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GDC 2007: D3D10 Unleashed - New Features and Effects 1 (Windows)

Direct3D 10 has arrived in Windows Vista. Get up-to-speed on the latest graphics hardware and software infrastructure in Windows. Learn about the breadth of new Direct3D 10 features, everything from geometry shaders to resource views, and how to leverage those features for cutting-edge visual effects in your next Windows title....

Tags: Direct3D, Direct3D 10, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-08-24

GDC 2007: Rapid-Fire Material Systems with Direct3D 10 1 (Windows)

Direct3D 10 is designed from the ground up to empower you to blast way more unique objects, materials, and realistic clutter into your scene. Discover opportunities to get the best small batch performance and exploit the leap forward in shader programmability in shader model 4.0 to achieve a new level...

Tags: Direct3D, Direct3D 10, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management

Software downloads 2007-08-16

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AMD turbo boosts Flash Player 10.1 with ATI Stream technology

AMD seems to be the more viable choice nowThey certainly have improved their offerings over Intel and NVIDIA, which both seem to be up in the air at the moment. Intel isn't focused on offering good mainstream performance for the dollar - they're only working on Atom and the...

Tags: Chipsets, Processors, Semiconductors, Macromedia Flash Player, NVidia Corp., Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., ATI Technologies Inc., AMD 785G, GPU, AMD Athlon, chipset

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Microsoft 'Geneva' identity wares approach the finish line

just PR stuntsM$ merely renamed Active directory and claims a 'break through'.I'm still waiting to see a technology realy new comming out of M$.So far they only stole are renamed existing technologies.Parent post is a troll. Please ignore it. nt OKDeep zoom: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645050(VS.95).aspxPhotosynth: http://photosynth.net/ASP.NET copied by Sun in JSF.Ajax (yes,...

Tags: AJAX, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., identity ware, computing

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

Java SE 6 update 10 is out

Java SE 6 update 10 is outBad one SunFrom my experience, people dislike background tasks that are installed along side applications to enable things like speed launching.If it's an option that has an opt out ability, I'm happy.The one thing I very impressed by is the Direct3D for 2d rendering,...

Tags: Programming languages, Java, Java SE 6 Update 10

Discussion threads 2008-10-21

Java SE 6 update 10 is out

Today Sun released the Java Platform Standard Edition 6 Update 10. Despite Sun's inexplicable version naming scheme, this is a major new release that all Java developers should know about. Some of the features of Java 6u10 include: Java Quick Starter -- A background process (jqs.exe) that...

Tags: Danny, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-10-21

Microsoft Windows Vista Service Pack 1 3.2 (Windows)

Service Pack 1 introduces support for some new hardware and software standards, notably the exFAT file system, 802.11n wireless networking, IPv6 over VPN connections, and the Secure Socket Tunneling Protocol. Booting a system using Extensible Firmware Interface on x64 systems is also being introduced; this feature had originally been slated...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Search, Service Pack 1, Search

Software downloads 2008-03-20

The battle for the soul of your smartphone

The cut-throat market for the chips that power smartphones and handhelds just got more competitive. In the past few days, no fewer than five semiconductors companies, including Samsung, ST Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, and, yes, even Nvidia, have all announced new application processors: Nvidia APX 2500 press...

Tags: Software, Apple iPhone, Processor, Mobile, Smart Phone, NVidia Corp., Chip, Application Processor, SoC, Smart Phones, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Hardware, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-02-12

Windows Vista SP1

A little more than one year after its release, Windows Vista will receive its first service pack update in March. Microsoft says the pack will offer better compatibility with third-party hardware, increased reliability, tighter security, and better performance. But unlike the last Windows Service Pack release, Windows XP SP2--which offered...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2008-02-07

GDC 2007: Advanced Performance Tuning with PIX for Windows 1 (Windows)

Although real-time graphics techniques are quickly advancing towards realism, the main issues many developers face is still performance. PIX for Windows is a powerful tool you can use to squeeze the most performance out of your game. Learn about the new and powerful additions to PIX for Windows including...

Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2007-08-29

Microsoft hints at Vista SP1 beta in August

I’ve steered clear of the Vista SP1 snipe hunt so far, partly because Mary Jo seems to be doing a pretty good job of it, and partly because the hype and accompanying unreasonable expectations around SP1 are getting extreme. If history is any guide, SP1 will fix some annoyances. It will correct...

Tags: Direct3D, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Beta, Hardware, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2007-08-08

Microsoft gives developers a glimpse of Avalon

Microsoft gives developers a glimpse of AvalonPlease helpI don't understand. Does anyone with inside knowledge have an idea as to why Avalon will be such a slow beast on today's hardware when from what I have learned thus far it will be doing basically the same thing as that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Avalon, Microsoft Longhorn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 4

Discussion threads 2004-11-19

XPERT 128 6.13.10.5004 (Windows)

XPERT 128:Xpert 128 Overview: Powered by ATI RAGE128 PRO - a 128-bit graphics engine and 64-bit memory interface. 16MB of powerful memory. 32-bit true color 3D graphics up to 1280x1024. Hardware DVD for full-screen, full-frame rate MPEG-2/DVD playback. 2D graphics support up to 1900x1200x32bpp 80 Hz. Support for Direct3D and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, ATI Technologies Inc., PCI, Tv & Home Theater, Storage, Hardware, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2002-01-10

Rage Fury/Xpert 128 / Xpert 2000(Microsoft Corporation) 6.13.10.5019 (Windows)

Rage Fury/Xpert 128 / Xpert 2000Microsoft Corporation: Features: Up to 32MB frame buffer for realistic 3D gameplay with massive textures and high resolutions. Powered by ATI RAGE 128 GL, a true 128-bit graphics engine. Incredible 32-bit true color 3D acceleration (16.7 million colors) and up to 1920x1200 without significant drop...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., ATI Technologies Inc., Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2001-07-02

Matrox G200 Direct3D Wrapper 10/1/98 (Windows)

This latest Direct3D Wrapper from Matrox maps OpenGL calls onto the Direct3D driver of your G200 video card, offering fast performance for OpenGL-based games including Quake II, Quake, Sin, Hexen II, Half-Life, and Heretic II.

Tags: Matrox, Microsoft Windows

Software downloads 1998-12-14

FixedFuncEMU Sample

This sample attempts to emulate certain aspects of the Direct3D 9 fixed function pipeline in a Direct3D 10 environment. This sample attempts to emulate the following aspects of the Direct3D 9 fixed-function pipeline - Fixed-function Transformation Pipeline, Fixed-function Lighting Pipeline, AlphaTest, User Clip Planes, Pixel Fog, Gouraud and Flat shade...

Tags: Direct3D

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ParticlesGS Sample

This sample implements a complete particle system on the GPU using the Direct3D 10 Geometry Shader, Stream Output, and DrawAuto. Particle system computation has traditionally been performed on the CPU with the GPU rendering the particles as point sprites for visualization. With Geometry Shaders, the ability to output arbitrary amounts...

Tags: Geometry, Stream, GPU, Particle System Computation

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DisplacementMapping10 Sample

This sample implements displacement mapping by ray tracing through geometry extruded from a base mesh. The sample uses Direct3D 10 and the geometry shader to extrude prisms which are then decomposed into three tetrahedra for each triangle in the mesh. The pixel shader ray traces through the tetrahedra to intersect...

Tags: Mesh

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