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Nvidia Launches 8800 Series, First of the DirectX 10 Cards 149

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @05:21PM from the by-popular-demand dept.

mikemuch writes "The new top-end GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS from Nvidia launched today, and Loyd Case at ExtremeTech has done two articles: an analysis of the new GPU's architecture, and a benchmark article on PNY's 8800 GTX. The GPU uses a unified scalar-based hardware architecture rather than dedicated pixel pipelines, and the card sets the bar higher yet again for PC graphics." Relatedly an anonymous reader writes "The world and his dog has been reviewing the NVIDIA 8800 series of graphics cards. There is coverage over at bit-tech, which has some really in-depth gameplay evaluations; TrustedReviews, which has a take on the card for the slightly less technical reader; and TechReport, which is insanely detailed on the architecture. The verdict: superfast, but don't bother if you have less than a 24" display."

France To Subsidize Games As Art 48

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday November 08, 2006 @04:52PM from the 50-percent-art-and-50-percent-business dept.

The New York Times is reporting on efforts by the French culture ministry to treat videogames as art. About time. This initiative will include giving tax breaks for game development, and national recognition of game developer achievements (like the arts award received by Shigeru Miyamoto this March). From the article: "With a total of roughly 100 video game companies, France, along with Britain, has long produced more video games than the rest of Europe combined, according to the market research firm Idate, of Montpellier, France. Of late, however, the French companies have been facing tough times. Infogrames has been struggling against high debt, and an American rival, Electronic Arts, bought 19 percent of Ubisoft's shares in 2004. And Vivendi Games earns most of its revenue from one best-selling game, World of Warcraft, said Laurent Michaud, head of the video games division at Idate. 'It is true that the French video game sector is fragile,' Mr. Michaud said. 'But this is true for companies in all markets due to the quick-changing nature of industry.'"

Comment nvu (Score 5, Informative) 79

by reznet on Tuesday June 21, 2005 @06:42PM (#12876681) Attached to: A Simple Note Taking Software - Which One?

sounds like you're looking for a lightweight html editor. I recommend nvu which is a cross-platform wysiwyg html editor that's based on mozilla's rendering engine. I've used it for writing documentation as I code; I'll return later and clean it up. It supports gif/jpegs, css, and all the html goodies you'd expect from mozilla.

As for templates, I see the word in one of the menus, but in 10 seconds I couldn't get it to do what you're talking about. Maybe it does, or you can simply create your own blank log file which you then open and save for your various needs.

HTH

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