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| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21323 |  DanTheMathlete (235) Feb 24, 2009 - 07:14 am
| | My understanding is that there is partial nudity in FEAR 2. Can this be patched out? Its weird that Monolith would include child pornography in a game. Makes me wonder about the designers. Even if there is a patch I still might not buy this game as I don't want to support child pornography, not even in effigy. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21266 | DanTheMathlete (235) Feb 10, 2009 - 04:10 pm
| Preach on brotha.
I just read a review where the author was surprised (!!!) that the 720 OCed to 3.7Ghz outperformed the 810 Oced to 3.3Ghz in a program only designed to take advantage of 2 cores! ... that was the author!
I think most ppl spend lots of money so that their computer specs appear "cool" (whatever that means) to the computer neophyte. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21266 | DanTheMathlete (235) Feb 10, 2009 - 05:01 am
| | There are no AM3 mobos for sale. Check your review, it is either an early AM3 mobo or an Am2+ mobo that is touted as supporting AM3 but, of course, this is nonsense as the chip is backwards compatible. You will be able to tell the difference because a true AM3 mobo will support DDR3. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21249 | DanTheMathlete (235) Feb 04, 2009 - 03:28 pm
| | Yes, but that is still years away and by then we will have 8 and 16 core processors. In that case we could have 2 to 4 processors running physics and graphics and still have 4 to 8 left over for everything else. Imho will will never seen a unified physics software package. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21249 | DanTheMathlete (235) Feb 04, 2009 - 07:01 am » Edited on Feb 04, 2009 - 07:07 am
| It appears that the 9600 is better at handling Physix then the agiea card. Is this the case?
Is it possible to run an SLI configuration, say 260-216 SLI, with a 9600 so that one could have the best of both worlds?
3d and Physix? Do you have any plans to test Nvidia's 3d setup, if so, will you add physix to the mix? Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21249 | DanTheMathlete (235) Feb 04, 2009 - 06:59 am
| | What you are talking about is in the future when intel and AMD have 8 and 16 core processors and GPUs are things of the past. Until then Nvidia has a performance and eye-candy advantage that Ati just can't match. Therefore, they have no incentive to change anything which might assist their rival. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21240 | DanTheMathlete (235) Feb 02, 2009 - 07:04 am » Edited on Feb 02, 2009 - 07:05 am
| | 1 gig is over rated in most instances and unnecessary in many others. If you are not gaming at 2500x1600, consider 1200x1000, then the 1 gig shows no benefit. So, unless you have a spent alot of money on a relatively large plasma or LCD, in which case you will probably game using SLI or crossfire (a setup that doesn't need the 1 gig cards either), if you know anything, you would prefer to have low memory latency and high clocks. Both things that this card delivers. How many gamers have a CPU which can handle these frame rates, at these resolutions? Imo, not many. Of course, if you are looking to spend more money on components that your rig will never take advantage of, then by all means, buy a 1 gig card. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21214 | DanTheMathlete (235) Jan 24, 2009 - 08:09 am
| | Most of the problems with vista can be easily corrected with a little effort. The primary complaint about vista is the UAC which, although annoying, protects the very people who are incapable of exerting a little effort, other than uniformed whining, from themselves. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21133 | DanTheMathlete (235) Dec 30, 2008 - 10:26 am
| | For $600 there should be absolutely no complaints about this case whatsoever. The apparent lack of consideration for cable management is inexcusable and tooless installation is almost a standard for high end cases. I must confess confusion, any case with these problems, not even considering the price, should not receive a 90% rating. With the price, this is just a stupid expensive case (especially in today's financial climate) that should be ignored. The $350 variant might be worth while but I bet with little effort I could find a case with equivalent construction, better wire management and tooless features for the same money or less. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21126 | DanTheMathlete (235) Dec 24, 2008 - 07:59 am
| | The noise from a fan comes from two places; the ball bearings and the blades. Eletrci motros are basically silent as they don't have contacting parts. When the blade hits air it causes a sound wave and if the ball bears vibrate they cause sound waves. So replacing with a "btter" fan will only effect the quality of the ball bearings. If you have ever had a fan fail then you know that in that instance the fan gets very loud, otherwise the primary contribution to noise is the fan blade. So, I would speculate that a replacement would have little effect on the sound generated unless the cause was a faulty ball bearing. In which case, a new unit should be tested. I bet if firingsquad contacts the manufacturer they would send a new unit for testing since sound is an issue many of us gamers care about. Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21126 | DanTheMathlete (235) Dec 22, 2008 - 08:02 am » Edited on Dec 22, 2008 - 08:03 am
| | You are right that is a very simple, elegant solution. Thew only way to obtain the same cooling results with lower noise would be to increase the size of the radiator and fan. This way the same number of BTU's (or whatever thermal unit you wish) could be exchanged but with a lower air flow rate. Does Domino have different sizes? Flag this | Edit this post |
| News Link » /news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=21111 | DanTheMathlete (235) Dec 17, 2008 - 10:00 am
| | Interesting but this implementation of physics will likely be obsolete before it becomes mainstream, assuming Intel sticks to its road map. By 2011, two years from now, Intel should have 8 and/or 16 core CPUs on 22nm architecture and the graphics processing will be integrated into the CPU and I suspect so too will be physics. Two years is not enough time to write a directx equivlent software package, market it and have it beat out the competition, consider how long open gl stuck around. Flag this | Edit this post |
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