Monthly Archives: November 2009

So, I got an AMD/ATi card… Does that mean they’re off the hook? Nope, not at all. I didn’t buy the card because of their excellent PR, I still feel the same about that… You could say I bought it … Continue reading →

CPUInfo 0.4a release is here:http://sourceforge.net/projects/cpuinfo/files/ Changelog for Release 0.4a:– Added CHANGELOG.txt to keep track of changes between releases– Converted library code to basic ANSI C.– Introduced CI_BOOL/CI_TRUE/CI_FALSE to make the code a bit more readable for plain C.– Introduced CI_X64 … Continue reading →

Disaster struck… my GeForce 8800GTS seems to have broken down. I started up a game of Shattered Horizon, and almost as soon as the game loaded, the display became garbled (I wasn’t even playing yet, I was still in the … Continue reading →

I suppose we all know about how some software sometimes “just doesn’t work”… It requires some kind of software package or update or whatnot to be installed, but you have no idea what. For us developers it may be a … Continue reading →

Well, as I said before, AMD needs to seriously work on their public relations. Here’s a fine example again: http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=20991 Richard Huddy and Lars Weinand engage in a discussion, with Huddy, being the dimwit that he is, making a fool … Continue reading →

A few days ago, nVidia released the Cuda 3.0 beta SDK. This went together with a new GeForce 195.39 beta driver. I’ve given them a quick look and I like what I see. Some highlights: The problem with name conventions … Continue reading →

Introduction The past few days, I’ve been upgrading my FreeBSD server with the help of a friend of mine. Let’s take a trip down memory lane in order to explain this upgrade. In the mid-90s, I think it was in … Continue reading →