Archive for the ‘Nerd stuff’ Category

Crysis DX9 vs DX10

May 30, 2007

The folks over at Crytek released two high definition videos, showing two different areas of gameplay. The first part of both videos is DirectX 9, the second part is DirectX 10.

Video 1: Jungle
Video 2: Hunter

Nvidia’s Human Head

May 24, 2007

Nvidia has released a new demo, which shows an amazingly realistic looking human head. Rendered with the GeForce 8800 Ultra and DX10:

Demo description
Demo video

StarCraft 2

May 20, 2007

StarCraft 1 was a very nice game. When I read that Blizzard was going to make a StarCraft 2, I thought well it will probably look like a bad version of C&C Tiberium Wars. This YouTube video turned me around though:

ThePirateBay works on TheVideoBay

May 20, 2007

Everyone knows the large TorrentSite ThePirateBay. The creator of the site is working on an video site (like YouTube) called TheVideoBay. He claims it will be uncensored. I wonder how long it takes before some great political material is posted there.

The Video Bay

ZamZar: convert files online

May 19, 2007

With all the different file formats nowadays you sometimes need to convert them. Normally you would download some program to do this for you. Now there is an easier way: ZamZar.

ZamZar

ZamZar allows you to upload a file and select which format you want to convert it to. No need to register, just leave your e-mailadress to get a notification when your file is done.
http://www.zamzar.com/

You can also use an URL, even directly convert a YouTube video:
http://www.zamzar.com/url/

Awesome monitor

May 19, 2007

At the end of this year, Dell will release their first DisplayPort monitors. Very nice design and only 2cm thick. I might have to buy one :)

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For more info visit GearLog