Graphics from the early 1980’s
Posted by admin in Graphics on 31. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
Here we have a video of computer rendered graphics, i was quite intrigued by the short clip. The reflections on the real life objects were impressive! I wouldn’t say ray tracing but it was a good start The polygon structured shapes must of had 8 sides? compare than now to the polycount of a [...]
Nvidia Realistic head!
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics on 31. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
Now that I have shown you the basic graphics demonstration from the 80’s its now time to see what graphics are really like. Ok the shapes which were rendered had 10 sides not 8! 10 polygons w00 h00. Now consider this demonstration which actually renders the whole face model.
The previous video showed nice reflections on [...]
IBM unveils new 1 Tera Byte tape drive
Posted by admin in Storage on 29. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
IBM has unveiled a 1 terabyte tape drive capable of achieving a data transfer rate of 160 Megabytes per second. The drive supports data encryption and features a magneto-resistive head design that significantly reduces read errors for server enterprise environments.
According to IBM, tapes offer the “most green and cost-effective form of storage and will enable [...]
Life Is greener with LG
Posted by admin in General News on 29. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
NTELLIGENT SENSOR TECHNOLOGY significantly reduces energy consumption within LG TV products according to independent testing results announced today.
TLG LCD TVs sensor technology dramatically reduce the of power consumed 70% less than their previous models.The technology works by analysing the amount of ambient light in a room and adjusting the TV’s settings accordingly in [...]
Nvidia Desktop Drivers
Posted by admin in Graphics on 29. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
Driver heaven has release some useful tool for the majority of Nvidia driven laptop owners. The software produced by driver heaven allows nvidia notebooks graphics processor owners to mod and utilise the up-to-date desktop drivers released bu Nvidia to run on their machines.
Drivers for their laptops can take time to filter from similar and other [...]
AMD to push on DirectX 10.1
Posted by Simon Whiston in Graphics on 29. Aug, 2008 | No Comments
AMD have reportedly joining with developers to create a new generation of DirectX 10.1 game titles for the ATI Radeon 3000 and 4000 series. Partners involved include Electronic Arts, Sega and NHN Games, not small players by any means.
Sega have said, by creating the directX 10.1 platform the return would be a new stanards for [...]
