So what have I been up to this weekend? Let's see, working on a project for my data structures class...and more of working on a project for my data structures class. Since my partner doesn't know Java, I was the programmer out of the group (which is a shame as he is the much better programmer out of us two) so things took slightly longer than expected. I program for necessity, definitely not for fun, and definitely not for fun when it's for a class that is nothing more than a graduation requirement and well outside of my engineering major. In fact, I don't think I've had a single computer science course at State that I've had respect for or I've learned anything from. Maybe that's just because Engineers are given the worst possible CSC courses at state or some other reason that escapes me at the moment.
Enough of the ranting, let's talk business. Right now Derek is out visiting NVIDIA and a bunch of game developers. I don't have a list of who made the final cut yet but there were some big name developers that were supposed to be at the meeting (I saw it as a response to ATI's Valve/Shader Day). He should be back Wednesday night, just in time to put the finishing touches on his GeForce FX 5700 Ultra review. The card is looking good thus far and from what he's seen he says that the 5600U -> 5700U step is much more of what we all wanted to see from the Radeon 9600 XT. Will it dethrone the Radeon 9700 Pro as the card to get? Well, you'll just have to wait until Thursday and see ;)
These next three weeks are going to be packed full of wonderful exams and such for me so I have yet to finalize what I'm going to be able to work on (although there are a few things that I'd definitely like to tackle, some of the Prescott rumors being one of them).
I just wanted to keep you all updated, you'll see more of me this week (whether or not that's a good thing is up to you ;)...)
Take care.
Enough of the ranting, let's talk business. Right now Derek is out visiting NVIDIA and a bunch of game developers. I don't have a list of who made the final cut yet but there were some big name developers that were supposed to be at the meeting (I saw it as a response to ATI's Valve/Shader Day). He should be back Wednesday night, just in time to put the finishing touches on his GeForce FX 5700 Ultra review. The card is looking good thus far and from what he's seen he says that the 5600U -> 5700U step is much more of what we all wanted to see from the Radeon 9600 XT. Will it dethrone the Radeon 9700 Pro as the card to get? Well, you'll just have to wait until Thursday and see ;)
These next three weeks are going to be packed full of wonderful exams and such for me so I have yet to finalize what I'm going to be able to work on (although there are a few things that I'd definitely like to tackle, some of the Prescott rumors being one of them).
I just wanted to keep you all updated, you'll see more of me this week (whether or not that's a good thing is up to you ;)...)
Take care.
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Anonymous - Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - link
aol doesnt work either buddyAnonymous - Wednesday, October 29, 2003 - link
#25/26, you clearly don't know much about the Internet if you don't understand that hotmail, yahoo, etc. freemail accounts are abused all the time. All major web sites ban these accounts.Duh.
orthancstone - Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - link
As a CS major, I can say two things.One, calculus is important if you need to mathematically prove something (which you sometimes have to do in grad level classes). So while I feel your pain #9, realize it was probably for someone else's sake than your own. Oh well, atleast you learned how to do it all in your calculator if necessary, right? ;)
I find it funny Anand doesn't like CS classes. I'm not too fond of engineering courses so far (that may change) mainly cause I feel like too much relies on using equations instead of focusing on how or why we do things a certain way (such as choosing between options based on which options serve a situation best). On a side note, though, I am getting to do some simulation work in my engineering class, so that definitely makes it more interesting than one of my CS classes...
Anonymous - Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - link
#24 idiot, do u know how impossible it is to register here at anandtech? they've banned hotmail and aol because of who knows why, and when u enter a different one theres a 404 page popping up, so the process is aggravating and annoying, anand lost a lot of visitors banning anonymous posting, too bad, i liked this siteAnonymous - Tuesday, October 28, 2003 - link
#24 idiot, do u know how impossible it is to register here at anandtech? they've banned hotmail and aol because of who knows why, and when u enter a different one theres a 404 page popping up, so the process is aggravating and annoying, anand lost a lot of visitors banning anonymous posting, too bad, i liked this siteAnonymous - Monday, October 27, 2003 - link
wow seriously, there must be so many losers out there like #23, how sad.Anonymous - Monday, October 27, 2003 - link
wow u have to be a user to post now this site really is starting to suckGK - Sunday, October 26, 2003 - link
May I suggest one thing: why not reviewing an "L" notebook (www.go-l.com)? These laptops seem to be amazing!SDA - Sunday, October 26, 2003 - link
Luis (#15), the Hewlett-Packard NC6000 and NC8000 fit the bill.#20, you don't need hard drive cooling. It's fully optional. Also, by PS2, you mean keyboard and mouse, right? You might want a floppy drive, they're optional though. Last, you need a CPU heatsink+fan and case cooling.
And neither of you do this again. It's annoying. Just post it in the general section of any big mostly-friendly forum.
Anonymous - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
Someone help please. This blog is not place to put this sorry, haven't gotten help anywhere else.Buying first computer part by part. Wanted to make sure my list was right as to every component I need.
1.CPU
2.Motherboard
3.Memory
4.hard drive cooling
5.case/powersupply
6.HD
7.Video Card
8.Monitor
9.DVD/CD-RW
10.PS2
11.Sound Card
12. Speakers/Woofer
Miss anything?
And for dual channel will Corsair XMS 512 sticks work on an 875 mobo?
Thank You and sorry for this inconvienience