Recent content by marstein

Zip archivers compress/decompress from/to disk. The decompression we're talking about here decompresses from disk into memory. So it doesn't have to write to disk again. You read from disk, then decompress into memory where the code is executed, or data is processed.

1) Which file system is best suited for SSDs? 2) What are the shortcomings of existing file systems for SSDs? 3) Is there a certain programming environment (OS, file system, language) that has advantages with SSDs? I am thinking about smalltalk-like environments where an image of the system is...

I got the woot deal too, but I am not happy. In BF2 (on XP SP2), the voiceover is stuttering. The mike is frequently staticky and very quiet, even with mic boost turned on. Sometimes it is just fine. Music sounds great but I don't think there is much difference to the Audigy-2 I had before...

I was going to say that that's called a cartel- but then everyone already jumped on that bandwagon. Maybe he means that by banding together they could launch new standards, like supporting flash on the mobo that would be beneficial to all.

No one interested? Price too low? Looks suspicious? Check my ebay. Get the card when it is still there!

Selling my video card because I am going 7800GT! Was $400 second hand. Never overclocked (over factory settings) and works perfectly. BFG has lifetime warranty and will replace if defective. So you are certain the card will work as new. Buyer pays shipping. I want to be payed before I ship...