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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://hothardware.com/cs/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>The Lounge - General Discussion - Off Topic</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/26.aspx</link><description>Got something meaningful to say or do you just want to flap your gums?</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)</generator><item><title>Relative to...</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289097.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:53:41 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:289097</guid><dc:creator>Dave_HH</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289097.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=26&amp;PostID=289097</wfw:commentRss><description>An announcement forthcoming but I can say no more!</description></item><item><title>gahhh</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289096.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:52:24 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:289096</guid><dc:creator>Dave_HH</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289096.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=26&amp;PostID=289096</wfw:commentRss><description>Fileshack?  I hate having to register for a download... any other drops?</description></item><item><title>Re: NVIDIA To Host DX10 Crysis Demo On nZone</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289095.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 00:50:18 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:289095</guid><dc:creator>recoveringknowitall</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289095.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=26&amp;PostID=289095</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img src="http://hothardware.com/cs/Themes/hawaii/images/icon-quote.gif"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Davo:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Hmm... the timing of this is uncanny!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Relatively to what?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anyhow, the demo is available on fileshack today!!!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>Re: NVIDIA To Host DX10 Crysis Demo On nZone</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289086.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:55:37 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:289086</guid><dc:creator>Dave_HH</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289086.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=26&amp;PostID=289086</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;Hmm... the timing of this is uncanny!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>NVIDIA To Host DX10 Crysis Demo On nZone</title><link>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289085.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:48:15 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">ba4e517a-01ef-48a6-b096-821b95afe388:289085</guid><dc:creator>Dave_HH</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/thread/289085.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://hothardware.com/cs/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=26&amp;PostID=289085</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" color="#000080" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NVIDIA To Host Highly Anticipated Directx 10 Demo Of Crysis On Nzone.Com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH:175px;HEIGHT:109px;" src="http://www.hothardware.com/newsimages/Item5323/small_Crysis1.jpg" border="1" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH:175px;HEIGHT:109px;" src="http://www.hothardware.com/newsimages/Item5323/small_Crysis2.jpg" border="1" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a&gt;&lt;img style="WIDTH:175px;HEIGHT:109px;" src="http://www.hothardware.com/newsimages/Item5323/small_Crysis3.jpg" border="1" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;News Facts:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt; 
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&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;PC gamers will soon be able to play the most advanced video game ever created. The&lt;em&gt; Crysis&lt;/em&gt; demo—available tomorrow from nZone.com—includes the complete first level of the game, representing about 45 minutes of gameplay. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Crysis&lt;/em&gt; was developed on NVIDIA&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; GeForce&lt;sup&gt;®&lt;/sup&gt; 8 Series graphics processors. NVIDIA programmers spent more than 5,000 engineering hours helping Crytek add the latest graphics technology to the game. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Crysis&lt;/em&gt; features Extreme High Definition (XHD) support with up to 2560x1600 resolution—roughly twice the resolution of today’s video-game consoles. &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;NVIDIA and Electronic Arts will host a huge LAN party featuring&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;Crysis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt; and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;The Orange Box&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt; November 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;– 18&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; in the San Francisco Bay Area. More details coming soon! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;The demo will be available Saturday, October 27&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; from nZone.com. Link:&amp;nbsp; &lt;a title="http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_crysis_downloads.html" href="http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_crysis_downloads.html"&gt;http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_crysis_downloads.html&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;The final version of the game is scheduled for release in North America and Europe on November 16&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt;, 2007.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;Quote by Roy Taylor, vice president of content for NVIDIA: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;“&lt;em&gt;Crysis&lt;/em&gt; is without a doubt the world’s most advanced video game and the most important game to come out since&lt;em&gt; Half Life&lt;/em&gt;. We applaud our friends at Crytek and EA for their spectacular achievement. There’s never been a game that looked this good and delivered such an immersive gaming experience. The only question is: Are you ready?”&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;Quote by Cevat Yerli, Crytek CEO: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/font&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Verdana" size="2"&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;“Originally we set two extreme and mutually exclusive goals: 1) pushing the boundaries of interactivity and non-linearity, and 2) achieving a realistic experience where you forget you’re playing a game. With the deep technical expertise of NVIDIA’s world-class support team, we achieved these two seemingly impossible goals, defining the heart&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;Crysis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;. We developed&lt;/span&gt;&lt;em&gt; &lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;Crysis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt; on NVIDIA graphics processors and we recommend GeForce 8800 graphics cards for the best experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="FONT-SIZE:10pt;FONT-FAMILY:verdana;"&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;Captions for&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="COLOR:black;"&gt;new screenshots, attached:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Crysis1.JPG:&lt;i&gt; Crysis&lt;/i&gt; lets you experience lush tropical environments and incredible powers thanks to the Nanosuit. Image captured on NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Crysis2.JPG: NVIDIA helped Crytek incorporate a host of DirectX 10 features including depth of field and advanced fire effects.&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Crysis3.JPG: Players will need to fight through a variety of environments, both on earth and in space, against human and alien enemies. Image captured on NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>