Bij Gamespot UK hebben ze een review van de Creative Labs 3D Blaster Savage4 in elkaar geschroefd. Niet de snelste videokaart, maar wel interessant voor koper met een minder uitbundig budget. Hier heb je een blurb over de beeldkwaliteit van het ding:

The quality of the texture, however, varied depending on the type of surface portrayed. Walls, ceilings, floors and water features in Quake II in particular seemed slightly deeper and rougher around the edges, but explosions were not as smoothly rendered as they are on TNT2 and Voodoo3 cards, often appearing blocky and slow to complete. We could hardly notice any difference in the sprites themselves, many of which still looked like tailor's dummies rather than living organisms.

Yep, dat leest je goed: NullSoft is overgenomen door Amerika Onlijn. AGN 3D brengt het nieuws:

Yup you heard me right, AOL went on a buying spree recently and purchaced NullSoft, the fine fellows who make WinAMP. Sigh, man, I thought NullSoft would have gone public on their own... *DING* You have MP3's.... [break]Update: ik heb de press release gevonden bij Yahoo. Hier heb je meer info:[/break] America Online, Inc. (NYSE:AOL - news), the world leader in branded interactive services, today announced that it has acquired two leaders in Internet music -- Spinner Networks, Inc. and Nullsoft, Inc., developer of the Winamp and SHOUTcast brands.

The Company said that these acquisitions will extend its leadership in Internet music both now and into the future by making next-generation music features available to consumers of all its brands, providing a wide range of new audio and other applications and functionality to its partners, and helping to develop key music capabilities for AOL Anywhere devices and broadband initiatives in the future.

The Company said it will use the Spinner and Nullsoft technologies and programming to enable consumers to play all leading formats of Internet music.

In addition to building the Spinner, Winamp and SHOUTcast brands, America Online will also create custom-branded music services for the AOL, AOL.COM, CompuServe, Netcenter and ICQ brands, and offer live and Internet-only radio, sporting and other public events, and downloadable music, along with directory, search, commerce, and community features.

Ik was ff aan het kijken bij Riva Station, blijkt dat ze daar een DirectX 6 hack voor NFS3 gepost te hebben:

Normaly I donŽt post such things but this seems to be harmless because everybody can do it himself (if you have the demo). Chirs sends me a zip file whih contains files that makes Need For Speed 3 Direct X6 compatible. This should result in more performance for TNT and Voodoo3. The DLL files are from the new NFS Demo High Stakes: NFS3X.ZIP

Be carefull! This is not an offical patch! Use it on your own risk!!!

Ik heb niet kunnen uitproberen of dit werkt.

Sharky Extreme heeft z'n Show Floor Report gepost van de Computex beurs, die momenteel gaande is in Taipei. In het artikel vind je o.a. info over de 3Dfx, nVidia en dit stukje over nieuwe MP3 players:

Diamond's dominance in the portable MP3 market is set to be challenged. Not only has Creative announced their NOMAD but judging by what we saw today, the competition is set to get even stiffer. We counted at least six new MP3 players that were announced. Some from companies that we know well and some from companies we'd never heard of, but one factor was crystal clear- they were all going to be relatively cheap and at least cheaper than anything Diamond or Creative has to offer. The best of the bunch were perhaps Samsung's (yes the same company that makes TVs) two 'Yepp' branded products. No bigger than a business card (58mm x 85mm x 17mm) and weighing in at a paltry 64grams, their MP3 player will come with 40MB (8MB more than the standard RIO) memory. Extra memory cards will also be available. The flashy alloy casing (a deluxe version with an AM Tuner comes in gold) was kind of snazzy in a 'Ford Mustang alloy wheels' kind of way… More importantly Samsung Electronics expects to sell 500,000 units in 1999 and hold a 42% stake in the world market.

Verder weinig opvallend nieuws.

Ace's Hardware heeft info gepost over K7 moederborden die MSI, FIC en Gigabyte hebben aangekondig op de Computex beurs die momentaal in Taipei wordt gehouden. Check this (en thanx to JanKees voor de link):

Ok, iXBT guys reported it first, then Daiki saw it, and so it went up the page at JC's and Upgradecenter as well. You guys must know what I am talking about. Yes, the two K7 motherboards. The one from MSI (Microstar) is MS-6167: ATX, Slot A, 100/200MHz, 3DIMM (768MB max) and 4PCI/3ISA/1AGP; the one from FIC is SD11: ATX, Slot A, 200MHz, 3 DIMM and 5 PCI/2 ISA/1 AGP. Wow, impressed yet? Not enough you said? No problem, now this is what the sites mentioned above haven't reported yet: Gigabyte already announced their plan for a K7 motherboard as well, even though they haven't decided on the model number yet. Anyway, it will be ATX Slot-A, featuring 5 PCI and 200 Mhz according to the Gigabyte press release. This sudden surge of info on K7 motherboard has to do with the fact that Computex Taipei is currently taking place in Taiwan, from June1 to June 5. So be prepared to hear from exciting news in the next few days and I will keep you posted as soon and as accurately as I can. Hang on tight!

Wij willen Abit!

Michael Andrawes (slaaf van Anand ) heeft een review van de Gigabyte GA-6BX7 in elkaar weten te knutselen. De GA-6BX7 is een weinig opwindende socket 370 plank: alles is standaard, geen bijzondere features en geen voltage tweaking:

As usual, there's still no sign of voltage tweaking options from most manufacturers, including Gigabyte. Another oversight by many manufacturers is also found here - the ability to assign a specific IRQ to a particular PCI slot. This has been a boon for many users trying to sort out fully loaded situations, but something Gigabyte users will have to do without for now (although there is always the possibility of a BIOS upgrade to add it).

Extreme Hardware heeft een interview gepost met een mannetje van ACT Labs. Het interview gaat over het nieuwe Lightgun van ACT Labs. Hier heb je de eerste vraag, die verklaart meteen wat de Lightgun doet/is:

Extreme Hardware : First of all, could you give us a brief description of how the PC Lightgun will be used in its most simple operation?

Brandon Crick : There are 2 modes of play (we haven't thought of any "mode" names just yet heh) right now: 2 guns can be used simultaneously for 2 player action or 1 gun and the handheld controller can be used together for 1 player action/adventure style gaming. The 2-player action is completely geared towards the classic "rail" style genre where gamers are led around through the game environment by a controlled camera with video cutscenes that develop the plot in-between the action. The 1 player mode of control is suited for a variety of game genres; everything from outdoors sportsman titles, to 3D shooters to action/adventure titles.

Bij Riva Extreme hebben ze een review gepost van de Asus V3800 Deluxe. Eerder vandaad deed FullOn3D hetzelfde en zij waren niet erg positief over de bij de V3800 Deluxe meegeleverde 3D Glasses. Zo te lezen zijn ze positief, hoewel ze het ding niet goed hebben kunnen testen:

I have not really given the glasses a fair try yet because my monitor won't support the minimum 120Hz interlaced refresh rate. If you have a 17" or higher chances are that it does, but get out the data sheet on it first before jumping in too quick. However I did get to try them out on the Turok2 intro, and after crossing my eyes a bit, it looks AWESOME. Be forwarned: The glasses are Direct3D only. I was looking forward to q3test in real 3D too, but it just doesn't happen. So quake and Tribes are pretty much the only thing that is left out in the VR department (because a great majority of the games now will come with Direct3D support also.

One thing that I have been informed by Asus of is that they ARE working on the VR OpenGL drivers. Hopefully v3800 owners will, in the next few months, get to enjoy Quake2, q3test, and Tribes in mind blowing real 3D. : )

Verder veel info en een zooi benchmarks, alleen zonder vergelijking met andere videokaarten dus tamelijk waardeloos. Check de review hier.

Diamond gooit de prijs van z'n Rio MP3 player omlaag naar $169,95. Da's al een stuk vriendelijker prijsje. Hier heb je een hap uit de press release:

As of today, the estimated retail price (ERP) for the Rio PMP300 has been set at $169.95. Furthermore, customers can still take advantage of a limited-time $50 mail-in rebate for the Rio PMP300, effectively making its price $119.95 during the month of June.

[...]Diamond Multimedia has also begun shipping the Rio PMP300 Special Edition (SE). Featuring a transparent teal case design and 64MB of onboard flash memory, the Rio SE has an ERP of $249.95 and is available only from Diamond's Online Store or Best Buy Online. The Rio PMP300, the Rio Special Edition, flash memory upgrade cards and a variety of accessories for the Rio players can be purchased from Diamond Multimedia at the company's Online Store, located at www.diamondmm.com/where-to-buy/online-store. The Rio Special Edition is also available at www.bestbuy.com.

Appel heeft nieuwe Power G3's aangekondigd met snelheden tot 450Mhz. Tja, het blijft een Mac dus kun je er niet op werken (ik spreek uit ervaring - heb vandaag nog 2 uur achter een AaiMek gezeten ). Maar goed, hier is de press release, geplagieert van AGN Hardware:

Apple Computer, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL - news) today cranked up he speed of its highly successful Power Macintosh® G3 computers, which now feature the fastest PowerPC G3 microprocessors yet -- running at 350MHz, 400MHz, and 450MHz. In addition, the Power Macintosh G3 line now includes Mac® OS 8.6, the latest version of the Macintosh® operating system. Pricing remains unchanged, starting at an aggressive estimated retail price (ERP) of U.S. $1,599.

``The latest PowerPC G3 processors deliver a speed increase of up to 23 percent, making the Power Macintosh G3 an even more powerful tool for creative professionals,'' said Phil Schiller, Apple's vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. ``With its blazing speed, built-in FireWire, outstanding 3D graphics and the industry's most innovative industrial design, the Power Macintosh G3 line is simply the best computer available today.''

Hierna volgt nog een halve kilometer prijs informatie. Mocht je daar om een of andere reden in geïnteresseerd zijn, dan moet je ff verder wandelen richting de newsposting bij AGN HW.

Ook 3Dfx nestelt zich verder in de mobo business: Asus, A-Trend, Gigabyte en MSI gaan mammaplanken bouwen met en geïntegreerde V3-2000. Hier's de saus, van AGN 3D:

To mark the opening of Taiwan's Computex Taipei expo, 3dfx Interactive® Inc. today announced that it continues to drive high-volume motherboard wins for its Voodoo3(TM) 2000 graphics accelerator. 3dfx announced that its Voodoo3 2000 will be integrated onto new motherboard products from ASUSTeK, A-Trend , Gigabyte and MSI.

``With broad acceptance among motherboard manufacturers in Asia, 3dfx is delivering on its promise from COMDEX '98 to establish Voodoo3 2000 as a high-volume graphics product ideal for motherboard-level integration,'' said Michael Howse, senior vice president of worldwide marketing at 3dfx Interactive. ``Following our earlier motherboard design wins in the U.S. and Europe, these four announcements further solidify the Voodoo3 line as a volume leader both in retail and OEM channels, and strengthen 3dfx's role as a recognized leading graphics supplier.''

Available to OEMs this summer, the new motherboards will feature the 143MHz Voodoo3 2000 chipset with 16MB of memory and a 300MHz RAMDAC. Voodoo3 2000 will be highlighted in the P3B-V model from ASUSTeK; the ATC6253M, ATC6254M, and ATC6264M motherboard products from A-Trend; the 6BXM product from Gigabyte; and the MS6168 from MSI.

Alwéér een nieuw moederbord van Abit: de ZX-21 heeft een onplank TNT Vanta videoprocessor en is gebaseerd op de i440ZX chipset (neem ik aan). Hier heb je de press release, bruut geript van AGN 3D:

The ZX-21 has been designed specifically for value-conscious users and will give ABIT customers access to breakthrough 3D and industry-leading 2D performance with this new motherboard solution. The ZX-21is the next generation of ABIT's famous BX/ZX motherboards and includes many advanced hardware and software features.

``Vanta was designed to bring NVIDIA's well-documented performance and quality to system builders and motherboard manufactures that had previously not been available,'' said Dan Vivoli, vice president of marketing at NVIDIA. ``When combined with ABIT's proven ability to deliver industry leading motherboard solutions, we can now make our award-winning graphics power available to markets not currently being addressed by competitive solutions.''

``Vanta's advanced graphics engine combined with ABIT's industry leading motherboard design makes the ZX-21 an integrated graphics solution that is second to none,'' said Edwin Lin, director of research and development at ABIT Computer Corporation. ``The ZX-21 will allow entry level and corporate customers access to next-generation enabling technologies that meets budgetary concerns without compromising on performance or features.''

Meer gamestuff, het houdt niet op. Ik deel 'm ff op in twee newspostings, da's wel sociaal voor de arme modemgebruiker .

Drakan, Order of the Flame demo download (AVault)

Mikrosoft Flightsim 2000 screenshots (Screenshots.net)

Senior PGA Tour Golf review (Sports-Gaming.com)

Star Wars: Episode One Racer review (Evil Avatar)

GP500 preview (AGN 3D)

Outcast preview (AGN 3D)

Alien vs Predator review (RabidGaming.com)

Ik heb weer een zooitje game previews, reviews, interviews, screenshots e.d. bij elkaar verzameld. Here we go:

No One Lives Forever screenshots (Gamers' Crypt)

Final Fantasy 8 preview (Gamewire)

Tom Hall / Anachronox interview (U-Games.com)

Oni sneak peek (PC Gameworld)

Shogun screenshots (GA-Source)

Ik lees bij AGN 3D dat Diamond nieuwe drivers (versie 4.10.01.0401) heeft gereleased voor z'n Viper V770. De info vind je hier:

9XV771.TXT (1 kB, 28-May-99)
README for Windows 95/98 drivers for Viper V770 v4.10.01.0401, rel. 1.02 (0599).

9XV771_E.EXE (6,8 MB, 28-May-99)
Viper V770 - English Installation: Drivers for Windows 9X v4.10.01.0401 incl. DirectX 6.x and OpenGL support & ICT 99 v1.02, rel. 1.02 (0599). Autom. Installation or via *.inf file. Note README!

Ik zag bij ZDNet Nederland dat Sega de prijs van de Dreamcast met een derde heeft verlaagd.

Hier een stukie van de tex:

Sega gaat de prijs van Dreamcast Console met eenderde verlagen. De bedoeling van deze wereldwijde marketingstunt is om de strijd aan te gaan tegen Sony's Nintendo. Dit moet op 24 juni gaan gebeuren. Een Dreamcast Console zou dan in plaats van 29.800 yen (500 gulden) 19.900 yen (350 gulden) kosten.

Lees hier de rest van het bericht.

Tom heeft een nieuwe methode gevonden om betrouwbaar met Quake3 te kunnen benchen. Daarvoor gebruikt-ie de IHV versie voor hardware developers:

Sometimes you just have to wait and things get better. I'm not really a believer in those words, but after the nasty Q3test-disaster that struck me some two weeks ago, I may not have been able to do anything against it right away, but I felt that finally my chance would come to rectify things. Eventually last week I somehow got hold of a Q3-version that is supposed to be for IHVs or hardware vendors. The interesting thing about this Q3-version is the fact that you can't really play the game with it, but you can beautifully run benchmarks. Id is obviously supplying this software to hardware developers, so that they can test the performance of their products under Quake 3. Now some or even many of you may wonder, why this version or maybe a mixed playable/benchmarking-version has never been made available to the public. I have got my own ideas why Id wouldn't do this, but maybe you want to ask Id yourself. It could be that Q3test was indeed never meant to be used as a benchmark by anyone. This would be a strong reason

- why there was still no new version released that fixed the broken benchmarking option, and

- why I was bashed badly by Mr. Hook, because I was never supposed to do something with Q3test that wasn't meant to be done.

...begint-ie toch weer te zeiken over Brian Hook.

Anyway, op dit moment heeft Tom allen nog maar benchmarks met de PIII-550, die vind je hier. De TNT2 blijkt duidelijk sneller, waarschijnlijk omdat de Voodoo3 aan z'n fillrate limit begint te komen bij een 550MHz PIII. Op lagere CPU snelheden is de verhouding meestal andersom (V3 iets sneller).

Tom heeft weer een monday blurb in elkaar gedraaid, die geheel volgens traditie niet op maandag maar op dinsdag wordt gepost...

Om te beginnen zegt-ie ietsover de toekomst van THG:

I spent last week in the San Francisco Bay Area to finalize a transition, which is probably the most important and most exciting thing that happened to Tom's Hardware Guide for a very long time. I can now announce that Larry Barber has left Tom's Hardware Guide, which will start a new era. Larry and I will from now on go separate ways and of course I wish him all the best of luck on all his new endeavors. The team around me, bringing you Tom's Hardware Guide, has now got the chance to show that we are even more efficient in supplying you with experienced guidance in the technology scene, way beyond what you've seen so far, advancing in new areas even outside the PC-world. At the same time we will be able to offer exciting new job opportunities for interested and experienced people in the US as well as Europe and Asia. [break]...dat zegt-ie al jaren...maar goed, er staat ook nog zinnige info, waaronder dit stuk over z-buffering op de G400:[/break] We have found out that at 32-bit color mode with G400, 32-bit Z-buffer is never enabled, resulting in artifacts. Even when I force 32-bit Z-buffer, the games run with 16-bit Z-buffer. The only test where 32-bit Z-buffer is indeed enabled seems to be 3D Winbench.

Andrea Simmons, Matrox:

You are correct, with our current beta drivers, 32-bit z-buffer is never enabled. This could result in some artifacts with certain titles. The ability to run in 32-bit z-buffer will come with our final drivers. There won't be a noticeable difference in performance running in 32-bit z-buffer with the final drivers.

Verder nog wat PC133 en socket7 spul. Check THG voor de info.

AGN Hardware heeft een review van de Iwill le370 socket 370 moederplank geupt. Aan de specs te zien richt dit plankje zich vooral op de low-end sector:

When the IWill LE370 motherboard first showed up on the doorstep I was pretty excited. The board featured your standard Socket 370 motherboard amenities plus the addition of Aureal’s Vortex sound chip on the motherboard. This allowed you to have great sound in your budget computer without having to drop down extra money for a sound card for your system. Opening the box up and reading the instructions I noticed something that left a frown on my face trying to figure out what was up with IWill. The motherboard was using a 1 œ old LX chipset from Intel rather then the newest BX or ZX chipsets. This meant that there was no way I was going to be able to pop in my 300A PPGA processor and run at 450/504 like I can do with my Abit boards, due to the inability for the LX chipset to support the 100MHz FSB. Due to this reason I kind of stuck the box up on a shelf and meant to get to it whenever I had some time.

News.com heeft een nieuwsbericht over een bedrijf dat een of andere super snelle netwerk technologie aan het ontwikkelen is dat via het elektriciteitsnet werkt:

A Dallas-based company called Media Fusion says this dream may be less than a year away. The company's technology is still in the laboratory stage, but significant questions remain about its viability in real markets. Yet if it does work, the technology could radically reshape a communications landscape now dominated by telephone and cable companies.

Media Fusion is developing technology it says can send data, voice, or video signals over electric power lines, at speeds vastly exceeding current cable modem or telephone systems. Where cable or telephone companies talk in terms of megabits per second, Media Fusion talks of the possibility of transmitting exobits--that's a "1" with eighteen zeros after it--per second though power lines. [break]Het idee van een netwerk verbinding via het stopcontact is op zich niets nieuws, maar de snelheid die ze hier vermelden is wel véél hoger dan eerder genoemd:[/break] In discussions with financial backers and potential political supporters, the company has said individual consumers could get network connections of 2.5 gigabits per second--an estimate the company calls highly conservative.

Tweeëneenhalf Gigabit per sec! Da's lekker .

Sharky Extreme heeft z'n Buyer's Guide geupdate met o.a. wat info over de release dat van de Celeron 500:

The CPU front has also been quiet this past month, with only the Celeron 466MHz having been released. We met with Intel recently and it became apparent that the 466MHz Celeron is far from being the last in a long line. We have it on good authority that even when the Pentium IV and V are around, the Celeron will still be there. We expect an August 9th release for the 500MHz Celeron. As for Camino? It'll be Q3 before AGP 4X becomes standard (see our road map) but when it is unleashed, the 3D accelerator market should really benefit from the extra bandwidth. AGP will have truly arrived. Of course the only problem will be, just which 3D chip manufacturer will harbor the best support (more on that another time)?

Verder hebben ze nog info over de K7: die zal gereleased worden op minimaal 550Mhz.

FullOn3D heeft een review gepost van de Asus V3800 Deluxe, da's de versie op 150/183Mhz mét 3D Glasses. FullOn3D heeft een foto van die 3D bril:

hmm...daar ga je niet mee over straat stuiteren . Uit de review blijkt dat ze de bril niet echt geweldig vinden:

For the practical approach, ASUS' shutter glasses have the stuff to work in place, but the software side is still sorely lacking, which ASUS' representative readily admitted.

Core problem is the lack of presets for the popular games, which the competition, ELSA, delivers with their drivers already. It is more than a pain to fiddle with the settings to create a bearable 3D impression, although, once it is set, the effect is neat and works as advertised.

Secondly all kind of 2D images used, like the "Unreal" writing on the Unreal demo screen or the head-up display and dashboard in Need for Speed 3 are mind boggling to look at and cause a headache and your eyes to cross. I put the glasses away after 20 minutes and didn't touch them since.

Verder is de V3800 review erg compleet. Er wordt ook aandacht besteed aan de V3800 in combinatie met een socket7 systeem, interessant voor AMD bezitters. Check 't hier.

FPS3D heeft een artikel in elkaar geflanst over de "Future of PC Audio". Ze kijken naar de meest ideale bus (ISA, PCI, USB) en sound standards (EAX, A3D, Dolby Digital) en komen dan tot de conclusie dat dit de ultieme configuratie is:

Bus - 400Mbps Firewire (IEEE 1394) with an analog sideband for analog CD Audio support. Sound Processor - Should exist inside the speakers and outside of the case. Should be A3D/EAX compliant. Channels - 6 discreet channels, including a sub on it's own and seperate rear speakers. Control - Software or Manual control available.

Reactor Critical heeft een Quake2 OpenGL quality comparision in elkaar geknutseld waarmee je het kwaliteitsverschil van een aantal videokaarten kunt beoordelen. Doe dit niet aan de hand van de tumbnails want dat heeft weinig zin. Ze hebben screenshots op ware grootte, alleen krijg je bji de helft van de pics een 404.

Exscape is inmiddels op dag vier van z'n "Five days of id" serie. Eerder kwamen Wolfenstein en Doom I/II langs fietsen, vandaag is Quake aan de beurt:

Released in mid-1996, Quake racked up a lot of firsts, not just in the first person shooter (FPS) genre, but for games in general. It featured a truly three-dimensional world, with ramps, floors above floors, asymmetric walls, and polygonal models. It introduced gamers to terms like "mip-mapping", "lightmaps" and "dynamic lighting," not to mention that it single-handedly ushered in the current reign of 3D acceleration. Of far more importance, however, is that it was the first game to have seamless Internet play right out of the box. The game shipped with the server software built into the quake.exe file and all anyone had to do was start the game with the -listen or -dedicated command line and instantly, they would have a fully-functional Quake server up and running. The fallout from this was felt almost immediately on the Internet. Fan sites like PlanetQuake (now the huge Critical Mass network of sites) and Blue's Quake Rag (now Blue's News) started reporting on the rapidly growing Quake community. Teams began gathering to create modifications in the easily hackable Quake C language created for mod authors. Servers started popping up everywhere and players began organizing into "clans", groups that played together as teams to annihilate the competition. The addition of QuakeWorld, the free networking "experiment", kept the ball rolling. Allowing Quake to feel almost exactly like a single-player game, it brought the people that thought NetQuake felt unresponsive to the world of Internet gaming.

Geen nostalgische screenshots dit keer, maar als je de afgelopen tijd niet onder invloed bent geweest van allerlei mistige middeltjes dan zul je je waarschijnlijk nog wel kunnen herinneren hoe Quake eruit zag...

3DGN heeft een review van The Phantom Menace in elkaar geknutseld. Reviewers waren tot nu toe nogal skeptisch over die spel. 3DGN kan ook niet erg positief zijn:

If you're twelve years old, a gigantic Star Wars junkie (more than me), or are just plain loaded, then get this game. Otherwise, give it a pass. While it's cool fighting droids, ant-eaters, Jawa's and Sith Lords, the game is just one big maze and isn't really worth the time spent. The load times are insanely long as well. In one level, it takes 2 minutes just to load. It took me 30 seconds to die against this boss. Then 2 minutes to load again. This continued for about an hour. VERY annoying. Well, I love Star Wars, so I keep loading up the first level to attack droids with my lightsaber and listen to the cool music, so I'll go back to it now. If you feel like you HAVE to get a Star Wars game, get the racer, which I'll be reviewing in a few short days.

...en om de graphics te beoordelen heb je hier 3 screenshots:

Bij AVault hebben ze een review gepost van Sports Car GT. Zoals de naam doet vermoeden betekend dat rondraggen met GT wagens:

You have a pretty standard set of choices for how to race. You may select the time of day during which you wish to compete, with the possibility of racing for up to 24 hours, and the weather conditions present. It is possible to run a race with either a fixed time or a fixed number of laps, with varying fuel and tire use rates affecting the frequency of pit stops, and with speed compensation for trailing cars on or off. If you have just finished an exciting race, a replay is available as is the ability to record it for posterity. There are two solo race modes, including quick race and career, as well as a multiplayer mode that allows up to six people to compete against each other over a LAN, but, strangely, not the Internet.

Ben ik trouwens de enige persoon op deze aardkloot waarbij de demo hele rare dingen begint te doen in Direct3D op een TNT?

Unreal Universe heeft 3 screenshots van Unreal Tournament gepost. Hier heb je de tumbnails:

De 1024x748 1:1 versie vind je hier.

Tweak3D heeft een vijftal screenshots van NFS4 gepost. Hier heb je drie tumbnails (ze blijven leuk ):

Voor de grote versies moet je ff gaan neuzen op de frontpage van Tweak3D.

ZDNet heeft een nieuwsartikel waarin gesuggereert wordt dat de prijzen van de K7 tussen de $200 en $300 komen te liggen. Hier is de soep:

Breaking into that market has its own rewards -- namely, the ability to charge higher prices. Feibus estimates that K7 prices will be somewhere between $200 and $300. If AMD can maintain those prices, and grab an additional 15 percent to 17 percent of the mainstream market, it should be able to reach its Holy Grail of $100 average price.

Klinkt positief. 300 dollar is toch een stuk minder dan eerder genoemd prijzen (van ver boven de 1000 piek).

Ik kwam via AMDZone bij deze wazige japanse site die een paar foto's van de AMD K7 gepost heeft.

Tja, lijkt op een PII met een sticker erop .

Anand is extreem produktief de laagste dagen. Nu heeft-ie weer een review van de V770 Ultra gepost. Anand heeft zoals gewoonlijk weer wat overklokkers info:

If you'll notice, it doesn’t seem like Diamond wants us overclocking the memory frequency, most likely because the 5.5ns EliteMT SDRAM was only intended to run at 183MHz. Well, AnandTech intended to run that 183MHz SDRAM at 200MHz, so we did. If Hercules can accomplish it with 5.5ns SDRAM, Diamond should be able to as well. To AnandTech's surprise, the V770 Ultra worked fine at the 200MHz memory frequency. The core seemed to be the most difficult part of the card to overclock, after 175MHz there was a significant drop off in stability, and passing the 180MHz mark was a task Diamond's heatsink/fan simply couldn't help accomplish. Keep in mind that the extent of the V770 Ultra's overclocking ability will be unique to each individual card, but it would seem that 175/200 isn't a far stretch for most V770 Ultra owners. Why?

Benchmarks en info vind je bij AnandTech.