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AMD Launches New ATI Linux Driver-> 1

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Michael Larabel

on Wednesday September 05 2007, @12:43AM

Michael Larabel writes "AMD has issued a press release announcing "significant graphics performance and compatibility enhancements" on Linux. AMD will be delivering new ATI Linux drivers this year that offer ATI Radeon HD 2000 series support, AIGLX support (Beryl and Compiz!), and major performance improvements. At Phoronix we have been testing these new drivers internally for the past few weeks and have a number of articles looking at this new driver. The ATI 8.41 Linux driver delivers Linux gaming improvements from the R300/400 series and the R500 series. The inaugural Radeon HD 2900XT series support also can be found in the new ATI Linux driver with "the best price/performance ratio of any high-end graphics card under Linux." While this new driver cannot be downloaded yet, AMD has also eluded to accelerating efforts with the open-source community. Will AMD's announcement be enough to rectify their troubled Linux past?"
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ATI/AMD Announces Driver Breakthrough-> 0

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schestowitz

on Wednesday September 05 2007, @12:11AM

schestowitz writes "AMD has just dropped the bomb when it announced a major driver breakthrough. To Linux users, the effect of this news is enormous. To gamers and to projects like Compiz-Fusion, this will be the end of a lot of trouble. Phoronix.com seems to have had some insider information because the site already boasts extensive benchmarks and detailed information. From one among five articles: 'Whether you are using a Radeon X300 purchased a few years ago or the Radeon X1950PRO, the 8.41 driver is noticeably faster. How much faster? In many cases it is about 50% faster while in some configurations it may go as high as 90% or more. In fact, in some benchmarks the Mobility Radeon X300 was over 10x faster!'"
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Mouse brain simulated on computer

Submitted by philippic on Saturday April 28 2007, @10:47AM

philippic writes "The BBC is reporting that "US researchers have simulated half a virtual mouse brain on a supercomputer. The scientists ran a "cortical simulator" that was as big and as complex as half of a mouse brain on the BlueGene L supercomputer.""

"Women's town" to put men in their place

Submitted by espamo on Saturday April 28 2007, @08:05AM

espamo writes "Chinese tourism authorities are seeking investment to build a novel concept attraction — the world's first "women's town," where men get punished for disobedience, an official said Thursday.
The motto of the new town would be "women never make mistakes, and men can never refuse women's requests," Chinese media have reported....
link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070426/od_nm/china_wo mentown_odd_dc"

Comment: Re:Soulbind Gold? (Score 1) 130

by Aphax on Thursday April 05 2007, @09:53AM (#18619791) Attached to: WoW Players Targeted By Windows Flaw Exploit

Gold can't be 'soulbound', but a lot of valuable items are. Also, the player can't really control wether it should be soulbound, it happens automatically. For example, some items 'bind' on pick up when you loot it from the corpse of something you just killed (BoP), some do so after equipping them (BoE). Therefore the chances of finding an unbound item on a player that would sell for a lot of gold on the Auction House isn't too big (unless he crafts them with the intent of selling).

All items (including bound ones) can be sold to NPC vendors however which will yield a relatively small amount of gold. I imagine that these people hacking WoW accounts will just 'vendor' everything anyway to get as much gold as possible.