Get your questions in for the SkinCast!
Published on August 4, 2008 By Island Dog In WinCustomize News

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Although we had to take another break from the WinCustomize SkinCast last week, this week we are returning and will have a special guest, along with some huge prizes we are giving away.  For an upcoming episode of SkinCast, we will be talking with Darren McPhee, the Sr. Marketing Manager in Gaming for AMD.  We will be discussing several topics with Darren including AMD/ATI products, graphics, gaming, and much more.

We will also be taking user-submitted questions from the community for this episode, and the top three questions selected will win a prize.  We will select three of our favorite questions, and the users who submitted these questions will win one of the following:

  1. Grand Prize Favorite - ATI Radeon 4870 512mb video card courtesy of AMD/ATI. 

  2. Second Favorite - Copy of Demigod, when released and beta access.

  3. Third Favorite -   Copy of Sins of a Solar Empire.

User submitted questions must be submitted as comments in this thread only, no other means will be accepted.  Questions can be related to ATI/AMD, skinning, Vista, technology, gaming, etc.  The deadline for submissions is 11:59pm EST, Wednesday, August 13th 2008.  Good luck and get those questions in!

*Employees, family, direct friends of Stardock, AMD/ATI, GPG, IC can ask questions, but are not eligible for prizes. 

 


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on Aug 04, 2008
How the heck do you break up the message? I wanted paragraphs in there Hitting enter doesnt create a space for me (
on Aug 04, 2008
Wouldn't you agree the market is becoming "saturated "as we are seeing new technology being released every year (whilst folks tend to stick with their existing systems for much longer time ) and doesn't that pose the danger of developing technological superior hardware which becomes increasingly harder to sell ?
on Aug 04, 2008
Question: Not to sound cynical but... Do developers of new technology, such as your company sit on or hold back proven future technologies because you can release several versions of gradual improvement to the future technology?
on Aug 04, 2008
My question: When you guys design a card around some technology that's not out yet when you start creating the card, you are most likely using some form of beta or even alpha version of that technology or specification. How do you work with these technologies, which may change a lot during the design process, to get something that works well for the (possibly different in some low-level areas) final release?
on Aug 04, 2008
Why does the CATALYST Control Center require three (3) "CLI.EXE" files and a "PREVIEW.EXE" file ?
on Aug 04, 2008
Question: What is ATI's equivalent to the Nvidia 8800 series cards? What advantages would gamer's have in using the ATI over the Nvidia?
on Aug 04, 2008
Does AMD/ATI see an eventual convergence of CPU and GPU into a single chip much like the CPU and FPU have merged? Or, does AMD/ATI see dedicated chips as the way computers will grow in complexity?
on Aug 04, 2008
With the ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series listing many Key Features, such as TeraScale Graphics Engine, Advanced Memory, and ATI CrossFireX technology, along with many others, which main feature do you feel sets the ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series apart from its competitors, and makes it the must have GPU?
on Aug 04, 2008
Make a profile in the catalyst control center, say for example Lantec40. Enable ATI Overdrive, go to C:\Users\owner\AppData\Local\ATI\ACE\Profiles. Open up Lantec40 profile with notepad. Basically change the bold areas. 40 percent is not too loud. 70 percent sounds like a hoover. Mine is on 40 and decreases the temperature drastically For the better of course Make several profiles so u can easily change fanspeed. Property name="FanSpeedAlgorithm" value="Manual" / /Feature Feature name="FanSpeedRPMTarget_0" Property name="Want" value="0" / /Feature Feature name="FanSpeedPercentTarget_0" property name="Want" value="40" / Of course, you might already know this and im just writing this for no reason lol.


Yes, I've already set up several profiles. Normal-42% CAD-50% Game1-60% Game2-70%
I'd like something more....."Automatic" or at least an easier method to do it.

Because I run dual monitors I can load GPU-z and set on my secondary screen while playing Crysis (1600x1200 high) and watch the temps run up. Without the profile settings my temps went over 100C under heavy load. I'm not worried about the video card...I'm worried the ambient temp increase might fry my CPU, HDDs, memory or some other crucial part.
on Aug 04, 2008
With the recent "leak" of information regarding Nvidia's pulling out of the chipset market (and their subsequent denial of said information - but hey, that means little, look at the drama surrounding Brett Favre's return to the NFL, he denied it initially as well), how do you see the possibility of this bolstering your position with Crossfire still being supported and what would this mean for future chipsets? I have some interest in the future of Crossfire/SLI as I'm in the market for upgrading my system and now have some trepidation as to what I should pursue - keep my current Nvidia card (8800 GTS 512) or ditch it and go back to an ATI Crossfire solution (I'd previously had 2 X1600's in Crossfire as my current mobo supported this).
on Aug 04, 2008
Because I run dual monitors I can load GPU-z and set on my secondary screen while playing Crysis (1600x1200 high) and watch the temps run up. Without the profile settings my temps went over 100C under heavy load. I'm not worried about the video card...I'm worried the ambient temp increase might fry my CPU, HDDs, memory or some other crucial part.
I can't imagine the ambient temp going up too terribly much. My current processor (Pentium 930D) runs around 75C idle and my case's ambient temp sits around 30-35C. All other components (that I can measure temps with - HDD's and video card) are all within normal ranges.
on Aug 04, 2008
How has Microsoft Vista impacted video card development?
on Aug 04, 2008
Why can't Nvidia get it right?   
on Aug 04, 2008
What is ATI's plans to challenge Intel in the processor market? How will ATI re-enter into the high end market, or will it?
on Aug 04, 2008
Boxers or briefs?
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