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In what can surely be perceived as good news, BioWare has announced that Mass Effect 4 will utilize the Frostbite engine from DICE. The Mass Effect trilogy (which used the Unreal Engine 3) has been plagued with problems for Eyefinity and Surround users. The first two titles simply offered no support, even after ME2 was teased as supporting Eyefinity. The final title offered support for Eyefinity users, but not NVIDIA Surround owners.

By way of comparison, recently released titles using the Frostbite 2 engine - Battlefield 3 & Need for Speed: The Run - were both Certified upon release for having perfect multi-monitor support. After years of poor to mediocre multi-monitor support, in 2009 DICE publicly came out in support of multi-monitor gaming. Whether ME4 uses Frostbite 2, or a possible future version such as 2.5 or 3.0, the move away from UE3 can only be good news for Eyefinity and Surround users.

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Tags: eyefinity, surround, bioware, mass effect

New in Version 310.54:

• new and improved version of TXAA anti-aliasing to Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and Assassin’s Creed III
• new Sparse Grid Supersampling feature for all GeForce GTX users that improves image quality when using the advanced anti-aliasing technique

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I'd like to thank everyone for their great response in our previous donation drive. You helped us cover our first half hosting costs, and the awards for 2011. We are coming to you one more time to ask for help, for our second half hosting costs and the 2012 awards.

As before, donating $25 will net you an "I Donated" badge, and donating $100 or more will get the "Like A Boss" badge added. All donations here will be cumulative for the year. If you donate more than $200, talk to me and we'll see about getting you a custom one-of-a-kind badge.

Please note - Prior to the donation drives, the *ONLY* people on the site to have the "Like a Boss" badge are the four-man Admin Team (skipclarke, AussieTimmeh, CrackerJackMack and Delphium).

Previously, we had stated that the badges would be on your profile for just 2012. I have decided that this is our last formal donation drive for hosting costs (we'll set up a generic donation button for 2013 onward), and I've decided that the donation related badges will stay on your profile permanently.

Below is the Q&A from the original donation drive earlier in the year.

What do I get for donating?

You get a nice warm fuzzy feeling in your heart. If you donate $25 or more, I'll add the "I Donated" badge to your profile. If you donate $100 or more, I'll also add the "Like a Boss" badge to your profile.

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I have decided to begin stocking the WSGF Edition & HD Triple XL Stands personally, and shipping them directly to users. I worked out a deal with Ergotech so that I could take stock of the stands, and handle order processing myself. This allows me to ship same day (schedule permitting), and manage stocking levels better. This will provide you with better faster shipping, better service, and hopefully keep us from stocking out.

I have ordered 50 WSGF stands from Ergotech; 25 of them arrived last week, with another 25 arriving after the first of the year. I also have a stock of ICE Cubes, Short Poles and VESA Plates that I will be keeping here as well. I will be "downgrading" the WSGF Edition stands to make HD Triple XLs, for anyone who wants one of those. I will remove the tall pole, two pivots and the mini bar; replacing them with the short pole. I will then take the tale pole, mini bar and pivot, and create a 1+3 upgrade kit that I can then ship direct as well.

It's a pretty big investment to order 50 stands, but it's the best thing to do for me, you the customer, and the future of the product. So, if you've been waiting to order a stand - now is the time.

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Tags: wsgf, stand