017, 23:24 Posted By: wraggster
The MameDev Team have released a new version of their excellent Arcade Emulator for PC that plays thousands of Arcade Games, the News is lengthy, so here it is in full:
Happy new year from the MAME team! To help you celebrate, we’re unwrapping an extra-special release this month, with enough improvements to put anyone in a good mood. The exciting news that’s got people talking is that protected microcontrollers (MCUs) from a number of games have been read out and hooked up in MAME. This gives real, emulated sound in Toaplan’s Vimana, Fire Shark (also known as Same! Same! Same!) and Teki Paki, proper emulation of Tokio/Scramble Formation, M-chip emulation for Taito Extermination, Dr Toppel and Plump Pop, MCU emulation for Sega Altered Beast and Golden Axe, and partial sound in World Beach Volley. There’s more coming on this front, so stay tuned for upcoming releases!
MAME 0.181 also marks the debut of Votrax SC-01 emulation in MAME, based on reverse-engineering die photographs. The digital section should be pretty much perfect, although there are still some issues in the analog section (plosives don’t sound quite right). Overall, it’s a huge improvement in Votrax speech synthesis emulation, and a great leap forward in our understanding of how the hardware works. It also means speech samples are no longer required for a number of games.
Building on the ARM improvements in last month’s release, we now have working floppy drives and sound in the Acorn Archimedes driver, and default NVRAM images for the US Aristocrat Mark 5 games. This greatly increases the amount of RISC OS software you can try out, improves the gameplay experience in the Archimedes-based arcade games, and allows you to play the Aristocrat gamblers without having to make your way through the setup process first.
MAME’s discrete netlist emulation library has been expanded substantially in this release, including some new classes of devices like ROMs, and many newly supported logic chips. This will make it substantially easier to emulate arcade games which used discrete TTL logic, and as a test of this new functionality, the TTL video board from the Hazeltine 1500 intelligent terminal is now emulated using the netlist system. There’s ongoing work in this area involving multiple developers, so look out for more exciting updates in this space.
We’ve fixed some fairly significant bugs, including one preventing the debugger from working on Linux or Mac with drivers that use a dynamic recompiler core, and one that could cause MAME to crash when using BDF fonts. The internal UI should be more efficient if you’re using icons now, and issues with spurious key repeats should be reduced. The Beezer driver has been rewritten and should be improved overall.
There are quite a few newly dumped arcade games in this release, including Eeekk!, Simpson Junior (a Korean bootleg of J. J. Squawkers), Power Flipper Pinball Shooting (an updated version of Grand Cross), a version of Momoko 120% with English text, Miss World 2002 (an adult Qix game), and alternate versions of The NewZealand Story, Real Bout Fatal Fury, Space Dungeon, Flicky and Turbo Force. The Apricot PC and Xi are now working, further increasing MAME’s coverage of DOS-based computers that aren’t IBM-compatible. You can also play with the COP44L version of Entex Space Invader, and Mattel Funtronics Jacks and Red Light Green Light.
There are far too many improvements to list here, including lots of fixes for graphics and flip screen issues, but you can read all about it in the whatsnew.txt file, or grab the source or Windows binaries from the download page and start playing.
http://mamedev.org/
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January 19th, 2016, 21:31 Posted By: wraggster
Xbox has announced that it is acquiring MinecraftEdu and releasing a new edition of Minecraft for schools.
Entitled Minecraft: Education Edition, the title is being made in collaboration with Teacher Gaming. It is currently set for release this summer. The title is going to be building upon what MinecraftEdu does already, with a broader set of features.
MinecraftEdu launched in 2011. It’s a version of Mojang’s title that is built with the classroom in mind.
When MCV sat down with Mojang COO Vu Bui at Minecon this year, he said that there was ‘no limit’ to Minecraft Education.
“One of the reasons Minecraft fits so well in the classroom is because it’s a common, creative playground,” said Vu Bui, COO of Mojang on EducationMinecraft.net.
“We’ve seen that Minecraft transcends the differences in teaching and learning styles and education systems around the world. It’s an open space where people can come together and build a lesson around nearly anything.”
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/xbox-...dition/0161402
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January 19th, 2016, 21:24 Posted By: wraggster
Samsung likes being the first kid on the block with new memory products, and has done it again with a type of DRAM. The so-called HBM2 modulescan power through data at the rate of 256GBps (with a capital "B"), making them a whopping seven times faster than the best DDR5 chips on the market. The company said the 20-nanometer chips are mainly aimed at server manufacturers who are willing to spend for the latest toys. However, they will also allow NVIDIA and AMD to accelerate performance (and reduce power consumption) significantly on upcoming graphics cards.
Samsung is building 4GB modules with four layers of 8-gigabit cores, but plans on introducing 8GB products with eight stacks by the end of the year. The company said that "by specifying [the chips] in graphics cards, designers will be able to enjoy a space savings of more than 95 percent compared to GDDR5 DRAM." That means NVIDIA and AMD can build more size-efficient cards that run cooler and faster -- and therefore play Crysismore smoothly. The 4GB chips Samsung is building now could end up in next-gen consumer cards, while 8GB models are more likely to end up in high-end NVIDIA Kepler and AMD FIrePro workstations
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/19/s...gen-hbm2-dram/
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January 18th, 2016, 22:09 Posted By: wraggster
As the days pass, we draw closer to a potentially seismic change in the PC gaming space - the arrival of Virtual Reality experiences, brought to life via the Oculus Rift and HTC's Vive. And for many, one key question needs to be comprehensively addressed - whether their existing gaming PCs can handle the strenuous requirements of the VR experience. And if they don't, what hardware will need an upgrade.
There's a sense that there's a lot of conflicting information out there. First up, let's take a look at the Oculus minimum spec:
- Nvidia GeForce GTX 970/AMD Radeon R9 290 equivalent or greater
- Intel Core i5 4590 equivalent or greater
- 8GB+ RAM
- 2x USB 3.0 port
- HDMI 1.3 video output supporting a 297MHz clock via a direct output architecture
- Windows 7 OS or greater
Some say that less than one per cent of the gaming PCs out there can meet this specification, but it's certainly a good place to start from Oculus, certainly bearing in mind the GPU spec. Take a look at Steam's hardware survey - probably our best look into the hardware being used by core gamers - and the GTX 970 absolutely dominates. Indeed, there have been some months where that specific GPU has accounted for over five per cent of all Steam users. Only Nvidia's older GTX 760 gets close.
"The recommended spec will stay constant over the lifetime of the Rift," says Oculus. "As the equivalent-performance hardware becomes less expensive, more users will have systems capable of the full Rift experience. Developers, in turn, can rely on Rift users having these modern machines, allowing them to optimise their game for a known target, simplifying development."
There's just one problem. To run the same game at full-spec VR, we are looking at a colossal increase in pixel-throughput. As Nvidia's general manager of Shield, gaming and VR business, Jason Paul explained in a VentureBeat interview:
Digital Foundry VR PC build tips
When the time comes, we'll be putting together a comprehensive build list for Virtual Reality gaming, but right now, the lack of available software - and indeed hardware - means that any recommended set-up is going to be speculative at best. However, based on our benchmarking experience on a range of traditional gaming titles, we can put forward some ideas on how component choice may impact a VR build.
- USB 3.0: A lot of users trying theOculus Rift configuration tool havediscovered that their USB 3.0 throughput fails the test. We suspect that the firm's recommendation for the Haswell Core i5 as opposed to older, more popular chips may well be down to native USB 3.0 support in the surrounding architecture. To what extent this may actually be an issue, and whether it can be circumvented with an add-in USB 3.0 expansion card remains to be seen. HTC Vive's requirements here are also unknown right now.
- Lowest frame-rate is the key benchmark: VR requires a 90fps minimum but more importantly, it requires consistency. Bear that in mind when looking at CPU or GPU reviews.
- Core i7 beats Core i5: In our CPU-bound gaming benchmarks, we have observed that game engines using eight processing threads enjoy a performance boost on the Core i7 chips vs their i5 equivalents (even when overclocked). It seems that more threads has a particular impact on lowering stutter in CPU-bound scenarios, resulting in an improvement on lowest recorded frame-rates. This could help in a VR scenario, where sustaining 90fps at all costs is so important.
- Nvidia's DX11 driver is faster: We expect GPU to be the major limiting factor in VR gaming, but if CPU is an issue, Nvidia's DX11 driver has proven to be significantly faster than its AMD equivalent, exhibiting less stutter at higher frame-rates. DX12 and its open equivalent Vulkan are the future though, and although we are lacking software to really put these new APIs through their paces, all indications suggest that both AMD software and hardware is in excellent shape here.
- Faster RAM could help: Our recent tests with the Core i3 6100 and theCore i5 6500 have revealed that in CPU-bound gaming scenarios, faster RAM can make a difference, raising minimum frame-rates significantly on some titles. Be aware that faster RAM typically requires a more expensive Z87/Z97/Z170 motherboard to run at its maximum rated speed.
We'll stress again that these are just observations taken from our experiences in benchmarking RAM, graphics cards and CPUs on traditional PC games and until there's actual VR hardware available with retail software to test, the only real advice anyone can genuinely offer is: the faster, the better.
"If you look at your typical PC gaming experience, 90 per cent of the gamers out there play at 1080p. For a smooth experience you don't want to go below 30fps. Compare that to VR where the displays are about 2K, but you have to render closer to 3K, and you don't want to go below 90fps. It's about a sevenfold increase in raw performance to render for VR versus traditional PC gaming. You have to do that in less than 20 milliseconds from head rotation to what shows up on your display."
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/di...eally-vr-ready
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January 18th, 2016, 22:02 Posted By: wraggster
Microsoft today ended support for old versions of Internet Explorer, including IE8, IE9, and IE10, as well as Windows 8. For the browsers, the company has also released a final patch (KB3123303) that includes the latest cumulative security updates and an "End of Life" upgrade notification. In short, the final patch will nag Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 users to upgrade to Internet Explorer: A new tab will automatically open the download IE page. It doesn’t appear Microsoft has plans to push similar notifications for Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2 users, but this isn’t too surprising: They can’t upgrade to IE11 or Edge without upgrading their operating system. While support for Windows 8 has ended, Windows 8.1 will have Mainstream Support until January 9, 2018 and Extended Support until January 10, 2023.
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/01...-and-windows-8
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January 18th, 2016, 21:54 Posted By: wraggster
Joe_Dragon sends news from Microsoft about how the company will support Windows now and in the future. The company says PCs built with Intel's Skylake chip, and other new architectures in the future, will require the latest version of Windows for support. This doesn't take effect right away; Windows 7 and 8.1 will be supported on older chips until their planned end-of-life dates, in 2020 and 2023 respectively. They'll also be supported on a list of current Skylake devices for the next 18 months. After that, only the latest version of Windows will support integration between the operating system and new CPU features. "For example, Windows 10 will be the only supported Windows platform on Intel's upcoming 'Kaby Lake' silicon, Qualcomm's upcoming '8996' silicon, and AMD's upcoming 'Bristol Ridge' silicon." Microsoft also mentioned that for new supported systems, the company will "ensure all drivers will be on Windows Update with published BIOS/UEFI upgrading tools." The submitter adds, "Putting BIOS/UEFI updates in to the Windows 10 auto- / forced-update system may open Microsoft to paying $600-$1,000+ to replace broken laptops. If Windows tries to update BIOS/UEFI at a bad/risky time (like during power instability in a big storm), it could lead to an update loop or worse."
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/01...pu-generations
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January 18th, 2016, 21:19 Posted By: wraggster
Were you hoping to get a new Windows PC in the office this year without having to move to Windows 10 in the process? You might not have much of a choice, unfortunately. Microsoft has revealed that, from now on, newer processors from AMD, Intel and Qualcomm will require the current version of Windows to get enterprise support. Don't expect that Kaby Lake-based workstation to run Windows 7 properly... or more likely, at all.
You'll have to be choosy about existing processors, too. Microsoft is drafting a list of Skylake-based processors that it'll support with Windows 7 and 8.1, but that program will only last until July 17th, 2017. After that, the corporate crowd will have to upgrade to Windows 10 to get any help. At least some of the newest business PCs from Dell, HP and Lenovo are poised to make the cut, if you're wondering what's safe to buy.
The new policy will help Microsoft create "deep integration" between Windows and the latest hardware. You should see those newer PCs getting more out of Windows 10 in the future, then. However, it also conveniently helps Microsoft tackle one of its biggest problems: getting companies to update Windows. Many enterprise customers cling to old versions of Windows for as long as possible, to the point where PC makers sometimes offer those versions on brand new systems. This probably won't be an option in the future -- your employer will have to embrace the latest version of Windows if it wants shiny new gear.
http://www.engadget.com/2016/01/16/w...essor-support/
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January 12th, 2016, 22:18 Posted By: wraggster
EA has announced - and launched - Origin Access for PC. It costs £3.99 a month.
Origin Access is a similar offering to EA Access on Xbox One. Subscribers can download games from EA's Vault, play EA's PC games for a limited time before they're released, and save 10 per cent on Origin purchases.
15 games are available now (unfortunately no Star Wars: Battlefront). EA will add more games over time, it said:
Here are the launch games:
- Battlefield 3
- Battlefield 4
- Battlefield Hardline
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Dragon Age 2
- Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Sim City
- The Sims 3
- FIFA 15
- Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare
- Need for Speed Rivals
- Dead Space
- Dead Space 2
- Dead Space 3
- This War of Mine
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-access-for-pc
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January 12th, 2016, 22:02 Posted By: wraggster
Intel has confirmed an in-the-wild bug that can freeze its Skylake processors. The company is pushing out a BIOS fix. Ars reports: "No reason has been given as to why the bug occurs, but it's confirmed to affect both Linux and Windows-based systems. Prime95, which has historically been used to benchmark and stress-test computers, uses Fast Fourier Transforms to multiply extremely large numbers. A particular exponent size, 14,942,209, has been found to cause the system crashes. While the bug was discovered using Prime95, it could affect other industries that rely on complex computational workloads, such as scientific and financial institutions. GIMPS noted that its Prime95 software "works perfectly normal" on all other Intel processors of past generations."
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/1...plex-workloads
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