Sunday Reading - EU proposal could 'stifle' games - tech
(hx) 09:52 PM CEST - May,17 2009
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- Phenom II Processors and DDR3 Memory -
What concerns performance comparison with DDR2 and DDR3
memory, DDR3-1333 brings only an advantage in memory
bandwidth, while random seek latencies are higher than in DDR2-1066.
DDR3-1600 is better than DDR2-1066 in all parameters already. And vice
versa: it's clearly a bad idea to use DDR3-1066, as its bandwidth is
similar to that of DDR2 at the same frequency, and its latencies are
higher. By the way, it unexpectedly turned out that Apacer modules
(DDR3-1333) worked well at 1600 MHz, their voltage raised only to 1.6
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- 4-Way SSD Round-Up Redux, OCZ, Corsair, Kingston,
SuperTalent - The Corsair P256 is the most expensive
overall, its cost per gigabyte is the best, and it has the
largest capacity. The Super Talent UltraDrive ME is the least expensive
overall and comes in second in the price per gigabyte category. OCZ's
Vertex Series SSD is the second most expensive drive both in overall
price and cost per gigabyte, and at almost four bucks per gigabyte the
Intel-based Kingston drive is clearly the most expensive according to
that metric.
- Proposed EU rule could offer 2-year software
guarantee - If this EU proposal
becomes law though, European consumers stuck in either situation would
be able to return the game in question without issue. According to the
proposal, consumers would be guaranteed that their games would work for
up to 2 years.
- Windows Feedback Program participants can get
Windows 7 gift (US) - Are you looking to get a copy
of Windows 7 when it's released sometime later this year? Well it looks
like Microsoft is giving out a copy of Windows 7
Ultimate to participants of the Windows Feedback Program who
meet certain criteria.
- Sony Pictures CEO Hates the Internet - Sony
Pictures Entertainment CEO, Michael Lynton, had the following to say about the Internet
at a breakfast co-hosted by The New Yorker and the S.I. Newhouse School
of Public Communications. "I'm a guy who doesn't see anything good
having come from the Internet...(The Internet) created this notion that
anyone can have whatever they want at any given time. It's as if the
stores on Madison Avenue were open 24 hours a day. They feel entitled.
They say, 'Give it to me now,' and if you don't give it to them for
free, they'll steal it. "
- Hackers 'destroy' flight sim site - The site, which launched in 1996,
covered all aspects of flight simulation, although its main focus was
on Microsoft's Flight Simulator. The attack took down the site's two
servers and the owners had not established an external backup system.
The site's founder, Tom Allensworth, said that the site would be down
for the foreseeable future and was unsure if would ever go back up.
- Bobby Lashley vs Mike Cook Full High Quality
(video) - MFC 21 Maximum Fighting Championships - Bobby
Lashley vs Mike Cook full fight video recorded from
stream.
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