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The Enthusiast System Architecture in action
by Geoff Gasior — 12:11 AM on January 18, 2008

Nvidia announced its Enthusiast System Architecture back in November, promising to consolidate system and hardware monitoring under a single communication protocol. ESA-certified hardware is now...

Type: Feature article Tags: Systems Software

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Confessions of a console convert
by Geoff Gasior — 12:55 PM on July 6, 2007

I've been a PC gamer for as long as I can remember. Those memories begin with "LOAD *.*,8,1" on a Commodore 64 in elementary...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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Wheeling my way around a 360
by Geoff Gasior — 4:08 PM on June 15, 2007

They say that the only difference between men and boys is the price of their toys, and that sounds about right to me. You see,...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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EAX still broken in Realtek audio drivers
by Geoff Gasior — 1:43 PM on May 11, 2007

Back in November we explored EAX performance with onboard audio and discovered that Realtek's HD audio drivers weren't properly implementing occlusion and obstruction effects....

Type: Blog post Tags: Software

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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: In the Zone
by Cyril Kowaliski — 6:22 PM on March 30, 2007

I've been playing S.T.A.L.KE.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl these past few days....

Type: Blog post Tags: Software

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Sony owes me $14,000
by Geoff Gasior — 12:17 PM on February 19, 2007

I've been spending an increasing amount of time playing console games recently, so I've been watching Sony's PlayStation 3 launch with rather keen interest. And...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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Gripped by Gears of War
by Geoff Gasior — 7:11 PM on December 21, 2006

I've been playing shooters since Wolfenstein 3D, so I've pretty much seen everything the genre has had to offer over the years. Sadly, the...

Type: Blog post Tags: Game consoles

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Valve's Source engine goes multi-core
by Geoff Gasior — 12:00 AM on November 13, 2006

IF THE LAUNCH OF Intel's new quad-core Core 2 Extreme QX6700 processor has made...

Type: Feature article Tags: Gaming Software

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Details of ATI's Xbox 360 GPU unveiled
by Scott Wasson — 12:46 PM on May 19, 2005

WITH MICROSOFT'S OFFICIAL announcement of the next-generation Xbox 360 console this week, ATI...

Type: Feature article Tags: Graphics Game consoles

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Snapstream's Personal Video Station
by Andy Brown — 12:00 AM on November 4, 2003

ASK ME ABOUT THE COOLEST piece of technology I've bought in the...

Type: Feature article Tags: Software

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