JC is off on this. The specification document for "ARB_fragment_program" does not define a specific precision. The program can set the option "ARB_precision_hint_fastest" or the option "ARB_precision_hint_nicest". However these options are only a guide as the drivers have control as to which precision is used. However "GL_NV_fragment_program" allows the program to use fx12, fp16, and fp32 data types. I would like to know what precision the NV30 path uses and which precision hint Doom III uses for the ARB2 path. I also kind of wonder how long it will take nVidia to "optimize" its drivers for Doom III so that the ARB2 path will use fp16 regardless of which precision hint is specified by Doom III.
Except the PPC ISA uses instructions 32 bits long for both 32 bit and 64 bit instructions. The math done with 64 bit instructions is still 64 bits, but the encoding for these instructions is 32 bits long. This really doesn't matter in most cases.
Here is another idea, what if mods could be tokenized and signed? The signing could be done by the publisher or some other trusted group. Servers could then allow signed mods or unsigned mods to be run. Servers should also be able to deny the use of certain signed mods. The server should also allow the use of certain unsigned mods too. Aimbots and other mods that would allow cheating should never be signed. However if cheat mods did somehow become signed, these mods could be denyed on a case by case basis by the server.
You know posting directions one how to build a cruise missile may not be the best idea. Palestinian freedom fighters like Hezbollah and Hamas have been actively pursuing missile technology so that their fighters could fire missiles into Israeli settlements. This to me seems just like a terrible idea.
Yeah well Intel suggests the use of thermal paste in the thermal design docs for the Socket 423 processors for the same reason AMD gives for the Athlon 64. Then in the thermal design docs for Socket 478 processors Intel goes back to recommending phase change material, but not the same kind of phase change material that AMD recommends for Athlon XP processors. The reason that AMD recommends phase change material for the Athlon XP is that thermal paste has the tendancy to be pumped out of the contact between the processor and heatsink. This happens after the repeated heating and cooling of the processor. The Athlon XP has a much larger package size than the Opteron or the Athlon 64. However the contact area on the Athlon XP is much less than the contact area of the Opteron and the Athlon 64. My guess is that the recommendation on whether to use paste or phase change material depends on at least one of these reasons. In any case you are probably best off using phase change material for the Athlon XP and thermal grease or whatever else AMD recommends for the Opteron and the Athlon 64.
Intel only recommends thermal grease for Socket 423 P4 processors. Chomerics T454 phase change material is the recommended thermal interface material for Socket 478 P4 processors.
One relatively new author that I like is Alastair Reynolds. He is a scientist who works for the ESA currently and he is a reasonably good writer too. However, he is British and his books are generally released about a year earlier in the UK than in the US. His first two books "Revalation Space" and "Chasm City" are reasonably easy to find in the US. His third book "Redemption Ark" should be out in June in the US.
Yes, but have never heard of any direct quote from anyone who speaks english that these drivers work. The only links to that I have seen are to a Korean forum that have been translated by babelfish. The accuracy of the translation is not perfect so it cannot be relied on. The only direct quotes from english speakers that I have seen say that these drivers do not work.
This sig was pointed more at the people who were claiming after the fall of Baghdad that now Iraqi citizens had the rights that people in the US have. To me at least most Iraqis currently don't have access to basic human needs like the right to safety or access clean water. Things will certainly become better as time passes. But that is a ways off for the Iraqi people.
Those Macs do have a USB 2.0 controller, but it doesn't really matter. I read the technical documentation for the NEC uPD7020101, which is the controller used in those Macs. The USB 2.0 portion of the controller is trivial to disable and yet still leave the USB 1.1 portion functional. It is also possible to make the USB 2.0 portion permanently disabled in hardware or disabled in hardware, but possible to enable with a hardware hack. Or for that matter disabled, but possible to enable with a new system BIOS or a new driver. Any of these are possible. Anyone care to guess which one is the case? Knowing Apple any could be the case.
I'm not so worried about NPR so much as I am worried about *Minnesota* Public Radio. Look at this organizational chart here. Among other things APM, the parent of MPR, which is a non-profit, runs a public radio station in California, a theater in Minnesota, for profit radio stations in Minnesota, all in addition to running public radio stations in Minnesota.
ATI makes Athlon and P4 chipsets that have onboard graphics hardware. Not that the video performance is very good, but it doesn't matter very much when it is a low end system. But for chipsets with onboard graphics they are reasonably inexpensive. The nForce2 is fast, if you are an OEM building a high end gaming system why would you buy the nForce2 when the VIA KT400 costs half as much? Many people who buy such a system probably don't know the difference between motherboard chipsets and are only looking for a Radeon 9700.
The reason the text on that flat panel looks so bad is that he has it at the wrong resolution, so the LCD antialiases everything. Also it is probably has a VGA interface, an inferior interface for LCD panels.
One of the problems is that the current IBM G3 processors do not have the bus compatability pins for the old 60x bus. The 60x bus is found on every pre-AGP G4 Power Mac, so this is a serious problem. The current G4 processor do have the 60x bus compatability pins and support the proper bus multipliers for proper operation on the pre-AGP G4 Power Macs. Now there was some talk a while ago of Sonnet producing a 750CXe G3 upgrade for the old Powerbook 2400, which would have required another IC that would translate the bus signals. I am almost certain that this product has been cancelled with the release of the 12-inch G4 Powerbook. Now an IC the translated bus signals could be used on desktop upgrades, but why bother when you can just get a G4?
A two degree change in average temperature that occurs over the course of two hundred years is unusual. Temperature changes like this generally happen over the course of thousands of years.
Well I live in Hennepin County in Minnesota and as a resident I can recycle all sorts of electronic equipment for the cost of gas to the recycling center.
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JC is off on this. The specification document for "ARB_fragment_program" does not define a specific precision. The program can set the option "ARB_precision_hint_fastest" or the option "ARB_precision_hint_nicest". However these options are only a guide as the drivers have control as to which precision is used. However "GL_NV_fragment_program" allows the program to use fx12, fp16, and fp32 data types. I would like to know what precision the NV30 path uses and which precision hint Doom III uses for the ARB2 path. I also kind of wonder how long it will take nVidia to "optimize" its drivers for Doom III so that the ARB2 path will use fp16 regardless of which precision hint is specified by Doom III.
Except the PPC ISA uses instructions 32 bits long for both 32 bit and 64 bit instructions. The math done with 64 bit instructions is still 64 bits, but the encoding for these instructions is 32 bits long. This really doesn't matter in most cases.
Here is another idea, what if mods could be tokenized and signed? The signing could be done by the publisher or some other trusted group. Servers could then allow signed mods or unsigned mods to be run. Servers should also be able to deny the use of certain signed mods. The server should also allow the use of certain unsigned mods too. Aimbots and other mods that would allow cheating should never be signed. However if cheat mods did somehow become signed, these mods could be denyed on a case by case basis by the server.
No, this is SOP for nVidia. ATI seems to have stopped optimizing benchmarks like this after the Quack 3 debacle in late 2001.
Hello people, sarcasm!
Apparently you didn't get the new memo, we attacked Iraq to remove an evil man, Saddam, from power.
You know posting directions one how to build a cruise missile may not be the best idea. Palestinian freedom fighters like Hezbollah and Hamas have been actively pursuing missile technology so that their fighters could fire missiles into Israeli settlements. This to me seems just like a terrible idea.
Yeah well Intel suggests the use of thermal paste in the thermal design docs for the Socket 423 processors for the same reason AMD gives for the Athlon 64. Then in the thermal design docs for Socket 478 processors Intel goes back to recommending phase change material, but not the same kind of phase change material that AMD recommends for Athlon XP processors. The reason that AMD recommends phase change material for the Athlon XP is that thermal paste has the tendancy to be pumped out of the contact between the processor and heatsink. This happens after the repeated heating and cooling of the processor. The Athlon XP has a much larger package size than the Opteron or the Athlon 64. However the contact area on the Athlon XP is much less than the contact area of the Opteron and the Athlon 64. My guess is that the recommendation on whether to use paste or phase change material depends on at least one of these reasons. In any case you are probably best off using phase change material for the Athlon XP and thermal grease or whatever else AMD recommends for the Opteron and the Athlon 64.
Intel only recommends thermal grease for Socket 423 P4 processors. Chomerics T454 phase change material is the recommended thermal interface material for Socket 478 P4 processors.
Also file a complaint with the Minnesota Attorney General. The Minnesota AG has gone after several large corporations that were misbehaving.
One relatively new author that I like is Alastair Reynolds. He is a scientist who works for the ESA currently and he is a reasonably good writer too. However, he is British and his books are generally released about a year earlier in the UK than in the US. His first two books "Revalation Space" and "Chasm City" are reasonably easy to find in the US. His third book "Redemption Ark" should be out in June in the US.
Yes, but have never heard of any direct quote from anyone who speaks english that these drivers work. The only links to that I have seen are to a Korean forum that have been translated by babelfish. The accuracy of the translation is not perfect so it cannot be relied on. The only direct quotes from english speakers that I have seen say that these drivers do not work.
This sig was pointed more at the people who were claiming after the fall of Baghdad that now Iraqi citizens had the rights that people in the US have. To me at least most Iraqis currently don't have access to basic human needs like the right to safety or access clean water. Things will certainly become better as time passes. But that is a ways off for the Iraqi people.
Those Macs do have a USB 2.0 controller, but it doesn't really matter. I read the technical documentation for the NEC uPD7020101, which is the controller used in those Macs. The USB 2.0 portion of the controller is trivial to disable and yet still leave the USB 1.1 portion functional. It is also possible to make the USB 2.0 portion permanently disabled in hardware or disabled in hardware, but possible to enable with a hardware hack. Or for that matter disabled, but possible to enable with a new system BIOS or a new driver. Any of these are possible. Anyone care to guess which one is the case? Knowing Apple any could be the case.
I'm not so worried about NPR so much as I am worried about *Minnesota* Public Radio. Look at this organizational chart here. Among other things APM, the parent of MPR, which is a non-profit, runs a public radio station in California, a theater in Minnesota, for profit radio stations in Minnesota, all in addition to running public radio stations in Minnesota.
And here is what may be a nominee for 2003 here.
ATI makes Athlon and P4 chipsets that have onboard graphics hardware. Not that the video performance is very good, but it doesn't matter very much when it is a low end system. But for chipsets with onboard graphics they are reasonably inexpensive. The nForce2 is fast, if you are an OEM building a high end gaming system why would you buy the nForce2 when the VIA KT400 costs half as much? Many people who buy such a system probably don't know the difference between motherboard chipsets and are only looking for a Radeon 9700.
The reason the text on that flat panel looks so bad is that he has it at the wrong resolution, so the LCD antialiases everything. Also it is probably has a VGA interface, an inferior interface for LCD panels.
CNN has an article on this new fault that is slightly less confusing. You can find it here.
One of the problems is that the current IBM G3 processors do not have the bus compatability pins for the old 60x bus. The 60x bus is found on every pre-AGP G4 Power Mac, so this is a serious problem. The current G4 processor do have the 60x bus compatability pins and support the proper bus multipliers for proper operation on the pre-AGP G4 Power Macs. Now there was some talk a while ago of Sonnet producing a 750CXe G3 upgrade for the old Powerbook 2400, which would have required another IC that would translate the bus signals. I am almost certain that this product has been cancelled with the release of the 12-inch G4 Powerbook. Now an IC the translated bus signals could be used on desktop upgrades, but why bother when you can just get a G4?
A two degree change in average temperature that occurs over the course of two hundred years is unusual. Temperature changes like this generally happen over the course of thousands of years.
Well I live in Hennepin County in Minnesota and as a resident I can recycle all sorts of electronic equipment for the cost of gas to the recycling center.
Are you sure Jr. isn't Bush?
I think the defeats to communism that he is refering to are Korea and Vietnam.
iMacs came in one more color: sage.