So what have I been up to this weekend? Let's see, working on a project for my data structures class...and more of working on a project for my data structures class. Since my partner doesn't know Java, I was the programmer out of the group (which is a shame as he is the much better programmer out of us two) so things took slightly longer than expected. I program for necessity, definitely not for fun, and definitely not for fun when it's for a class that is nothing more than a graduation requirement and well outside of my engineering major. In fact, I don't think I've had a single computer science course at State that I've had respect for or I've learned anything from. Maybe that's just because Engineers are given the worst possible CSC courses at state or some other reason that escapes me at the moment.
Enough of the ranting, let's talk business. Right now Derek is out visiting NVIDIA and a bunch of game developers. I don't have a list of who made the final cut yet but there were some big name developers that were supposed to be at the meeting (I saw it as a response to ATI's Valve/Shader Day). He should be back Wednesday night, just in time to put the finishing touches on his GeForce FX 5700 Ultra review. The card is looking good thus far and from what he's seen he says that the 5600U -> 5700U step is much more of what we all wanted to see from the Radeon 9600 XT. Will it dethrone the Radeon 9700 Pro as the card to get? Well, you'll just have to wait until Thursday and see ;)
These next three weeks are going to be packed full of wonderful exams and such for me so I have yet to finalize what I'm going to be able to work on (although there are a few things that I'd definitely like to tackle, some of the Prescott rumors being one of them).
I just wanted to keep you all updated, you'll see more of me this week (whether or not that's a good thing is up to you ;)...)
Take care.
Enough of the ranting, let's talk business. Right now Derek is out visiting NVIDIA and a bunch of game developers. I don't have a list of who made the final cut yet but there were some big name developers that were supposed to be at the meeting (I saw it as a response to ATI's Valve/Shader Day). He should be back Wednesday night, just in time to put the finishing touches on his GeForce FX 5700 Ultra review. The card is looking good thus far and from what he's seen he says that the 5600U -> 5700U step is much more of what we all wanted to see from the Radeon 9600 XT. Will it dethrone the Radeon 9700 Pro as the card to get? Well, you'll just have to wait until Thursday and see ;)
These next three weeks are going to be packed full of wonderful exams and such for me so I have yet to finalize what I'm going to be able to work on (although there are a few things that I'd definitely like to tackle, some of the Prescott rumors being one of them).
I just wanted to keep you all updated, you'll see more of me this week (whether or not that's a good thing is up to you ;)...)
Take care.
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az - Saturday, October 25, 2003 - link
hehe.. been there done that man.. i learned java in one week to do a database project.. post back if you need helpAnonymous - Friday, October 24, 2003 - link
#17, what an idiotic thing to say.user - Friday, October 24, 2003 - link
Maybe you shouldn't be in engineering at all. What are you going to do with your degree, land a day job pumping out more disposible consumer toys? Doesn't sound very fufilling.
Anonymous - Friday, October 24, 2003 - link
Retards > VinnyLuis - Thursday, October 23, 2003 - link
Weird how there is still no major laptop brand with a Pentium M AND an ATI 9600 GPU - whats up with that?Vinny - Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - link
clemson > statePete - Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - link
#11, there have been plenty of rumors pinning the 5700U at $200. I still doubt it, but it's possible nV is willing to cut profit margins to "get back in the game" in a big way.SDA - Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - link
Anand, it can't help that Java is something like a 4.1 on the DNSES (Dr. Nefarious Standardized Evil Scale), or roughly on the same level as Diet Dr. Pepper and the Radeon 7500. At least you don't have to touch C#.Anonymous - Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - link
Good luck on the exams..Btw, Anand, please post some pricing information as well as the card reviews.. we heard a lot of rumors about the performance of the 5700U, but did not have single word on the pricing.. (There is also a post about the albatron card that uses DDR2 memory, but I found it a little strange for a regular mainstream card having a 199$ price point)..
Hopefully you do not review a card that really beats 9600XT but has a 100$ more price tag on it..
Looking forward to see the review :-)
Good luck on exams again..
Best,
Anonymous - Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - link
#8 wrote: I could say that Anand can teach some of his professors one thing or two, don't you all think that?I guess not, since he admits to not really enjoying programming and hated data structures, which is undoubtedly the single most important computer science class anyone would take.
Anand is great at reviewing things and has absolutely amazing industry connections. He runs a stellar website. But let's not title him some engineering / programming genius. He does what he does well, but he isn't a Linux kernel hacker.