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(link) Wednesday, 31-October-2007 03:11:16 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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This may just be yet more pre-election hubbub, but the federal Opposition has hinted it may give the video game industry tax breaks, thanks Chris. He said the industry body Game Developers Association of Australia (GDAA) should "have a seat at the table" of a review into the 40 per cent tax rebate given to the film industry in the last Federal Budget for films developed in Australia.
ShackNews have a preview of the full version of Crysis. As the single-player demo of Crytek's Crysis was nearing release, I was able to play through the first several hours of the game for some quick impressions.
TheReg report on AMD's "Spider" gaming platform. Spider is based on AMD's quad-core Phenom processor, the company's RD790 chipset - approved by the PCI SIG organisation for PCI Express 1.1 compatibility back in April this year - and a pair of graphics cards fitted with the upcoming RV670 GPU.
Tweakers.net found out a bit more about Penryn by going to an Intel facility. Talking to the locals would probably change that, since the presence of the huge campus at the edge of the town - seven buildings displaying large 'Intel' logos - can only mean that nearly every inhabitant of Folsom knows someone working there.
Dan wonders how long hard drives last. I used to start feeling nervous about hard drives around their second birthday. It turns out I was being somewhat too paranoid.
Bit-Tech have their mod of the month posted. The SLR mod is being built on the incredibly versatile CoolerMaster Cosmos, which our own resident case reviewer Joe found to be quite a striking case. In fact, one look at the sleek shape of the cosmos makes it a natural fit for one of the world's top roadsters.
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