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@Optix - it's so, so true. @Rob - You're failing to understand my point. If NV's cards cannot handle SSE2 instructions, I see absolutely no reason why it should then create an entirely separate compiler to utilize SSE2 (or anything else) for people to run it as a separate thread on a NON-NV...

Wow, there's a lot of issues here. It's one thing to optimize for YOUR platform, it's another to intentionally hobble all others. That being said, this is a BIG accusation and one that needs more consideration. What the author DOESN'T go on to talk about in the initial report is what...

It's been long rumored that NVIDIA designs PhysX to run in a throttled state on a CPU in order to have more impressive results on its own GeForce hardware, and after seeing the research done by David Kanter of Real World Technologies, it's going to be hard to continue calling it a rumor. By...

One of the most popular methods of communication on the Web today is by way of message forums (or boards). We of course have our own, filled with lots to read and discuss with other knowledgeable posters. We're not alone, of course, as it's almost a given that most content sites out there have...

Think that gaming across three or more displays delivers little more than a larger game? Not true, as the wider the resolution, the more of the game you see. Not only can multi-display gaming increase the immersion level, but it can even give you a competitive advantage online. Yes, we have...

I can acknowledge, even as an Apple zealot, that Jobs is a bit out of line here. That being said, though, I can't help but feel the synopsis provided as a bit...trite. Wow, Apple is protecting its money and its third-party devs instead of supporting a not-really-standard that hasn't actually...

I haven't been cursed with the activation issues of Windows either...but that's because I cracked my perfectly legal copy of Vista, and then I never installed another MS operating system. The monthly-pay for online services is an unfortunate implementation that I would consider far more...

I actually agree quite a bit with what our dear friend "Unregistered" has added here. It's hard to quantify the damage of piracy, and I think both sides really do a great job of abusing that fact for their personal gains. Pirates say "I wouldn't have bought it anyhow," and companies say...

That was definitely the highlight of my night... I need to look these guys up!

For what it's worth - I worked in the industry for several years before coming to Techgage, at what was (at the time) the premier modding and OC site in Europe (and for modding, arguably worldwide) - bit-tech.net. I have brought a lot of my own testing knowledge to bear with TG, and I still...

The problem with the "I'll just crack it" methodology is that nobody learns from it. I plan on writing a more lengthy discourse on this for later this week, so I won't say too much more on it now. But yeah, that's not a helpful option to anyone but the cracker.

http://vimeo.com/9679622 Not sure if any of you have seen this, but being a photographer, I was just amazed. It's over 35,000 still images turned into a timelapse movie. Kind of surreal...

It always happens with the winner, though. I was cursing NV when they sat on their laurels with the 7-series cards, which were really pretty much fine-tuned 6-series. then they came out with the 8's and put ATI on its ear. Now, the ATI line is really the better one - it's cyclical. As for...

hehehe :) Because you made it sound like ALL data on a 64b machine takes double the storage space, which isn't true at all and could greatly mislead someone who is diagnosing a performance problem. Sorry to jump on you like that, 2tired...64b computing is just something I'm really passionate...

And mine, being an avid hobbyist reverse-engineer (ergo, working entirely in assembly) and having written a treatise on 64b programming that included input directly from Intel :-)

Oh, my head.... no no no no NO. I think I see what you're trying to say, 2Tired, but...no. For clarification, 64-bit (in the terms of OS) refers to WORD sizes. A word is the largest (actually, optimal) chunk of data that a CPU can process at once. We use words for all sorts of things -...

Hey all, I just wanted to put a note here - Many Mac users will probably say "Fusion isn't your only option, there's Parallels!" I have personally used parallels through 4.0 and found it to be way slower and lack considerable features (like unity) that set VMWare's offering apart. Parallels...

I burned it, I soaked it, and then I whacked it with a hammer. ;) No photoshop here, folks, that was a real fire :)

Bill and Rob did a great job with this one - I have to say, that's as thorough an HDD review as I could ever stand to read and not get bored. :) I definitely feel as I walk away from it that I know where this drive stands in the tested pack, and I might be picking up a couple of these for my...

<rant> I DESPISE video news. I have gone to great lengths to weed out video news as much as possible. It's not that the concept is bad, I think in some cases it could be nice. But if I wanted to watch the news instead of read it, I'd turn on my TV. At the very least, I think it should be in...