Overclockers' Workbench heeft wat info over Coppermine support in Abit mobo's bijeen gemaaid. Zo te lezen hebben BH6 1.0x, BX6 1.0x, ZM6, BM6, WX6 Rev 1.0 en BP6 gebruikers pech gehad:

Q: Do the BH6 Rev. 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, etc. and up (BUT NOT 1.1 and above) boards and the BX6 Rev 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, etc. (BUT NOT BX6 Rev 2.0) boards support Coppermine CPUs?

A: No, the BH6 Rev. 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, 1.03, etc. and up (BUT NOT 1.1 and above) boards and the BX6 Rev 1.00, 1.01, 1.02, etc. (BUT NOT BX6 Rev 2.0) do not support Coppermine CPUs due to the native design of power for the CPU core voltage probably not being sufficient. So to avoid instability, we advise that the afore mentioned boards do not support Coppermine CPUs.

The BH6 1.1 boards can support the Coppermine CPUs but only with a 100MHz FSB

Q: Do the ZM6, BM6, WX6 Rev. 1.0 and BP6 boards support Coppermine CPUs?

A: Because the VTT and Reset signals of Coppermines are different from the current Socket 370 CPUs, the ZM6, BM6, WX6 Rev. 1.0 and BP6 boards will not support Coppermine CPUs.

Q: Does the BP6 support Coppermine CPUs?

A: No, not even in single mode as the circuitry for the dual configuration for Celerons of Socket 370 has used up extra pin outs that are needed by Coppermine.

ZDNet bericht vandaag over een mogelijk gevaarlijke security bug in Netscape Mail. Twee engineers van Reliable Software Technologies hebben namelijk uitgevogeld dat het vrij eenvoudig is om passwords te 'ontcijferen'. Hier vind je het hele bericht.

A software-security firm warned that its researchers have found a potentially serious security flaw in the e-mail system used by Netscape's Web browser.

Reliable Software Technologies, a Sterling, Va., software-security company, said Tuesday that two RST engineers needed just eight hours to duplicate the mathematical algorithm Netscape Mail uses to scramble users' passwords. The company said the problem affects all current versions of Netscape.

Gary McGraw, vice president for corporate technology at RST, said the Netscape algorithm was "not an obvious sitting duck -- [the password] appears to be scrambled up in a good way, but it's not cryptographically strong." That would allow a determined hacker to reverse-engineer the algorithm and figure out the password.

According to RST, the engineers who found the security hole came upon it inadvertently. They were writing a program "to look for badly protected key material, like passwords," says Dr. McGraw, adding that to test the program's validity, they ran it against Netscape's e-mail system because it's a highly popular software system that millions of people use.

The Register heeft een artikeltje gepost over de papieren release van de Coppermine 800 en 750, volgende week maandag. Verwacht wordt dat de 800MHz proc pas in februari of maart in geleverd kan worden, exact in de lijn van de oorspronkelijke Intel roadmap:

Chip giant Intel will provide samples of 800MHz Pentium IIIs to its OEMs at the beginning of next week and will also announce several flavours of other of its desktop processors.

[...] Providing samples to its OEMs -- the major PC manufacturers -- is not the same as supplying the chip in volume. The experience of people attempting to buy a 733MHz Coppermine Pentium III since October 25 bears witness to that. PC vendors will take time to evaluate the processors before they can build the 800MHz chip into their machines.

[...] The 750MHz parts, however, will start to appear rather sooner than the 800MHz. We can expect to see 800MHz chips in machines round about February or March, in line with Intel's revised roadmap.

[...] Once more it appears that Intel has decided to take the marchitecture rather than the architecture route, possibly panicked into such action by AMD's success with the 750MHz Athlon which is available in large volumes.

DirectX beta testers mogen binnenkort de eerste DirectX 8.0 beta CD's in hun brievenbox verwachten, meldt Betanews. De uiteindelijke release van DX8 staat gepland voor de zomer van 2000:

Microsoft has sent word to invited testers that today is the last day to pre-register for the DirectX 8.0 beta program. Microsoft is expected to ship the first beta CD to participants shortly. DirectX 8.0 will ship in box with Windows Millennium, although runtime releases for Windows 9x and 2000 will occur in the summer of next year. New features will include more photo realism and smoother surfaces within Direct3D, a new graphical input device control panel in DirectInput, and voice communication with DirectPlay.

De battle tussen Sony en de makers van de Bleem! PSX emulator krijgt een verrassende nieuwe wending, nu onze Bleem! vrienden zelf een rechtszaak tegen Sony hebben aangespannen :

Los Angeles-based Bleem claims Sony has unlawfully acquired, maintained, and extended its monopoly in the video game market through a combination of anti-competitive practices, including misuse of copyright, patents and other intellectual property. Bleem further asserts that the current lawsuit exemplifies these practices and is a "sham," brought in bad faith.

Further claims against Sony include combination or conspiracy in restraint of trade, intentional interference with contractual relations, defamation, and unfair competition with regard to Sony's well-publicized efforts to force show management to remove Bleem's booth from the E3 trade event last May.

Zie GA-Source voor het complete nieuwsartikel.

Ace's Hardware heeft een verklaring voor de super-lineaire snelheidstoename van de Athlon 700 ten opzichte van oudere Athlons. Nieuwere steppings blijken een iets grotere preorder buffer te hebben:

Athlon originally had capacity for 72 in-flight instructions in the reorder buffer. This was bumped to 78 instructions in a recent version of the silicon since it was determined to be a bottleneck for performance. As a result, the current silicon can reorder a few more instructions than the original.

Got Apex? heeft een review online geplant van de Intel OR840 mobo, een Dual Slot-1 bord met de i840 chipset en Rambus en AGP 4x support. Deze hardware komt natuurlijk het best tot zijn recht in professionele workstations, jammer dus dat het zaakie voornamelijk op gaming performance is getest:

Overall, this board is very stable, and the whole system is pretty quick. Features such as 4 RDRAM slots, 6 fan connectors, built-in 10/100 NIC make this board a winner. Unfortunately, for most of us, the real qualities of this board only start to shine in heavily multithreaded multitasking applications. In the gaming environment, money is better spent elsewhere. I was disappointed in the overall gaming performance; I didn't notice too much speed difference from my personal machine (Celeron @ 567). I'm waiting for some serious next-level goods before I consider a major upgrade, and this machine doesn't meet that need. The higher FSB is very nice, and the additional RAM bandwidth is probably the biggest feature of this board.

Ik zie dat de gasten van Storage Review de Maxtor DiamondMax Plus 40 eens getest hebben. Deze 7200rpm harde schijf met 10.2GB per platter en een opslagcapaciteit van maar liefst 41GB is de grootste ATA drive op de markt. En dat niet alleen, hij is ook gelijk de snelste schijf:

Subjective heat and noise results for the Plus 40 are nothing less than enviable. The drive, both at idle and when seeking seems every bit as quiet as the DiamondMax 40, a drive we found to be commendably unobtrusive. The heat generated by the Plus 40 shows that 7200rpm drives have truly come of age as a mainstream product: barely warm to the touch after extended use, the drive's need for active cooling is nil.

If we seem a bit high on the DiamondMax Plus 40, well, we are! The drive combines unprecedented ATA performance, massive capacity, impressively low levels of heat and noise, and an affordable price. Combine this with the fact that none of the competition has even announced a similar product and you have a sure-fire winner for users looking to purchase anything above the cheapest of entry-level drives.

With this review, we're going to debut the StorageReview.com "Safe Buy" award. The fact is that many products from various manufacturers manage to raise the bar or at very least match the performance expected from the product's class at any given point in time. Though its not intended to be an exclusive award (that distinction remains with the Editor's Choice award; the DiamondMax Plus 40 is the leading candidate for our next one), we nonetheless feel that the Plus 40 is truly at the very least a "Safe Buy." Congratulations, Maxtor!

insane schrijft: "The register meldt dat de yields (percentage goede RIMMs) van Rambus maar 50% zijn":

What a nice chap John Tu, one of the co-founders of Kingston Technology is. He wasn't at our breakfast meeting with the company this morning, but a prepared statement on the Rambus fiasco was.

In the statement, Tu says the following: "The new technology today is Rambus and the yield is only in the 50 per cent range. If current production lines are converted from today's technology to Rambus, and the yields on Rambus are not up to expectations, this is an overall reduction of current production. Overall volume is compromised during this transition period."

Very interesting. And so how is the availability for Rambus RIMMs getting on? According to two executives at Kingston, realistically we cannot expect to see too many RIMMs on the market until the beginning of next year.

Kingston also confirmed a story we wrote some days back confirming that unless you use the same type of RIMM in an 820 mobo, you may run into the sort of timing problems that made everyone decide to just use two RIMM sockets.

Lees hier verder.

Mark S> (alias VTec) meldt dat Quake III Arena gearriveerd is bij de Nederlandse distribiteur Contact Data, het zal dus niet lang duren voordat het spel overal in de polder te verkrijgen is:

We volgen de ontwikkelingen rond het uitkomen van Q3A natuurlijk op de voet, en hebben het volgende goede nieuws ontvangen: Quake3Arena is aangekomen bij distributeur Contact Data. Contact Data zorgt voor de verdere verspreiding van het spel in Nederland. Als alles goed gaat ligt Q3A vrijdagmiddag in de winkels. Zoals verwacht hebben klanten van de GamePoint Shop het spel mogelijk zelfs al eerder in huis, want wij gaan ze vanmiddag al op de bus doen

Verder roept Tremor dat je dan meteen aan de slag kunt gaan met het maken van je eigen deathmatch levels want Quake III Arena Map Editing Tools is uitgebracht. Ennuh, ja wij weten inmiddels dat er mensen zijn die Quake III al anderhalve week in huis hebben .

Mark S> (alias VTec) bezorgde ons een link naar deze review van de Diamond Viper II Z200 videokaart gebaseerd op de S3 Savage 2000. Helaas is de kaart gebenchmarked op een low-end P2-266 systeem zodat de CPU vaak de limiterende factor was. Hieronder de conclusie:

So, how does the card measure up? Because of the limited speed of my CPU, it is difficult to give a good impression of the raw speed of the card. But, I wasn't disappointed with the performance in Q3A. Direct3D performance was not so good, however.

As for the delivery of promised features, full-scene antialiasing and anisotropic filtering are missing. In my opinion, those features aren't that important, so I won't miss them. More serious of course is the lack of T&L in the drivers. On my system, T&L could have made a big difference, because it would have handled the work the CPU has to do. As already said, OpenGL T&L support should be available in the near future, while the future of DirectX support for T&L isn't really clear

It's good to see that the drivers are really progressing. The recently released 9.01.09 DX6 drivers seem to have fixed many issues with 3D Winbench2000, and includes many promised features that weren't present in the retail drivers. The DX7 drivers still need some work, and my guess is that they therefore aren't available yet.

To mention what has become the S3 cliché, the card shows a lot of potential, but it needs some driver work to bring out that potential. In comparison with other cards, the Savage2000 seems to be situated between the TNT2 and GeForce.

Tremor schrijft: "Opletten als je Q3A koopt in de winkel!":

Q3A CD-Key horror stories 12:50 AM (your time) Ben "PSX" Hamilton (52) Robert Colon fired over an e-mail to state that you should be checking your Q3 boxes for tampering in the event that someone opened the box and ganked your cd key before you bought it. Here is what he wrote: At my job people have been opening boxes of Quake 3 and tearing the CD Key sticker off of the back of the cases and then resealing the box tape. I think you should bring this to the attention of your readers to check their box seal for tampering because many stores have a no return once opened policy on software. This of course looks perfectly legal to ID's authentication servers since it isn't a cracked # but a legit one off of one of their CDs. This really hampers the fine individual that bought their game but has no CD key. I think this method of protection is one of the worst I have ever seen. Any kind of protection that hurts the customer is just wrong. Since no protection is 100% they should concentrate more on DETERRING would be pirates (even a small number of the jag-offs) and hurting 0% of the honest customers rather than hurting even just a few honest customers to stop many pirates. They try too hard to be 100% secure and hurt honest customers when there is no 100% secure no matter what. He brings up an interesting concept. So if you are planning on getting Q3 for christmas this year be sure to check the box, and return any boxes that have been tampered with.

Weer geen goeie zet van ID, de key op/in de doos zetten, als je het mij vraagt. Wat dat betreft is de beveiliging van HalfLife weer wat beter, door de key op het cd-hoesje te plakken.

Georgio schrijft: "Who needs ASDL?:

Dallas-based start-up Media Fusion has won a U.S. patent on a process it says can send data, video and voice over electric wires at speeds thousands of times faster than current high-speed Internet access technologies. Employing this system, a user could plug a computer or TV directly into an electrical grid through certain hardware technology to connect to the Internet at super-high speeds, the company claims. Bla Bla Bla even while keeping most details closely under wraps.

Zal dit het einde betekenen van "Ik wil kabel" "Ik wil ADSL" "Ik wil CampusNet"? Stel je eens voor wat dit kan betekenen voor internetverkeer: Iedereen kan http/ftp servers draaien met gigantische snelheden, hoe snel een site op je beeldscherm staat ligt niet meer aan je connectie maar aan je videokaart/refreshrate! Hier droom ik al van sinds mijn 286'er . Rest nog: wie word er provider? Zullen zij snelheidslimits opleggen? Stay tuned...

Bij CNEWZ is een press-release online gemikt van de nieuwe SuperScan 769 19" monitor van Hitachi. Dit nieuwe model heeft een maximale resolutie van 1600 bij 1280 @ 85Hz. Hieronder een gedeelte uit het presverhaal:

Hitachi NSA is pleased to announce the extension of its award-winning line of 19`` (18'' viewable) SuperScan monitors with the introduction of the new SuperScan 769. Based upon Hitachi's current line of award-winning 19`` monitors, the new 769 provides even higher performance, with a new yoke design that provides precise convergence. Suitable for the most demanding professionals, the SuperScan 769 provides a rock solid, flicker-free refresh rate of 85 Hz at its maximum resolution of 1600 x1280, yielding flicker-free images that reduce eyestrain and viewer fatigue. With an auto synchronization range of 31-115 kHz, the 769 enables consumers to take advantage of the increased performance benefits of high quality 115 kHz video cards that are now included in many PCs.

Entering the market with an MSRP of $649.00 the SuperScan 769 will be positioned as the new high-end product of Hitachi's award-winning 19-inch (18`` viewable) monitor family. With a compact design and a wide variety of digital controls, the 769 has a video clock frequency of 230 MHz. Exceptionally well equipped, the 769 has dual 15-pin D-sub inputs, Hitachi's Super High Contrast tube (that is 15% brighter and 10% sharper than other tubes) and is optimized for both PC & Mac. In addition, the 769 features Hitachi's PrecisionFocus technology with a multi-step dynamic focus gun, and provides a super-fine dot pitch of 0.22mm horizontal and 0.14mm vertical that form one of the crispest, brightest images available today. USB optional, customers requiring USB functionality can purchase Hitachi's intelligent USB hub, part number DUB-01A with an MSRP of $99.00, that allows users to quickly and accurately control screen adjustments through their keyboard. This USB module is powered directly by the monitor with 1 upstream and 4 downstream ports. Simple for consumers to install, the USB module requires no tools for installation and easily inserts into the case of the monitor.

The SuperScan 769 features five language selections and Hitachi's EasyMenu on-screen controls with adjustments for color temperature, degauss, moire, trapezoid, zoom, pincushion, input selection and more. This monitor is also user and environmentally friendly with features such as TCO '99 compliance, ergonomic design, AG/AS coating for reduced glare, Windows '98 compatibility as well as Windows `95 Plug & Play.

Deez Tech heeft een shoutout in elkaar gedraaid van een aantal socket 370 koelers. Uit de test bleek dat de GlobalWin FDP32 het beste zijn werk doet, voor o.a. koelers van Alpha en Cooler Master.

All in all, not a bad group of coolers. Even with their smaller size heatsinks and fans, the Cooler Master units stood the ground with the rest of them. I would also like to mention not a single one of these units made me change my OC'd settings of 567mhz. That is a great plus, as like some of you I hate to have to run slower than I know is possible. While this shows size does matter, we also see that it makes a big difference with effective case cooling. I beleive that in a bare stock case things would have been hotter of course and possibly a little more gap in the temps. GlobalWin's big badass FDP32 stole the contest coming in a "cool" 4 deg. Celcius below the hottest temp. For the money they are all a good deal, and I would use any one of them in a box without question. Again, I would like to say thanks to both companies for sending the demo units, check out their sites and gear. There is sure to be something at each you can use. Take it easy, and happy cooling to all.

Ik zie dat Elsa nieuwe drivers gebakken heeft voor hun Erazor III, Erazor III LT en Erazor III Pro videokaarten. De drivers beschikken nu over beta OpenGL drivers voor de 3D Revelator glasses. Klik hier om te downloaden. (5.13MB)

Bij FPS3D is een review te vinden van de Nascar Charger Racing Wheel, een van de eenvoudigere stuurwielen van ThrustMaster.

I found the Nascar Charger to be an excellent wheel/pedal bundle. It doesn't support the latest techologies, but it does offer extremely precise racing at a fraction of what some of the newer wheels cost. The wheel unit doesn't take up more than a square foot of desktop space, and looks pretty slick. The buttons are all conveniently placed and are not hard to find, no matter how fast you're racing. The only thing holding this product back from an FPS 3D Pure Power Product Award is the lack of features. The competition supports force feedback and USB, but the Charger does not. I still recommend this wheel to any racer, enthusiast or not. It is a simple, cost effective wheel that does the same great job as the more expensive ones, just without the latest features.

Target PC legt in 12 stappen uit hoe je voor jezelf de beste PC koopt. Wellicht handig voor de leek die zichzelf een PC wil schenken voor de kerstdagen .

When I somehow manage to grace a retail computer superstore, I listen. Most conversations near the system aisle tell me that the vast majority of buyers don’t have a clue as to what to plunk down their hard-earned cash on. Should I get this brand or that brand? What size monitor is big enough? Why do I see $300 video cards when entire systems cost less than that? Rarely do I ever recommend a store bought system when you can indeed have just what you need…or want. Just like those other twelve step programs, here is a computer buying twelve stepper.

3DHardware.net vond het nog wel nodig om een review te posten van de 3dfx Voodoo3 3500-TV kaart. Tsja, dit beestje zal nog een maandje of 4 à 5 mee moeten . Hieronder maar een hap uit de conclusie:

What have 3dfx done with the Voodoo3 3500-TV? Well, they have created a very fast graphics card suited for hardcore gamers and added video features to it. It is important to keep in mind that 3dfx have always targetted gamers and will surely continue to do so. But with the 3500-TV they offered gamers the ability to view and capture video. Where the Marvel G400-TV succeeds in video capture and editing the 3500-TV succeeds in gaming performance. We were surprised over the good quality of the TV-output but was at the same time put down by the poor quality if the video input and the fact that video capture isn't accelerated in hardware will also make usability go down. With the release of nVIDIA's high-performing GeForce 256 for gaming and Matrox's new TurboGL (for all CPUs) one wonder where the 3500-TV stands. It does offer decent performance although lower than the GeForce 256 and it does offer ok video features although inferior to those found in the Marvel G400-TV.

If gaming is your thing and you need a new graphics card right now to keep you satisfied until the next wave of products then I recommend you getting a cheaper card such as the Voodoo3 3000. There's also always the choice of overclocking the Voodoo3 3000 to 3500 speeds (not uncommon) and you will get the same level of performance.

If video is what you live for and you want a good solution for your PC then stay away from the 3500-TV and look at other solutions such as the Matrox Marvel G400-TV or more professional systems offered by Pinnacle Systems (DV10 etc).

We like the concept behind the 3500-TV but feel that it is "too little, too late".

Ik lees bij Anand dat er uitgelekte nVidia Detonator 3.65 drivers gesignaleerd zijn voor Windows 2000. Als je ze wilt testen, download ze dan hier of hier.

Mightyman schrijft dat de Consumentenbond nog een onderzoek gaat instellen naar Superweb. Hoogtwaarschijnlijk zal deze erna zeker de volle laag krijgen. In het uiterste geval zal er naar de rechter gestapt worden. Hieronder een gedeelte uit dit artikel van WebWereld.

"We onderzoeken nu eerst of Superweb zich echt niet aan de afspraken houdt," licht Ewald van Kouwen van de Consumentenbond toe. "We vermoeden van niet." Na het onderzoek krijgt de ISP vrijwel zeker de volle laag. De intensiteit van de acties wordt stapsgewijs opgevoerd. Eerst zal de bond de publiciteit zoeken en in de Consumentengids waarschuwen voor de slechte dienstverlening van Superweb. "In het uiterste geval stappen we naar de rechter om Superweb in het gareel te krijgen," aldus Van Kouwen, daaraan toevoegend dat 'de tijd van overleg al verstreken is'. De klachtenstroom over de diensten van de ISP, die haar klanten laat inbellen op een gratis 0800-nummer tegen 35 gulden per maand, houdt onafgebroken aan. De meest recente problemen gaan over wachtwoorden die plots ongeldig blijken. Wanneer na ettelijke keren bellen eindelijk de lijn wordt beantwoord, wordt de verbinding enkele seconden later verbroken omdat het wachtwoord niet zou kloppen.

Snader kwam overigens ook een linkje brengen naar dit bericht van Nu.nl over de klachtenregen richting Superweb.

Bavaria schrijft: "Nu maar hopen dat ze niet zijn vergeten die OpenGl erin te zetten .":

Sources have reported today that Windows 2000 Build 2195 has hit Release To Manufacturing. Microsoft had encountered a few last minute bugs which led to the delay in release, initially slated for the 8th. Microsoft is set to begin shipping Windows 2000 on February 17th of next year. Although not clear on whether final CDs will ship to beta participants, Microsoft has posted the golden build to their beta FTP site and is expected to begin allowing downloads tomorrow morning.

denhis schrijft: "Jan-Paul Waveren kreeg een e-mail of hij even naar ID- Deadquarters wou komen

Dat was het begin van een job bij ID! Hij is verantwoordelijk voor de bots, maar lees ff het verhaal waarin hij nadrukkelijk genoemd wordt. Sterker nog, zonder Jan geen Quake III voor de Kerst !! ":

With Q3Test1 available on the Internet and being lauded by gamers around the world, the pressure was on for id to capitalize on the excitement and release the game. "It was definitely a tough situation with the bots," elucidates Devine. "We knew that if we didn't bring in someone to help us, there was no way this game was going to ship before 2000."

That someone was Jan-Paul Waveren, a 22-year-old student from the Netherlands, who, between studying for classes and playing Quake, managed to create the Gladiator bot add-on for Quake II. One day this past summer, Waveren received SOS e-mail from id. "Graeme e-mailed me and said, 'Would you be interested in coming over for a week to talk to us?'" explains Waveren, sounding a little shell-shocked by the fact that he now has an office at id Software and is considered part of the team. Before he knew it, he was on a plane to Dallas to meet id.

Upon arriving at id, Waveren worked with programmer John Cash to bring the bots to life, a task that both programmers admit is an evolving science. "The hardest thing with the bots," explains Cash, "is developing the technology so they don't have perfect aim." Since the bots are technically part of the game, they could constantly point the rail gun at you and hit spot-on, no questions asked. "But we want to make the bots seem human," explains Cash, "and therefore we need to make them miss convincingly."

Balance was another key issue, and Waveren developed 50 different characteristics for the bots, including aim accuracy for each weapon, favorite weapon, aggression, and jump height. As a result, bots have developed personalities and character traits; for example, you'll want to get out of the way when the Grunt has the rail gun in his arsenal.

If there is one aspect of the bot code that Waveren is particularly proud of implementing into the game, it's his 3D area system. "A lot of our competitors use a waypoint system where you actually have to hand-place spots the bots can touch on the map," he explains in his European accent. "Well, if you play the game enough times, you get a feeling where the bots are likely to appear." Hence, Waveren developed an area system that actually takes a 3D representation of the entire arena and gives the data to the bot, eliminating the need for waypoints. "This way," he says with his finger pointing in the air as if to add emphasis, "the bots have no preordained path. They are just like human players, and they can go anywhere on the map."

Waveren's innovation didn't stop with his area system. In a feature that id did not reveal before the game shipped, Waveren also implemented the ability for you to actually chat and command fellow bots in teamplay modes, such as capture the flag. Pulling up the game on his computer to illustrate this new feature, Waveren spawns two bots and types in, "I am the team leader." Automatically, the bots recognize him as the leader. If you really want to get an edge on the competition, Waveren offers an important tip: "It's usually a good idea to make the bot your team leader and then just follow his commands!"

Quake III was shaping up to be the game that id had envisioned - but not without some expert help. All told, everyone inside of id admits that Waveren's involvement was key to putting the single-player project back on track. "It was really uncomfortable for me towards the end," admits Carmack, "because I'd been idling for a while, waiting for the bots to work." Although he says he considered just doing the bots himself, and "had a tough time holding back," Carmack is incredibly happy with the results. "In a lot of ways, Jan really saved us," says Carmack, in a tip of the hat to a fellow programmer. "Without Jan, we would have been at risk of missing Christmas."

Good job Jan-Paul!! Bovenstaande is overigens afkomstig uit Gamespot's artikel "The Final Hours of Quake III Arena", dat je hier in zijn geheel kan nalezen.

hjs stuurde een link in naar dit interview van nV News met 3dfx, waar Creative inmiddels al op gereageerd heeft. Uiteraard is het wel weer een 'T&L vs. T-Buffer' verhaal geworden, zoals we die nog wel meer zullen tegenkomen. Anyway, check hier de antwoorden van 3dfx, en daaronder Creative's reactie erop. Hieronder vast een stukkie tekst van Creative:

I think you see the characteristic difference between 3dfx's approach of accelerating the past, versus NVIDIA's approach of accelerating the past AND providing a platform for the future in this answer. Up until recently, the processor has not had a problem pushing triangles to the screen. So if you spend your time focusing on the past, on yesterday's titles, you would surely come to the conclusion that T&L wasn't needed.

Thankfully, NVIDIA's designers saw the need for T&L before it became a huge problem. One reason for this difference of vision is schedule. The VSA 100 was supposed to be a product some time ago, like last July (note it has TNT2 Ultra like performance in a single chip configuration: 166MHz, 333MegaTexels). In the time frame when they originally planned to launch it, T&L was not so critical.

For those of us who have seen the titles in the pipeline with T&L support, there is no second guessing. There is no waffling on its importance. If you buy a card with T&L support now, you get a great fill rate for the legacy apps, and you get great protection for the future apps. How long are you going to own your video card? 6 months, 1 year, 18 months? If you buy T&L today, you have the peace of mind that you have bought the fastest card you can own today, and you have the security that as more and more T&L titles ship, your experience won't suffer because your processor can't keep up. If you wait 6 months to buy a card that doesn't support T&L, you actually are in a bigger danger of the card being outdated by new content. Now wouldn't that frost you?

insane schrijft: "Intel heeft vandaag aankondigd om niet meer door te gaan met het project Greendale. Greendale was een chipset voor mobiles met Direct Rambus DRAM ondersteuning":

Intel Corp. has pulled the plug on a project , code-named Greendale, to develop a chipset to support a mobile version of Direct Rambus DRAM, according to industry sources.

An Intel spokesman, when asked about the veracity of this report, reiterated the company's policy of not commenting on unannounced programs in development. He said Intel still expects to see a mobile Direct Rambus chip come to market in 2000 or 2001, and added that the company will support all customer needs for mobile Direct Rambus DRAM.

Rambus Inc., the Mountain View, Calif.-based designer of the chip, said Direct Rambus DRAM is uniquely suited for mobile applications because of its several power-saving modes, including standby and nap.

Mooi, we hoeven Rambus niet tegen te komen in laptops de komende tijd. Klik hier voor de rest van het artikel.

Beukie schrijft: "Q3A developers Tim Willits en Paul Steed hebben in een IRC chat laten weten dat er een versie van Wolfenstein in ontwikkeling is die gebruik maakt van de Quake III engine ":

#Auditorium.Room01 -> how about Doom 2000 and Wolfenstein 3D updated any hints?

A version of Wolfenstein using the Quake 3 engine is currently in development.

Awesome news.

...but not by id Software, under the DIRECTION of id Software.