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    DirectStorage not used by any Games, Microsoft hopes DirectStorage 1.1 with GPU Asset Decompression can Fix This

    I think the documentation resource you were looking for is this: D3DPOOL enumeration (D3D9Types.h) - Win32 apps | Microsoft Learn I am a bit skeptical as I don't really understand the size-explosion of game assets. No innovation of a common asset "bundle" and creative way of skinning the objects...
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    Intel Readies Xeon W-1300 Socket LGA1200 Processors Based on "Rocket Lake"

    B550 / X570 with IPMI https://www.asrockrack.com/general/products.asp#AMD
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    European Commission Fines Valve, Five Game Publishers in €7.8 Million for Regional Pricing and Geo-blocking Practices

    No they don't. They can submit whole "EU" tax (vat) report to any EU country (single) tax office: https://www.avalara.com/vatlive/en/eu-vat-rules/distance-selling/non-eu-companies-vat-on-electronic-services-books-video-apps-and-software.html
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    Sony Announces PS5 Console Pricing, Exclusive Games Launch Lineup

    You are mistaken, or did not understand my reasoning. I am not comparing numbers, but value they hold. $60 vs. 70€ 70*1.18*0.8=$66.08 (eu price before vat in usd) Of course, exchange rate evolves, but are they already counting with usd/eur rate 1.071 (=worst rate in 1Y during q1 2020)
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    Sony Announces PS5 Console Pricing, Exclusive Games Launch Lineup

    Avg. VAT in European union is barely over 20%. Four biggest members have standard VAT rate of 16/20/22/21% (DE/FR/IT/ES). Exchange rate between currencies in question is almost identical to VAT. 1€ = 1.18$ It is a complete rip-off. Because why not. There is no other reason which can be said...
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    AMD Announces a Red October: Zen 3 on October 8, RDNA2 on October 28

    DIV/IDIV Context! 32bit operands? Sure, rock-solid throughput of 6 cycles for consecutive instructions > 1/6 DIV per cycle (xxx Lake uarch). What about 64bit operands? Well, sides reverse don't they? (I assume) Micro-coded calculation, variable latency & variable throughput, twice slower than...
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    Editorial Microsoft Adds Ability to Block Win32 Apps from Install on Windows 10

    You are trying to tell me, that if you write a C++ application with UWP template in Visual Studio, you are forbidden to use memory pointers? How would that "work"? Sure, it is still somehow in conflicts with your "memory pointers are forbidden" statement. Only after reading this it finally hit...
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    Editorial Microsoft Adds Ability to Block Win32 Apps from Install on Windows 10

    Are you serious? I have seen so much misinformation (intentional including) about UWP and Windows Runtime in last year and half, yet you managed to leave me in awe. UWP is more like a API profile (by device type) of Windows Runtime + fancy installer. UWP apps use the Windows Runtime, a native...
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    AMD Achieves High-End Embedded Performance Leadership with New R-Series

    I am not sure if it should be considered funny or not, but now announced Sapphire evaluation platform DB-FP4(-D4) board (for R series in announcement) is considered by me to be the best layout / display connectivity SFF 'big' APU board available. It is slim&short mATX form factor (170x226mm)...
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    Zalman Unveils CNPS2X Ultra-Compact CPU Cooler

    I was thinking... would it fit into 1U rack chassis?
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    Faster Acer C7 Chromebook at Walmart for $199

    For dirty cheap non-atom netbook you may look at Acer Aspire One 756. New baseline model of 756 have replaced Celeron 847 (SB, 2c, 1.1GHz) used in this chromebook with Ivy Bridge ULV Celeron 1007 (1.5 GHz). I don't know why, but to me it seems that it is not similar, but exactly the same chasis...
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    Sony PlayStation 4 "Orbis" Kits Shipping to Developers, Powered by AMD A10 APU

    What I described in previous post is definitely not forward rendering but exactly what I stated that it is: And yes such projection looks like 90' 3d game. EDIT: I used "On screen" term to avoid need to explain render targets. Both forward and deferred rendering require more outputs from...
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    Sony PlayStation 4 "Orbis" Kits Shipping to Developers, Powered by AMD A10 APU

    hello TPU fellows. today I spared more than usual ammount of time to read the whole thread, register (after years) and prepare reply in the Internet 90' format. That is mathematically correct for painting pixels on 2D surface by "simple c algorithm" with predefined array of 2D vector...
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