Firstly a mini rant about blogs, because I can - I use WindowsXP x64 I can do what the hell I want, but this is something that has got me wound up and when I get angry Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset and when Mr. Bigglesworth gets upset, people die! This is the definition of a blog:

Ok, I am definitely guilty of the last part, but I am a busy man - I have a full time job, a healthy appetite for computer games and I run a popular (horn blower) news site, as well as visiting lots of news sites so it often quite refreshing to come and read a blog page to see peoples self-confessed feelings about Windows x64 and how they are getting on with it, not a page full of stale news on the...

Some users have recieved this email from Microsoft, not me because Microsoft haven't sent me e-mail since I changed my user account from hotmail to my main account, this reminds me that I need to get that sorted out (even though my last request was still ignored).

Its funny as this is how I always thought I would eventually get my copy of Windows x64 and I have been pushing hard on the whole Windows x64 (or Windows for Extended Systems)...

Ok at work, I have a new set of NVIDIA drivers coming down nicely so will be checking those out tonight. So far I know of three releases for Windows x64, excluding the default set when you first get installed:

- 71.84: The only official set and the first display drivers to be WHQL certified – I have no idea how though as they are a poor release. They fill up the event log with errors about incompatible files and missing auxiliary power, which in turn slows the core down (to something lower than that of the GT which doesn’t need auxiliary power anyway?)

- 76.71: So much better and I was very pleased with the results, core does slow down again eventually and there are still errors, but in most cases it ran everything I threw at it on par with it’s 32bit cousin. I have been playing a lot of World of Warcraft (which I am still convinced runs in native 64bit mode). I would have loved to have tested more applications but WOW really has me sucked in, that and the...

It has been a while since I did the blog thing as I have been messing about in Florida or something. I saw Ryan posted the specs of the machine he wants to buy, so I thought I would start doing the same, the machine is going to be stupidly over spec and pretty much built from scratch as these things tend to have to be when changing both sockets and the kind of connection needed for the graphics card
Here is the current plan:

• PSU: Not decided yet, something pretty.
• Case: Cooler Master Stacker 830 (not yet released)
• Processor: AMD Athlon x2 4800+ (not yet released)
• Cooling: 2x Aquagate with all the trimmings (CPU, GPU, HDD, Northbridge)
• Video Card: GeForce G70 Ultra (code name - not yet announced)
• Motherboard: TBA
• RAM: 2gig TBA
• Hard Disk: Undecided, will be two pairs of RAID arrays, one for speed one for storage
• Optical Drive: Sony Dual Layer (already owned) & another one for good measure.
• Soundcard:...

Everyone else seems to be in Seattle, so I thought I would break the trend by not being there. I have been keeping myself busy though - our server problems continue getting to the point where I will have Eva from Vbulletin take a look, whether it is free or not isn't an issue, having a site that is up and stays up is far more important to me.

I sent NetRyder to WinHEC on pain of death and he has free stuff already, including a NVIDIA 6800 GT and an AMD 64 4000+ in a shiny case, oh and a load of other stuff that makes the trip more than worth it and the event hasn't even started yet! You can read NetRyder's blog here: http://netryder.osnn.net/winhec2005/ only has a few shots of last nights antics up so far but coverage will continue. Onto the x64 bits and a couple of tasty morsels for you all today!

? Starting with updated Soundblaster drivers for x64 that are set to expire in August you can check those out here: http://www.osnn.net/comments.php?shownews=11982...