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Thread ID: 21452	2002-06-26 10:52:00	wednesday news(mod status....yes please)	tweak'e (174)	Press F1

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57467	2002-06-26 10:52:00	John Carmack has updated his . plan ( . 105 . 167 . 65/cgi-bin/finger . pl?id=1&time=20020625173211" target="_blank">216 . 105 . 167 . 65) with his views on the Matrox Parhelia, commenting on performance and DOOM III . Here's a snip from what he said: The Matrox Parhelia Report: The executive summary is that the Parhelia will run Doom, but it is not performance competitive with Nvidia or ATI . Driver issue remain, so it is not perfect yet, but I am confident that Matrox will resolve them . The performance was really disappointing for the first 256 bit DDR card . I tried to set up a "poster child" case that would stress the memory subsystem above and beyond any driver or triangle level inefficiencies, but I was unable to get it to ever approach the performance of a GF4 . The basic hardware support is good, with fragment flexibility better than GF4 (but not as good as ATI 8500), but it just doesn't keep up in raw performance . With a die shrink, this chip could probably be a contender, but there are probably going to be other chips out by then that will completely eclipse this generation of products . Keeping with the Matrox theme and it looks like the reviews are coming in thick and fast now and they are not flatering . Check out all the reviews at the links below: - Tom's Hardware ( . tomshardware . com/graphic/02q2/020625/index . html" target="_blank">www . tomshardware . com) - GamePC ( . gamepc . com/labs/view_content . asp?id=parhelia128&page=1&cookie%5Ftest=1&bhcp=1" target="_blank">www . gamepc . com) - Anandtech ( . anandtech . com/video/showdoc . html?i=1645" target="_blank">www . anandtech . com) - Tech Report ( . com/reviews/2002q2/parhelia/index . x?pg=1" target="_blank">tech-report . com) - 3DCenter . org ( . 3dcenter . org/artikel/parhelia_firstlook/index3_aquanox . php" target="_blank">www . 3dcenter . org) - Hot Hardware ( . hothardware . com/hh_files/S&V/parhelia128mbtest . shtml" target="_blank">www . hothardware . com) Cnet has posted an article on Microsoft and there development of a device that can be attched to the Xbox that enable digital video recording . The article has said that speculation that such a combined machine could be launched next year for a price of around $US500 . The device would combine the ability to play Xbox games with digital TV functions and Internet access . Read more over at CNet News ( . com . com/2100-1040-938990 . html?tag=fd_top" target="_blank">news . com . com) . A new Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers teaser trailer has been officially ( . movie-list . com/l/lordoftheringstrilogy . shtml" target="_blank">www . movie-list . com) released . Check out the link and grab from one of the many mirrors . Here's an interesting tip for Soldier of Fortune II, it's possible to make a computer controlled character throw up in the game . This is how you do it: When it happens it's because of a gut shot . You have to shoot him from the front and hit his gut . You have to almost kill him (but NOT kill him) and then you have a 50% chance of seeing it . The hard part is causing enough damage to bring him within a fraction of his life . Little White Dog (http://www . littlewhitedog . com) has posted a guide on how you can become a BOFH (Bastard Operator From Hell) yourself . here's the intro to give you the run down on what the guide is all about: Working as a desktop technician in the computer industry for a few years gives you a pretty good insight about what the average user knows and doesn't know . On the other hand, you get to learn what the other technicians you work with know and don't know as well . Since the day-to-day PC fixes get rather boring and repetitive after a certain amount of time, you must do something that still makes the job fun . Where I work, we would play evil computer tricks on each other to help make everyone's day just a little brighter . Not only is it fun to watch people squirm trying to figure out what has been done to their PC, it's also a very educational process for the person that has to fix it . I am going to list some of the tricks we have played on each other over the years . The tips and tricks listed in this article are for informational and educational purposes only . The guide has some pretty cool and nasty little tricks you can play of work colleagues . Check it out here ( . littlewhitedog . com/reviews_other_00015 . asp" target="_blank">www . littlewhitedog . com) . VIA has released an updated version of their 4 . 40A 4-in-1 driver pack titled 4in1 4 . 40(a)P3 . zip . The changes are listed below: Update VIA chipset driver from v1 . 50 to v1 . 60b Update VIA AGP driver to v4 . 20a You can download the drivers from here ( . viaarena . com/drivers/4in1/VIA_4IN1_V440V" target="_blank">downloads . viaarena . com(a)P3 . zip) or here (ftp://downloads . viaarena . com/drivers/4in1/VIA_4IN1_V440V(a)P3 . zip) . ZDNet has posted up a follow-up article to a new move reported in the news yesterday ( . ozquake . com/montysdump/index . html#Reports" target="_blank">www . ozquake . com) about Microsoft's plan beef up security of it's Windows Operating System . This new plan could help make private data and media files much safer at the suspected cost of privacy . One industry insider has been quoted as saying the following: "There are potential privacy issues and potential privacy benefits," said Alan Davidson, associate director for the Center for Democracy and Technology, a tech-policy think tank . But, Davidson said, one thing is certain: "The way that this is built will have a tremendous impact on privacy . " Will plans to make the OS more secure mean that Microsoft has greater control over invading consumers privacy, check out the full story at ZDNet ( . com . com/2100-1104-938968 . html" target="_blank">zdnet . com . com) . Sound Control version 2 . 15 is out for download . Sound Control is described like so: Sound Control is a freeware replacement Windows Sound Mixer applet which together with most of the features of the standard Windows mixer it also allows you to add hot keys to adjust any combination of your sound mixer volumes . Support to control Winamp with a series of hot keys, an on screen display, multiple languages and audio CD player is also included . Supports Windows 95 / 98 / NT4 / 2000 / XP and Millennium-Me . Grab it here (http://www . reallyeffective . co . uk) . A new nVidia 3D Glasses Driver version 29 . 80 has been released by Gainward . The driver is for cards that are equipped to run 3D Glasses in the Gainward range . As with the Detonator drivers released yesterday ( . ozquake . com/montysdump/index . html#Gainward" target="_blank">www . ozquake . com) it's possible that they will work with other brand cards as well . Download the 3D glass driver from here ( . gainwardusa . com/Vga/Utility/3D_Glass/V29 . 80/3d2980 . zip" target="_blank">ftp . gainwardusa . com) . thx to monty thy god ( . ozquake . com/montysdump/index . html" target="_blank">www . ozquake . com)	tweak'e (174)
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