Items tagged with 3D
Good evening everyone. Following Jeff's lead in bringing you something different, there's a review of Sirius Satellite Radio Vs XM Satellite Radio. Other items for your reading pleasure include the Enermax CS-718B Maxflow Case, Gigabyte 3D1, and Edirol FA-101FireWire Audio Interface. Read on, and enjoy! Edirol FA-101FireWire Audio Interface...
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Well it's 1AM right now, and my only mental functions consist of 'News' and 'Sleep', so I'll proceed in that order. Firingsquad has announced the final winner of their contest, so be sure to check out their site to see if it's you... after you check out our news of course :) Soltek SL-K8TPro-939 Motherboard Review @ PCStats "The new Soltek...
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Shiver me timbers it's cold! But like I said before... my computer is loving it :D Well guys and gals, Half-Life 2 is almost here and I personally can't wait! Well, I'll be getting Metroid Prime 2 first, but still... HL2! "you don't mess with a nerd and a crowbar" - entermymatrix03, Forum Member HEC Windmill...
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Welcome everyone, NJ here with another edition of the HH Nightcap. On tap tonight we have a varied selection of juice which should satisfy the rumbling in your news-hungry bellies. So, pull up a chair, toss on some music and enjoy the news. Here is your evening update... The State of 3D Article @ PenStar Systems "NVIDIA...
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Good evening everyone, welcome back to HotHardware. The day is coming to a close and in traditional HH style we have a collection of swank news from around the net. So, with a bit of DJ Tiesto and a tall glass of G&G, I am all settled in for a good read. Here is your evening shot of juice... FutureMark 3DMark05...
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Good morning HotHardware fans! Welcome back! The lion's share of today's news focuses on Futuremark's release of 3DMark05. There's lots of info regarding this new benchmark to sort through today, so make sure you read it all, and soak up all the knowledge! And when you're done, come right back here and take a look at our latest review, and...
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Hey There! It's your friendly neighborhood Italian checking in with a late night serving of hardware goodness. The news has been coming in at a fevered pace today, so we've got quite a bit to get to in this installment. Kill the boob tube, grab some munchies, and settle in. You've got some reading to do... 3DGPU...
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Good morning gang, JeffB stopping by with your morning news update. While Marco is fighting off a bug, or possibly an overdose of pollen, I have a dilemma of a different kind. I took a ride to Top Sail Island off the coast of NC yesterday and didn't bring the sunblock. After walking along the beach for several hours without...
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HERCULES® introduces 3D Prophet 9800 Pro The graphics board for hardcore gamers By. Jay R. Gibson April 16, 2003 Montreal, April 15, 2003 - Hercules® is delighted to announce the launch of 3D Prophet 9800 Pro, its new flagship graphics board based on ATI®'s latest and fastest chipset. 3D Prophet 9800 Pro is the most recent addition...
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Hercules 3D Prophet 8500 128MB Review RADEON 8500 and All the Trimmings By -Chris Angelini July 3rd, 2002 Competing in the video card market is much like swimming in school of sharks. Each manufacturer has the potential to pack a potent punch, but the slightest sign of weakness can quickly incite a feeding frenzy. We?ve seen it...
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OK folks! Listen up! We've got some great new breaking news for you here! Today we had a little chat with Brian Burke PR-SupaFly-Man of 3dfx! Check it... Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to speak with the us. We'll let you get back to more critical tasks ASAP. We Voodoo 3 Freaks wouldn't want to take you off the...
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The VSA-100 - Voodoo4 & 5 Dispelling The Myth A discussion with 3dfx Interactive Thanks for stopping by folks. Tonight, we decided to have a little chat with our friends at 3dfx Interactive, Brian Burke P.R. Manager and Peter Wicher, Director of Product Marketing. It seems there has been some fairly serious debate...
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Setting Standards In 3D Graphics THE Technology Summit Report! - July 30, 1999 So how is that for fan fare?! The good folks at 3dfx invited us to their Super-Top-Secret Technology Summit on Tuesday, July 27th. Several Webmasters and Technical Writers from various web sites were invited down to this exclusive little party inside the...
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Setting Standards In 3D Graphics THE Technology Summit Report! - July 30, 1999 Roadmaps and Miles Stones - The history and future of 3dfx Once upon a time, this little spin off / start-up out of Silicon Graphics, invented a great new 3D only graphics chip called Voodoo. -Yesterday Without getting into too much fairy tale...
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Setting Standards In 3D Graphics THE Technology Summit Report! - July 30, 1999 Hooray For Hollywood! No this isn't a Broadway show, this is the real deal. Or perhaps, depending on your perspective, the digitally animated artificial deal! :-) Regardless, 3dfx will bring to your PC these new features which will take your experience...
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Setting Standards In 3D Graphics THE Technology Summit Report! - July 30, 1999 Soft Shadows and Reflections Let's face it, the shadows that are drawn in today's games via today's hardware, are a little lame. Nowhere in nature does any object cast a shadow that is perfectly symmetrical, sharp or even squared off and boxy. Today's...
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Elsa's Erazor III & Revelator 3D Eye Glasses ! A Dynamic Duo! (Benchmarks) Well, needless to say, we did put the Erazor III through its paces. Overall we expected to see a bit of a hit in various framerates due to the Erazor III's lower clock frequencies. What we discovered was a little surprising. Check it out.......
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Elsa's Erazor III & Revelator 3D Eye Glasses ! A Dynamic Duo! Click for larger image What's better than a hot new TNT2 based AGP card? How about a TNT2 based AGP video card bundled with 3D Stereo Eye Glasses? We recently received Elsa's new Erazor III TNT2, 32MB AGP card and it came with a nice surprise, The...
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Elsa's Erazor X - GeForce & Revelator 3D Shutter Glasses Breaking out from the "me too" crowd. Now that NVidia GeForce based cards are beginning to flow more freely, the race is beginning to blur a little with many vendors producing "me too" products based solely on the NVidia reference design. This is a look...
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A Tale of Two TNT2s The Gigabyte GA660 Turbo Vrs. The MSI 3DAGPhantom We brought in the wreckin' crew for this event. Like a Demolition Team with a bad attitude, we decided to mix up a couple of explosive substances and see what kind of reaction we would get. This is a "Bake Off" of sorts between a pair of TNT2 cards from...
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The Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra So Cool...it's blue... By, Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta January 4, 2001 Way back in 1982, the technology behind the Hercules monochrome graphics adapter became an established PC standard (I actually had one...Geez, I'm ancient!). For many years to follow, it was commonplace to find Hercules products...
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The Hercules 3D Prophet 4500 Kyro II Powered Goodness... By, Marco "BigWop" Chiappetta July 12, 2001 Something dawned on me when I sat down to begin writing this review. The STMicroelectronics Kyro II powered Hercules 3D Prophet 4500, is the first video card that I have reviewed since July 2000, that is not powered by an nVidia...
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