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Will 2009 Be the Turning Point For SSDs? 290

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday December 13, 2008 @06:09AM from the year-of-something-on-the-something dept.

Iddo Genuth writes "Since first entering the consumer market about two years ago, solid state drives (SSDs) have improved significantly. While prices remain substantially higher than conventional magnetic storage, it is predicted that in 2009 SSDs will finally make an impact on both the consumer and business markets bringing blazing fast speeds at reasonable prices for the first time — will it finally happen?" It seems likely, as Samsung began mass-producing both 128GB and 256GB SSDs this year. Intel and Micron have also posted recent breakthroughs which will help to bring the technology into the mainstream.

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Comment Re:It is for the server.. (Score 1) 217

by TheFrunk on Saturday November 29, 2008 @03:20PM (#25926895) Attached to: <em>Left 4 Dead</em> Demo Includes Linux Steam Client Libraries

I could be wrong, but I believe the reasoning for this is so if a hash check fails with any one particular file, the server can send down the original one so that the player can still join the server, instead of kicking the player back to the main menu.

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New Star Trek Trailer 591

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday November 17, 2008 @06:07PM from the please-jj-don't-hurt-em dept.

roelbj writes "The full trailer to the next Star Trek movie is now available at the movie's official web site. The upcoming J.J. Abrams-helmed installment represents a changing of the guard, a reboot of the franchise, and a return to the original-series crew. It should prove interesting to see how Abrams' writing staff (Cloverfield, Lost, Alias) tackles the Star Trek universe and all the continuity and baggage that comes with it."

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Submission + - Harry Potter 5 Standard DVD Defective by Design

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 13, 2007 @11:02PM

An anonymous reader writes: Many people I know — and unsurprisingly, many people online — have already written that the quality of the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix standard DVD is of such poor quality that a VHS tape is a superior version. Even older DVDs from earlier movies in the series stand up with higher quality than this release. Is this a ploy by Warner Bros. to push the HD versions of the film?

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Submission + - NVIDIA's 8800 Ultra takes the performance crown

Submitted by

Mighty Mouse

on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @09:34AM

Mighty Mouse writes: "Hardware review sites across the web have published reviews on NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 Ultra. The response appears to be fairly lukewarm at the moment, mainly thanks to its incredibly high asking price. Bit-tech tested the 8800 Ultra in eight different games at three resolutions, finding it to be on average about 10% faster. TechReport's Scott Wasson reviewed the card using another good selection of games, while HotHardware had the chance to check out SLI performance."

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Submission + - GeForce 8800 Ultra takes top GPU spot, costs $800

Submitted by

GraphicsGus

on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @09:20AM

GraphicsGus writes: "NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 line of graphics cards was already the fastest on the block and AMD (formerly ATI) has had no rebuttal since its launch in November. Apparently that still wasn't good enough for the NVIDIA as they announced the new GeForce 8800 Ultra today that tops their GTX part as the world's fastest GPU. PC Perspective has put the new card through a large battery of tests including Rainbow Six Vegas, Supreme Commander Oblivion and five other titles. And guess what? It wins them all. AMD better hope that R600 is the powerhouse we are all expecting, but at over $800 MSRP, the 8800 Ultra is still going to have a limited audience, to say the least."

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