Impulse Update

Published on May 28, 2008 By DorkCoffeez In Stardock Support General

This will not be news to those that use Impulse often since Impulse will make an automatic update on it's own.

However I you do not use Impulse often please fire it up for a large update. Too many things were updated to list them all off. This is a FYI to all our customers.

Comments (Page 3)

zakai1369

on May 30, 2008

Maybe I'm going blind?

Or maybe there is an update that mine isn't detecting when it fires up.

Wizard1956

on May 30, 2008

Look at the bottom of Impulse where the icons are, now look to the very right.

I don't see it here,either.

Philly0381

on May 30, 2008

zakai1369 that's very interesting, just to right of the Forums Icon is where I have the nVIDIA Drivers.
Icon. Hmmmmm.

Philly0381

on May 30, 2008

Hey Wizard and zakai, are you running an nVidia card? I am. That would be crazy if it somehow check.

ZubaZ

on May 30, 2008

Philly . . can you post your version info?

Wizard1956

on May 30, 2008

Yes,nVidia6150SE,recently updated

zakai1369

on May 30, 2008

Hey Wizard and zakai, are you running an nVidia card?

No.

Philly0381

on May 30, 2008

My info is Impulse v2.90 - updated May 28, 2008.

Since gardenerstouch is seeing it also we must have the same version.

Wizard1956

on May 30, 2008

Impulse Version 2.90.166(images2.90.078) is what I see in "about Impulse" 5/21 is the newest file date.Updated5/28 in main history.No icon here. A "check for driver updates" link like in TweakVista would be nice.

Philly0381

on May 30, 2008

Wizard1956 when I go to About Impulse I have the same numbers for that you have. I got the other numbers off View Impulse History just as you stated. So I'm not sure what is happening.

If I hover over the icon it reacts as the others do.

I'm on an XP system, wonder if that's the difference.

GreenReaper

on May 30, 2008

The NVIDIA tab should appear if your primary graphics card is from NVIDIA. I've made a few changes to the detection code that may help those with older cards (particularly if they are listed as "nVidia" rather than the current style of "NVIDIA"). If it fails to show up for you after the next couple of updates, please drop me a line at [my nickname] @ stardock.com.

The community and news pages are graphics-heavy. This is not likely to change much - Impulse is primarily used by people willing to download software, and so we have designed it for those with broadband connections. However, there's no good excuse for slowness, and there are certainly things that we can do to improve the performance on the server side. I'll have a chat with the people concerned about that.

Wizard1956

on May 30, 2008

The community and news pages are graphics-heavy. This is not likely to change much - Impulse is primarily used by people willing to download software, and so we have designed it for those with broadband connections. However, there's no good excuse for slowness, and there are certainly things that we can do to improve the performance on the server side. I'll have a chat with the people concerned about that.

Terrific news. I have dsl lite and the transfer rate is 12-22kbs.(It has dropped into the bps range)

I've been on my isp's ass for the last three days,trying to fix this.All sites are that bad,though,not just WC or Impulse,and only with downloads,not the rest of the site.Any help from anywhere will be greatly appreciated.This is the fastest connection I can afford right now.

zakai1369

on May 30, 2008

Well that explains why I don't see it then. Thanks GreenReaper

SteveGosselin

on Jun 06, 2008

A update is on the private server and being tested.

An update for soon?

Camerooni

on Jun 15, 2008

I'm not seeing the nvidia tab either!? Is this only for specific markets? I'm in Australia.. I have to say the main annoyance that I have with digital distribution systems like Impulse (for example Steam) is that they restrict releases based on region in order to maintain archaic pricing protection..

It is my belief that someone selling a product for $30 in the US should be happy to sell it for $30 USD in the rest of the world..

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