New ATI GPU overclocked to…..1GB!!! October 30, 2005
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Now here is a sign of the times as a group of Finnish techheads have overclocked the latest ATI Radeon X1800 XT video card to 1GB and “added a custom liquid nitrogen cooling solution” to keep it from melting the entire house down.
Bit-tech.net has the whole article and proof here. Now imagine running this in Crossfire.
Can’t wait for the benchmarks.
Fatal1ty aka Johnathan Wendel listed among “Most Feared People In Sports” October 30, 2005
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If you’ve never heard of Fatal1ty then you’re not keeping up on your elite gamer profiles and if ever you bump into him while online then it will be too late because he will probably have already fragged your ass.
Fox Sports has compiled a list of “The Ten Most Feared People In Sports” and has Fatal1ty listed at number two just behind Mike Tyson.
An interesting read to say the least go here to see the whole list and visit Fatal1ty’s own site here.
Half-Life 2 Lost Coast now available but can you run it??? October 30, 2005
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Yet another gaming release with ridiculously high system requirements.
The long awaited single player bonus map (that is essentially a showcase of the HDR feature (High Dynamic Range) is available and free to download via Steam (335Mb). The map is an extension of the “Highway 17” chapter of HL2 and though “short” is damn pretty and represents the latest capabilites of computer gaming.
Once completed the level is replayable with “Developer’s commentary” and Valve will be waiting for your input and comments.
Valve also takes this opportunity to mention that they will be creating some new CS:Source content (new player models and two more map remakes: de_nuke and cs_militia).
things that make you go hmmph! October 18, 2005
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First is the interesting initiative on the part of….. Nintendo??? Who are in:
and then secondly and no less interesting is a statement of the world today described by what the people at Google have in store for us now as they look to launch:
Now the European Union is pissed because they say it will offer a:
Its just too bad as if Google wasn’t in enough hot water from:
Last August, the scanning had to be stopped after a group representing more than 8000 authors filed a lawsuit against Google, arguing that the digitising of library books represents a severe violation of copyright law”.
Ahhh the politics in the struggles of the concept of “OPEN SOURCE”.
CPL announces $250 000 prize for finalists October 12, 2005
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The Cyberathlete Professional League has announced that in New York City an event is scheduled on:
“Tuesday, November 22 with a head-to-head competition between the top two finalists with a combined $250,000, the largest cash prize ever handed out in competitive video gaming for one match. In addition, the tour points leader will be awarded the “Intel Player of the Year” title and take home an additional $20,000 and the Intel Gaming Cup.”
The competition will be broadcast in partnership with MTV:
“on MTV Overdrive, the new broadband video channel from MTV.com”.
Why MTV you ask well as one of the foremost leaders in establishing trends and innovations they believe that:
“(v)ideogames have become a key driver behind today’s pop culture and we are excited to embrace the new frontier of professional competition in bringing the head-to-head action to our audience”