According to the close source of Nvidia, NV15 is going to be 3 times faster than current GeForce256(NV10)
The source told us that NV11 is at least 1.5 x faster than NV10 and it is targeted at budget customer solutions against NV15. NV11 has 2 texel/pixel, 2 pixel/clock rendering pipeline structure and supports both SDR & DDR SDRAMs. Memory clock of SDR SDRAM version of NV11 will be 166MHz.

As an option, NV11 card with additional DAC can do dual display like G400's DH.

In this case, primary displays at 2048x1536 @60MHz, secondary displays at 1600x1200 @100 is feasible.

NV15 will be 3 times faster than GeForce256 with 400MHz of DDR SDRAM. It has 2 texel/pixel, 4 pixel/clock rendering pipeline structure and supports 720P HDTV. NV15 can be configured with SCA(Scalable Cooperative Architecture) that 1 AGP + 1 Virtual AGP(PCI) can be set. 90 frames / second at 2048 x 1536 x 32bit color is expected, the source said. This chip will be manufactured with 0.18 micron process and will be available in late spring.

High-end version of NV15, NV15GL will be released also. NV15GL card will have 128MB of DDR SDRAM(400MHz) and uses AGP Pro 4x interface.

"We have placed orders for production silicon already. Our software development is right on track. We are on the same release schedule as when the VSA-100 product was introduced at Comdex, which we stated would be in the Spring. That product will include all the features that have been promised. It will deliver real time, full scene anti aliasing. It will support dazzling cinematic effects via our t-buffer. It will feature 32-bit color depth, SLI implementations and astronomical fill rates. Despite the outstanding state of this first silicon, the boards used in the Cebit demonstrations do not represent production silicon. Shortly after GDC, we expect to be demonstrating Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 boards that are much closer to production quality."

3dfx has chosen the premier German exhibition, CeBIT, for the launch of its next generation Voodoo cards. The new product line will be demonstrated at 3dfx's high profile stand in the multimedia hall at CeBIT 2000.

The European launch of the new cards will be heralded by a personal appearance by Lara Croft, currently being played by Dutch model, Lara Weller. The famous Tomb Raider character will be on-stand from 2pm on Friday, February 25th. Her appearance will be followed by a launch party in the evening, which will feature a live set from top UK DJ, Tim Lyall, and visuals provided by DNADancer.

Gamecenter will team up with Epic Games to premiere the Unreal Tournament Bonus Pack on Friday, February 25. The free bonus pack will be available as a download to all Unreal Tournament fans. It includes three new skins, 11 new multiplayer levels, and a new feature, Relics. These are special items that grant special powers. Relics will grant increased strength or speed, or even explode after you die in order to avenge your death.

One way to save money is to buy an upgrade version, but there's another option that a lot of people don't know about. It's called OEM pricing, and it let's you get pricing schemes comparable to getting a new computer, but without the whole computer. Many suppliers (including our own hardware sponsor, The Chip Merchant) offer you OEM pricing with the purchase of a motherboard or hard drive. And the OEM version is the full one -- that means no hunting around for old disks when you reinstall.

"Sporting 9MB of embedded DRAM connected to the Glaze3D processor core by a 512-bit memory bus in addition to a 128-bit external SDRAM powered memory bus, the 150MHz chip boasts up to 12GB/second of memory bandwidth.

With claimed fill-rates of 1200 million pixels/second with the Glaze3D 2400 and 600 million pixels/second with the Glaze3D 1200, Bitboys gave us visions of high-resolution, environment bump mapped, full scene anti-aliased, 32-bit sugarplums dancing in our heads."

As the investigation of last week's Internet attacks continues, the White House is expected to propose a new Internet-security center following a meeting Tuesday between President Clinton and high-tech executives.
The Cyber-National Information Center, to be known as Cyber-NIC, will be a place where companies "can work together to address cyber security problems and crises," according to a planning document. In addition, the White House is asking its science adviser, Neal Lane, to take the lead in establishing a think tank supported by both the public and private sectors to consider cyber security issues.

The following applies to full copies of Macromedia Software only, It does not include versions that are not made by Macromedia, nor does it include versions that were bundled with non-Macromedia products.

If you purchased Dreamweaver 2 between November 8, 1999 and
January 8, 2000 you are entitled to a free upgrade.

All you will need to do to get a free upgrade, if you are in the U.S.A or Canada, is fax a copy of your invoice or receipt, along with your serial number, shipping address, contact name and phone number to 425 222 0382

After over four months of development, Nullsoft, Inc. has released a new version of their 'llama-whipping' digital audio player, Winamp. Version 2.6 includes some huge changes over its predecessor, namely featuring a new 'SuperPiMP' installation system, Winamp Agent, and an updated version of Advanced Visualization Studio.

Winamp Agent allows you to protect Winamp from being thwarted by other software such as Real Player or Microsoft Windows Media Player. CD audio support has also been drastically improved, along with updated MJuice and AudioSoft code. Winamp now has better integration with Netscape and Internet Explorer, including updated URLs. Highly skilled graphic designer, Steve Gedikian, has also created a new Winamp splash screen, paving the way for a redesigned About box.

At the Milia trade show in Cannes, France today Sierra Studios revealed a new chapter in the Homeworld series. The new title, Homeworld: Cataclysm, was created in conjunction with Barking Dog Studios and Relic Entertainment, and is scheduled for a Summer 2000 release.