I wonder why a benchmark program for Street Fighter IV was developed when its not expected to be a resource-demanding game[unlike all the hype created around Crysis]. Nevertheless I still tried it out of curiosity. Haha.
Not that bad for my two-and-a-half year old desktop.
Tried it out on my new laptop too:
Haha so much for the dedicated graphics card. Of course I'm not expecting much from the G105M; its a low end card after all, but still find it interesting that my desktop's X1950 Pro thrashed it flat despite it being a three-year-old card.
While at it I decided to monitor the laptop's temperatures as well.
It was a ridiculously hot Tuesday afternoon and the GPU temperatures especially, shot up as soon as I fired up the SFIV benchmark; I quickly blasted my house fan at it.
More 'normal' temperatures.
A little upset I cannot control the fan[or fans, I don't know] residing inside the laptop; nothing shows up in SpeedFan. Overall I'm quite okay with the temperatures, but the area where I rest my palm on gets considerably warm after a while due to the hard disk drive, and it bugs me. Haha.
I decided to get my laptop from the recently concluded PC Show, after a long dilemma on whether to get a cheap laptop or to wait out for Windows 7. So far so good, hopefully it will last long and prosper.
Firefox 3.5 is out! A little tempted to try it now that Google Chrome seems to be a little buggy to me.
Given that my current Singtel contract ends end-2010, I will be in a dilemma then whether to subscribe to a copper line based network or to wait out for a fibre optic based network.
Unlike ordinary videos where they are subjected to 100MB size and 10min time limits, the one-and-a-half-hour documentary was uploaded in a single video and weighs in a heavy 1.4GB. With no loss of quality, there was a occasional lag when playing it on my Pentium D.
I found myself losing concentration to the background narration at times because I was engrossed in the stunning and flawless images of our Mother Earth. Too bad I had no High Definition equipment to enjoy them.
I find that Dubai is strikingly similar to Singapore, especially after listening to the commentary.
"Dubai is a sort of culmination of the Western model, a country where the impossible becomes possible. Building artificial islands in the sea, for example. Dubai has few natural resources, but with the money from oil it can bring in millions of tons of material and workers from all over the planet. Dubai has no farmland, but it can import food. Dubai has no water, but it can afford to expend immense amounts of energy to desalinate seawater and build the world's highest skyscrapers in the world. Dubai has endless Sun, but no solar panels. It is the totem to total modernity that never fails to amaze the world."
The difference is that we did not depend on oil to be where we are today, otherwise we might be the subject of controversy in this documentary now instead of Dubai.
Just like many other documentaries, Home gave some numbers to drive the message furthur. One particular number that got my attention was:
"The world spends 12 times more on military expenditures than on aid to developing countries."
Ha! Try telling that to our country!
Then again, I guess most people will just watch and forget.
I can't help but laugh whenever I see the cover image for the sequel to the popular Left 4 Dead.
Ok the game is not supposed to be funny; its about killing zombies. The first game came out last year and had a striking, easy-to-remember cover image:
A disgusting hand with the thumb gone; simple yet told us alot about the game. I thought it was pretty well done.
Now at the gaming exhibition that is ongoing in USA, Left 4 Dead 2 was announced. And the game cover?
Haha I just find it amusing. ^^v
There are plenty of announcements in this year's E3, and many companies use this platform to showcase new games in development. Game trailers are getting more and more movie-like from my observation; besides the Modern Warfare 2 a couple of posts below, there's also:
Assassin's Creed 2,
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction,
Star Wars Old Republic,
and last but not least, the oh-so-funny Left 4 Dead 2 ^^v [gore alert for the innocent minds!]
Soon we can whack zombies with frying pans! ^^v
As I am typing this Sony is holding their press conference, and they just finished showcasing some Playstation 3 game which I have no interest in. Now they are announcing some new developments on the Playstation Portable.
Allow me to give some live updates! Haha.
0235 Singapore Time: Pink PSP Hannah Montana package! Lol. And some new PSP games.
CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment announces PSP Go! A new PSP device! Me: With 'new' features that don't sound new at all.
Will be launched in October in North America and November in Japan.
Ahahaha new PSP games will be released on UMD discs and digital downloads! Me: Maybe they realise nobody buys the discs? :x
0244 Singapore Time: Playstation Video Store will be available natively on the PSP.
Some Japanese boss announces Gran Turismo, a Sony flagship racing game on the PSP.
"This is not a shrunken down subset of the series," says the nervous translator. Me: LOL.
Me: Gran Turismo looks interesting enough, but otherwise the PSP Go and its new features don't really attract me.
0250 Singapore Time: Some other Japanese boss announces a true sequel to the Metal Gear Solid franchise for the PSP, coming out in 2010. Me: Looks like yet another typical game.
0300 Singapore Time: Resident Evil game for PSP! Designed from ground up.
Me: As I read the posts of the live blog, apparently they will be launching 100 new titles on the Playstation 2. Looks like they haven't given up on their old system.
0305 Singapore Time: Talking about their Playstation Network. Me: Doesn't really affect me since I don't own a PS3.
0315 Singapore Time: Now they are talking about games coming on Playstation 3, showing off gameplay of Assassin's Creed 2, and trailers of Final Fantasy XIII and XIV.
0330 Singapore Time: Some motion control technology which looks like Sony's answer to Nintendo's Wii Remote is introduced. Me: Pretty interesting. Microsoft announced a 'Project Natal' during its own press conference, something similar which was rather awesome. I think these real-time interactions will be the future of gaming.
