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My last few GPUs were ATI because they had better performance for the dollar. I haven't had any driver issues in any games i've played going back as far as i can remember. The fx series still isn't that bad when it comes to value. I used to own one, and they aren't bad processors for the...

I had a cel 433 around that time. Before that i had a k6-2 300 oc'd to 366 or 400, i don't remember. Brings back memories. Best one though is the first time i got a voodoo 2 running i was floored. I remember buying it at electronics boutique. Celerons, geforce 2 mx, and the k6-2s were...

This isn't 3d TV because the possible killer apps are too numerous. From schooling (like medical school) to arcades and military simulations. The screen tech is just now reaching a point of potential. Processing power is almost there for a mass market appeal. Though PCs are probably strong...

I would agree the gaming sites could have handled this a lot better. I remember when all the articles popped up, out of the blue, and confused the hell out of me. It seemed so out of character and strange. "what the hell is gaming culture and why do you, or i care, and why is it dead?"...

I've been playing games for about 20 years. I've read all kinds of reviews from all kinds of magazines and sites. I have noticed the last few years how games get lambasted for being "misogynistic". But i dont understand what the big deal is. Even in games that have larger than life...

It took FOREVER for 2 cores to be useful for games. Now we're up to 4, and even 8 being handy in some cases. Heck, we're just now getting to the point of games actually taking decent advantage of 64 bit OSs. That took what, 10 years? In my opinion, AMD abandoned their new architecture...

The pc market hasn't been large enough to really support 2 players for some time now. Because of this, intel has seen little need to do anything but move things forward at a snails pace. AMD will put out another x86, and it'll probably be a grand improvement over the old design at some...

I could see this being a hot cakes christmas item and something that sells out. My kids and all their friends want one. What they need is good xbox/ps4 compatibility with either the occulus, or their own in house tech.

To echo others this isn't new, and it makes a lot of sense. It's been theorized for some time now that things are "wrong" in the universe. The easy explanations, and probably the most logical are that we're living in a simulated universe or some other high order type situation is going on...

Their engine didn't quite catch on like epics or even the unity engine. Ryse was released for a console that didn't have the penetration to get them mega hit COD like status. Cryteks failure, at least from what i've seen over the years was going too big too fast. They should have...

Years ago when MS PR would get a fire under their ass i'd think "oh cool, finally some new MS PC games coming!" Now when I see a quote like this it strikes me as pathetic. PC gaming continues to live (or thrive, depending on your view) despite Microsofts poor management of the ecosystem...

If windows was free in the future for desktops, with the caveat i had to use bing (or it shoved itself at me) I MIGHT consider it. But really, microsoft has screwed up in so many ways for so many years the company is lost.

I bought an xbox 1 with the titanfall bundle (more for future games that anything current.) Personally, the i think kinect is still wonky as hell. It's a fantastic idea, but something like occulus is FAR more interesting to me. I think they were always trying to attract the "Casual"...

I had the same issue with a biostar board that (to my horror) came with no vrm cooling at all. I didn't even notice until I saw the cpu auto throttling under p95. The CPU was an AMD 750k.

It's not just AMD's falling behind but there's less and less performance to be eked out of current designs. Not to mention the very real barrier of reality. Diminishing returns have been plaguing the CPU market for some time, and the fact that now things are just so expensive to design for a...

I'm not sure who brought it up, but the early 90s were a time of revolution and evolution. The earlier half of the decade seemed claimed by the consoles, and the latter the PC. I remember most of the games from my youth. Baldurs gate the first time, Wizardy, pool of radiance, act raiser...

As someone who never got into dayz,(or ever played it) this looks interesting. It'll be different to see how the free to play angle makes this stand out. I watched patiently for DayZ, but frankly, it seems to have taken forever. I check on comments every once in awhile and its still far from...

The ps3 had issues early the last console generation and ended up doing okay. The differences in hardware quality between the ps4/xb1 are not some vast sea. dx12 should see some of the gap close, though there will always be some difference. . They will lose untold millions, like they have in...

Maybe valve can make linux a viable gaming alternative. (that and the somewhat easier porting of cross platform games.) But it's obvious by now that without the support of a large company, it's not going to happen on its own.

MS has been losing small parts of the shrinking desktop market, and I don't see this helping. Office has been more expensive, so I can see the thought process behind subscribing to that. But I don't think mom and pop are gonna be happy when they bring home their $500 pc only to find out...

Yea it's sort of the old brain in the vat. For speed I think you're assuming real time. If you were to simulate a person and slow down the process, they wouldn't know how quickly they were going. (relativity, another concept) To have a truly 1:1 simulation you really couldn't cut any corners...

There's a lot of people who think this is a new idea, but it isn't. The earliest mention I've seen of it was in the 70s, but it seemed to gain more steam in the 80s and 90s. And there's evidence for this too, in the way the universe operates when it's being observed and not observed...

This was really in the wrong thread, to many damn windows open! As for the chilly reception of windows 8 by everyone from ACER to Valve, this is just another example of what happens when a company goes insane. I can't believe their stock is sub 20. To compete with apple on style they...

I agree, Mechwarrior Online is pretty good. It's not really P2Win either, at least as far as I can tell. The pace of new stuff is pretty good too.

Given this is the longest console cycle ever, it's not much of a surprise that the 'current' gen is slowly being out paced by phones. Afterall, the xbox is approaching 8 years old. To give some perspective, that would be more like developers still making games for the dreamcast until...

I think this is a case of cutting out global for more TSMC. Regardless this has limited impact that's spread out over time. Still, they need to up the performance of those APUs, and they need a shrink. The ARM waters are dark and deep, and since they've chosen to also wade into them there's...

No one ever said it's going to be a full headlong rush. It'll be gradual. This where the future is moving, and we all know it.

The historic trajectory for PC CPUs is more pins. We went from 370 around 10 years ago to 2k+ today. I don't think 4k or 6k or more is any kind of stretch. I wouldn't think it's overnight, but if Intel is looking out over the long term they have to begin to prepare OEMs and everyone else from...

The current doldrums could mostly be explained away by the current economy, but over the long term(5-20 years) I think the terminal replaces the PC. It looks like shadowrun wasn't too far off the mark, minus the orcs!

Gosh this makes me feel old. I do think gamings glory days were in the 80s and early to mid 90s though. There's some kind of magic that's lost on modern gaming imo.

What no posts? This is exciting stuff! Come on, how can robotic manufacturing not get your blood pumping? It's all I can think about! It's also for "Machine to Machine" technologies. I never knew how freaky AMD could be. They put the F in FX (or something).

This was a mispost meant for another thread. Damn you firefox, damn you! Good for AMD. Lets hope their sales pick up.

Ever take a look at an LGA 775? 11xx? How many pins can you fit on a board before cost becomes excessive? 4000? 10000? At some point that socket becomes so complex the cost isn't justifiable. I don't think for example, socket 4976 is a good idea, when the legs are a nanometer thin and a puff...

Whoa whoa. Back up the fucking truck. This isn't the showing of windows 8s grand success. This is what has been shipped to OEMs, not sold to end users. A negligible fraction would go out to the public as a separate purchase. Now call your local newegg/tigerdirect/pcstore/bestbuy and see...

This makes sense on a whole lot of levels. It ups Intel's margins firstly, and that's #1. By doing this, it forces every OEM to buy a CPU with each board manufactured, which means more overall sales. This allows certain design elements not available in the socket/LGA design. It *can* lower...

^ I said crap a lot in that post, which ironically is also probably crap.

I can't help but point to the 1999 like reviews of the FX as the reason for their latest stock tanking. Lots of reviews came out and basically said "FX sucks." but I'm not sure we're all on the same planet, or maybe I'm just odd. See, even when playing a game I usually have teamspeak...

It's true AMD was indeed saying "it's so awesome we can't keep up." But that shortage was a relatively short window over the last 10+ years. This isn't really a new development. I wouldn't say AMDs ills are entirely on Intel's shoulders. However, Intel isn't innocent in the matter and...

So why isn't AMD bigger? They had the athlon 64 and everyone always says "What happened AMD?" Because Intel locked them out of the OEM market, thus keeping AMD a small company by comparison. Intel kept their monopoly by *force*. They sued intel for this, and intel settled. What was intel...

What is this nonsense about Intel not raising prices? They already have been. Check entry level prices for the last few years, and you'll see prices flat line. Any company beholden to share holders does this, and it's par for the course. They are not some kind hearted old man who somehow...