I’ve been looking for a new keyboard for my new gaming computer. The old Saitek has served me well, but it is reaching retirement. I tried the Razer Tarantula, but the one I bought was a return and had bad keys. I tried the Ideazone keyboards, but they just did not feel right.
I just received an email about the Razer Lycosa. Unlike the Tarantula, this one has backlit keys. There is also an option to turn backlighting off for keys leaving, for example, just the WASD keys lit.
I’ll have to see what the price is but this one might be the replacement.
My gaming PC is up and running like a champ. In the end, I chose more cores over higher clock speed and went with the quad core Q6600 . Windows Vista Home Premium 64 is actually running well – just a matter of getting the latest beta nVidia drivers installed. I’ll have to try Creative’s ALchemy next, since Microsoft chose to kill hardware-accelerated sound in Windows Vista.
The Q6600 reportedly is easily overclockable by simply bumping the FSB to 1333. I tried a quick bump in BIOS, but that did not work. I think I’ll have to push the voltage a bit. It’s been about 10 years since I’ve overclocked so it’s all new to me again.
With 4 cores, the computer is aptly named Liberator after the Consolidated B-24 Liberator.
If you play Team Fortress 2 or engage in any PVP in other games, you’ve wanted to say this….
(Click comic for larger, easier to read version)
I don’t know how I missed this last Friday. Now that Intel owns Havok – and therefore the Havok engine – and they are supplying the chips for Macs, will we see more Havok-based games making it to the Mac? Blizzard bought a license – do they get a $100 gift certificate to the Apple Store?
From Reuters:
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(Business Wire)–Intel Corporation today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Havok Inc., the leading provider of interactive software and services used by digital media creators in the game and movie industries. Havok will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Intel.
AMD’s Phenom is still not out, and with World in Conflict, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Team Fortress 2, and a slew of other games coming, it’s time to build a new PC. I am debating on buying the Intel Q6600 Quad Core, the Core 2 Duo E6850, or saving a few dollars and buying the E6750. The question is do I go for more cores which will come in handy down the road, or buy higher clock speed, which will have a benefit now?
The desktop unit was disbanded long ago, but the interactive (electronic gaming) side was still an active development unit. No more – earlier this week FASA Studio shut down.
I’ll miss the old days of Mechwarrior, where it actually took some game skill to win.
The announcement after the jump.
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