There are important issues you should understand that are not in any programming-language handbook or website. These include the problems of concurrency (race conditions, deadlocks), complexity of algorithms, and the basic data structures.
You've been reading some pretty poor handbooks and websites.
As I said before, it's not called Readycache, it's SuperFetch and has always been called that. I searched for Readycache and the only results I found were a 32GB Sandisk SSD. Also, SuperFetch most definitely does ignore SSDs.
SuperFetch and prefetch are storage management technologies in Windows that provide a fast-track access to data on traditional, slower hard drives. On SSD drives these really clever services only provide for unnecessary write operations. Typically, Windows 7 automatically disables these services for your SSD disk. Otherwise disable it manually.
Windows 8 behaves slightly differently, it doesn't automatically disable the service but the service does automatically ignore SSD drives but functions for HDD drives.
I didn't pay for Vista, I've got a work provided MSDN subscription. It's still got the same name in 7 and it is a bit more sensible, but it disables itself when using SSDs as it still provides no net benefit in that situation.
Readycache? I think you'll find it's actually SuperFetch. It always did more harm than good for me in Vista, it kept trying to load DVD images larger than the cache then write back to pagefile which thrashed the hell out of my drive and ensured there was nothing useful in the cache.
Knowing Intel, they'd lock the driver improvements to their latest hardware similar to what they did when they brought TRIM support to RAID, artificially locking out 6 series chipsets.
No, they're quite different. Fusion Drive gives you the capacity of both drives, doesn't have a 64GB SSD size limit but you are guaranteed to lose data if the SSD dies. Intel SRT in enhanced mode protects data against SSD failure but not HDD failure. Fusion Drive isn't a cache, it's a tier.
Other than the "nobody" smart-ass reply, how about WD? There's nothing stopping them from releasing some good and some crappy ones. Their "good" ones aren't cheap though.
Economically, I don't understand how game companies are able to turn a profit on a title with those kinds of restrictions and ongoing costs. As a small example, lets say one of your servers can host 200 users at a time, but the server cost $20k, thats $100 per concurrent user before you turn the thing on. Maybe it can host 2000 users at a time, sure but thats still $10 per concurrent user before you turn it on or pay any support personnel, or for space on the floor. Surely, over the life of your product, you would be operating a negative margin without some sort of subscription service.
They do it by selling hundreds of millions of copies worldwide and assume that not every user will log in simultaneously 24/7, and that some users will abandon the game shortly after purchase. Oversubscription leads to higher profit margins at the cost of release day meltdowns.
OpenCL is coming (not that there's much point, even their Windows version seems slower than just running OpenCL on the CPU from what I've read), and they're catching up with OpenGL version support. What apps do you use on Linux that actually require the newer versions of OpenGL?
I had a quick look, and their base 500MB plan costs nearly double what I'm paying now (ignoring the fact I don't live in USA). Choosing between using my existing microSD card or paying $30 extra per month for enough data to support streaming? It's a no-brainer.
It's not about always-online requirements. I'd be perfectly happy to stream my music from "the cloud" if I didn't have a 200MB (yes, 0.2GB) data cap. I just about exceed that cap simply browsing the web and checking facebook now and then, without even getting into streaming.
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There are important issues you should understand that are not in any programming-language handbook or website. These include the problems of concurrency (race conditions, deadlocks), complexity of algorithms, and the basic data structures.
You've been reading some pretty poor handbooks and websites.
SuperFetch and prefetch are storage management technologies in Windows that provide a fast-track access to data on traditional, slower hard drives. On SSD drives these really clever services only provide for unnecessary write operations. Typically, Windows 7 automatically disables these services for your SSD disk. Otherwise disable it manually.
Windows 8 behaves slightly differently, it doesn't automatically disable the service but the service does automatically ignore SSD drives but functions for HDD drives.
I didn't pay for Vista, I've got a work provided MSDN subscription. It's still got the same name in 7 and it is a bit more sensible, but it disables itself when using SSDs as it still provides no net benefit in that situation.
Readycache? I think you'll find it's actually SuperFetch. It always did more harm than good for me in Vista, it kept trying to load DVD images larger than the cache then write back to pagefile which thrashed the hell out of my drive and ensured there was nothing useful in the cache.
Yes, seriously, and I agree, it's ridiculous.
Knowing Intel, they'd lock the driver improvements to their latest hardware similar to what they did when they brought TRIM support to RAID, artificially locking out 6 series chipsets.
No, they're quite different. Fusion Drive gives you the capacity of both drives, doesn't have a 64GB SSD size limit but you are guaranteed to lose data if the SSD dies. Intel SRT in enhanced mode protects data against SSD failure but not HDD failure. Fusion Drive isn't a cache, it's a tier.
Other than the "nobody" smart-ass reply, how about WD? There's nothing stopping them from releasing some good and some crappy ones. Their "good" ones aren't cheap though.
I suspect it's the proprietary oddity, as way way WAY too many systems out in the wild don't work with SATA port multipliers.
Economically, I don't understand how game companies are able to turn a profit on a title with those kinds of restrictions and ongoing costs. As a small example, lets say one of your servers can host 200 users at a time, but the server cost $20k, thats $100 per concurrent user before you turn the thing on. Maybe it can host 2000 users at a time, sure but thats still $10 per concurrent user before you turn it on or pay any support personnel, or for space on the floor. Surely, over the life of your product, you would be operating a negative margin without some sort of subscription service.
They do it by selling hundreds of millions of copies worldwide and assume that not every user will log in simultaneously 24/7, and that some users will abandon the game shortly after purchase. Oversubscription leads to higher profit margins at the cost of release day meltdowns.
Why would rolling back 1 day of gameplay be such a disastrous event?
So you wouldn't mind paying $250 for an item, and then lose the item due to Blizzard rolling back?
Farming Hell 3-4 was easy. Perhaps you mean Inferno?
Path of Exile is the true spiritual sucessor to Diablo 2
That title goes to the Torchlight series.
By my definition, you were playing the game like a "luser".
Actually, they should have included emulated XP in Windows 7
They did
with an upgrade to convert your existing XP install into a virtual machine
Doable, but the installer doesn't do it for you.
when I go to any restaurant a fair number of kids are playing games on a tablet, while very few adults are using a tablet
When I go to a restaurant, people tend to be eating. But that's just me.
It's nice to see a new Aptosid version
Why? It's rolling release.
The kernel changing explains why the drivers break between kernel versions...
For all the billions they make they STILL can't make a discrete (or mobile) GPU worth a crap
HD 4000 is fairly decent for a mobile chip, and Iris from Haswell is looking pretty good from the previews.
Also, OpenCL on Windows, OSX, and Linux.
Ivy Bridge does OpenCL on Windows, Linux support is coming. Performance isn't worthwhile though.
OpenCL is coming (not that there's much point, even their Windows version seems slower than just running OpenCL on the CPU from what I've read), and they're catching up with OpenGL version support. What apps do you use on Linux that actually require the newer versions of OpenGL?
because that would make people think Nvidia has an open source driver
Technically they do. They've got one for Tegra, and if you're really pedantic they've got an old abandoned one called nv.
I came to say exactly this. Seems you beat me to it.
I had a quick look, and their base 500MB plan costs nearly double what I'm paying now (ignoring the fact I don't live in USA). Choosing between using my existing microSD card or paying $30 extra per month for enough data to support streaming? It's a no-brainer.
It's not about always-online requirements. I'd be perfectly happy to stream my music from "the cloud" if I didn't have a 200MB (yes, 0.2GB) data cap. I just about exceed that cap simply browsing the web and checking facebook now and then, without even getting into streaming.
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