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000033 - 03-27-06 (Updates Monday, Wednesday & Friday)

Welcome
Is it Monday yet?

Windows MCE 2005
If you are ever thinking of using Windows Media Center Edition 2005 for a home theater PC or just as your next operating system, check out this really good thread at AVS Forums. A lot of good information and links to get you started.

2GB of RAM... No Page File?
So your shiny new system has 2GB of memory. Do you still need the cumbersome and slow Windows XP page file? This thread at Ars Technica discusses that option. Short answer....yes.

Did NVIDIA Patent Unified Shaders?
Here is an interesting theory over at Beyond3D. Whether or not a NVIDIA patent covers unified shaders. If it's true, this could have implications for upcoming video card technology and software.

Deal of the Day
Microsoft Streets and Trips 2006 $14.99!
After $10 Rebate.

Past deals of the day

4 Core Benchmarks
A member over at Anandtech has generated some benchmarks from his AMD Opeteron 270 Dual-Dual core system. What can 4 cores do for you?

Poll - PPU
A rather in depth poll at the Harforum asks if you will be jumping on to the physics processing unit band wagon.

The Hardforum also has a section in their forums dedicated to game physics discussion.