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General PC news
DirectX 11 will reportedly be finished late this year/early next year and released mid-2009. DX11 hardware is not expected until 2010 with games from mid-2010 onwards. Considering the little use of DX10 so far, it could take even longer and first generation DX11 cards won't be worth bothering with.
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Is there any new DirectX for Windows XP?
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No and never will be.
There is a third-party company/person who claim(s) to have a downloadable version of DX10 for XP but with this sort of thing you'd be taking big risks using a version not released by Microsoft. Remember: DirectX cannot be rolled back or uninstalled, you'd have to wipe XP off and install it again if you had a major problem. |
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Don Sweey, do you know anything about the release of WUSB into the UK?
I've heard March '08 but clearly not. It's just the buggers from America won't import to the UK.
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WUSB = Windows USB or is it Wireless USB?
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I just want you to like the décor.
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Intel have announced, amongst other things, that their versions of Solid State Drives (SSDs) will start shipping in 30 days.
For anyone interested, there's plenty of information about SSDs on the internet. In short, they use flash memory and have no moving parts, unlike conventional hard drives. Intel's SSDs will have a random access time of 0.1ms compared to the standard 8-9ms of a conventional hard drive. Certain Western Digital drives (Raptor and VelociRaptor) run at 10,000RPM rather than 7,200RPM and have an access time of 4-5ms but are far more expensive than their "slower" counterparts. There are a series of advantages and disadvantages for using SSDs but they are the way forward and though currently rather expensive (Intel won't be drawn on pricing but their drives are meant to be better value-for-money) are excellent for storing the OS as boot-up times are severely reduced. |
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nVidia are to lay off 6.5% of their workforce by October 26 due to a number of factors.
Microsoft are to release some ads in the PC v Mac (its really Windows v OSX) mould first inroduced by the marketing executives at Apple. Google are, supposedly, looking at the prospect of buying Valve who created Half-Life and the Steam service. |
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AMD sell off part of their fabrication business in order to try and remain competitive:
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Hope it works. Intel need strong competition or prices will rocket. |
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That's good news.
Sweey, do you reckon their lack of money being the main reason Intel surpassed them? O_o |
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When AMD had the lead with their Athlon series, it was clearly noted by all that Intel had two R&D teams and AMD only one. While one Intel R&D team looked into an Athlon competitor, the other one skipped ahead two steps and went for something way into the future. That's where they surpassed AMD whose one R&D team were stuck on Athlon and its immediate successor. AMD have never fully recovered from that which has led to their current position. My current system is my first Intel one ever. There isn't much difference between stock systems but Intel's CPUs overclock far better than the AMD CPUs. |
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I remember the days of Athlon back in 2003-2005. :\ I understand now. Thank you.
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Dug up that video Sweey, check her out.
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