"It won't be long before you start seeing people canceling cable TV completely and using online services for the content they want."
For bulk transfer the internet's viable. For streaming it's hit or miss with network congestion (Hulu) and lowering of quality when bandwidth demands become too much (Netflix).
Hate to tear you away from your fanboyism but you can indeed install just the drivers, and instead of using the catalyst control center (the part that requires.NET). You can use the ATI tray tools to do the same.
Or it could be cash-strapped ATI/AMD pushing the thankless task of writing their next drivers* upon the community. Someone doing their job for free? Now what business could turn that down?
*Let's not also forget ATI's reputation when it comes to drivers. As well as the fact that these documents will be sanitized.
Hehe. I'm just having a smile-day today. Upgrading memory and a video card is considered "substantial" these days? Anyway for those you've never ordered a piece of hardware in say...the past few months. Computer hardware prices have dropped like a rock. You basically can build an entire machine for under $500.00. $200.00 can get you a nice flat-panel.
I actually am using the 796GX video.* It's not a discrete solution but it works well enough. As for why having it when one will disable it? How about for when your video card's being RMAd and you need to use your machine? Another is as someone indicated, HTPCs. Last occasionally a server will need video.
*Jetway MB. ASRocks nice too. Foxconn makes AMD boards and Foxconn is the company that makes boards for Intel. So the Intel Fan boys may just want to be quiet.
It's also a question of the "distributed" model vs the "centralized" model. Could one have a viable consistent news agency consisting of random people scattered across the globe? Blogger #1 is in Iraq and "reports" what he sees. Blogger two and three pick it up, comment, and spread it worldwide. Is it going to be to the same standards as everyone here claim traditional media should be held to? Also if the story is to be true then the model newspapers are using is already being validated otherwise the biosphere wouldn't be depending on them so much. And with that being said then we come full circle. If the contents worth having, then why aren't enough paying for it?
"The stereoscope, that killer technology of the last century but one, was invented in 1859 by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., who gave it away and never made a dime off it."
And it would have expired by 1923 so what would your point be? What if he did make money off it? It would be irrelevant to us.
And LBP is the only way that the Hypervisor (the babysitter OS in the PS3) will let you access the full 3D capabilities of the system for homebrew development!
(Of course, Sony owns anything you make...)
I just made a baby. Glad I don't have to support him.
"This certainly isn't the first time someone has exploited the phone system and stuck another with the bill. Maybe it's time for the phone company to get their fraud detection and prevention services at least on par with what the credit card companies have done."
Good thing this wasn't a story about unsecured WAPs. Otherwise we could use the "But IT asked me to" defense to put the blame were it belongs.
"We've narrowed our focus on PSUs in the 350-500W range, which should be enough power for most budget and mid-range systems."
This isn't quite true. The more important question is the amps on the +12V Rails? Even better if yours has a monorail design were all the power-hungry parts can get what they need. Also sustained rating is important. Not peak. And last even the better brands can be/go bad. My PC Power & Cooling 750 silencer was recieved DOA. It happens even to the best...much like hard drives.
"GamePolitics reports that Decatur, Georgia is looking into the development of a virtual environment to "encourage community networking, improve civic engagement, and promote economic development in the city."
That's not why you got dinged. You got dinged for implying that pretty graphics were the only reason for GPU development. Your followup "silliness", simply reinforced that viewpoint. As me and others have pointed out GPUs ARE being called upon to do more than that. Directly related to "pretty graphics" is AI and Physics. Areas games traditionally have been weak in. Secondarily there is CUDA which promises speedups on tasks people are presently doing and I don't mean the rarefied world of academia but ordinary folks. And most important of all GPUs are HERE and available NOW. And economically to boot. Why shouldn't we take advantage of something we've already paid for?
In order to do that Intel would have to adopt some of the architecture that is a GPU. Hence become the very thing you dislike. Right now GPUs are here and being used. Your fictional core isn't and with present limitations most likely will not be showing up for some time.
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"It won't be long before you start seeing people canceling cable TV completely and using online services for the content they want."
For bulk transfer the internet's viable. For streaming it's hit or miss with network congestion (Hulu) and lowering of quality when bandwidth demands become too much (Netflix).
Then it wouldn't be a "movie".
Also Nvidia's ahead in stream computing. As well as being easier to work with.
Hate to tear you away from your fanboyism but you can indeed install just the drivers, and instead of using the catalyst control center (the part that requires .NET). You can use the ATI tray tools to do the same.
Or it could be cash-strapped ATI/AMD pushing the thankless task of writing their next drivers* upon the community. Someone doing their job for free? Now what business could turn that down?
*Let's not also forget ATI's reputation when it comes to drivers. As well as the fact that these documents will be sanitized.
I wish they'd combine that with the Wave. The best of both worlds, but apparently ergonomic and illuminated are mutually exclusive.
Hehe. I'm just having a smile-day today. Upgrading memory and a video card is considered "substantial" these days? Anyway for those you've never ordered a piece of hardware in say...the past few months. Computer hardware prices have dropped like a rock. You basically can build an entire machine for under $500.00. $200.00 can get you a nice flat-panel.
I actually am using the 796GX video.* It's not a discrete solution but it works well enough. As for why having it when one will disable it? How about for when your video card's being RMAd and you need to use your machine? Another is as someone indicated, HTPCs. Last occasionally a server will need video.
*Jetway MB. ASRocks nice too. Foxconn makes AMD boards and Foxconn is the company that makes boards for Intel. So the Intel Fan boys may just want to be quiet.
So you'll know grandma is still available.
Quick! Call up the NSA. This guys onto something.
Hmm. Since you asked so nicely. Try being a Smalltalk or Lisp programmer under Windows. It's doable but $$$ for uncrippled software.
It's only in Hollywood gasoline make cars explode with impact (or rather just before).
Sure they don't.
It's also a question of the "distributed" model vs the "centralized" model. Could one have a viable consistent news agency consisting of random people scattered across the globe? Blogger #1 is in Iraq and "reports" what he sees. Blogger two and three pick it up, comment, and spread it worldwide. Is it going to be to the same standards as everyone here claim traditional media should be held to? Also if the story is to be true then the model newspapers are using is already being validated otherwise the biosphere wouldn't be depending on them so much. And with that being said then we come full circle. If the contents worth having, then why aren't enough paying for it?
"The stereoscope, that killer technology of the last century but one, was invented in 1859 by Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., who gave it away and never made a dime off it."
And it would have expired by 1923 so what would your point be? What if he did make money off it? It would be irrelevant to us.
TAG:STOPCALLINGITPIRACY.
Yup we should start calling it "Copyright Infringement" so we can come up with even better excuses than before.
Hands On: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Part 1)
Hands On: F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (Part 2)
Exclusive Hands On: Project Origin
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Behind the Scenes - Engine
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Dev Diary: Design & story.
Enjoy the videos and don't forget to upgrade your PC. :)
And LBP is the only way that the Hypervisor (the babysitter OS in the PS3) will let you access the full 3D capabilities of the system for homebrew development!
(Of course, Sony owns anything you make...)
I just made a baby. Glad I don't have to support him.
"This certainly isn't the first time someone has exploited the phone system and stuck another with the bill. Maybe it's time for the phone company to get their fraud detection and prevention services at least on par with what the credit card companies have done."
Good thing this wasn't a story about unsecured WAPs. Otherwise we could use the "But IT asked me to" defense to put the blame were it belongs.
In the antique business, it's not "used". It's "Previously enjoyed!"
That's what I said about my last wife.
Bet you can't get her to say, "But Ostracus, you're so handsome." :)
"We've narrowed our focus on PSUs in the 350-500W range, which should be enough power for most budget and mid-range systems."
This isn't quite true. The more important question is the amps on the +12V Rails? Even better if yours has a monorail design were all the power-hungry parts can get what they need. Also sustained rating is important. Not peak. And last even the better brands can be/go bad. My PC Power & Cooling 750 silencer was recieved DOA. It happens even to the best...much like hard drives.
"You can hide a multitude of sins behind one of those "Warranty void if broken" paper seals. ;)"
Slashdot has one of those.
"GamePolitics reports that Decatur, Georgia is looking into the development of a virtual environment to "encourage community networking, improve civic engagement, and promote economic development in the city."
The Sims meets Sim City.
That's not why you got dinged. You got dinged for implying that pretty graphics were the only reason for GPU development. Your followup "silliness", simply reinforced that viewpoint. As me and others have pointed out GPUs ARE being called upon to do more than that. Directly related to "pretty graphics" is AI and Physics. Areas games traditionally have been weak in. Secondarily there is CUDA which promises speedups on tasks people are presently doing and I don't mean the rarefied world of academia but ordinary folks. And most important of all GPUs are HERE and available NOW. And economically to boot. Why shouldn't we take advantage of something we've already paid for?
In order to do that Intel would have to adopt some of the architecture that is a GPU. Hence become the very thing you dislike. Right now GPUs are here and being used. Your fictional core isn't and with present limitations most likely will not be showing up for some time.