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The very first (and very rudimentary) open-source Xorg driver for the ATI Radeon X1000 "R500" series has been released! However, before downloading it, this driver only contains code to initialize and set video modes on the Radeon X1300 to X1600 graphics cards. RandR 1.2 support for the R500 driver is being worked on and may surface shortly. Their current road-map is for getting the Radeon X1600 to X1900 series initialize using this driver, add the RandR 1.2 support, add simple 2D acceleration, work on R500 3D reverse engineering, and implement TTM DRM for memory management. Today's first open-source driver release for the R500 series is available through git on FreeDesktop.org. As this driver progresses we will provide additional information and ultimately benchmarks.Xorg list
Why is the Geforce 8600GTS such a big deal? It is after all a mainstream GPU, not built blast though games like a howitzer, and not bound to break the all time gaming scores either. Instead, what videocards like the Foxconn 8600GTS-256 offer us up DirectX 10 and Microsoft Windows Vista compatibility. Previously, the only other card cable of these two points were the expensive Geforce 8800GTS and 8800GTX models. In the PCSTATS test labs we're still seeing spotty game play in Vista, so perhaps just dual boot with WindowsXP for the next little while. When Microsoft, nVIDIA, ATI and game developers sort out running older games on Vista, upgrade then. In the mean time there is a huge list of DirextX 10 games on the horizon to look forward to; Unreal Tournament 3, Crysis and Guild Wars 2 just to name a few. I took a look through the screen shots posted on the developers websites, and I'll tell ya, I can not wait!! I predict that once you go DX10 gaming, you'll never go back.More @ Here
The projector contains three lasers, a DLP chip and a power supply and measures about 1.5 inches in length. With the projector, the cell phone can beam DVD-quality video onto a screen or a wall, thereby allowing it to serve as a video player or a television. By using the projector, the actual "screen" size can be much larger than what a person would get by using the LCD panel integrated into the phone. The chip inside the phone, in fact, could drive images for a widescreen television.
Most of us know that Cebit is going on and new videocards are probably shown there, the 8800GTS is still fairly new and it looks like it might be a excellent choice for most consumers if you look at price and performance. We are going to test this card vs some older high performers to see how it really does perform.Full Story @ RBMODS
