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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naj - Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - link
Complaining about CSC classes as a Engineering Major? Come on now...back when I was a CompSci major (I'm now doubling in Law and Business/Economics) I could not understand for the LIFE of me why I had to take Physics or Calculus courses. I'm still bitter about all these General Education requirements I have to take. Art? As an IP lawyer, who is really going to care if I cant tell a Picasso from a Monet?CCR - Wednesday, October 22, 2003 - link
I also know how does that feel...Right now I'm an exchange student at NC State. My ECE courses are pretty good and have managed to fill my schedule with homework every day... I'm also getting out of my 2nd round of exams, though, so this have been very busy days.
However, I wonder how does life feel when having to attend classes and such a time-consuming job. I'm pretty sure this is all about getting a degree, because by evaluating the quality of the reviews, I could say that Anand can teach some of his professors one thing or two, don't you all think that?
Anonymous - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - link
Thanks for the update, can't wait til thursday.Anonymous - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - link
i hate data sturctures as well :(Anonymous - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - link
I know how you feel. I go to NCSU as well, and I decided to drop Java 2 because it was taking up so much of my time and it isn't the least bit interesting to me. Luckily since im only doing EE I don't have to take 316.UlricT - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - link
always a good thing to hear from you Anand :)Do you have your mid-terms coming up? seems a bit late for that... but good luck for them. How many credits are you taking this semester? You shouldn't overload yourself with coursework you know :pAnonymous - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - link
I wanna be a computer engineer, any advice Anand?Anonymous - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - link
Good luck on your exams.But talk about some PRO nVidia Hype in that post!
Anonymous - Tuesday, October 21, 2003 - link
good luck with the exams