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gotta answer is lowercase....nice

Marketing..... The 38xx chips are pci-e 2.0, just the bridge chip they use is NOT. Rest is total mem, total mem width, not individual chip.

ATI Radeon 4800 Launch Details "ATI’s Radeon 4800 series will be introduced in three flavors - as 4850, 4870 and 4870 X2. The company will also offer a “4850 256MB” (as opposed to 512 MB in other versions), but this SKU is a so-called "option" and is geared towards to the OEM/ODM/SI crowd to support them with cheaper parts for the back-to-school period and beyond."

Every group has a leader... *NARF* Sure Brain, but what would the children look like?!?

LEGO Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures Demo - 465Mb GamersHell.com WorthPlaying.com LEGO® Indiana Jones™: The Original Adventures takes the fun and creative construction of LEGO and combines it with the wits, daring and non-stop action from the original cinematic adventures that enthralled audiences everywhere.

One Million People Sign Up To Play Age of Conan More than 1 million people sign up for the Age of Conan beta is a story on the official website that puts a little perspective on just how popular FunCom's soon-to-be released MMORPG might become. “Funcom has not been able to find any higher beta numbers for MMOs in the western world,” said Morten Larssen, VP of Funcom Sales and Marketing. “We believe it represents the largest ever beta sign-up figure in the history of the genre.”

GeForce Release 175.16 WHQL Drivers WHQL Certified for Windows Vista Supports GeForce 6, 7, 8, and 9 series GPUs including these newly released GPUs: - GeForce 9800 GX2 - GeForce 9800 GTX - GeForce 9600 GT - GeForce 9600 GSO - GeForce 8300 - GeForce 8200/ nForce 730a - GeForce 8100/nForce 720a Supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI™ technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL, including Quad SLI technology with GeForce 9800 GX2 and 3-way SLI Technology with GeForce 9800 GTX. Supports Hybrid SLI technology to turbo-charge graphics performance and enjoy intelligent power management on the following motherboards: - nForce 780a SLI - nForce 750a SLI - nForce 730a - nForce 720a - GeForce 8300 - GeForce 8200 - GeForce 8100 Supports GeForce Boost, a Hybrid SLI Technology, on the following GPUs: - GeForce 8500 GT - GeForce 8400 GS Supports HybridPower, a Hybrid SLI Technology, on the following GPUs: - GeForce 9800 GX2 - GeForce 9800 GTX Adds support for NVIDIA GeForce 3D Stereo Technology Adds new PureVideo HD features for GeForce 9800 GX2, 9800 GTX, 9600 GT and 9600 GSO: Dynamic Contrast Enhancement Dynamic Blue, Green & Skin Tone Enhancements Dual-Stream Decode Acceleration* Microsoft Vista Aero display mode compatibility for Blu-ray & HD DVD playback* Added the following pages to the NVIDIA Control Panel: Manage Custom Resolutions Adjust Television Color Settings Adjust Screen Size and Position Move CRT Position Improved performance on many DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL applications. Numerous game and application compatibility fixes. Please read the release notes for more information on product support, features, driver fixes and known compatibility issues. Users without US English operating systems can select their language and download the International driver here. GPU overclocking and temperature monitoring is available by installing NVIDIA System Tools software.

Cool, I will have some Tai Chi questions for ya!!!

I went and checked my acct and the script must have hit my acct already. Although I don't think it should have been necesssary since I have Do All Projects checked. *shrug* I took Rice off, saved it and put it back on and resaved, so maybe I will get some now.

Japanese Internet Satellite Hits 1.2Gbps "The tests were carried out on May 2 as part of verification of the Kizuna satellite. In the tests data was transmitted on two 622M-bps channels both up to the satellite and down to a receiving antenna. Together the combined data transmission speed was 1.2G bps. Tests carried out in March and April verified uplink communications at 1.5M bps and downlink at 155M bps using a compact 45-centimeter antenna and both up and downstream at 155M bps using a larger 1.2-meter dish. At the time JAXA said the 155M-bps downlink was the fastest in the world achieved with such a small-size antenna."

Creative launches USB X-Fi "The USB sound card supports X-Fi Crystalizer, various CMSS-3D modes and EAX HD, which makes this a pretty high-end solution even compared to some of the cheaper PCI cards. As the product name suggests, there's support for 5.1-channel and this comes via three 3.5mm audio jacks. Furthermore, it has a 3.5mm jack for line-in and one for microphone input, as well as two RCA jacks for stereo audio out and an optical S/PDIF out for connecting to an external amplifier etc. At US$59.99 it's more affordable than the X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook for those looking at upgrading their notebook audio and it offers some additional features, but it's not quite as portable."

Oddly enough, I have not gotten an Rice units yet.....

AWESOME Tecboy!!! I should be there. TF2, CoD4 and CoH:OF

His place is on hold, aleast for now, they have been moved out to my place in Hamburg. Gives him and his electric bill a chance to recover, when he gets out of Roswell. It looks like I'm finally out of the hospital this week. It will take several months for me to recover from the bone marrow transplant and all that goes with that. I might be ready after MasssiveLAN (think August/Sept) to host a LAN again, but there are bunch of variables, so we will have to wait and see.

ASUS Creates Upgradeable Graphics Cards "The vision of upgradeable graphic cards goes back to the late 1990s, when Micron Technology was experimenting with removable sockets. In 2006, both MSI and Gigabyte showcased upgradeable graphic cards, but their concepts, which were based on GeForce Go MXM boards, never took off. Earlier this year, Asus introduced a single board with three MXM slots for ATI Mobility Radeon 3850 or 3870 cards (upgradeable with future parts), and has now unveiled its single-MXM product."

Very Cool!!! I think I might finally be out this week, so I can get my TF2 on....

SX as DX's did not start until 25Mhz You sure you're not thinking of 486 son?!?

Hmmm, wonder if that is a 386 SX or DX.

Its GAME DAY!!!!

Star Wars: The Clone Wars Movie Trailer

Microsoft orders 65nm Xbox 360 graphics chip "The original 360 has a 90nm GPU and a 90nm CPU. Last year, console based on the 'Falcon' platform incorporated the 65nm CPU. With the debut of Jasper and its 65nm GPU, the over-heating problems - manifested most clearly in the infamous Red Ring of Death - that have plagued no small number of Xbox 360 owners will evaporate."

Sounds nice for a MMO. I'll have to see it eventually, as I don't know if PerFectioN will switch or not. I suspect not thou. (Yeah, the 3870's nutty cheap now)

Task switching was the sole reason I went from 2gb to 3gb. I know if I went from XP to Vista, I'd have to have 4gb to get the same experience.

/me whispers all this game needed to be fun (single player) was the duct tape flashlight mod But since I got the game on release, I played mostly multi-player.

Corsair shows that 4GB is better than 2GB On these full 13 pages of this PDF document called "gaming performance analysis - 4GB vs 2GB", Corsair explains about memory usage with 32 and 64bit operating systems, tests the task switching and most importantly, the games. To be precise Corsair decided to try Company of Heroes, Crysis and Flight Sim X.