Recent Comments:
Intel unleashes the Centrino 2 -- finally {Engadget}
Jul 14th 2008 11:51PM Good summary of the technology behind Centrino 2 including switchable graphics!!! Does this mean a notebook that can do GOOD gaming while having great battery life on the go???
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=591
RV770-based AMD Radeon HD 4850 gets benchmarked {Engadget}
Jun 19th 2008 1:38PM Should be fixed now...
NVIDIA unearths GTX 280 and GTX 260 graphics cards {Engadget}
Jun 16th 2008 10:54AM Yeah, not too bad but priced a little high according this review:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=expert&aid=577&pid=2
Also, they take a look at the Folding@Home client and transcoding performance here:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=578
AMD back on the Havok physics engine bandwagon {Engadget}
Jun 12th 2008 12:28PM There are some good comments on WHY AMD would partner with Intel on physics in this editorial. Worth a read!
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=574
Steve Jobs keynote live from WWDC 2008 {Engadget}
Jun 9th 2008 2:17PM I've been listening to this...and I am 99% sure now that anyone that is CURRENTLY at the announcement covering it should NOT be allowed back. People that clap at just about everything Jobs says obviously isn't a valid source of impartial information.
Push email for everyone? Welcome to Blackberry.
3G? Welcome to Blackberry and just about everyone else.
Lack of enough processing power to run background applications? Welcome to iPhone.
Contact search? Seriously? Jesus...
Flickr app? Welcome to Blackberry.
Ugh.
Toshiba knows no shame, plans to release super-resolution DVD player {Engadget}
May 30th 2008 3:49PM This post is kind of disturbing -- how is offering a new player technology that works on EXISTING MEDIA possibly a bad thing? They are not asking you to buy anything you don't already own other than the player. Which current up-converting units are claiming as well.
I am personally so disappointed with Blu-ray prices that I am likely to try this out for under a few hundred bucks.
NVIDIA gobbles up ray tracing software maker RayScale {Engadget}
May 22nd 2008 5:24PM I think the fight with Intel is EXACTLY why this is happening...
AMD GAME! got game {Engadget}
May 20th 2008 1:42AM This is a pretty good write up on the idea of it, explaining what they are TRYING to do:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=560
In the end, it looks like a flub that should be an industry-wide initiative not an AMD-only one.
Joystiq FAQ: All about the AMD Game! Program {Joystiq}
May 20th 2008 1:42AM This is a pretty good write up on the idea of it, explaining what they are TRYING to do:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=560
In the end, it looks like a flub that should be an industry-wide initiative not an AMD-only one.
CliffyB: Gears of War 2 co-op will be "bigger and better" etc. {Joystiq}
May 14th 2008 3:10PM Exactly, Chris posted this exact interview basically...
