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I found this video about FluidMark:

Some users have reported that FurMark 1.4.0 has the Trojan-Downloader.Win32.Agent.vpx. I did this morning the scan with the latest version of Kaspersky and the very latest version of their database. Kaspersky hasn’t found any threat or trojan in FurMark setup installer nor in FurMark root directory. FurMark is clean. MajorGeeks and Softpedia are very good proofs of FurMark’s cleanness.

I did some searches over the Net and I found that others users have some false alarms. I guess the problem comes from the InnoSetup (the utility used to create FurMark_Setup.exe) and depends of the version of Kaspersky’s database. So if you have Kaspersky antivirus, be sure to update it with the latest database.

I sent FurMark_Setup.exe to Kaspersky Lab and I just receive the reply from the Virus Analyst:
”I suppose it WAS a false alarm, and it has been already fixed.”
This time everything is ok!

Are you ready for a small velvet GLSL shader? Here’s one, at least a preview of the one I’ve just coded for a demo with Smode. Smode… a software dedicated to create… demos! And the cool thing, is that Smode demos will be also available for Demoniak3D. Don’t look for Smode, it’s not available for you, public… Only few people on this planet are enough lucky to play with. But if you really want to touch it, just drop me an email…

As soon as the next release of Demoniak3D, the 1.24.0 (or better the 1.30.0 because of the huge amount of changes), will be ok, I’ll put online the velvet demo with its nice GLSL shader. And if I’m late, don’t hesitate to post a small message to wake me up!

A user from oZone3D.Net forum asked me some info about the GLSL support of Intel graphics chips. It’s wellknown (sorry Intel) that Intel has a bad OpenGL support in its Windows drivers and even if Intel’s graphics drivers support OpenGL 1.5, there is still a lack of GLSL support. We can’t find the GL_ARB_shading_language_100 extension (this extension means the graphics driver supports the OpenGL shading language) and this extension should be supported by any OpenGL 1.5 compliant graphics driver. You can use GPU Caps Viewer to check for the avaibility of GL_ARB_shading_language_100 (in OpenGL Caps tab).

Here is an example of a Intel’s graphics driver that support openGL 1.5 without supporting GLSL:
- Mobile IntelR 965 Express Chipset Family

For more examples, look at users’s submissions here: www.ozone3d.net/gpu/db/

Okay this is my analysis, but what is the Intel point of view? Here is the answer:
- x3100 & OpenGL Shader (GLSL) thread
- Intel’s answer

I think GLSL support with Windows is not a priority for Intel…

The new version of GPU Caps Viewer is on its way. Currently I’m playing with a radial blur (HDR demo) grabbed in a NVIDIA demo. It’s quite intensive and I think I’m going to code a new benchmark based on this demo (like the FurMark).

3DMark Vantage is the new industry standard PC gaming performance benchmark from Futuremark, newly designed for Windows Vista and DirectX10. It includes two new graphics tests, two new CPU tests, several new feature tests, and support for the latest hardware. 3DMark Vantage is based on a completely new rendering engine, developed specifically to take full advantage of DirectX10, the new graphics API from Microsoft.

This new benchmar is available in 4 versions:
- Trial: free
- Basic: $6.95
- Advanced: $19.95
- Professional: $495

The free version is downloadable BUT it’s very limited since only one launch is allowed with standard settings. I guess we should find soon the Basic version (or Advanced) as part of the bundle of some graphics cards…

Here is a little compilation of links to help you to start with 3DMark Vantage:

- 3DMark Vantage @ Futurmark

- 3DMark Vantage Whitepaper
- 3DMark Vantage Testing Guidelines

Download:
- 3DMark Vantage @ Guru3D
- 3DMark Vantage @ MajorGeeks
- 3DMark Vantage @ Revioo

Graphics Drivers
- NVIDIA Forceware 175.12 Vista 32
- NVIDIA Forceware 175.12 Vista 64
- ATI Catalyst 3DMark Vantage Hotfix Released for Radeon 2k/3k

Misc:
- 3DMark Vantage, new torture for your gaming setup @ expreview.com
- Futuremark 3DMark Vantage Review @ Overclockers Club
- Futuremark 3DMark Vantage – The Gamers New Benchmark @ Legit Reviews
- 3DMark Vantage Overview and Performance @ FiringSquad
- Futuremark 3DMark Vantage @ AnandTech
- 3DMark Vantage quick user guide @ Guru3D
- 3DMark Vantage formal version screenshots @ hardspell
- 3DMark Vantage Presentation @ accelenation
- 3DMark Vantage est enfin là @ pcinpact

I found this thread on [H]ard|Forum where we can read this:

“That fur demo is known to get cards the hottest, it is also known for smoking cards as well (it was the last thing run for a number of people on the extremesystems forums).”

I knew FurMark was good for heating the graphics cards up but I didn’t know it’s also good to really kill them. I feel the summer will be hot for some graphics cards…

Here is the list of OpenGL extensions supported by Forceware 174.20 drivers.

OpenGL Extensions: 161 extensions

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Here is the list of OpenGL extensions supported by Catalyst 8.3 drivers. There are 96 extensions.

• Drivers Version: 8.471.0.0 – Catalyst 08.3
• ATI Catalyst Version String: 08.3
• ATI Catalyst Release Version String: 8.471-080225a1-059746C-ATI

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