WOOFLE
09-Jul-2002, 04:52
Ace's Hardware investigate the two contenders ('http://www.aceshardware.com/read.jsp?id=50000240') that should eventually end up arriving at the public after a bout in the 64 bit server arena. IA64 and x86-64 from Intel and AMD resprectively. It cites some very interesting points.
This years Siggraph will obviously have a lot of interesting things available to attract your attentions, but I feel none have a name of the calibre to stand up to "RenderMonkey ('http://www.siggraph.org/s2002/conference/exhibit/index.html')" from ATI...
Whatever else might be said about Quake3 as a benchmarking tool it does scale well across a variety of platforms and who can argue with 503.6 FPS ('http://www.lostcircuits.com/motherboard/iwill_p4r533n/9.shtml') The next question after seeing that I presume would be: "What was that on?" Well it was nested within Lost circuits Iwill P4R533N review.
They're telling me to expect something regarding the nForce2 ('http://digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/07/05&pages=14&seq=103') to make a splash around the 16th.
A bloke by the name of Omegadrive has modified drivers ('http://www.omegacorner.com/') apparently for significantly improving image quality on modern ATI and nVidia cards at only a modest performance hit. I've yet to try these myself, but the results look promising. As always remember to make backups before trying something like this as there's always a possiblity it could damage your system, not of course that it necessarily will.
Also to soon have it's turn under the grill is an intriguing little program from nVidia called EarthViewer3D. ('http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=earthviewer') Apparently it: <blockquote>"harnesses the power of NVIDIA GPUs. Fusing high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, elevation data, GPS coordinates, and overlay information about cities and businesses, EarthViewer3D delivers a streaming, 3D map of the entire globe to PCs powered with NVIDIA GPUs."</blockquote>RefreshForce ('http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rf/') is a tweak tool that is meant to permanently solve the win2K/XP 60Hz problem regardless of system config!
A step forward in lithography technology ('http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20020705S0074') is set to have smaller manufacturing processes out there by mid 2003. It is aimed at starting at 0.07 microns and heading down from there.
Those who enjoy a reminisce over an aged port or three about ye ol' 3dfx might well enjoy this. ('http://www.vnroundup.com/index.php?item=articles/3dfx') Don't however expect any new information however.
Something without a real connection to 3D, but most certainly worthy of attention as it is likely to affect most of us in the future. The EU has decided that Microsoft's .net system is enough of a concern that they feel the need to investigate it... ('http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1158591')
This years Siggraph will obviously have a lot of interesting things available to attract your attentions, but I feel none have a name of the calibre to stand up to "RenderMonkey ('http://www.siggraph.org/s2002/conference/exhibit/index.html')" from ATI...
Whatever else might be said about Quake3 as a benchmarking tool it does scale well across a variety of platforms and who can argue with 503.6 FPS ('http://www.lostcircuits.com/motherboard/iwill_p4r533n/9.shtml') The next question after seeing that I presume would be: "What was that on?" Well it was nested within Lost circuits Iwill P4R533N review.
They're telling me to expect something regarding the nForce2 ('http://digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2002/07/05&pages=14&seq=103') to make a splash around the 16th.
A bloke by the name of Omegadrive has modified drivers ('http://www.omegacorner.com/') apparently for significantly improving image quality on modern ATI and nVidia cards at only a modest performance hit. I've yet to try these myself, but the results look promising. As always remember to make backups before trying something like this as there's always a possiblity it could damage your system, not of course that it necessarily will.
Also to soon have it's turn under the grill is an intriguing little program from nVidia called EarthViewer3D. ('http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?IO=earthviewer') Apparently it: <blockquote>"harnesses the power of NVIDIA GPUs. Fusing high-resolution satellite and aerial imagery, elevation data, GPS coordinates, and overlay information about cities and businesses, EarthViewer3D delivers a streaming, 3D map of the entire globe to PCs powered with NVIDIA GPUs."</blockquote>RefreshForce ('http://www.pagehosting.co.uk/rf/') is a tweak tool that is meant to permanently solve the win2K/XP 60Hz problem regardless of system config!
A step forward in lithography technology ('http://www.siliconstrategies.com/story/OEG20020705S0074') is set to have smaller manufacturing processes out there by mid 2003. It is aimed at starting at 0.07 microns and heading down from there.
Those who enjoy a reminisce over an aged port or three about ye ol' 3dfx might well enjoy this. ('http://www.vnroundup.com/index.php?item=articles/3dfx') Don't however expect any new information however.
Something without a real connection to 3D, but most certainly worthy of attention as it is likely to affect most of us in the future. The EU has decided that Microsoft's .net system is enough of a concern that they feel the need to investigate it... ('http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1158591')