NVIDIA's new GeForce 301.24 Beta Drivers

Just from personal experience, I can say that the NVIDIA company produces the best performance graphics cards on the market.  The GPU maker released its GeForce 301.24 beta drivers, calling it an "essential upgrade for all GeForce users" since they enable NVIDIA FXAA, NVIDIA Adaptive Sync, and NVIDIA Frame Rate Target on all GeForce 8-series and later GPUs. The new drivers introduce new NVIDIA Surround features for all Surround-capable GPUs, improve performance in a number of titles, and add new SLI and 3D Vision profiles.




NVIDIA's internal testing showed double digit (percentage) performance gains in a number of titles, including Just Cause 2 with SLI (up to 23 percent), Skyrim (up to 21 percent), StarCraft II with SLI (up to 17 percent), and Far Cry 2 with SLI (up to 14 percent) with GeForce GTX 570/580 graphics cards, and up to 20 percent in Skyrim, 15 percent in Just Cause 2 with SLI, 13 percent in Far Cry 2 with SLI, 12 percent in Bulletstorm, 11 percent in Civilization, and 10 percent in StarCraft II with SLI with GeForce 560/560 Ti graphics cards.


All the new features and and performance improvements can be found in the release notes.
Also check out NVIDIA's blog post. The drivers can be found here.

Computer Monitor Promotes Better Posture

In today's technology age there are sensors for just about everything, including: food, heart rate, sleeping schedule, etc. And now we can all fix our terrible back and neck problems we have acquired over the many years of gaming and web surfing.

Phillips has released a new computer monitor in the EU (for roughly 285 euros) that uses built in CMOS sensors to determine your distance from the screen and your neck angle while sitting. The monitor is embellished with software made by DigitalOptics Corporation, that will literally remind you to straighten your back, keep a safe distance from the screen, and casually take breaks from the computer itself. According to Phillips, the sensor measures your inter-pupillary distance (the distance between two pupils) to determine whether you are sitting from an optimal distance from the computer. 


"It's an interesting concept and it certainly provides a potential value for timing and alerting people to take a break," David Rempel, Director of the Ergonomics Program at UC Berkeley and Professor of Medicine at UCSF, told Wired. "It may have value in terms of posture depending on how it measures neck angle and distance from the screen." 


The design of the monitor allows it to be lowered to almost desk level, tilt in any direction, swivel, rotate, even back flip, so the user can achieve their perfect level of comfort to the computer. 





The device is also eco-conscious, powering itself off when you walk away from the computer. It's made out of 65% recycled plastics, and has a 0-watt hard switch that will completely shut off power to the monitor.

Unfortunately there is no scheduled release date or price for this beast in the US.

A link can be found here for tech specs and certifications.