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Not sure why Extreme Tech felt that was a good opportunity for conjecture. Thinking hat washing day? Microsoft has benefited greatly from piracy. Bill Gates himself first, and other prominent officials since then, have been saying so for years. The company wouldn't probably be what it is today...

Hmm... Here I disagree. Many games already demonstrated what can be done with DX9. What Witcher 2 benefited was from a godly art team. Technically however the game introduces nothing substantially new. But if you marry great art with DX9 you are bound to have a beautiful game, like so many...

It certainly is. But OpenCL isn't behind. What you are noticing instead is CUDA optimizations in the F@H client, whereas there's no such thing for OpenCL code. So, CUDA runs better because the client developers highly optimized the code and made better use of the technology. As opposed to OpenCL...

I agree. It's always a possibility they will just sell it to the highest bidder. But I really don't understand why Ars Technica writer Casey Johnston thinks it is unlikely for it to go open source. It's a whole new game they are playing now, and like when IBM dropped their personal computer...

Ah! Thanks for the correction. I now distinctly remember it was the Force 3 Series indeed.

One of my most glorious deaths (the stuff that gets imprinted on your brain and you won't forget) happened on a MUD; Realms of Despair. Death-traps (DTs) are rooms that kill you instantly as you walk into them. Not only that, anything you are wearing or carrying gets lost for good. When you...

Jamie, thanks a bunch for reviewing a keyboard. It's not often we see that happen outside the mainstream gaming keyboards. And yet the keyboard is my de facto computer tool, second only to the computer itself. The price actually isn't that far off from what I see on professional -- typist if...

That would be great, Rob. Thanks!

The first one. It was the big novelty. I wouldn't stop playing it for weeks and weeks. Populous II was no doubt a better game. More polished, more complex, lots of new features that introduced a lot more strategy into the game. But that was the year Lemmings first, and Civilization later, hit...

Hmm... but a bit disappointing, no? Yet Another Casual Game. I was expecting a bit more. But then and again, I didn't notice the price tag even after being told about it. Still, this is the creator of Another World. Not some lame developer publishing for Paradox and missing a good opportunity to...

Thanks Optix. You pretty much confirmed my suspicions that air coolers are approaching -- or have hit already -- a dead end. At least with current materials and technologies. Coolers like this NZXT and the Thermaltake Frio are a clear display of that. Air coolers are amazing pieces of...

Boy! Please let it be great!

Let's face it, the first game wasn't also met with a lot of love from gamers. It was only later, after Vista SP2 and Windows 7 that Crysis started to earn some respect from non fans. The decision to go with DX10 (a virtually useless version that nonetheless forced users to upgrade from XP to...

Woohoo! Let us know what you thought.

Wow, that's one of the things that came to my mind too. And the price is so right. It's really nice to see the space solution Cooler Master found for this cooler. Mini-ATX users ought to send a whole lot of love their way.

Hmm... I may be confused, but OCZ isn't exactly stellar concerning firmware either. Wasn't exactly the Vertex 3 that had quite a few problems on launch also? Many folks had to return theirs. In any case, it's all solved from what I hear. But don't care that much about firmware issues. It's all...

I was reading the review of the Thermaltake Frio Overclock King TT OCK (boy, that's a mouthful) on the Tech Roundup of this week and the same problem exists: These are some excellent, but big coolers that on quite a few configurations aren't simply possible. So the question becomes: Considering...

EDN comes with an interesting piece of news: New Architecture promises better battery. Electronics is not my forte. But one question arises: I find the technology essentially interesting. But while 5Kw/Kg is surely impressive, it speaks nothing of its size. My guess is that these hybrid...

Oh! I didn't know about this game. I'm afraid I can't buy it at this time, but I would definitely. This is one of my favorite types of games. Not so much the God element (which I do appreciate nonetheless) but the creation and strategic elements these games usually present.

You are all just jealous because G > I