GrE writes, "To start things off, yes I know the Core i7 is overkill. But I really wanted it and refused to build a machine without the i7 at it's heart. For the one person who reads this article and has no clue what I am talking about, the Intel Core i7 processor is Intel's latest in the Core series of processors and represents a minor shift in architecture design. For those of you not interested in processor design, skip to the end of this paragraph. The i7 is based on the Nehalem microarchitecture which is capable of higher performance for both single and multithreaded tasks. This architecture also has an estimated 15 - 20 % increase in performance clock-for-clock over the Penryn-based architecture of the Core2 series of processors. The i7 can only use non-ECC DDR3 Tri-Channel memory and has completely dropped the Front-Side Bus in favor of the Intel QuickPath Interconnect interface. Estimates place the performance increase of almost double that capable on the 1600 MHz FSB used in the X48 chipset. The final piece is the entire Core i7 line reimplemented Hyper-threading. Each of the four cores on the CPU is capable of executing at most two threads simultaneously, causing the OS to view the CPU as having eight cores."
Microsoft announced its financial results for Q3 of fiscal year 2026, including an update on its gaming Xbox business and more.
Not looking good. Hopefully Asha Sharma is able to turn Phil’s disaster around.
To me it's still quite remarkable how they can cash-in 5.3bn in revenue in a single quarter, since their hardware is basically dead.
The stock mark is what makes Microsoft remarkable, They have convinced every institutional and retail investor to just keep piling money into them. Like many big tech giants they are just a big growing pyramid scheme. As long as people keep dropping money into ETF's that cover the market Microsoft will always be liquid. At the same time it is completely stifling innovation and competition. People need to start being more discreet in how they invest their money as it's killing the system.
Riiiiight because people will just flock back to them for one or two games per year.
15+ years of bad performance is what they call irreparable in business. It is time for them to sell off the assets and get out of entertainment.
These declines are on the back of extra revenue received from releasing games like Forza horizon 5 on PlayStation. So I’m being sarcastic here when I said they should go back to exclusives. Killing off a revenue stream from Ps5 sales will only make things worse
Thanks to the slip-up of an artist working on the title, we now have more evidence that a new Injustice game is in the works.
Spiders: "We're going to cut straight to the chase so you're not left wondering: After a long period without clear answers, we have received confirmation that Spiders is being liquidated.
What does it mean? This means the company as a whole no longer exists. We'll cease our functions immediately. The planned DLC will release via Nacon, and then-- well, that's it.
We're sorry that it's come to this and would like to thank each and every one of you for your support over the years.
If you have any questions or run into issues with your games, please contact Nacon directly as we'll no longer be able to reply."
Well.. you all know I'm not a huge fan of PC gaming, but this really does look like overkill
Awww... you finally grew up and got a real computer. Nice going. And I agree, it is overkill.
A bit too technical for me, but blue news is good news.
I say build and play/do what you want. If you can afford it, there's no stopping you. Now play the crap out of it to make it worth it! :P
Seriously I wonder how long until Sony and IBM and Toshiba put the Cell into computers.