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Saturday Afternoon (3 Comments) (link)
 Saturday, 21-May-2005  14:00:51 (GMT +10) - by Agg

E3 bits: Xbit, InsaneTek, GamingNexus, GameCloud, DesignTechnica, GamersDepot, PrimoTech, E3coverage.com, GamersHell and LANManiac. Booth babes on Futurelooks and TheTechzone.

Australia's CSIRO promises an animation revolution, thanks Wessam. What we are doing is taking the mathematical equations used to model complex fluid interactions, such as the aerodynamics of aircraft or the behaviour of mined ores in crushing mills, and applying them to animating fluids for motion pictures and computer games.

Bigtosser let us know that an unofficial Win98 SP2 has been released. Coskun's service pack includes more than 100 bug fixes gleaned from Microsoft's Windows Update site and various technical support documents.

TechPowerUp have more info about Albatron's AGP to PCI-Express converter card. They claim it's only compatible with the following AGP Video cards from NVIDIA: MX4000, FX5200, FX5700, FX5700LE, GeForce 6800, GeForce 6200.

The previous DARPA Grand Challenge, where self-piloting cars negotiate a 142-mile desert course, didn't go too well, with no competitors completing it. However, it's time to try again!

Bjorn3D compared HyperMemory and TurboCache, in the form of the Sapphire Radeon X300SE HyperMemory & Leadtek WinFast PX6200 TC TDH video cards.

LostCircuits meanwhile have a DDR2 memory roundup. We have taken a number of samples from manufacturers such as Corsair, GeIL, Mushkin, Kingston and PDP and ran it through the different paces with synthetic benchmarks and real world applications.

TechReport and HardOCP both have more details on the Xbox 360's GPU.

Interesting Forum Threads:
Revisiting Eve Online in Games.
Replacement LCD PSU in Modding & Electronics.
G70 Spec unveiled in Video Cards.
X850 XT - Liquid metal cooling in Video Cards.
Catalyst 5.5 Released in Video Cards.
American weapons in space; new air force strategy in Current Events.
OFMG, hail in brisbane in The Pub.



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