September 9th, 2008 by
Filed under: Desktops
Looks like EA’s about to cash in on all that “can it run Crysis” chatter — Crysis Warhead will be accompanied by the launch of a $699 Ultra-built gaming tower that should manage a consistent 30fps. Crytek has been testing on the so-called “Warhead PC” since early on the dev process, tweaking the engine to make sure the game ran well on the 2.66GHz E7300 Core 2 Duo, 512MB GeForce 9800GT and 2GB of RAM– the rule was “if it sucks on this, the whole thing sucks” — and it apparently cranks out consistently solid framerates at high quality settings. No word on an exact release date, but for $699 it’s not a bad deal — and hey, it plays Crysis.
[Via CNET]
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April 12th, 2008 by
Filed under: Peripherals
Ultra Products, Inc. is trying its hand at that most glorious of corporate traditions: suing the pants off one’s competition. The maker of computer components is taking 22 — yes, twenty two! — of their competitors to court, claiming to have a patent for modular power supplies since November of 2006. Ultra says they sent several warnings to the companies about the violations and is asking for the legal maximum of three times the damages. The suit actually doesn’t accuse the companies of violating the patent, but of being an accomplice to end users who are violating the patent. Oh, and unless we’re missing something here, Hewlett Packard filed a modular power supply patent in 2000 — we certainly recall Screen Savers covering the devices way back in ‘99.
[Thanks, Mack]
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March 13th, 2008 by
Filed under: Storage
Apparently catering to the few folks out there that feel they have too few USB flash drives, Ultra Products recently let loose this so-called SpaceStation 6, which comes with no less than six tiny thumb drives that can be neatly concealed and used as the mood strikes. Of course, there’s no hub action going on here — which would be convenient — and the slots likely won’t play nice with your current stash of flash drives. If you’re still interested, however, you can grab either a 12GB version (consisting of six 2GB drives) or a 6GB version (with six 1GB drives) right now for $90 or $60, respectively.
[Via Coolest Gadgets]
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