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and many, many, moooreeee

-mainconcept http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo//i...&limitstart=17
-mediashow http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx...ssor-review/14
-h.264 http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx...ssor-review/14
-vp8 http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx...ssor-review/17
-sha1 http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx...ssor-review/17
-photoshop cs5 http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo//i...&limitstart=14
-photoshop cs5 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-15.html
-winrar, faster than 2600k http://www.techspot.com/review/452-a...pus/page7.html
-winrar, improves over x6 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-16.html
-7-zip better than 2600k here: http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4955/41698.png http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/t...x8150-tested/7
-7-zip same perf as 2600k http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-16.html
-POV-ray, faster than 2600k http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1741/10/
-POV-ray http://www.nordichardware.se/test-la...art=15#content
-x264(2nd pass AVX enabled) http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/t...x8150-tested/7
-x264 (2nd pass, better overall than 2600k) http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=2125&pageID=11108
-x264 (2nd pass +.3 than SB2600k) http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1741/7/
-handbrake; http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1741/9/
-truecrypt; http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=2125&pageID=11111
-solidworks; faster than 2600k http://www.techspot.com/review/452-a...pus/page7.html
-abbyy filereader http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-16.html
-C-Ray, as fast as $1k i7-990X, http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/v.../c-rayir38.png

and many, many, moooreeee

-mainconcept http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo//i...&limitstart=17
-mediashow http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx...ssor-review/14
-h.264 http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx...ssor-review/14
-vp8 http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx...ssor-review/17
-sha1 http://www.guru3d.com/article/amd-fx...ssor-review/17
-photoshop cs5 http://www.lostcircuits.com/mambo//i...&limitstart=14
-photoshop cs5 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-15.html
-winrar, faster than 2600k http://www.techspot.com/review/452-a...pus/page7.html
-winrar, improves over x6 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-16.html
-7-zip better than 2600k here: http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4955/41698.png http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/t...x8150-tested/7
-7-zip same perf as 2600k http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-16.html
-POV-ray, faster than 2600k http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1741/10/
-POV-ray http://www.nordichardware.se/test-la...art=15#content
-x264(2nd pass AVX enabled) http://www.anandtech.com/show/4955/t...x8150-tested/7
-x264 (2nd pass, better overall than 2600k) http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=2125&pageID=11108
-x264 (2nd pass +.3 than SB2600k) http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1741/7/
-handbrake; http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1741/9/
-truecrypt; http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=2125&pageID=11111
-solidworks; faster than 2600k http://www.techspot.com/review/452-a...pus/page7.html
-abbyy filereader http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...x,3043-16.html
-C-Ray, as fast as $1k i7-990X, http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/v.../c-rayir38.png

Aaaand thank you.

Myself, I'll always use Ceramique. Many good reasons to use a ceramic based one over metal or diamond when doing hardcore cooling and ease of removal for reseating.

Reviews:
http://hardwarelogic.com/news/137/ARTICLE/2752/3/2008-03-03.html
http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1133&pageID=3881

Yes, I did misread your comment. Nevertheless, most of my comment still stands. A 4870 in Crossfire performs significantly better than the X280 and the 9800 GX2 every benchmark I've seen except Crysis, and these cards also have the capability to be run in a quad Crossfire mode. Oh, and two of them sell for less than one of NVidia's top dogs.

http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=1301
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=581&type=expert
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14990

I use it daily, not just for email and presentations but I actually write code on it.

I'm glad you changed the defaults. Out of the box, Vista is unsuitable for presentations. We found that out the hard way, We were doing a presentation using the brand new laptop in the field. There was no internet connection. We used a projector as the second monitor (Presentation mode/dual monitor). About 20 minutes into the presentation while playing a DVD, the movie playback stopped and the player minimised leaving a blank desktop. WTF???? We got up and checked the laptop screen for errors. There is an update for Acrobat Reader. It was a prompt to check for updates!

Since you do presentations, I can only assume you turned UAC prompts off as they are incompatible with live presentations.

Annoying one user is a bother. Shutting down the presentation is reason to use something else reliable for the task.

Speed isn't the only problem. The default configuration is unsuitable for presentations and live DAW recording.

Other software provides multitrack latency in the 1-3 mS range. Vista requires a huge buffer with no guarantee of under/over run glitches and low jitter. Lots of memory may provide a better buffer but at the cost of latency. A 500 mS buffer is OK for simple recording, but it is totaly unsuitable for layering in another track. (Playing background track while recording lead or vocal tracks)

"The authors explain why current popular computer architectures are not suited to these new tasks,"
http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=8182

"While the software may function adequately with onboard soundcards for basic editing and production, better fidelity and greatly enhanced multitrack performance will accompany the use of one of the large number of boxes or cards that are made specifically to handle audio for DAW software. These devices generally add monitoring and mixing software along with multiple digital or analog inputs and outputs. They can communicate with the computer and software via the internal protocols in the Mac or PC OS, or may, as long as the software is compliant, work with another Steinberg-developed open, cross-platform protocol called ASIO. ASIO can enhance the communication between your software and I/O hardware, and some hardware and software manufacturers are now advertising "near zero latency monitoring" using ASIO."

http://radiomagonline.com/recording/radio_technology_fuels_creativity/index2.html

Vist and AISO is buggy.
http://www.bjorn3d.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19107
"So, I switched over the the AISO Multimedia Driver and that's when the latency kicked in. If I hit a key on my MIDI the delay was almost a full five seconds before the not would sound off." (Vista Home)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio_stream_input_output "ASIO bypasses the normal audio path from the user application through layers of intermediary Windows operating system software, so that the application connects directly to the soundcard hardware."

MS doesn't like it when you have direct access to unprotected audio streams..

"Sonars WDM/KS connects close to the Kernal layer but doesn't entirely bypass the WDM "Audio stack" while ASIO shouldn't go near it at all. It remains to be seen if the Vista that's released will prevent special drivers like ASIO, but since Steinberg have now gone to the trouble of releasing a 64bit ASIO spec, I should think Vista will be business as usual for most of us.
However, if the "audio stack" has been reworked, I hope someone from Cakewalk can say if WDM/KS will still be available under Vista. It will still be needed to bypass windows sound with whatever the normal Vista driver is."

• DDR2/533 memory (max theory) - 68Gbits, 8.5GB Random Memory speed chart
• 75 yr old woman's BB - 40Gbits, 5GB
• ATA-133 Interface - 1064Mbits - 133MB
• Gigabit Ethernet - 1000Mbits - 125MB
• USB 2.0 - 480Mbits - 60MB
• Avg. 7200 RPM HDD - 320Mbits - 40MB
• "Fast" Ethernet - 100Mbits - 12.5MB
• "Slow" Ethernet - 10Mbits - 1.25MB
• My DSL - 4Mbits - 500KB
• 56K Modem - 56Kbits - 7KB
• 300 Baud Modem - 300 bits - 37.5 bytes
• Very Fast typist - 80 bits - 10 bytes (120 5-letter words per minute)

Maybe if it's crammed full of heatpipes and the whole case is a heatsink. Even then, there's a limit to how small it can get without overheating. Otherwise, your choices are:
small and powerful, but noisy
silent and powerful, but big
small and silent, but slow

Searching Google on "skype reads BIOS" turns up some scary hits.

The first is to a Blackhat conference.

The second details how multiple BIOS profiles can be stored on some Asus motherboards -

"ASUS O.C. Profile
The motherboard features the ASUS O.C. Profile that allows users to conveniently store or load multiple BIOS settings. The BIOS settings can be stored in the CMOS or a separate file, giving users freedom to share and distribute their favorite overclocking settings.

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Why is the submitter only pimping the HotHardware review? Here's more (in no particular order):

HardOCP
Guru3D
Anandtech
Bjorn3D
PCPerspective
nV News

- http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=482
- http://www.hothardware.com/viewarticle.aspx?articl eid=861&cid=1
- http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=6538
- http://www.mvktech.net/content/view/3357/48/
- http://pcper.com/article.php?aid=287
- http://uk.theinquirer.net/?article=33872
- http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/08/23/review_ati _radeon_x1950_xtx/
- http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/X1950XTX
- http://www.bjorn3d.com/read.php?cID=954
- http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q3/radeon-x1950x tx/index.x?pg=1
- http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,2007324 ,00.asp
- http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/08/23/ati_releases_rad eon_x1950/
- http://www.guru3d.com/article/Videocards/375/
- http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/131
- http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles/view.php?id=2 020&cid=3&pg=1
- http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/ati_radeon_x19 50_xtx_performance/
- http://www.driverheaven.net/reviews/X1950XTXreview /

up to date list: http://www.madshrimps.be/forums/showthread.php?s=& threadid=26526

nVidia's linux drivers are very solid. They aren't open - get over it - but a given nVidia card in a Linux box has the capability to do everything that a nVidia card in a windows box can do. The linux drivers and windows drivers share the same codebase, sans kernel hooks, etc. using their unified driver architecture.

Unfortunately the same cannot be same for ATI. ATI drivers are flaky and as a developer features are missing under Linux that exist in Windows.

If you google around you'll find this thing really is freaking fast . This isn't just an ad, it is the fastest flash drive around. And you can get them for $25 + S/H . I've got one and I must say, they are solid (metal casing) and noticably faster than any other flash drive I've used.

The article summarizes: "Quite simply this is the card I would like to put in my MediaPC".

Graphics memory bound.

And yes, I agree about the quality sentiment. Compare that to:
Half-Life 2
Far Cry
Doom 3
Battlefield 2
etc.
Most of those are at least a year old now, too.

Bjorn3d also has a nice article about PSP, including two videos.

Bjorn3d also has a nice article about PSP, including two videos.

Bjorn3d also has a nice article about PSP, including two videos.

BZZZZZZT!!! Wrong answer.

You are wrong. The NVidia Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) shares 95% of its code base between all supported operating systems. That other 5% obviously needs to be different because each OS has a different way to interface with the kernel/graphics system.

comes from building hardware for a specific task. Unfortunately most of you can't access this little bit of nerd heaven but some incredibly cool hardware architectures are being described at the High Performance Embedded Computing conference. Sky and Mercury have some of their hottest new designs here. How about a machine that can do a 256 mega-sample FFT in real time?, or a self configuring supercomputer on a chip? Of course most of these tricks will never escape the lab except for the speed-ups for rendering engines...one place where gamers and the DOD are driving technology in a dead heat race with lots of winners. Besides, in a few months, something will come along that will go even faster than blue gene.

The snap would come when something like this pulls the socket off :)

stolen from Anandtech

HardOCP
Ascully
DriverHeaven
TrustedReviews
K-Hardware
Hardware Analysis
Hexus
The Tech Report
Beyond3D
Neoseeker
ExtremeTech
Gamers Depot
Lost Circuits
Firing Squad
Tom's Hardware
Bjorn3D
Hot Hardware

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I'd like to know why no one has come up with a decent, washable keyboard.

Actually, they have.

I have two of these installed on some Canon ImageRunner eCopy stations for the employees to use, as they are nice and small and more or less "indestructable" as the name suggests.

That the GeForce FX sounds like a leaf blower...

Just for the record, Antec did not design that case. Rather, a company called Chieftec designs and creates the case -- Antec, like several other companies, just slaps their name and sells the cases.

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there is only so many times in a day you can "go make coffee" or "check your email".

Geek Slack List

• http://www.subgenius.com/
• http://www.slackersguild.com/
• BBC News
• http://www.memepool.com/
• http://www.plastic.com/
• http://www.arstechnica.com/
• http://www.metafilter.com/
• http://www.techdirt.com/
• http://www.bottomquark.com/ (Science News)
• http://newsforge.com/
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/
• http://www.anandtech.com/
• http://www.bjorn3d.com/
• http://cellar.org - Image of the Day
• http://www.collegehumor.com/
• http://www.everything2.com/
• http://www.kuro5hin.org/
• http://www.theonion.com/
• NASA - Astronomy Picutre of the Day
• http://www.majorgeeks.com - Windows Shareware / Freeware
• http://www.advogato.org/
• http://www.sweetcode.org/
• http://www.disinfo.com/ - Disinformation
• http://www.somethingawful.com/
• http://www.astronomynow.com/ - Astronomy News
• http://www.aip.org/ - American Institue of Physics - News
• http://www.adequacy.org/

• The Effects of Moore's Law and Slacking 1 on Large Computations

Hope this helps =)

I don't know why the card Tom's Hardware reviewed didn't have one, but this shot which I've seen everywhere else has a gray filter on it. It looks like styrofoam to me, but I don't know what filters are usually made of.

The Bjorn3D site has more pics of this guy's pumpkin pc. It also has pics of the first place winner, Pimpkin Mark 4.

The Bjorn3D site has more pics of this guy's pumpkin pc. It also has pics of the first place winner, Pimpkin Mark 4.

The Bjorn3D site has more pics of this guy's pumpkin pc. It also has pics of the first place winner, Pimpkin Mark 4.

Preview is my friend

The winner was definitely more impressive. Somehow, it reminds me of Marty Feldman...

Bjorn3D's Cg Article - Programmer's Perspective

Hot Hardware - nVIDIA's "Cg" Language
(Excellent! Includes interview with David Kirk, Chief Scientist - NVIDIA Corp)

ExtremeTech - New Language Revolutionizes 3D Graphics
(includes interview with graphics guru Kurt Akeley)

3DPGU - NVIDIA Cg High-Level Language Preview
(includes short Q&A With Dan Vivoli - Vice President Of Marketing)

nV News - NVIDIA Cg Toolkit Overview
(makes comparisons using COBOL and FOCUS)

GeForce / TNT2Ultra / Voodoo3 Roundup [ Shugashack]
Guillemot GeForce256 3D Prophet Review [Ace's Hardware]
Guillemot GeFroce256 3D Prophet Review [Puissance PC]
nVidia GeForce 256: To Buy or Not to Buy [AnandTech]
Guillemot GeForce256 3D Prophet Review [GA-Source]
nVidia GeForce256 DDR Review [3DGPU]
nVidia GeForce256 DDR Review [Riva Extreme]
nVidia GeForce256 DDR Preview [Thresh's FiringSquad]
nVidia GeForce256 DDR Review [Riva3D]
nVidia GeForce256 DDR Review [Planet Riva]
nVidia GeForce256 DDR Benchmarks [Bjorn3D]
Guillemot GeForce256 3D Prophet Review [CGO]
Guillemot GeForce256 3D Prophet Review [Fast Graphics]
Creative GeForce256 Annihilator Benchmarks [3DHardware]