at comdex this morning. Considering the money people have to fork out just to check out the exhibits. It would make me feel better about it. You could program the thing to vibrate if you are about to walk past an exhibit or conference that lines up with your interests. BTW, this internet keyboard TV thing "ONCOMMAND" that they have at the Marriott SUCKS. It's freaking infrared so it misses half the damn things I type and it locks up frequently. Of course, it is based on an embedded microsoft OS. Maybe I'll heckle BGates about it at the keynote shortly. Seeyall there.
As the other poster pointed out, I think you are being a little naive. Apache has 66 percent of the webserving market in the WORLD. And it's growing. It's just better. There a a heck of a lot more people working on these compeditors and they get closer and closer and better and better and most stable as time passes. The free databases have been steadily gaining ground. The Gimp has definitely been gaining incredible ground considering the head start that Photoshop had. It's really only a matter of time. Slowly but surely a large percentage of commercial software will end up getting replaced by a better, free alternative. Most of the people I know right now have ditched IE in favor of Firebird because of all the positive press it has gotten. And why wouldn't they? It's better in practically every way. Foreign governments are switching to free alternatives left and right. The clock is ticking and has been ticking for a long time.
But, it's catching up and it has much better price/performance already. By this time next year CMYK and 48 bit color will be implemented. The Gimp developers listen to their users and make the changes they want. Within a very short time The Gimp will easily catch and pass Photoshop. I'd be worried sick if I was Adobe.
Provide a page where someone can anonymously post details about a potential exploit with someone's proprietary software. The site keeps NO LOGS at all to protect the posts. The site then makes every effort to contact the company in question. After say a 60 day waiting period, a limited amount of information about the security problem is released to the public if nothing has been heard.
And here I was getting ready to say it wasn't comets at all but two malfunctioning Halliburton motherships then I get to find out this shit is 5 years old.
/me kicks rock /me folds up tinfoil hat /me frowns
Dude, I know. But it obviously didn't have all of them (obviously, 6 sides). I still have the stupid song stuck in my head. I'm pretty sure the six I picked out are the ones they used. I'm surprised somebody modded me troll. They obviously had no idea what they were doing.
As long as you aren't running Empires or Morrowind or a bunch of other games with their latest supposedly release quality drivers. I got the pleasure of talking my sister and her hubby through removing these shit drivers from their new 9600 pro equipt gateway and putting the last ones back. Nice to see ATI still putting the same level of attention to detail in their driver releases.
Actually, the FX5950 Ultra is quieter than anything that ATI has made since the 9600. It still takes up the top PCI slot that you can't use anyway if you are using AGP.
Actually, you are wrong. It does seem you get HL2 with the 9600XT. Valve is having problems, probably because they got hacked like bitches and had all their source-code stolen. Now it's a rush for them to determine what stuff will be the easiest to exploit so they can do a really crappy rewrite and release the buggiest first version of anything they have ever released before. Even more buggy than the original halflife was when it first came out. As for the FX5700, it's an awesome card no doubt but looking at pricewatch it's not even listed. Newegg.com has the truly awesome BFG version that's clocked even higher than the standard one that is faster than a radeon 9700 pro for only $203. Considering a the best price you'll find on a 9700 pro is $250, that's one hell of a deal. the 5700 Ultra is still going to be slower for some DX9 games. You can always pick up a 9700 pro on eBay for 200 bucks if you are lucky though. I have 3 of them and they've been awesome. Avoid the latest catalyst drivers though. They absolutely suck.
Well it's nice to see the moderation process working. I'm glad you did such a great thing with your mod point. If only all mods were so logical and intelligent. You sir set a fine example for others to follow. I will sell my 1 NVidia product today and run out and buy a fourth 9700 pro immediately.
I call that very biased. Benchmarking something thats not out yet. It's not out and that is why AMD wins.
ON WHAT FUCKING PLANET. Jesus. EVERYONE benchmarks stuff before it's released. Where the fuck have you been? AMD LOST. GET OVER IT.
That being said, I'm personally building a dual Opteron system on an MSI Master2 FAR board because $925 for a processor that's only marginally faster than the Opteron is ridiculous. Price/Performance is owned by AMD, but of course, they've owned that for quite a while now.
I didn't say you were a ranting fanboy first of all. I have no idea where you got that from. Second, *I* own both NVidia and ATI cards as well. I completely agree with what THG says about the comparison. The forceware drivers aren't just better, it's night and day. I'm surprised that THG doesn't give ATI shit for the one thing I find absolutely obvious from months of working with both card makers. NVidia's 2d performance is significantly and noticablely better than ATI's. Little things like opening and closing windows is easily 15-20 percent faster with NVIdia's product. Also, NVidia's software is incredible. ATI is still the top end performance king no doubt. But the midrange is NVidia's again with the FX5700 Ultra. I'd say the FX5950 is a step in the right direction, but not quite there yet. Even though it's only a few percentage points slower than the 9800XT with most stuff, and it's selling for less, and it's quieter, it still doesn't come with HL2. That's one hell of a selling point. The ONLY reason THG gave Intel the knod in their last review was because they WERE BETTER in the benchmarks by pulling their Extreme Edition stunt basically making a Xeon for gamers. And you damn well know that. THG even chastised them for it and basically called it "shady". So just because THG doesn't automatically read your mind and write everything the way you want them too and actually *gasp* does unbiased reviews does not mean you have any idea what you are talking about.
And I completely agree. They both suck. They've gotten themselves into this pathetic squabble where they both have resorted to doing very unethical stuff and they both take turns trying to take the highground when the other one messes up. This time it's ATI's turn to eat crow but they'll admit no wrongdoing as usual just like NVidia will the next time it's their turn to get caught doing dumb shit.
You'd need to actually look at the screenshots at THG to know what you are talking about. The new forceware drivers made a huge difference. To *me* the nvidia caps look better, but to be fair to THG, they said they looked identical. And for the record, THG has been a very loud and very vocal ATI supporter and NVidia downer in the past. Just like he's given Intel shit when they are sucking and AMD shit when they are sucking also. He's perhaps the only impartial reviewer I know of. Instead of doing straight DX9 benchmarks like the ATI fanboy reviewers or straight DX8, ID engine, OpenGL benchmarks like the NVidia fanboy reviewers, he does a very fair mix of both.
And I suppose Epic's Mark Rein and Randy Pitchford of Halo development are unreliable also. But please, definitely listen to ATI's story about why they are cheating and accept it as gospel. It doesn't make you look like a fanboy at all. As for screenshots, Tom has a TON of them on the link I posted that put your point to shame. If you had even bothered following the link instead of shooting from the hip like a fanboy, you'd know that. As for drastically decreasing pixel shader 2 performance, there was a 50 percent increase in speed with INCREASED image quality. Once again, this is in the same review. That and I've never heard ANYBODY refure to Tom's Hardware as the "weekly world news" of the computer world. You completly made that up and you know it. I challenge you to find ONE reference by someone that knows what they are talking about that has said that about THG. Just please try to cope with the fact that your favorite graphics card maker that made the card that you undoubtedly forked out a fortune to buy, and therefore feel you need to defend with outright lies and attempts to discredit do the exact same fraudelent things that every other graphics card maker does. That's the only point I was trying to make. It's not like they havne't been busted doing this stuff before.
To be fair, it was their turn I guess. Next year it will be NVidia's turn no doubt. The person that busted them this time was Tom at Tom's Hardware Guide.
The accusations leveled against ATi at NVIDIA's Editors' Day two days ago thus become that much more serious. Epic's Mark Rein confirmed that in some cases, high-res detail textures were not displayed in some areas by ATis drivers and that standard, lower-res textures are used instead. Randy Pitchford of the Halo development team also mentioned that there were optimizations present in ATi's drivers which are detrimental to Halo's image quality.
Now that NVidia seems to be the image quality kings and owning the mid-range card market again with the FX5700 Ultra, It makes me wonder how the ATI performance would measure up if they didn't cheat.
Yeah but he doesn't want Powweb. He wants to run his own services and server. So your post is absolutely pointless. Are you affiliated with them or something? Because your post reads like a sell.
"Oil an emergency?!?!? HAH!! It's about time the people who run this planet of yours realize that to be dependant on a mineral slime just doesn't make sense. Now, the energizing of hydrogen....."
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Perhaps instead of spending a fortune to "innovate" a matrix knockoff (how original) they could spend some money on making secure software.
at comdex this morning. Considering the money people have to fork out just to check out the exhibits. It would make me feel better about it. You could program the thing to vibrate if you are about to walk past an exhibit or conference that lines up with your interests. BTW, this internet keyboard TV thing "ONCOMMAND" that they have at the Marriott SUCKS. It's freaking infrared so it misses half the damn things I type and it locks up frequently. Of course, it is based on an embedded microsoft OS. Maybe I'll heckle BGates about it at the keynote shortly. Seeyall there.
As the other poster pointed out, I think you are being a little naive. Apache has 66 percent of the webserving market in the WORLD. And it's growing. It's just better. There a a heck of a lot more people working on these compeditors and they get closer and closer and better and better and most stable as time passes. The free databases have been steadily gaining ground. The Gimp has definitely been gaining incredible ground considering the head start that Photoshop had. It's really only a matter of time. Slowly but surely a large percentage of commercial software will end up getting replaced by a better, free alternative. Most of the people I know right now have ditched IE in favor of Firebird because of all the positive press it has gotten. And why wouldn't they? It's better in practically every way. Foreign governments are switching to free alternatives left and right. The clock is ticking and has been ticking for a long time.
But, it's catching up and it has much better price/performance already. By this time next year CMYK and 48 bit color will be implemented. The Gimp developers listen to their users and make the changes they want. Within a very short time The Gimp will easily catch and pass Photoshop. I'd be worried sick if I was Adobe.
So by that logic 98 percent of all Anonymous Cowards are Neo-Conservatives?
This is how I see it,
Provide a page where someone can anonymously post details about a potential exploit with someone's proprietary software. The site keeps NO LOGS at all to protect the posts. The site then makes every effort to contact the company in question. After say a 60 day waiting period, a limited amount of information about the security problem is released to the public if nothing has been heard.
I've REALLY been looking at one of THESE for a while and this kinda just helped me make up my mind.
And here I was getting ready to say it wasn't comets at all but two malfunctioning Halliburton motherships then I get to find out this shit is 5 years old.
/me folds up tinfoil hat
/me frowns
/me kicks rock
HAA! I'M NOT ON DRUGS!!
This is the cube I have...
HERE!
So they did a combining thing. I couldn't remember. I haven't touched the thing in over a decade.
Dude, I know. But it obviously didn't have all of them (obviously, 6 sides). I still have the stupid song stuck in my head. I'm pretty sure the six I picked out are the ones they used. I'm surprised somebody modded me troll. They obviously had no idea what they were doing.
Yup :)
Was the Dick Monalds cube that had...
Big Mac, Fillet O' Fish, Quarter Pounder, French Fries, Thick Shakes, and Apple Pies on the sides. I still have it in storage somewhere.
Malcolm X would be so proud that Panther is doing so well.
As long as you aren't running Empires or Morrowind or a bunch of other games with their latest supposedly release quality drivers. I got the pleasure of talking my sister and her hubby through removing these shit drivers from their new 9600 pro equipt gateway and putting the last ones back. Nice to see ATI still putting the same level of attention to detail in their driver releases.
Actually, the FX5950 Ultra is quieter than anything that ATI has made since the 9600. It still takes up the top PCI slot that you can't use anyway if you are using AGP.
Actually, you are wrong. It does seem you get HL2 with the 9600XT. Valve is having problems, probably because they got hacked like bitches and had all their source-code stolen. Now it's a rush for them to determine what stuff will be the easiest to exploit so they can do a really crappy rewrite and release the buggiest first version of anything they have ever released before. Even more buggy than the original halflife was when it first came out. As for the FX5700, it's an awesome card no doubt but looking at pricewatch it's not even listed. Newegg.com has the truly awesome BFG version that's clocked even higher than the standard one that is faster than a radeon 9700 pro for only $203. Considering a the best price you'll find on a 9700 pro is $250, that's one hell of a deal. the 5700 Ultra is still going to be slower for some DX9 games. You can always pick up a 9700 pro on eBay for 200 bucks if you are lucky though. I have 3 of them and they've been awesome. Avoid the latest catalyst drivers though. They absolutely suck.
Well it's nice to see the moderation process working. I'm glad you did such a great thing with your mod point. If only all mods were so logical and intelligent. You sir set a fine example for others to follow. I will sell my 1 NVidia product today and run out and buy a fourth 9700 pro immediately.
When's it coming out? Any day now
How much does it cost? $925
Has any one besides THG benchmarked one?
Yanno,
If you annoying,
lazy, fanboy fuckers actually
took the time to look for the answers to your own fucking questions,
questions you wouldn't be so fucking annoying.
That's from a 30 SECOND FUCKING GOOGLE SEARCH.
I call that very biased. Benchmarking something thats not out yet. It's not out and that is why AMD wins.
ON WHAT FUCKING PLANET. Jesus. EVERYONE benchmarks stuff before it's released. Where the fuck have you been? AMD LOST. GET OVER IT.
That being said, I'm personally building a dual Opteron system on an MSI Master2 FAR board because $925 for a processor that's only marginally faster than the Opteron is ridiculous. Price/Performance is owned by AMD, but of course, they've owned that for quite a while now.
I didn't say you were a ranting fanboy first of all. I have no idea where you got that from. Second, *I* own both NVidia and ATI cards as well. I completely agree with what THG says about the comparison. The forceware drivers aren't just better, it's night and day. I'm surprised that THG doesn't give ATI shit for the one thing I find absolutely obvious from months of working with both card makers. NVidia's 2d performance is significantly and noticablely better than ATI's. Little things like opening and closing windows is easily 15-20 percent faster with NVIdia's product. Also, NVidia's software is incredible. ATI is still the top end performance king no doubt. But the midrange is NVidia's again with the FX5700 Ultra. I'd say the FX5950 is a step in the right direction, but not quite there yet. Even though it's only a few percentage points slower than the 9800XT with most stuff, and it's selling for less, and it's quieter, it still doesn't come with HL2. That's one hell of a selling point. The ONLY reason THG gave Intel the knod in their last review was because they WERE BETTER in the benchmarks by pulling their Extreme Edition stunt basically making a Xeon for gamers. And you damn well know that. THG even chastised them for it and basically called it "shady". So just because THG doesn't automatically read your mind and write everything the way you want them too and actually *gasp* does unbiased reviews does not mean you have any idea what you are talking about.
And I completely agree. They both suck. They've gotten themselves into this pathetic squabble where they both have resorted to doing very unethical stuff and they both take turns trying to take the highground when the other one messes up. This time it's ATI's turn to eat crow but they'll admit no wrongdoing as usual just like NVidia will the next time it's their turn to get caught doing dumb shit.
You'd need to actually look at the screenshots at THG to know what you are talking about. The new forceware drivers made a huge difference. To *me* the nvidia caps look better, but to be fair to THG, they said they looked identical. And for the record, THG has been a very loud and very vocal ATI supporter and NVidia downer in the past. Just like he's given Intel shit when they are sucking and AMD shit when they are sucking also. He's perhaps the only impartial reviewer I know of. Instead of doing straight DX9 benchmarks like the ATI fanboy reviewers or straight DX8, ID engine, OpenGL benchmarks like the NVidia fanboy reviewers, he does a very fair mix of both.
And I suppose Epic's Mark Rein and Randy Pitchford of Halo development are unreliable also. But please, definitely listen to ATI's story about why they are cheating and accept it as gospel. It doesn't make you look like a fanboy at all. As for screenshots, Tom has a TON of them on the link I posted that put your point to shame. If you had even bothered following the link instead of shooting from the hip like a fanboy, you'd know that. As for drastically decreasing pixel shader 2 performance, there was a 50 percent increase in speed with INCREASED image quality. Once again, this is in the same review. That and I've never heard ANYBODY refure to Tom's Hardware as the "weekly world news" of the computer world. You completly made that up and you know it. I challenge you to find ONE reference by someone that knows what they are talking about that has said that about THG. Just please try to cope with the fact that your favorite graphics card maker that made the card that you undoubtedly forked out a fortune to buy, and therefore feel you need to defend with outright lies and attempts to discredit do the exact same fraudelent things that every other graphics card maker does. That's the only point I was trying to make. It's not like they havne't been busted doing this stuff before.
Nice try though.
To be fair, it was their turn I guess. Next year it will be NVidia's turn no doubt. The person that busted them this time was Tom at Tom's Hardware Guide.
The accusations leveled against ATi at NVIDIA's Editors' Day two days ago thus become that much more serious. Epic's Mark Rein confirmed that in some cases, high-res detail textures were not displayed in some areas by ATis drivers and that standard, lower-res textures are used instead. Randy Pitchford of the Halo development team also mentioned that there were optimizations present in ATi's drivers which are detrimental to Halo's image quality.
The relevant link is here.
Now that NVidia seems to be the image quality kings and owning the mid-range card market again with the FX5700 Ultra, It makes me wonder how the ATI performance would measure up if they didn't cheat.
Yeah but he doesn't want Powweb. He wants to run his own services and server. So your post is absolutely pointless. Are you affiliated with them or something? Because your post reads like a sell.
"Oil an emergency?!?!? HAH!! It's about time the people who run this planet of yours realize that to be dependant on a mineral slime just doesn't make sense. Now, the energizing of hydrogen....."
--Doctor Who