The Nintendo 3ds will be Nintendo's new handheld gaming system with 3d technology being applied without having to wear those ridiculous glasses. It may use a built in filter to have a 3d view. It is also rumored to release in October
"It's a surprise--we were expecting it much closer to Christmas," one publisher told CVG. "But I suppose it gives Nintendo the opportunity to get it front and center in people's minds nice and early. In my experience, you don't launch a product that early to Christmas unless you're confident in it--and going to spend a lot of money on it. We're reassured that Nintendo is going to give it some decent backing in Q4." Read More
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sunday, April 4, 2010
Nintendo DSI vs. DSIXL vs. 3DS
Nintendo has been the number one competitor in the handheld gaming market for quite sometime now and they have had many major changes to their systems over the years. The biggest change was from Gameboy to DS. Now other major changes may lay ahead for Nintendo. A more recent addition to their handheld family was the DSI, a DS with a camera (or eye 'I'). An even more recent addition was the DSIXL, somewhat of a reincarnation of of the original DS. Now soon to be released (or rumored) is the Nintendo 3DS. With the sudden spur of 3D technology coming out, it seems that we may soon enough see the holograms of star wars replacing our computer monitors.
However, the 3DS is likely to be a different kind of 3D than we know of. Arstechnica.com released some good information about the 3DS including somewhat of a 'demo' of how it could work using an existing DSI.
Now comes the question, are these systems worth all the fuss? My answer is no, but a lot of you would see otherwise. I own a Nintendo DS lite and that is all I need. I've modded the heck out of it and would hesitate to replace it with a DSI and it's grotesque camera quality (seriously, early webcams have better resolution than those cameras). Using RAM carts the Nintendo DS lite really is the superior system, even though it lacks very minor interactivity, this is covered by the ability to still use the old Gameboy Advance games, or even a RAM expansion. Most RAM carts lack the ability to use the memory added to the DSI and XL, but this could change in the future.
The DSIXL is a great choice for people with minor vision problems (like me) and like to have something a bit larger and more showy. There is also more room for modding inside of the actual system, however, I would not recommend for people with little hands, (I don't recommend Burger King for those people either.)
3DS is likely the more major of the changes to the DS line. It's likely to use image tracking to move objects in the game making them appear three-dimensional. This will probably require a more powerful processor or even a graphics core. This is not likely to give you the power a PSP has, but it's Nintendo, they don't need that power. This power would give the system the ability to better process information without lagging because let's face it, even the DS lite lags (at least in Geometry Wars Galaxies).
Now for a year to year photo line of each handheld Nintendo system!
Gameboy
Gameboy Pocket
Gameboy Color
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy Advance SP
Gameboy Micro
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS lite
Nintendo DSi
Nintendo DSi XL
-Fox
However, the 3DS is likely to be a different kind of 3D than we know of. Arstechnica.com released some good information about the 3DS including somewhat of a 'demo' of how it could work using an existing DSI.
Now comes the question, are these systems worth all the fuss? My answer is no, but a lot of you would see otherwise. I own a Nintendo DS lite and that is all I need. I've modded the heck out of it and would hesitate to replace it with a DSI and it's grotesque camera quality (seriously, early webcams have better resolution than those cameras). Using RAM carts the Nintendo DS lite really is the superior system, even though it lacks very minor interactivity, this is covered by the ability to still use the old Gameboy Advance games, or even a RAM expansion. Most RAM carts lack the ability to use the memory added to the DSI and XL, but this could change in the future.
The DSIXL is a great choice for people with minor vision problems (like me) and like to have something a bit larger and more showy. There is also more room for modding inside of the actual system, however, I would not recommend for people with little hands, (I don't recommend Burger King for those people either.)
3DS is likely the more major of the changes to the DS line. It's likely to use image tracking to move objects in the game making them appear three-dimensional. This will probably require a more powerful processor or even a graphics core. This is not likely to give you the power a PSP has, but it's Nintendo, they don't need that power. This power would give the system the ability to better process information without lagging because let's face it, even the DS lite lags (at least in Geometry Wars Galaxies).
Now for a year to year photo line of each handheld Nintendo system!
Gameboy
Gameboy Pocket
Gameboy Color
Gameboy Advance
Gameboy Advance SP
Gameboy Micro
Nintendo DS
Nintendo DS lite
Nintendo DSi
Nintendo DSi XLImages from:
-Fox
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Happy April Fools!
Google has changed in a big way this April 1st of 2010. In honor of Topeka Kansas changing it's name to Google, Google has changed it's name to TOPEKA!
This is a funny joke played by Google to get all of you gullible suckers into beliving that Google is Topeka. If this was true, the URL would have been changed by now as well, or even just temoralily for the joke.
Razer has also stunned gamers with a new product, Venom. They have devoloped two products that can bring us humans into zombie mode. FOR REAL. This will bring you into a whole new level of gaming, I like to called, Zoned-the-f**k-OUT! Or tuned in, like, down the billionth of percentage.
This is another hallarious joke upon others from different companies today. Razer went the distance and even included an ordering process. If this is true however, god, help, us.
This is a funny joke played by Google to get all of you gullible suckers into beliving that Google is Topeka. If this was true, the URL would have been changed by now as well, or even just temoralily for the joke.
Razer has also stunned gamers with a new product, Venom. They have devoloped two products that can bring us humans into zombie mode. FOR REAL. This will bring you into a whole new level of gaming, I like to called, Zoned-the-f**k-OUT! Or tuned in, like, down the billionth of percentage.
This is another hallarious joke upon others from different companies today. Razer went the distance and even included an ordering process. If this is true however, god, help, us.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
3dGameman Zalman Giveaway contest!
3dgameman is having a contest, giving away 3 computer cases, 1 cpu cooler, and 1 combo fan controller.
For more information please visit 3d game man
For more information please visit 3d game man
Sunday, February 21, 2010
SPdif out
Aha, spdif out on the motherboard. You can create a bracket from it with high quality audio, or you can attach it to the video card. Problem with this is nearly none of the manufactures for video cards package their cards with the proper cable. I shall later post how to solve this problem, and how to go from any spdif to a 2 pin spdif on a graphics card. (Only on cards that support them, usually one's that support 1080i/p or have an hdmi socket/plug/adapter.) Also note that audio can travel through DVI to HDMI.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Alienware M11x
Images Copyright Dell™
The Alienware M11x has been long awaited and has finally arrived, and will be shipping in March of this year (2010). When configuring this beast, you will see that the RAM speed in the Memory upgrade section, does not seem up to par on what it advertises on the M11x's homepage. This could be a mistake on Dells part, Or it could be shipping with DDR3 800 until more 1060 RAM becomes available. Also, the two processor options are almost identical. Both have same amount of transistors and cores and clock speed. Only difference is you'll be paying $100 more for 1 more MB of cache memory and virtualization from Intel.
Like other laptops from Alienware, this baby has fully customizable LED lights ALL over it.
It sports a 1GB Geforce 335m video processor that runs at 1080Mhz core speed powered by Nvidia. That's almost that of the CPU! Also with proper settings, it should be able to get 8.5 Hours of battery life. Standard. Yeah, that's pretty insane for a dual core gaming laptop. This high powered equipment starts at just $799, Yeah, the cheapest price Alienware has EVER made a laptop. After you start to upgrade things start to get very pricey.
Hopefully i'll be able to get my hands on it, benchmark it, stress it, overclock it, and hack it up afterwards.
Also, this laptop has won multiple rewards such as Best of CES 2010 Gaming (Yes, that is a very big deal)
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