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Topic: It wasn`t a strange location. If i remember well it was: Miami-Grand Cayman-Jamaica-Miami :)]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14637&action=new Local Pub
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Topic: Post about things that piss you off, from small pet peeves to annoyances that make you want to go on a rampage. Same rules apply as other threads, no religious or political talk and keep it as clean as you can.]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14636&action=new Front Page News
Author: crowTrobot
Posted: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 09:11:03 -0500
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Topic: It doesn`t look bad at all, a review would be nice]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14635&action=new Local Pub
Author: Krab
Posted: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:10:11 -0500
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Topic: Very nice, congrats and enjoy your new mobo :)]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14632&action=new Local Pub
Author: DXMage
Posted: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:42:38 -0500
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Topic: Isn't there anyone out there even looking for free tech support? =)]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14621&action=new Front Page News
Author: crowTrobot
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Topic: sweet - hope it doesn't bounce ;) Let us know what you decide to buy.]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14619&action=new News From the Web
Author: Krab
Posted: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:56:55 -0500
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Topic: From [url=http://www.theprovince.com/news/North+final+saves+family/3487150/story.html]TheProvince[/url]: [quote]The first thing Erin Wood wants her baby to know is that Dad, Brian, died to save their lives. “. . . In his final act he did the only thing that would save us,” said Wood, 31. With an out-of-control Chevy Blazer bearing down on him, the 33-year old North Vancouver man braked and swerved his Subaru wagon so that he would take the force of the head-on collision, saving his wife of five years, pregnant with their first baby.. “All the policeman say that if we had hit the car head-on all of us would be dead. At the very last second (Brian) braked really hard and turned right so that he would be put in the path of the SUV and not me and the baby, and that is the only thing that saved us both. “I am not going to waste the gift he gave us.” The accident happened Friday as the Woods were making their way to a family home on Whidbey Island in Washington State. A Chevy Blazer, with four occupants, crossed the centre line when the driver tried to take her sweater off while driving, asking the other front passenger to take the wheel at the time. When Wood braked and swerved slightly, the Blazer continued forward, its momentum driving it over top of the Subaru, the wheels crushing the roof of the smaller car killing Wood and causing his wife to suffer a non-life-threatening head injury as well. It then launched into the air before crashing to the ground. When it was returned to its wheels, the entire upper portion of the SUV was flat – in line with the hood. Washington State Patrol found evidence of drug use at the accident scene in the SUV. All of the occupants are well know to police. “There is quite a drug history there . . . and we found some evidence of that at the scene so that leads us to believe there were drugs in their systems,” said Sgt, Jason Longoria. The two male passengers in the rear of the vehicle, 25-year-old Jacob Quistorf and 26-year-old Francis Malloy, were also killed in the accident. The driver, Jordyn Weichert, 21, is now in custody awaiting formal charges of three counts of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault, likely to be laid by Thursday. The front passenger, 22-year-old Samatha Bowling who took the wheel, is also being investigated for the same charges. She suffered a broken pelvis and remains in hospital. None of the SUV occupants were wearing seatbelts. Wood, originally from Colorado, was a lead designer for Relic Entertainment, which specializes in 3-D real-time strategy computer games. He has most recently been working on Company of Heroes. He also sang baritone with the Espiritu Choir in North Vancouver and loved to spend time in the outdoors. “He was always sacrificing himself for me and the baby,” said Erin Wood. “He was the most amazing warm-hearted man you would ever meet who loved his job, loved his family, and was just my rock. “I am not quite sure how I am supposed to live the rest of my life without him. He truly was a gift and I wouldn’t change a thing of any of our moments together. “(The baby is) due Nov. 5 so it will come quick and then I look forward to seeing little glimpses of Brian in our baby and that gives me a lot of strength right now.” Said Ed Wood, Brian’s father: “We are trying to learn how to deal with grief . . . it is incredibly painful. “I was just telling my wife this morning that we raised a magnificent young man and we are just so proud of him. It is a big loss for us and for the rest of the world as well.” He recalled watching Brian as a child lead the neighbourhood games, always taking the lead in creating the adventure much as he ended up doing in life. “We got a glimpse then of what might be,” he said adding, “I don’t know who was happier, us to become grandparents or Brian to become a father. But he was just as pleased as punch. He’d done a lot of work renovating and improving their home in North Van and getting it ready for the baby.” As they deal with tragedy they are also preparing themselves for the legal process. It is not uncommon for those found guilty of vehicular homicide to get less than two years in jail in the U.S. But said Ed Wood: “I don’t feel a sense of anger. I feel a sense of profound loss. I don’t feel a need for vengeance or anything of that sort. “But I do believe these people need to be put away. They are going to kill somebody else and themselves and they need to be put away just for the good of society.” Erin Wood echoed the sentiment. “There is no place for anger in my heart right now — it is all sadness,” she said. “The only reason that I care that they get a stiff sentence is because I don’t want it to happen to anyone else. It is not fair and no one else should have to go through this because of them and their stupidity. “More than anything he was a wonderful man . . . He was so excited to be a father and he did the only thing he could to save his baby and it is so telling about who he is as a person that he was willing to sacrifice himself to save us. That is the true measure of a husband and a father. He loved life and was just so thankful for everything.”[/quote]]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14616&action=new Latest Reviews and Articles
Author: crowTrobot
Posted: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:23:15 -0500
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Topic: [center][img]http://www.hitechlegion.com/images/stories/taa60/5_thumb.jpg[/img][/center] [quote]"The clever combatant imposes his will on the enemy, but does not allow the enemy's will to be imposed on him." A quote taken from "The Art of War." Over time, the writing of Sun Tzu has been translated and interpreted in many different ways. Each chapter in The Art of War covers a different aspect of warfare itself, from assessment and planing, to intelligence and espionage. Even in today's times, it remains one of the most definitive texts on military tactics and strategies, and it was written in the 6th century BC. Amazing how some brilliant minds can still remain relevant, even to this day.[/quote] - [url=http://www.hitechlegion.com/reviews/cases/5657-thermaltake-armor-a60-case-review]Thermaltake Armor A60 Case Review[/url]]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14615&action=new Front Page News
Author: crowTrobot
Posted: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:21:11 -0500
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Topic: [quote][b]CUDA NEWS [/b] Get CUDA Certified! NVIDIA has launched a CUDA certification program for GPU computing developers. Initial certification covers CUDA C and the CUDA architecture. For information, see: [url=www.nvidia.com/certification]www.nvidia.com/certification[/url] [b]GTC COUNTDOWN: TEN WEEKS![/b] GTC Sessions Preview Every day we're adding exciting sessions to the GTC agenda. Here's a sampling of new ones: – Application of the Fermi GPU to Cancer Detection Robert Zigon, Beckman Coulter – Real-Time Digital Video Broadcasting on the GPU Xu Hongliang, Agilent Technologies – PyCUDA: Even Simpler GPU Programming with Python Andreas Kloeckner, Brown University GTC Live Chat Series, Presented by Adobe Join us for a Live Chat with Dr. David Kirk on Thurs., July 22: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6802/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6802/0/[/url] GTC Sponsors NVIDIA thanks the following GTC sponsors: Adobe, Microsoft, HP, Supermicro, PNY, Dell, NextIO, Amax, SGI, Appro, GE Intelligent Platforms, Citi, Dassault Systemes, Cooley and Dr. Dobbs. [b]CUDA APPS [/b] [b]Adobe Premiere Pro + Media Playback Engine + NVIDIA [/b] NVIDIA's Joe Stam has written a white paper on Adobe Premiere Pro, MPE and the GPU. Here's an extract: "Professional video editing demands enormous computational power… Simply manipulating high resolution footage is a laborious task, even with the most powerful workstations…. In the past, users demanding more interactive control or those with high productivity requirements had no choice but to spend tens of thousands of dollars on custom hardware solutions. Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 takes a bold step forward with its new Mercury Playback Engine by leveraging the massive parallel computational power of the GPU. See paper here: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6876/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6876/0/[/url] [b]AccelerEyes Jacket + NVIDIA [/b] The AccelerEyes Jacket software platform for MATLAB now supports NVIDIA's newest Fermi-based GPUs: the Tesla 20-series and the GeForce GTX 4xx-series. See more: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5836/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5836/0/[/url] [b]SEMINARS AND PAPERS [/b] Like math? Wolfram Research is holding a "Mathematica in Finance and Economics" seminar on Wed., Aug. 4 in Chicago. The seminar is free, but space is limited, so register today: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6877/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6877/0/[/url] Going to SC10? Submit a paper to the Workshop on High Performance Computational Finance. WHPCF´10 will be held in on Nov. 14 in New Orleans. See: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6878/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6878/0/[/url] [b]CUDA DOWNLOADS[/b] – Download CUDA 3.1 Toolkit: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5895/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5895/0/[/url] – OpenCL v1.1 pre-release drivers and SDK code samples are available to GPU Computing registered developers. Log in or apply for an account to download. [b]CUDA TRAINING [/b] GPU Computing Webinars from NVIDIA – For info on upcoming events, see: [url=www.nvidia.com/webinars]www.nvidia.com/webinars[/url] Training from Acceleware – July 26-30, Cambridge, Mass: [url=www.acceleware.com/jul26cambridge]www.acceleware.com/jul26cambridge[/url](with Microsoft) – Aug. 2-6, New York City: [url=www.acceleware.com/aug02newyork]www.acceleware.com/aug02newyork[/url](with Microsoft) – Sept. 13-17, Calgary: [url=www.acceleware.com/sep13calgary]www.acceleware.com/sep13calgary[/url] Training from EMPhotonics – On-site standard and customized training programs: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6645/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6645/0/[/url] Training from SagivTech – GPU/Image Processing course: Aug. 2-4, Ra'anana, Israel: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6145/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6145/0/[/url] – CUDA course: Sept. 27-29, San Francisco (following GTC 2010): [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6731/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6731/0/[/url] [b]CUDA and Academia [/b] – Over 350 universities are teaching CUDA and GPU Computing courses around the world. – The CUDA Center of Excellence Program recognizes universities expanding the frontier of parallel computing. – The CUDA Research Center Program recognizes institutions performing leading-edge research. – The CUDA Teaching Center Program recognizes universities providing education and hands- on instruction. – The Academic Partnership Program provides support to researchers using GPUs to solve the world's most challenging problems. – Learn more about NVIDIA´s Research and University activities at [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6805/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6805/0/[/url] [b]CUDA CALENDAR[/b] [b]July 2010[/b] – Parallel Symbolic Computation 2010 (PASCO) July 21-23, Grenoble, France [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6031/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6031/0/[/url] – SIGGRAPH July 25-29, Los Angeles [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6613/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6613/0/[/url] – CUDA Programming on GPUs July 26-30, University of Oxford, U.K. [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6679/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6679/0/[/url] [b]August 2010[/b] – Proven Algorithmic Techniques for Many-Core Processors Aug. 2-6, Choice of onsite locations, or online [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6611/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6611/0/[/url] – Virtual School of Comp. Science & Engineering Aug. 2-6, choice of onsite locations [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6611/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6611/0/[/url] – GPU Programming for Molecular Modeling Aug. 6-8, Beckman Inst. for Advanced Science & Tech, UIUC [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6670/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6670/0/[/url] – Symposium on Chemical Computations on GPGPUs Aug. 22-26, Boston [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5893/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5893/0/[/url] – Unconventional High Performance Computing 2010 (UCHPC 2010) Aug. 31-Sept. 1, Italy [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6032/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6032/0/[/url] [b]September 2010[/b] – GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2010 Sept. 20-23, San Jose, Calif. [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/3882/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/3882/0/[/url](register today, space is limited) [b]Future[/b] – Supercomputing 2010 Nov. 13-19, New Orleans, LA [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6418/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6418/0/[/url] – IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium May 16-20, 2011, Anchorage, AL [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6491/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6491/0/[/url] [b]CUDA RESOURCES [/b] CUDA Articles in Dr. Dobb's – Supercomputing for the Masses, Part 18: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6492/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6492/0/[/url] – Supercomputing for the Masses, Part 17: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6493/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6493/0/[/url] – Supercomputing for the Masses, Part 16: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6419/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6419/0/[/url] – Supercomputing for the Masses, Part 15: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6420/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6420/0/[/url] [b]CUDA Books [/b] – Programming Massively Parallel Processors by D. Kirk, W. Hwu: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5505/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5505/0/[/url] – See additional books here: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6149/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6149/0/[/url] [b]CUDA Documentation [/b] – Download developer guides and documentation: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5753/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5753/0/[/url] [b]NVIDIA Parallel Nsight [/b] – Download the Beta: www.nvidia.com/nsight – Download the Release Notes: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6651/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6651/0/[/url] [b]CUDA ON THE WEB[/b] – Check out the NVIDIA Research site: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6652/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6652/0/[/url] – Read previous issues of CUDA: Week in Review: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6601/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6601/0/[/url] – Follow CUDA & GPU Computing on Twitter: www.twitter.com/gpucomputing – Network with other developers: www.gpucomputing.net – Stayed tuned to GPGPU news and events: www.gpgpu.org – Learn more about CUDA on CUDA Zone: www.nvidia.com/cuda – Watch CUDA on YouTube: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5894/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/5894/0/[/url] – Read Kudos for CUDA: [url=http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6797/0/]http://news.nvidia.com:8080/t/141041/15126903/6797/0/[/url] About CUDA CUDA is NVIDIA’s parallel computing hardware architecture. NVIDIA provides a complete toolkit for programming on the CUDA architecture, supporting standard computing languages such as C, C++, and Fortran as well as APIs such as OpenCL and DirectCompute.[/quote]]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14613&action=new Front Page News
Author: crowTrobot
Posted: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:15:56 -0500
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Topic: [center][b]GIGABYTE Announces Winners of the GIGABYTE H55 Mini-ITX Overclocking Contest on HWBOT[/b][/center] [center][img]http://www.hitechlegion.com/images/stories/press/gigabyte/hwbotminiitxchamp.jpeg[/img][/center] [center]Nick Shih Crowned Champion Setting a Blazing SuperPi 32M Score With His H55N-USB3 Motherboard in the Free Style Benchmark Category[/center] [b]City of Industry, Calif., – September 7, 2010 –[/b] GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd, a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and other computing hardware solutions today proudly announced Taiwanese overclocker, Nick Shih as the winner of the GIGABYTE H55 Mini-ITX contest hosted by HWBOT. Nick scored a total of 13 points using a [url=http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3455#ov]GIGABYTE GA-H55N-USB3[/url] motherboard. The GIGABYTE H55 Mini-ITX contest set a new milestone in the overclocking community as the first Mini-ITX motherboard only online overclocking contest. In addition, this ground-breaking competition was held for the love of overclocking and not for the love of prizes, so there is no prize for the winner. Instead, the winner will have the honor of being the world’s first Mini-ITX overclocking champion. The contest was split into 2 categories running the Super Pi 32m benchmark: Stage 1 had a CPU speed limit of 4,000 MHz, and Stage 2 had no CPU speed limit. At the end of August, Nick Shih led the competition with a blazing CPU speed of 6.4GHz reaching 6min 18sec 469ms in the Stage 2 category. A fantastic achievement! Instead of a prize for the winner there were three [url=http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3449#ov]GIGABYTE GA-X58A-UD3R[/url] motherboard lucky draw prizes for various categories of participants: the stage 1 category lucky winner is Ross from the USA, while the stage 2 lucky winner is ME4ME from Sweden. The final lucky draw, the fans voting category, was won by 1Day who, remarkably is one of a limited number of female overclockers and scored a respectable 7min 21sec 453ms in the Stage 2 category of the competition. For more details about the GIGABYTE H55 Mini-ITX Contest, please visit the [url=http://gigabytedaily.blogspot.com/2010/09/nick-shih-is-crowned-champion-in-h55.html]GIGABYTE Tech Daily Blog[/url] or the [url=http://hwbot.org/competition/gbt_h55_mitx]HWBOT.org competition web page[/url]. Share the news to Facebook and Twitter [url=http://www.facebook.com/GIGABYTE?v=info#%21/profile.php?id=1218560540&ref=ts][img]http://www.hitechlegion.com/images/stories/press/gigabyte/fshare.gif[/img][/url] [url=http://twitter.com/GIGABYTE_USA][img]http://www.hitechlegion.com/images/stories/press/gigabyte/tshare.gif[/img][/url] [b]About GIGABYTE[/b][i] Upgrade Your Life [/i] GIGABYTE, headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, is known as a global leading brand in the IT industry, with employees and business channels in almost every country. Founded in 1986, GIGABYTE started as a research and development team and has since taken the lead in the world's motherboard market. On top of motherboards and graphics accelerators, GIGABYTE further expanded its product portfolio to include notebook and desktop PCs, digital home entertainment appliances, networking servers, communications, mobile and handheld devices, servicing every facet of people's lives at home or business. Everyday GIGABYTE aims to “Upgrade Your Life” with the most innovative designs and impeccable quality and services. Visit www.gigabyte.us for more information.]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14612&action=new Front Page News
Author: crowTrobot
Posted: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:11:46 -0500
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Topic: [quote][b]In this Issue[/b] [ul] [li]StarCraft II plays best on GeForce, and it is getting 3D Vision support this month.[/li] [li]SLI has once again proved to be the best multi-GPU set-up.[/li] [li]The PC vs console debate rages, but a 3D PC might be your best bet for a media center.[/li] [li]Georgia Tech is a CUDA Center of Excellence.[/li] [/ul] [b] [/b] [b]StarCraft II, Coming at You in 3D[/b] StarCraft II is [url=http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/30204/Blizzard_StarCraft_II_Sells_3M_Units_In_First_Month.php]selling like hotcakes[/url], with over 3 million units to date. StarCraft II is shattering games sales records. It already plays best on GeForce. “When playing Starcraft II on 22” monitor with high graphics option, high-performing graphics card is essential. NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 1GB is the one that makes it possible, which is why it is [url=http://www.playforum.net/hardware/column.comm?action=read&iid=10411001&kid=2405]highly recommended for Starcraft II gamers[/url].” Our devtech team has been working hard the past few years to ensure 3D Vision will be supported. Thanks to their hard work, Blizzard has officially announced its plans to release a game patch in mid-September which will add support for 3D Vision. “To that end, we want you to know we are hard at work on the first feature and balance patch, and expect to have it completed and available by the middle of September. Patch 1.1 will contain a number of improvements including additional mod features, Editor improvements and bug fixes, some custom game improvements, [url=http://us.battle.net/sc2/en/blog/692221#blog]support for NVIDIA’s 3D Vision[/url], and more. We'd also like to share some specific plans for this patch with you.” Blizzard is not working with any other 3D solution to enable 3D support, so this will be an exclusive feature just for NVIDIA 3D Vision and GeForce owners. [b]SLI > Crossfire[/b] Hot on the heals of [H]ardOCP’s glowing series of SLI reviews: “In our recent SLI and CFX testing lately [url=http://www.hardocp.com/article/2010/08/26/ati_crossfirex_application_profile_108a_performance]we have been disappointed in CrossFireX[/url] performance scaling, particular in two games that we felt should be exhibiting better performance scaling.” MaximumPC took a look at SLI, and saw the same thing. “AMD has invested substantial time and resources improving CrossFire X, but [url=http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/sli_vs_crossfire_which_dual-card_setup_best?page=0,0]it’s clear that NVIDIA’s SLI is currently the superior dual GPU solution[/url]. NVIDIA’s generation of DX11 cards scale very well when adding the second card, and SLI still works with more titles than CrossFire X, thought that gap is narrowing….” It has been [url=http://www.slizone.com/object/slizone_multi-gpu_press.html]this way for years[/url]. [b] [/b] [b]PC or Console?[/b] The long-running debate over PC gaming or console gaming gets another turn, this time in The Telegraph, a leading newspaper in the UK. “Perhaps the final point in the PC's favour is the sheer processing power a good gaming PC has. An up-to-date gaming PC plays video games with unbeatable graphical detail and sound. Gamers who crave the 3D gaming experience touted by Sony for the PS3 can find that PCs are more than up to the job. There are [url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/7955804/The-gaming-PC-still-beats-the-console.html]more than 400 titles 3D-ready[/url]; all you need is the NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision Kit. And nearly every new PC game released is 3D-ready. Once again, the quality rendered on screen by a top-level gaming PC can't be matched by consoles.” No word on if [url=http://todayswall.com/files/imagecache/1680x1050/dawn1920x1200cleanht7.jpg]Dawn[/url] or [url=http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/4414/large1.jpg]Dusk[/url] made it as a Page 3 girl. Want a really killer media center? “Whilst there, we were given a hands-on look at NVIDIA's HDMI 1.4 problem solver - 3DTV Play - in action and we have to say that it [url=http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/35078/nvidia-3d-in-living-room]looked pretty impressive[/url]. We mean, how can you fail to be impressed by Lost Planet 2 in 720p 3D at a frame rate that hovered around the 40 per second mark on a 50-inch Panasonic display?” A 3D Vision PC or notebook in your media room with 3DTV Play would play 3D Blu-Ray, enable 3D streaming for the internet, allow for 3D photos to be viewed and give you 450 games to play in 3D. [b]The Ramblin’ Wreck is Excellent[/b] One of the world’s premier engineering and science universities, Georgia Tech is engaged in a wide number of research, development and educational activities which leverage GPU Computing. This week NVIDIA recognized them as a CUDA Center of Excellence. “Georgia Tech has a long history of education and research that depends heavily on the parallel processing capabilities that NVIDIA has introduced with its CUDA architecture,” Vetter said. “This award allows us to focus, what is now a large amount of activity across [url=http://pressroom.nvidia.com/easyir/customrel.do?easyirid=A0D622CE9F579F09&version=live&releasejsp=release_157&prid=654285]25 different research groups[/url], under a single center, which will significantly amplify our research capabilities.”[/quote]]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14611&action=new Front Page News
Author: crowTrobot
Posted: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:06:45 -0500
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Topic: [quote]PLX Devices Debuts World’s First Brianwave Interface for iPad/iPhone/iPod [center][b]PLX Devices Debuts World’s First Brianwave Interface for iPad/iPhone/iPod[/b][/center] [center][img]http://www.hitechlegion.com/images/stories/press/plx/xwaveheader.jpg[/img][/center] [center]XWave device and apps allow you to control your mind & the world around it[/center] [b]Sunnyvale, Calif. – September 7, 2010 –[/b] PLX Devices Inc. today unveiled the [url=http://www.swiftpage3.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2V0XAHQTHVKFXPKO00ONW4]XWave™[/url], the world’s first brainwave interface accessory for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad. The XWave™ is a small device worn over your head similar to any standard headphone device. Paired with its apps, XWave allows you to control your mind and the world around it. The XWave™, powered by Neurosky Inc. technologies, for the first time brings an extra sensory dynamic never seen before at the consumer level. For years, this technology has been used by doctors to treat epilepsy and seizures in patients. XWave senses the faintest electrical impulses transmitted through your skull to the surface of your forehead and converts these analog signals into digital signals. The device comes bundled with the free XWave App. The App allows you to become familiar with controlling objects with your mind and gives you an opportunity to train your brain to control its attention and meditation levels. With the application you will have to go through different stages to control the function of your brain. Objectives include: having to levitate a ball for a certain amount of time, change a color based on the relaxation of your brain and training your brain to maximize its attention span. Another app that is available for download from iTunes is XWave Tunes. This app will allow users to connect with each other through the music that stimulates their brainwaves. “The human brain is the most powerful, complex thing in the universe, and for the first time, we’re able to harness its amazing power and connect it to everyday technology,” said Paul Lowchareonkul, Founder and CEO of PLX Devices Inc. “With the development of 3rd party apps, the potential for innovation is limitless.” PLX Devices Inc. is also offering 3rd party software developers the opportunity to design and develop apps through its [url=http://www.swiftpage3.com/SpeClicks.aspx?X=2V0XAHQTHVKFXPKO01ONW4]Software Development Kit (SDK) program[/url]. This allows app developers to add compelling hardware interfaces for any type of application. Whether it is relaxation, brain training, entertainment, games, social networking, sports, sleep, the possibilities are endless with the XWave hardware device. Some of the applications that are being developed at the moment will allow you to play games by controlling objects with your mind, control the lights in your home or select the type of music through your iPod based on your mood. Availability The XWave hardware is available to purchase today September 7, 2010 and will start shipping in October 2010 at a retail price of $99.99 from www.plxwave.com. The XWave Apps by PLX Devices will be free from iTunes and the Apple App Store and can be directly downloaded from your iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad device starting early October. Additional 3rd party apps are being added every day. [b]About PLX Devices Inc.[/b] PLX Devices Inc., headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, is a premier supplier of innovative, cutting edge consumer electronics. The Company has divisions in automotive tuning, automotive diagnostics, and displays. Visit www.plxdevices.com[/quote]]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14610&action=new Front Page News
Author: crowTrobot
Posted: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:04:06 -0500
Last post: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:04:06 -0500

Topic: [quote][center][b]ORIGIN Unleashes Benchmark Shattering Gaming PC-Xbox 360 Hybrid[/b][/center] [center][img]http://www.hitechlegion.com/images/stories/press/origin/originhybrid.jpg[/img][/center] [center]‘The Big O’ delivers unparalleled gaming experience with total customization, insane speed, absolute power, immersive graphics, and complete liquid cooling[/center] [b]Miami, FL – September 7, 2010 – [/b]ORIGIN PC is proud to unveil The Big O, their latest creation designed for dominance and destined to make high performance computing enthusiasts and gamers to drool uncontrollably. The Big O fuses the capabilities of the fastest computing hardware on the market, ORIGIN's expert overclocking, and a built in Xbox 360 to create the ultimate gaming weapon. The Big O is featured in CPU Magazine's annual Dream Machine review roundup, an epic competition between system builders. "If you want the ultimate PC, the Big O is it" said CPU Magazine. "By integrating an Xbox 360, the Big O offers everything and the kitchen sink." Absolute Power - With Intel’s Xeon X5680 processors there is nothing you can throw at The Big O that will slow it down. Each X5680 features six-cores, twelve threads, supports ECC memory—and that’s before we add a second CPU and overclock it to a lighting fast 4.3GHz. Add in up to 24GBs of Corsair GT 2000MHz memory and then dare any computer task to slow down your Big O. Quad Damage - A strong core with excellent liquid cooling is the key to lasting performance and EVGA’s GeForce® GTX 480 FTW graphics cards delivers the best graphical power money can buy. This power is multiplied in a SLI multi-GPU configuration creating the most immersive visuals imaginable in gaming and beyond. The Big O provides the unmatched graphics performance that will shatter any benchmark thrown at it. The X-Factor – To empower gamers with the most comprehensive gaming platform on the planet, ORIGIN integrates a liquid-cooled Xbox 360 slim directly into each Big O. Every Big O system is strategically modified so the Xbox ports are easily accessible with liquid cooled processors for extreme performance. You can even game on the Xbox 360 while your computer is busy dominating whatever other task it is assigned. Liquid Cooled to Perfection - ORIGIN keeps your Big O cool with its state of the art liquid cooling system that maximizes performance from the CPU, motherboard, graphics card and even the integrated Xbox 360 slim. The ORIGIN custom liquid cooling system aggressively dissipates heat and eliminates fan noise ensuring your system remains cool and whisper quiet. “The Big O will satisfy the demands of even the most power hungry gamer, but when you create the ultimate personal computer system it has to be designed to go above and beyond gaming” said Kevin Wasielewski, CEO and Co-Founder of ORIGIN. “From the hottest games on the market to digital video editing and 3D rendering you will have the power to perform at every level. To have the best you have to build using the latest in computer technology that guarantees unmatched performance and that is exactly what you get with the Big O.” “Wow, we can honestly say we’ve never seen a system like the Big O before,” said Ujesh Desai, general manager of the GeForce GPU business at NVIDIA. “The components selected by ORIGIN, including up to quad GeForce GTX 480 GPUs will definitely have gamers salivating for the win.” The Big O features a 1 year free shipping and free part replacement warranty backed with the best in class integration, quality testing and support. ORIGIN offers a free life-time phone and online service guarantee and each customer has a dedicated support team and free life-time labor for upgrade needs. Pricing for The Big O starts from $7,669 and can be configured one on one with an ORIGIN specialist through http://originpc.com/thebigo-features.asp. [center][img]http://www.hitechlegion.com/images/stories/press/origin/originhybridphotos.jpg[/img][/center] [center][img]http://www.hitechlegion.com/images/stories/press/origin/originhybridspecs.jpg[/img][/center] About ORIGIN: ORIGIN builds custom, high-performance desktops and laptops for hardware enthusiasts, professionals, and gamers. ORIGIN PCs are hand built, tested, and serviced by knowledgeable gaming enthusiasts, industry veterans, and award winning system integrators. Their staff is comprised of award-winning, experienced experts in the gaming and PC markets who want to share their passion with other enthusiasts. ORIGIN is located in Miami, FL and ships worldwide. For more information, please visit www.ORIGINPC.com or call 1-877-ORIGIN-Ø. Follow ORIGIN: www.twitter.com/originpc www.facebook.com/originpc ©2010 Origin PC Corporation all rights reserved. Origin and the Origin “O” symbol are trademarks of Origin PC Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.[/quote]]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14609&action=new Graphics Cards
Author: DXMage
Posted: Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:07:19 -0500
Last post: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:37:03 -0500

Topic: SO did you get your 9800 back yet?]]> http://www.hitechlegion.com/index.php?option=com_agora&Itemid=33&task=viewtopic&id=14608&action=new HTL Feedback
Author: BackDraft
Posted: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:40:36 -0500
Last post: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 19:36:28 -0500

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