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They're still being made in Germany.

So does Samsung.
But they can't stand mighty photoshop skills of apple's attorneys.
http://www.3dnews.ru/news/615774/

Your cell phone is more powerful than the biggest supercomputer that existed in 1970.

Intrigued, I checked wikipedia for supercomputers and found that in 1969 the CDC7600 was rated at 36 MFLOPS. Now, my phone is a couple of years old HTC Elf which I found a russian website claiming about 1 MFLOP for, but I found that an iPhone page claims 5-6 MFLOPS is normal, and a post at XDA developers forum claims 1-2 MFLOPS for Android G1 even with overclocking

So, come back in a couple of years because I don't think we are quite there yet..

For those who are curious, here's a photo of the beast:
http://www.3dnews.ru/documents/8124/pic-16.jpg

And another photo with a Sun E450 and Sun SPARCstation 5 for reference:
http://www.nenv.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/bis/kaoru/kizai01/ images/pixar.jpg

Huh, and I thought it was Mass-uh-chew-sits...

Anyway, an AC below already gave a link to the offical site (Actuality Systems) they do have a gallery, but there are some more images here, the text is in russian but there are about 15 pictures of this device.

I also own a 9600 Pro ;)

Another poster already mentioned that it's a GeForce 5200 Ultra, but still the results a re somewat strange.

Their test system is an Athlon 64 3200 with Corsair XMS3500 DDR SDRAM.
I'll compare their results with this summary (sorry it's in russian, but the numbers should be clear enough).
Their system is a p4 3.2Ghz, 2x512 RAM.

TechReport 3DMark scores at 1024x768
Radeon 9550: 2191
GeForce FX 5200 Ultra: 1990
DeltaChrome S4 Pro: 1781

And 3Dnews 3DMark scores, same resoulution:
Radeon 9550 XT : 3115
Radeon 9500: 2687
GeForxe FX 5200 (non-ultra): 1294.

They don't have the exect same cards, but this should give the overall idea.

There is plenty of misinformation and hearsay in regards to the sales of HL2 in Russia. The best weapon to combat the rumours are the facts, and here they are.

1) The authors of the article on GamesRadar is stupid. The game was on sale in Russia basically since October, when it was leaked. And it wasn't sold in Novosibirsk only, but pretty much everywhere.

2) The author of the page about Ukraine is a complete idiot. I don't even want to comment on all the stupidity he wrote there.

3) The game has a couple of playable levels, including textures, models, AI, everything. Of course, it doesn't yet form a coherent story, but as far as I know, it includes all demoed levels, among others.

4) Here is one of several reviews of Half-Life 2 alpha version: http://www.3dnews.ru/games/half-life2-alfa/. It's in Russian, but you can look at screenshots, or use the fish. Among other things, the reviewer says that the graphics are not revolutionary, despite the hype and cool videos. There is no per-pixel lightning and no realistic destruction physics (like in Silent Storm), e.g. indestructable boxes, etc. Water is pretty cool, though. On Athlon 2500+ with GeForce Ti4200 the game runs at 22-35FPS in 1024x768x32 with average details and 4xAA. Overall the reviewer thinks that the final version would be good, but not as good as we were led to believe.

5) The game doesn't collect your CC numbers, Mr. Fortunato. Despite what one may think, pirates are not criminals.

6) Doom3 alpha also was/is on sale pretty much everywhere in Russia. Still, nobody risks buying it believing it's a real deal, because the most sellers would always specifically warn you that it is just an alpha and everyone would say that when asked.

I'll turn the corner when CG porn turns me on, and not a second sooner!

Current CG chicks leave me limp.

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If you would link to it like a normal person, there wouldn't be any fucking spaces there in the first place!