Posts by CGameProgrammer

The image you were working on would take up 412 MB of RAM if it's uncompressed in memory (not sure how Photoshop does it behind the scenes). So the question is, how much memory do you have? If you have 512 MB then there'd be hardcore...

Quote: Originally Posted by jiopi Core Duo is with single core already a tad faster than PM because of FSB667, SSE3 and other optimizations, and playing some online game like BF2 you are already doing multitasking with...

Dual-core processors work almost exactly like dual-CPU systems, which means some threads can run on one CPU/core while others run on the other. Each program is a thread, which is why dual-core CPUs greatly speed up multitasking....

I decided to buy a Fujitsu 3520, so I did and I'm typing on it right now. (I bought from Fry's instead of online because they had one very similar to my desired specs.) It was a bit hard deciding which screen was best but I think the...

My signature Sager developed cracks around the screen hinge after 1 year and was totally unusable (except as a server) 5 months later. Maybe Clevo improved since then but I'll avoid them from now on, and anyway I don't need a true...

I need a new laptop for web-browsing, DVD-watching, and some 3D development (programming, not modeling). The screen is by far my most important consideration so I've come up with the Fujitsu Lifebook N3410 versus the Sony VAIO FS790....

Quote: Originally Posted by DaddyOf2Girls What color were the other LEDs? When I got there on thursday the XPS letters were and the others were light blue. I changed the XPS letters to green, the front speakers to...

I posted about it here and I took a picture of it here.

When I went to the Game Developer's Conference, NVIDIA had four laptops running their GeForce 6XXX line of cards. The biggest and fastest was Dell's XPS2, with the GeForce 6800. I didn't do too much with it, but I did notice when typing...

Well recently ATI released new Linux drivers, and now it's not too complicated getting them working. It was certainly more painful when I tried it earlier. It's still slower than it should be, but it works. I haven't done alot of testing...