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- Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIA
- Windows 7 Aero to take advantage of DirectX 10.1 ... where will this leave NVIDIANobody's getting frozen out. It'll fall back to DX9 if it has to.The DWM won't *require* DX 10.1, but it'll be able to use it if its there. (Actually from what I read in the...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-29
- Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium
- Photo gallery:Adobe Creative Suite 4The Adobe Production Premium CS4 package is built for filmmakers. Its key components include the updated Premiere for video editing, After Effects for postproduction effects, OnLocation to assist with perfecting shoots on the spot, and Soundbooth to tweak audio. Adobe integrates Photoshop and Illustrator for graphics,...
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium
- Photo gallery:Adobe Creative Suite 4The $1,799 Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Premium package is built for print and Web-page designers, animators, and graphics pros. Key components include the updated InDesign for print, Dreamweaver and Fireworks for dynamic Web design, Flash for animation, plus Photoshop and Illustrator for pixel and vector...
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Standard
- Photo gallery:Adobe Creative Suite 4The $999 Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Standard package is built for Web page designers and animators who don't need to build or edit graphics from scratch with the help of Photoshop and Illustrator. Its key components include the updated Dreamweaver and Fireworks for dynamic...
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
- Photo gallery:Adobe Creative Suite 4The Adobe Creative Suite 4 Master Collection is made for professionals who need a jam-packed toolbox for multimedia content creation. There are applications for concocting and editing digital pixel and vector graphics, print layouts, video, Web pages and animation, and then repurposing that content for mobile...
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard
- Photo gallery:Adobe Creative Suite 4The $1,399 Adobe Creative Suite 4 Design Standard package is built with print designers in mind. It offers InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator, but excludes most tools for developing online layouts. We find the $1,799 Design Premium package a better bargain for throwing in Dreamweaver, Fireworks,...
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium
- Photo gallery:Adobe Creative Suite 4The Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium package is built for Web-page designers, animators, and graphics pros. Its key components include the updated Dreamweaver and Fireworks for dynamic Web design, Photoshop and Illustrator for pixel and vector graphics, Flash for animation, and Soundbooth to tweak audio....
- Product reviews 2008-09-23
- 3D Model Viewer (zip)
- 3D Model Viewer is dedicated to all 3D Artists who would like to check their models without inserting them in the game and loading the game engine. Support of DirectX and Wavefront OBJ Model Formats. Wavefront to DirectX format converter. Support for most common image/texture types (DDS, JPG, TGA, BMP)....
- Software downloads 2008-09-19
- "Why do you hate Vista so much?"
- "Why do you hate Vista so much?"Reasons that Vista bothers me...1) I have now spent over 4 hours trying to get SP1 installed on a new box.... the BSOD's are blurry (kind of funny huh?) The same box, XP installed with less heart ache and fewer issues... while I am...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Why not VS 2009?
- Visual Studio 2008 SP1: Why not VS 2009?because VS 2009 would not be free upgradeI think MS would have a PR nightmare on their hands if this update wasn't free especially since it's adding features/support for stuff that was in beta/ctp along with VS 2008.Mary Jo Foley what a stupid...
- Discussion threads 2008-08-11
- Diamond Viper Radeon HD 4850
- As a standalone 3D graphics card, and depending on the game, AMD's new $199 ATI Radeon HD 4850 is very competitive with Nvidia's $229 GeForce 9800 GTX+. What's potentially more exciting is that the 4850 also seems to scale better in dual-card Crossfire mode than anything Nvidia has for the...
- Product reviews 2008-06-24
- NVIDIA launches the 'best performing GPU on the planet'
- NVIDIA launches the 'best performing GPU on the planet'Think ATI?Precisely why I'm waiting for the 4800 series. 55nm and lower price is what won me over. I think ATI's gamble is starting to pay off.Even higher clock would worry me though, seeing that they're already using dual slot cooler for...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-16
- AMD makes its notebook move; Puma goes live
- AMD makes its notebook move; Puma goes liveMaster Joe Says...How is this a win, even a small win, over Intel? AMD has produced one disaster, after another, after another, as of late. Intel has been taking leaps and bounds ahead, while AMD is stuck in the "theory" stage...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- Fight card: AMD Radeon 4800 vs. Nvidia GTX 200
- Fight card: AMD Radeon 4800 vs. Nvidia GTX 200still boycotting AMD/ATIWhat good are the chips when they refuse to write drivers? Still waiting for Vista drivers for All-In-Wonder 9600 graphics cards. Over a year later and they won't supply drivers, nor will they actually admit that they have no intention...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- Fight card: AMD Radeon 4800 vs. Nvidia GTX 200
- The high-end graphics card market isn't the straightforward, mano-a-mano battle it used to be. Graphics cards with dual GPUs, systems with multiple cards in CrossFire or SLI implementations, and most recently hybrid graphics have all muddied the picture. Meanwhile, Intel has improved its integrated graphics and has long-term plans in...
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- New version of Windows Presentation Foundation released
- Microsoft released a new version of Windows Presentation Foundation, their next generation windows application UI framework. The new version will ship as part of the .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1. Tim Sneath has a very long and detailed post of the features but I'll try and break down the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- VMware releases public beta of Fusion 2.0
- VMware Fusion has released VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1. The public beta, a free download, boasts a handful of industry firsts for Mac virtualization, including true multi-display support for virtual machines and experimental DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 3D acceleration. New features in Fusion...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Zogis GeForce 9800 GTX
- Nvidia's new GeForce 9800 GTX 3D graphics chip is the spiritual successor to the GeForce 8800 GTX. That latter chip has been the PC gamers' watermark for excellence since it came out at the end of 2006. The difference this time around is while the 8800 GTX debuted with a...
- Product reviews 2008-04-09
- Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08
- OK, it's time once again for ... drum roll please ... The Hardware 2.0 "Best Kit List" for Apr 08/May 08. Here I've put together a list of the best high-end and mid-range components currently available, with some decent budget parts listed too, along with a few honorable mentions. These components are on...
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- S3 Graphics launches Chrome 400 Series - DirectX 10.1 and HD support for under $60
- Most people are surprised to hear that there's an alternative to ATi and nVIDIA when choosing graphics cards, but there is. Today S3 Graphics have released the first card in the Chrome 400 Series - the Chrome 430 GT. The Chrome 430 GT is a little different...
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
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