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    New Build

    in Gaming

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    That's a mini tower case with a 380W psu included. You need a full ATX form factor, and at least an 850W psu.

    I'd opt for an Antec TruePower 1000W psu with a Antec 1200 case.

    Windows 7 Upgrade ?

    in Questions

    Posted

    It'll be stable and usable, or they wouldn't release it for beta, but it won't have the driver / application support you might expect from a retail version. I wouldn't put my high spec pc in the hands of an unfinished operating system.

    Also, I've never used a beta before, don't they expire after x months or something?

    Stemcell Computing

    in Everything Else

    Posted

    With the tagline of ‘Stemcell Computing,’ Creative says that it’s ‘created a stem cell-like silicon that is able to grow and multiply into different solutions and ecosystems,’ implying that the Zii could well offer much more than Creative’s usual sound chips. The company also says that it’s put some serious money and man power behind the project, claiming that it’s taken ten years of investment, a cost of over a billion US dollars and over 10,000 man years to develop.

    http://www.custompc.co.uk/news/605365/crea...-processor.html

    Need help with addition in C

    in Applications & Coding

    Posted

    The reason you declare main as returning an int is that all programs return status codes to the operating system - especially in Unix/Linux. By convention, returning zero means everything went ok.

    Interesting. I clearly remember Java lessons of "private static void main (final String[] pArgs)". I guess that's something I need to read up on.

    Need help with addition in C

    in Applications & Coding

    Posted

    OK, this is all about strong-typing.

    Some languages allow you to define scalar variables (may contain any data type). For example, in VBScript you might write:

    Dim myVariable
myVariable = 1
myVariable = 1.5
myVariable = "hello"

    Notice how it first contained an integer (whole number), then a decimal, then a text string - this is called weak typing.

    A language implementing strong-typing forces you to explicitly define what data type a variable is. For example:

    int number_one;
number_one = 1;

    In this example, I have declared a variable called number_one which can only contain whole numbers (int). If I were to add a third line as follows, it would throw an error telling me I tried to assign the wrong type to my variable:

    int number_one;
number_one = 1;
number_one = "1";

    There are two kinds of methods you will encounter, those which return a value, and those which do not (voids).

    I might want to write a method to get a value, for example:

    int getSum(pIntOne, pIntTwo)
{
    return (pIntOne + pIntTwo);
}

    I pass in two parameters (which I start with a lower 'p'), I then return an integer. This was defined when I wrote int getSum. Had I tried to do the following, the program would error:

    int number_one = 1;
int number_two = 2;
int sum = getSum(number_one, number_two);

string getSum(pIntOne, pIntTwo)
{
    return (pIntOne + pIntTwo);
}

    The other kind of method, is one which does not return a value. This is called a void method. It is simply called to perform a task. For example, one for printing error messages to the screen:

    void doMessage(pStrMessage, pIntImportance)
{
    switch (pIntImportance)
    {
        case 1:
        {
            print ("Error: " + pStrMessage);
            break;
        }
        case 2:
        {
            print ("Warn: " + pStrMessage);
            break;
        }
        case 3:
        {
            print ("Info: " + pStrMessage);
            break;
        }
        default:
        {
            print ("Debug: " + pStrMessage);
            break;
        }
    }
}

    I'm bored now, but I hope you find that useful. To learn how to convert between data types, i.e. how to turn your decimal into an integer, read this page about casting. I'm not a c programmer, but it seems odd to me you defined "int main()", why should main return an integer? How about "void main()"?

    PC Build

    in Questions

    Posted

    Get a 32Mb Cache HD, for defo.

    The Corei7s are still new, and un-necessary, a high end dual or quad will be fine, and will give you a cheaper mobo option.

    Go with an ATI 4870X2 if you want to play at 1920x1200, for a smaller resolution you could get by with a GTX280.

    For the record, you dont have to use dual or triple channel drr functionality. If you put an odd number of sticks in they will work, just slower.

    Check out the Steam Hardware Survey

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