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Wednesday Middayish (0 Comments) (link)
Wednesday, 9-March-2005 13:00:12 (GMT +10) - by Agg

Thanks to the many people who sent in congratulations and best wishes for my marriage to Annette last Saturday. Everything went well. :) Might post some pictures when we've sorted through them all. Meanwhile, it's time for some news catchup today, so stay tuned for more posts this afternoon.

Ageia has announced the world's first "physics processing unit", or PPU, in the form of their PhysX chip. It's designed to co-exist with the CPU and GPU in existing systems. Crushed car doors can show the same bends and breaks when viewed from any angle. Clothing can drape and move naturally, and a character's hair can whip around in a strong breeze. Info here on GameSpot and there's an interview with the designers here on Gamers-Depot.

Hexus looked at the BTX form factor to see what the fuss is about.

HyRax1 noticed this article about tracking PC's via the use of packet timestamps.

Dan ponders whether or not SLI is worth your consideration.

A roundup of roundups: nine SATA RAID5 adapters on Tweakers, thirteen AGP/PCI-E graphics cards on SpodesAbode, six premium LGA775 P4 motherboards on TomsHardware and some fanless PSU's on XYZComputing.

Interesting Forum Threads:
Prescott core photos in Intel Hardware.
A64 Venice cores have arrived...? in AMD Hardware.
EPIA MII vs PD in VIA Hardware.
Publishing email addresses online in Graphics and Programming.
Any Wing Commander: Privateer fans here? in Graphics and Programming.
Linux server change from Windows 2003 in Other Operating Systems.
To those that ask for help.. in Other Operating Systems.
How to correctly calibrate your Home Theatre setup in Audio Visual.
ROWA - RDVD104 - Review in Audio Visual.
Petals around the rose in The Pub.

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