Category: Graphics & display
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STALKER: Conquered once
You knew that I had been buying STALKER (officially S.T.A.L.K.E.R. – Shadow of Chernobyl – Did you ever see a worst-to-type PC game title?) Today, I finished the game playing at Stalker level (not the easiest rookie style, but neither veteran nor master). I can tell you it’s real fun all along. I had a…
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DirectX 10 on WinXP
Microsoft promised that the new graphics standard for Windows (DirectX 10) will not be applied to anything older than Windows Vista. This was enough to push some people in looking for ways to make it work on Windows XP (WinXP), or on Mac, or on Linux. A guy, named Cody Brocious from San Diego, California,…
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CryEngine 2, the motor behind Crysis
For the technically inclinded gamers, Crytek published an interesting PDF file providing information about CryEngine2, the graphics real-time rendering engine/motor behind Crysis, their upcoming First Person Shooter (FPS) game. It’s a bit deep, but you may learn a thing or two about what makes your prefered game tick. Along with the graphics technology data, you…
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Price of LCD panels falling through the floor
Following the current trends about LCD panels is quite interesting. Currently, on professional trade publications like DigiTimes, we keep hearing one simple message: The price of the LCD panels is falling down in 2007, except for small sizes. Essentially, it translates into: the LCD TV sets and screen displays are going to see plumeting prices…
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GeForce 8600: Starting in silence
According to PCinpact, the availability of the next generation of nVidia graphics cards, GeForce 8600, will happen with immediate presentation of passive cooling (thus 100% silent solution). It is definitely true that this has become a major problem for the most powerful graphics cards. They usually come with a fan that reminds us of the…
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Pixels and LCD diagonals
An importance feature to check when considering the size of an LCD screen. The pixels do not always have the same size on all the screens. At some diagonal sizes, the manufacturers just increase the glass surface but not the number of pixels. This is the reason why the French-speaking Hardware.fr web site made a…