Category: Software
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. requirements
I admit I have been surprised when I recently read the official recommended requirements from THQ for their upcoming FPS game, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Shadow of Chernobyl: Minimum Requirements None given, but compatible with DirectX 8 (as well as DirectX 9). Recommended Requirements CPU: AMD Athlon 64×2 4800+ or Intel Core 2 Duo Graphics: 3D Hardware Accelerator…
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Waiting for Crysis, Ballad of the Black Mesa
For all of you lovers of the FPS games, here is a musical hommage to Half Life 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTbL5elVXrU
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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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Software RAID: More links
In addition to the recent articles posted here about testing a software RAID solution on OpenSuse, here are a few complementary elements and recommended useful links: The Software-RAID HOWTO Software RAID in the new Linux 2.4 kernel, Part 1 Software RAID in the new Linux 2.4 kernel, Part 2 Worth reading!
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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…
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Halo2: Preview and images
Halo2 could well be the marketing vehicle of Vista toward the video game addicts. This FPS game is forecasted in the first half of 2007 (probably just before Summer). Shacknews got a test CD and shows us the images of the preview to make you grow patient if you already have the necesary configuration (Vista…