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Yeeeaaa... It's October and all I can say is, DreamHack!!! Which is in collaboration with the upcoming Indie Youth Fest. Now...

Should I go to KL or not???

Hmm...

Geez Goddamnit!!! I feel like installing Photoshop CS4 to fill my boredom. Got the frigging Master Collection but the requirement space is just too much. 20+ GB for God sake. Guess I'll just have to install the non Master Collection till the new rig is up.

Just finished up Portal and Half Life 2 : Episode 2 and... Hmm... Let's just say I got nothing else to do. Hehehe... The games were great but short(will write a review). I just can't wait for Episode 3 which is the final episode of the installment of the game.

Anyway, this weekend will be another Dota Tourney. Good thing is I can make it for the Saturday mass.

To those who are expecting me for the WCO, Sorry. I feel that the session is too boring and I dun wanna waste my Fridays just sitting there and got nothing to say. Plus, I'm busy marshaling for the tourney so... Yup. I can't go.

Owh well, on the other hand, I'm looking for Splinter Cell games. I haven't been following the franchise since Pandora Tomorrow. So Chaos Theory is my best bet for now.

Till then,


-JJ,out-

Tim Sweeney : The End Of GPU Roadmap.

Here's a little something about one of the many stuff I'm excited about and don't really or rather I'm lazy to find the time to blog about.

Couple of months ago, I've got a heads up of a link that ended me up downloading a power point presentation made by Tim Sweeney, a Video Game Developer, CEO and Founder of Epic Games, about the End of GPU Roadmap. I must say, this is a very very good read. Throughout the presentation, Tim stated that GPU line will die by the year 2020 as it draws itself closer and closer to CPU which actually, we're right back into the cycle when we first started with computers running on Intel 80386 without the GPU way back before I was even born. With the upcoming Intel Larabee, these are made possible since the CPU are actually a Hybrid CPU/GPU where developers are actually able to create games with better graphics that would actually render in-game. It offers texture filtering,anti-aliasing, rasterization that can be replaced with a software implementation through C++ and backed by massive computing power.

Some of you might have read about the Power of Gaming Triangle on my old post few years back where the PhysX Technology actually completes the circle that makes sense in the Gaming Industry for Processing Physics. But many might not know that PhysX Technology can be now found on your GeForce graphic cards starting from the 8 Series until the recent GTX Series model. Ever since Nvidia has acquired PhysX, GPU and PPU are already all in one piece so, if you wanna build a high-end machine, you don't need to waste a space for a Physics Processing Unit anymore as it is already integrated into your graphic cards which processes a lot better than the unit
itself.

Gaming Triangle

With the upcoming Larabee, the three separate Processing unit will unite as one into a hybrid CPU/GPU/PPU which offers an even better in-game environment

The future is indeed a very exciting event for the Gaming Industry as well as the Tech Industry in the computer side. As a computer tech enthusiast, I cannot wait to see what it holds for the upcoming Larabee.

For those who wanna read the slides, you can click here. You can download it as well.

Until then, I'm signing off with my hiatus still on. Hopefully you geeks like me out there would enjoy the read. Wannabes can Fuck Off because you totally suck and you cannot catch the vibe we're in.


-JJ,out-

My thoughts on District-9

I know that it's a little late but District-9 has gotta be one of the best damn movie I've ever seen. Wish I got that kind of weaponry to blow idiots into pieces.

More on this on the review site with insights of why I really like the film. I mean seriously. Movies these days are really disappointing. G.I. Joe... SUCKSS big time. Effects are nice but stories don't deliver.

Till then, I still got the headache from last night's party. More like hangover. Shiit!!!


Ciao.


-JJ,out-

Call Of Duty : Modern Warfare 2 Multiplayer Teaser.

This... Is... Fucking... Awesome!!!





Enjoy the video.


-JJ,out-

Testing cross-posting to Blogger.

Test session begins and ended once this post is posted.


-JJ,out-

The Death of 32-bit Operating System Platform.

In the Tech World today, as we are moving forward to the future, older technologies will die, giving way to the newer techs that inherits the legacy of the older ones. Whether with a faster data rate transfer or having more cores in one processor, if Moore's Law demands it, the old will slowly fades as Technology continues to grow.

These days, I've been seeing a lot of changes in the world of computing, especially in the hardware and the software section. Seeing how things slowly dies, it is difficult not to think that the 32-bit of Operating System Architecture will die and giving way to the dominance of the 64-bit platform and also, the birth of 128-bit Operating System, thus, also, will be the days of the 128-bit Processors and also the birth of 256-bit Processors. When the time comes, the Moore's Law demands it, like I said before.

Today, more and more software developers and also enthusiasts are moving toward 64-bit computing. Gamers, like me, who are on the enthusiasts' side, are doing so to break the barrier of the 4GB limitation of RAM in a 32-bit Operating System, thus, allowing us to go for more RAMs to get some more juice in our games. With the release of Core i7 from Intel, the requirement for RAMs has been added with one more stick of RAM to the usual 2-stick package of RAM on sale in the market thus giving the minimum amount of RAM from 3GB going up to 6GB, then to 12GB and finally doubled to 24GB of RAM just as the Moore's Law demands it to. With that amount of RAM, it is hard not to go for 64-bit platform due to the limitation of RAM given by the 32-bit platform.

As of now, 32-bit will still live for the moment until about after 2 years or maybe even a little bit longer before it dies. Given the fact that Windows 7 are on the way and still giving hope on the 32-bit platform since there are much performance gain on the 32-bit side on the beta testing stage than on Vista. From that onwards, more and more things are beginning to change or die in terms of people changin motherboards, platforms, RAMs and many more. All this, is because the Moore's Law demands it and developers will continue to push new games and softwares which will requires better hardwares to run smoothly on them.

Starting from next year, it will be hard for me to go for 32-bit OS anymore since my new rig that are still on the construction stage are going for 64-bit OS. The reason I'm porting is because I wanna fully utilize those 4GB of my Corsair Dominator RAMs and also the extra 2GB of it which I have bought. Damn!!! But at least I got the extra juices.

Yeah... If you have any thoughts on this, please leave a comment below.

Till then,

Ciao.


-JJ,out-

What the future holds...

For PC Gaming.


Thinking back...

As I am sitting here typing, looking at my 4 draft and unfinished post which I've left long time ago and I remembered that there's one of those unfinished post which I've written with a title "Evolution of PC which Revolves around Gaming" and it was intended as an article, but I was having a writers block at that moment and so I left it unattended in a digital closet of Draft Posts section. This thought has been on my mind all these while. It has been on and off on several occasions and so I decided to write this out on my first attempt but I guess it'll end up into this post.

Gaming, first started not with the Commodore 64 actually. Video Games have been created way before Pong on a big computer with a tiny screen which is actually an Oscilloscope in a Science Lab. As years went by, gaming has been going through a lot of advancement and changes of forms which splits gaming into 3 major line which is the Portable Gaming (i.e PSP, Nintendo DS, Phone), Console Gaming (PS3s, Xboxes, Nintendo Wii) and finally, the PC Gaming.


The Experience.

Through my years of experience in gaming, I first came through with the MicroGenius console system. And then I was transported to PC gaming on a Windows 3.2 Operating System. That time, the only game I'm really into is Cosmo Cosmic, the cute green alien fighting his was to find his family. That was only the first episode by the way. I found out about it after I finished the game. After our family's 1st PC is dead, the only thing that is closest to gaming for me was the MicroGenius and a portable system called the GameBoy. That time, PokeMon was the "in" game. At the age of 13, my dad bought a PC. Starting from there, I've been into PC gaming more than the console and even the portable system. At that time, the games I've played were Counter Strike 6.6 Beta, Star Craft, Red Alert 2. I haven't had much knowledge about hardwares, and technical stuff then. Heck, I don't even know that there's even a gaming peripherals just for gaming. Until Command and Conquer Renegade gets in the way. I found out that I've been having trouble with hardware incompatibility and I seriously needed an upgrade if I were to play newer games.

To cut things short, I got into highs and lows, many troubling experience, and while fighting my grades in studies, I ended up as a geek and a gamer I am today.


The Industry.

Gaming, in the industries has been growing a lot these few years but not a lot in my home country. Right now, in Sarawak here, you can see that there are some PCs on sale which are called Gamer's PC which is made purely based on performance to be able to run the latest and intensive games coming out in the recent years.(Though I rather build than buying their pre-build due to their lack of hardwares that I prefer.) New hardwares, keep on coming out to support the latest games like Crysis, Call of Duty 5, Left4Dead, Need For Speed Undercover and many more.

Besides the hardwares, we have the I/O (Input and Output) devices too which are made for professional gaming. From gaming keyboard and mice to gaming headset, they are made for better precisions, controls, very very good responses and very clear and accurate sounds to be able to conquer the virtual battlefield. Besides that, the gaming peripherals also comes with drivers which you can reprogram the macros on your gaming mice and keyboards. My favorite brand for gaming peripherals are Razer and also a bit of Microsoft. So far, I've got a Diamondback and a DeathAdder Mice, an Intelli 3.0 mouse, 3 mouse pads from Razer, SteelSeries and a cheap Microsoft Mouse Pad and a Razer Lycosa Keyboard which I might wanna switch into the mirror edition.


The Unresolved and The Deluded.

Gaming, in the PC section has been in a serious problem of piracy. This would cause a lot of waste of hardwork from the developers because they are not earning what they should be. Many ways they have tried to use in order to fight piracy. Due to the problems, many console gamers would think that PC Gaming is dead. This actually kinda cause the existence of 2 gaming cultures which are the PC Gamers and the Console Gamers. Console gamers only thinks that PC Gaming is dead mainly it's because of this piracy thing and not many games are made for PC in the last recent years or some seasons. Or maybe they're just jealous that PC are superior in games like FPS. Ignore my last remarks if you don't like it, console fanboys.


Solution?

Today, developers like Valve, the team behind the most popular game, Half Life and Counter Strike franchises, have resolved to distributing games online through a MSN Messenger-like program called Steam. All you have to do is to put in your credit card number and choose which game you want to buy and they'll upload them into your hard disk. One thing that really intrigues me about Steam is that, once you have reformated your computer, you don't have to worry about losing your game. All you need is to download the Steam program again and login your ID. Once you're in, you'll be able to download the game which you have bought before without any charges. Rumours has it that Microsoft are also planning to distribute games through the online method. Which is a good way to fight piracy in my opinion because if games are released in a form of DVDs, they can burn them and work on a keygens and stuff.

On top that, big companies like Dell and HP are acquiring or having a partnership with gaming PC companies like Alienware (for Dell) and VoodooPC(for HP) to produce gaming PCs and laptops for their gaming and performance line.


The Stand.

In conclusion of this experimental and just for fun article, I will take my stand here and now. PC Gaming will NOT OR EVER WILL BE, DYING. So when people say that PC Gaming is dead, give them a very hard hit on their head and ask them to wake up.



-VIRUZXP,out-
A gamer who would game on any system but doesn't believes that PC Gaming is dead.