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"Next generation" hardware
Solstice:
As far as games go, I wanna see real-time ray tracing some day. Hopefully soon. That would totally kick ass.
Jenno:
The day I buy an Intel CPU is the day they stop changing their motherboard chipset every 6 months. I don't appreciate having to buy a new motherboard every time I upgrade.
Bastardous Bassist:
--- Quote from: nescience ---Quantum computers
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Yeah, but they're still inherently slow due to the times associated with energy transitions. I'm looking forward to optical computers. That is, computers that have no electronic components.
mberan42:
I read a great article on quantum computers. They'll be totally kick-ass at things like hypercomplicated mathematical problems, physics engineering, biological simulations and the like, but completely retarded for gaming. Something about the obscene logical-ness (or whatever the word is) of their theoretical setup dosn't take too well with ever-changing conditions in games.
All that I mentioned before is basically getting from A to B. Gaming, any graphics-intensive work and the like is nothing like A to B.
I'm excited to see how the whole HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray pans out. I don't know which is technically better or which I like more, but format wars always entertain me. (As I said before, who the fuck thought DiVX was better than DVD?!)
I'd really like to see solid-state harddrives. I've seen stuff about Flashdrive-based HDDs, but they're not all that practical. Practical and reliable solid-state HDDs would speed things up immensely (supposedly).
In lieu of solid-state HDDs, what's the deal with current drives not being able to spin faster than 7200 rpm? I know there are 10k rpm models out there, but they're no larger than 72gig. I'd really like to see a RAID setup of two 25k rpm 500gb drives. That'd be mad insane.
Another thing I'm anticipating is a practical and relatively cheap mobo/cpu setup that supports more than 4gb ram. I realize that there are current technologies out there that supports more than 4gigs, but I want it more readily available.
Hmm, I think that's all I can think of right now. I love technology.
(And btw, am I the only one who thought of Star Trek when I read the subject line?)
Rubby:
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I'm excited to see how the whole HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray pans out. I don't know which is technically better or which I like more, but format wars always entertain me. (As I said before, who the fuck thought DiVX was better than DVD?!)
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It's simple really; Blu-Ray is better. HD-DVD is just electronic companies having a toddler-like temper tantrum because they didn't think of Blu-Ray first.
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