Microsoft Windows Vista

Graphics Cards, Windows

DirectX 11 Compute Shader Leads to Speed Up, Sharing is a "Killer Feature"

by Rafael Hernandez on July 15, 2009 · 0 comments

You can’t fault AMD’s Richard Huddy for being a little enthusiastic about Microsoft’s upcoming DirectX 11 and the features it brings along for graphics cards. The graphics API’s "Local Data Share" capability is, in his words, the killer feature which…

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Storage, Windows

Windows Vista and SSDs, A Case Study

by Rafael Hernandez on July 2, 2009 · 0 comments

Solid state drives offer a very attractive performance increase over the old platter based hard drives of the past, unfortunately getting the most out of them isn’t as simple as plugging in the drive. Given the technology’s early state you’ll…

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