ATI Catalyst 10.8 drivers have been added to my running log of benchmark results, which now feature hawt graphs! I have also added the STALKER: Call of Pripyat Benchmark tool, and compared this to the great numbers seen by the 10.7's.

My Sony 46" Bravia has been in use for a good 8 months now delivering flawless picture quality, effortless setup and excellent usability features. Here's a rundown of the features that I've had a chance to review:

ATI Catalyst 10.7 drivers have been benchmarked on my test system. My measurements of recent Catalyst drivers have been updated to include version 10.7 which I recently ran through the same battery of 4 tests:

Test Setup

1. Dirt 2 Benchmark
2. Alien vs Predator Benchmark
3. Unigine Heaven Benchmark
4. 3DMark Vantage

My test system weighs in as follows:

UltraVNC 1.0.8.2 is a free, remote desktop application that allows a user to view and control the screen of another computer. I've been using this for years, and using it more often since I have an HTPC connected to my family HDTV. Who wants to stop their TV program so I can change settings on my computer? With UltraVNC, you don't have to interrupt other people's programming: just log in securely and away you go.

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In their latest PR release about iPhone 4 sales, Apple once again confirmed the iPhone 4 will be launched in Canada “by the end of July”. We have received two separate emails that provide specific information to corroborate a pending July 23rd launch.

Read the full article @ www.iphoneincanada.ca.

I grabbed a little snippet of video of my aggressive driving in Dirt 2. In this one, you can see my hood looks mashed from the start. Check out the blind faith in full 1080p HD as I sailed hail Mary through a bush and landed safely on the other side!

The Motorola 6200 no longer powers my HD cable signal, replaced instead with the Shaw Pace 758D set top box. The guide program is the same as it always was, and with the additional HDMI inputs on the Sony 46" KDL HDTV, connection is easy.

The Pace Summit features:

25000 oil barrels, stacked up high, rendered using the Unreal engine. Thanks, videosift.

I recently had a chance to test the latest ATI Catalyst drivers on my test system. As a general rule, we are always told to use the latest driver available. Each new release from ATI/AMD is WHQL certified, so chances are pretty low that you will do any damage to your system by upgrading. The problem is that it's hard to pinpoint exactly how much better each new release actually is, and so we benchmark. I cover the Catalyst 10.4, 10.5 and 10.6 releases today.

Here's a quick look at the game with video previews from our editor, c_ninja.

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