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Nowy blogspot poświęcony programowaniu

2009-09-24T03:22:00.000-07:00

Implementacje algorytmów w C, test windows 7 PL 7600 RTM oraz inne ..
Jak w najprostszy sposób usunąć śledzika z naszej klasy itp

WEJDŹ

8 wiatraków w komputerze!

2008-07-04T05:06:00.000-07:00

*1x120 w zasilaczu chieftec 500w
*1x120 na przodzie obudowy cooler master
*3x 120 foxconn (2 na bocznej obudowie i 1 pod zasilaczem)
*1x jakis tam Boxowy Intel'a na procu ;
*2x 80 pod kartą ;

Powstało forum

2008-06-23T13:28:00.001-07:00

Nie dawno skończyłem tworzyć forum. Jest ono jak by to nazwać w wersji alfa.Poszukuję moderatorów .
Forum twój Xbox

Jak rozwiązać problem z błędnym wyświetlaniem grafiki na kartach Radeon Hd 2400, 2600 ...

2008-06-22T02:22:00.000-07:00

Pisałem już wcześniej o problemie , który dręczył tysiące posiadaczy radeonów Hd 2400 , 2600 .
Jak wiadomo problemem było błędne wyświetlanie grafiki. Problem ten jest łatwy w rozwiązaniu.
Ja rozwiązałem go w następujący sposób:

Krok 1

Ściągamy najnowsze sterowniki. W moim przypadku są to sterowniki do karty Radeon Hd 2600 i pod Windowsa Xp. Wybrałem wyłącznie do pobrania same sterowniki bez Catalyst Control Center .Około 14.7 Mb .

Krok 2

Instalujemy ściągnięte sterowniki ze względu tego , że moja karta jest pod Agp instalator po wypakowaniu plików odmówi dalszej instalacji.

Pamiętajmy o tym aby pamiętać o podaniu miejsca gdzie instalator rozpakuje sterowniki.

Zaczyna się proces wypakowywania plików po nim następuje właściwa instalacja.

W naszym przypadku sterowniki , które ściągamy nie są przeznaczone do kart pod AGP dlatego naszym oczom ukaże się obrazek : D

Krok 3

I co teraz ? Musimy nasze sterowniki zainstalować po przez menedżer urządzeń .

Dalej myślę ,że każdy zdoła sobie poradzić po skończeniu instalacji oczywiście następuje tradycyjny restart.

Na końcu ściągamy ten plik >>>> kopiujemy jego treść do edytora tekstu np. notatnika i zapisujemy z rozszerzeniem vbs . Myślę , że dacie radę z tym pamiętajcie że wyświetli się wam okienko czy posiadacie radeona Hd 2400 jeśli tak to wiadomo że klikacie tak jeśli nie to nie :D:D

Po tym dla pewności restartujecie kompa..

Nowy projekt

2008-06-22T02:09:00.001-07:00

Hmm.. Jak tu zacząć. Coś mi ostatnio odbiło i postanowiłem założyć vortal na temat konsoli xbox , gier itp (Takich serwisów jest sporo ale ten ,który chcę stworzyć będzie troszeczke inny bardziej innowacyjny). Początki są zawsze trudne ...bardzo trudne. Co tu dużo gadać poszukuje około 15 osób , które mogłyby by tworzyć nowy projekt. Potrzeba newsmanów , recenzentów, moderatorów. Osoby chętne proszone są zgłaszać się pod adresem knocik7@o2.pl ewentualnie gg: 4606909. Vortal jak narazie nie ma żadnej pięknej skórki , a także forum. Praktycznie nic nie ma . Mam nadzieje ,że ta sytuacja zmieni się . Poszukuje osób, przede wszystkim z dużym zapałem do pracy. Mam nadzieję , że znajdą się chętni. Aktualny adres strony to www.xboxsite.boo.pl .

Nehalem w 3DMark Vantage

2008-06-05T12:27:00.000-07:00

Jak można było oczekiwać, na targach Computex, Intel ujawnił pierwsze informacje o wydajności procesorów bazujących na architekturze Nehalem.

Pokazowy procesor był jednostką opartą o układ Bloomfield, taktowany zegarem 2.66 GHz, osadzoną na płycie głównej z chipsetem Tylersburg X58. W benchmarku 3DMark Vantage, procesor uzyskał aż 16 334 punktów. W porównaniu do procesora Yorkfield, pracującego z taką samą częstotliwością, wynik ten jest wyższy o 45%. Wygląda na to, że - jak się od dawna spodziewano - nowe procesory Intela

źródło: nvision.pl

Microsoft nakazał producentom by rozpoczęli testy sprzętu na Windows 7

2008-06-05T12:19:00.000-07:00

By uniknąć problemu, który pojawił się z Vistą gdy producenci sprzętu nie mieli gotowych sterowników dla nowego systemu, Microsoft nakazał producentom by rozpoczęli testy sprzętu na Windows 7 jak tylko pojawi się pierwsza wersja beta tegoż systemu. Zgodnie z informacją Microsoftu każdy producent który tego nie zrobi, nie otrzyma też certyfikatu zgodności sprzętu z Windows 7 i Windows Vista.

źródło: pcfoster.pl

Internet Explorer 8 beta już w sierpniu

2008-06-05T11:56:00.000-07:00

We wtorek 3 czerwca Microsoft poinformował, że kolejna testowa wersja Internet Explorera 8 zostanie udostępniona w sierpniu i będzie przeznaczona dla wszystkich zainteresowanych internautów. Zapowiedziano też, że Beta 2 zawierać będzie wszystkie funkcjonalności przewidziane w wersji ostatecznej.

Od wydania w październiku 2006 roku przeglądarki Internet Explorer 7 minęło już trochę czasu. Pierwsza beta wersji 8 miała swoją premierę w marcu i kierowana była do developerów i webmasterów. Nakreśliła ona kierunek zmian i pozwoliła na ich wstępną ocenę. Teraz czas na drugą betę, aczkolwiek nie należy się przez to spodziewać pełnej stabilności przeglądarki. Jak do tej pory, nie określono kiedy wydana zostanie finalna wersja produktu.

źródło: reuters.com

GNOME 2.23.3

2008-06-05T09:56:00.000-07:00

Obok premiery poprawkowej wersji nowego KDE 4, pojawiła się kolejna, trzecia testowa wersja równie popularnego, środowiska graficznego GNOME, oznaczona jako 2.23.3.

Zgodnie z polityką wydawania nowych wersji, w przypadku gdy druga liczba w nazwie jest nieparzysta, stanowi ona wersję rozwojową, w której rozwijane jest wszystko, łącznie z nowymi funkcjonalnościami, a która to dodatkowo przy uzyskaniu stabilności oznaczana jest numerkiem parzystym. W GNOME 2.23.3 znajdziemy głównie poprawki znalezionych błędów i aktualizacje tłumaczeń, w tym amharskiego, arabskiego, grenlandzkiego i hiszpańskiego. Dodano między innymi możliwość zdefiniowania plików audio i video w narzędziu przechowującym preferencje poszczególnych użytkowników (Gconf) oraz naprawiono błąd związany z otwieraniem niezdefiniowanych plików tego typu. Zmiany obejmują takie aplikacje jak klient poczty Evolution, klient VNC Vinagre, mechanizm gvfs (GNOME Virtual File System), a także innych programów wchodzących w skład środowiska, takich jak aplety, gry, menu i skórki.

Szczegółową listę zmian dotyczącą nowego GNOME znaleźć można w oficjalnym ogłoszeniu. Pakiety instalacyjne dla poszczególnych dystrybucji powinny wkrótce być dostępne w ich repozytoriach.

źródło: dobreprogramy.pl/

Crysis Warhead już jesienią

2008-06-05T09:33:00.000-07:00

Koncern Electronic Arts potwierdził dziś oficjalnie to o czym było mówiło się po cichu już od jakiegoś czasu - w fazie produkcji znajduje się kolejna część gry Crysis. Co więcej, będzie to kolejny tytuł wyłącznie na komputery PC (trochę dziwne posunięcie po ostatnich narzekaniach na piractwo komputerowe). Jej właściwy tytuł to Crysis Warhead i tak naprawdę będzie to samodzielny dodatek do poprzedniego Crysis'a.

Fabuła Crysis Warhead ma przedstawiać znane nam wydarzenia z pierwszej części gry z innej perspektywy, bowiem głównym jej bohaterem będzie sierżant Micheal "Psycho" Sykes. Dzięki temu zabiegowi twórcy gry chcą uzupełnić poznaną już przez nas historię o nowe wątki, które będą toczyć się równolegle do tych poznanych przez nas wcześniej. Nasz "nowy" bohater ma mieć również możliwość korzystania ze skafandra Nanosuit oraz jeszcze bogatszego arsenału. Pojawią się również nowe pojazdy oraz dodatkowe opcje zabawy wieloosobowej.

Przygotowanie nowej odsłony Crysisa powierzono dopiero co powołanemu do życia budapesztańskiemu oddziałowi firmy Crytek, dla której będzie to swoisty sprawdzian możliwości, gdyż tytuł ten ma pojawić się na półkach sklepowych już jesienią tego roku.

Żródło: benchmark.pl

Nowa szata graficzna

2008-06-05T08:52:00.000-07:00

Na blogu ostatnio nic się nie działo:D Dzisiaj zmieniłem dużo rzeczy od adresu po szatę graficzną itp. Mam nadzieję , że się spodoba. Stary adres http://secretsofforex.blogspot.com jest już niestety nieaktywny. Od dzisiaj obowiązuje nowy , krótszy adres bloga : http://allitworld.blogspot.com/

Radeon HD 4850 Targi Computex :3DMark Vantage Perfomance :6466 pkt

2008-06-03T04:18:00.000-07:00

Relacje z targów Computex niosą za sobą kolejne informacje o wydajności przyszłych kart graficznych i procesorów. Po teście układów Nehalem w ręce redaktorów VR-Zone dostał się Radeon HD 4850. Wydajność karty została sprawdzona za pośrednictwem 3DMark Vantage w trybie Performance (rozdzielczość 1280x1024 pikseli). Do testu rdzeń akceleratora został delikatnie podkręcony do częstotliwości 700MHz, natomiast pamięci pracowały z zegarem 993MHz (DDR 1984). Wynik ogólny będący średnią wyników GPU (75%) i CPU (25%) wyniósł 6466 punktów.

źródło: twojepc.pl

GTA IV Ps3 vs 360 comparison 630 p ??? VIDEOCounting pixels: GTA IV runs at 640p

2008-04-29T08:38:00.000-07:00

Picking up the PS3 version of GTA IV, so you can get as many pixels onto your TV as possible? Well, that's apparently not what's happening. According to the pixel counters at the Beyond 3D forums, the PS3 version doesn't run at 1080p. Heck, it doesn't run at 720p. Rather, it runs at 640p -- still enough to be "HD," but far from the "full HD" experience Sony usually touts.

Pixel hunters were enraged when it was discovered Halo 3 ran at a lower resolution on Xbox 360 than advertised. However, should people stay away from the PS3 version? Probably not. Many Beyond 3D users note that in spite of the lesser resolution, the superior effects of the PS3 version gives it the visual edge: "the PS3 version looks nicer IMO. Everything just blends in nicely and makes a seamless contrast between front objects and background objects," noted forum user Nebula.

http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/04/29/counting-pixels-gta-iv-runs-at-630p/

NEW SITE EURO 2008

2008-04-20T10:16:00.000-07:00

All about Euro 2008
www.euro.ugu.pl

RADEON DIRECTX 10.1Assassin Creed .Windows VISTA SP1

2008-04-17T08:26:00.000-07:00

We took our first step on the path of enlightement by comparing the performance of single and dual X2s with SP1 installed/uninstalled (or, if you will, with DX10.1 installed/uninstalled):

16X Anisotropic filtering is enabled through the CCC for all tests (a peculiarity of AC is that it doesn't enable AF in-game when ran in its DX10 mode), with Anti-Aliasing being either off or 4 sample(the equivalent of setting Multisampling=2 in the game's .ini file, as for the 1920x1200 resolution we're using the game doesn't allow toggling AA from its menu).

Looking at the numbers, the difference that SP1 makes with AA jumps out as being quite significant. If our assumption that this is due to AC taking advantage of DX10.1 proves to be incorrect, it would be most interesting to find out what could cause such a consistent advantage. Oddly, the QuadCF configuration refused to run with AA enabled without SP1 installed, crashing the game in spite of our best efforts. Whilst our renaming trick seems to do a fine job for 2 GPUs, it's not adequate for QuadCF:

If the benefits without AA are negligible, once we enable 4X AA we see an almost 20% advantage from using DX10.1(yep, we're fairly certain that's what's happening, so from here on we'll opt to use that formulation rather than the SP1/NO SP1 one-that being said, if we're proven to be wrong in our assertion, we'll happily admit it). For all intents and purposes, this is something to write home about.

Since you guys are gifted with inquisitive minds, such feeble proof would hardly have been enough-you could easily say that there's some magic mojo other than DX10.1 at play here. In order to verify the validity of our claim that AC is the first DX10.1 supporting title, we had to test on a SM4.0 only card and see if there was some other mechanism hidden within SP1 that increased AC's performance.

More information here

Crysis VERY HIGH 2048x1536 on old computer

2008-04-05T07:00:00.000-07:00

CPU AMD 2500 XP 1.88 Ghz
RAM 1.25 Gb
GPU Radeon HD 2600 PRO 512 Mb

NEW SITE

2008-04-04T13:15:00.000-07:00

http://www.chernobyldis.prv.pl/

SwordM AMD Phenom Spider Platform

2008-03-26T10:58:00.000-07:00

A few days ago, AMD officially unveiled their RV670 GPU, the chip at the heart of the ATI Radeon HD 3800 series of graphics cards. Just in case you missed it on the day of the launch, our coverage of the new Radeon HD 3870 and HD 3850 cards is available right here. While we did thoroughly explain the RV670’s architecture and explored its performance in that article, we did not tell you that the new Radeon HD 3800 series is but one part of an entirely new platform from AMD dubbed “Spider”.

The rest of the Spider platform is comprised of not only new desktop processors, but core logic as well. The second piece to the Spider puzzle is AMD’s native quad-core Phenom processor and the third is the new 7-series chipset.

News of Phenom and the 7-series chipset has been circulating for what seems like an eternity. We’ve shown you glimpses of the platform and talked about its new features in a number of articles and news posts here at HotHardware. But today we can finally give you all of the details and show you just how AMD’s new processors and chipsets perform.

Before we get started, some specifications are in order. What we have for you in the table below are the main specifications and features of the AMD Phenom 9600 and 9500 processors. Take a gander at the specifics and then strap yourself in as we take a hands-on look at AMD’s latest and greatest and even check out the Phenom 9700, which won’t be available until early next year.

PART 1

PART 2

Kasa do zarobiena za nic!!! Nowy system gomlm

2008-03-24T02:27:00.000-07:00

Duża kasa do zarobienia za nic.
Wystarczy , że uzbierasz tylko 64 osoby i masz już wypłatę. Najnowszy system zarabiania.

Plan Marketingowy Coopers-Corp
Program Podstawowy składa się z 4 matryc
Matryca Szafirowa 125$
Matryca Rubinowa 250$
Matryca Szmaragdowa 3000$
Matryca Brylantowa 17000$

które są zbudowane z 7 komórek.
Matryca Szafirowa

Zapraszam do rejestracji

www.gomlm.pl/index.php?refer=636

:)
Nic nie tracisz musisz podać tylko swój numer telefonu. Google Adsense chowa się przy tym.

COD 4 Review

2008-03-21T03:16:00.000-07:00

It took awhile, but Infinity Ward finally got the message that World War II is played out. With modern times and international affairs becoming more and more, shall we say, interesting in recent years, the 1940s just don't carry as much weight as they used to. Perhaps that's why Call of Duty 4 has a new subtitle, Modern Warfare. By bringing things into a fictionalized story that still seems fairly plausible, the developer has made a much heavier game. But COD 4 is more than just an updated setting. It's also an amazing multiplayer first-person shooter and a great but brief single-player campaign with the visual chops to make it a standout shooter in an era filled with seemingly dozens of standout shooters.
The action in the campaign is usually very straightforward. You have a compass at the bottom of your screen, and the direction of your current objective is very plainly marked. But getting from point A to point B is never as simple as running in a straight line, as you'll be conducting full-scale assaults in Middle Eastern countries by moving from house to house, taking out what seems like a never-ending stream of enemy troops along the way. You'll also get an opportunity to raid Russian farmhouses in search of terrorist leaders, disguise yourself as the enemy, and, in one sequence, don a brushlike ghillie suit and crawl through the brush as enemy troops and tanks roll right past you. It's a breathtaking moment in a campaign filled with breathtaking moments. Unfortunately, it's about half as long as the average shooter, and there are plenty of sequences where you wish there were just one or two more hills to take.

Of course, if you're looking for longevity, that's where the multiplayer comes in. Up to 18 players can get online and get into a match on one of 16 different maps. Many of the levels are taken from portions of the single-player and they offer a healthy mix of wide-open, sniper-friendly areas and tight, almost cramped spaces where grenades and shotguns are the order of the day. There are six game modes to choose from. The old standby is team deathmatch, though you can also play in a free-for-all deathmatch, which isn't as much fun as the team modes. The other modes are more objective-oriented, and a couple of those have you lugging bombs across the map to blow up enemy equipment, or preventing the enemy from blowing up your base. Others have you capturing control points. Lastly, you can change up the game rules a bit with a hardcore setting that makes weapons more realistically damaging or an old-school mode that puts weapons on the ground as pickups and generally moves away from the simulation side of things.
The class system in Call of Duty 4 is also very interesting. Each class has a different weapon loadout and different traits, called perks. As you rank up, you eventually unlock all five of the preset classes and the ability to create your own class. This lets you pick your own main weapon, your sidearm, attachments for both weapons, what sort of special grenades you want to carry, and three perks. The perks are broken up into three groups to help keep things balanced, and as you continue to level, you'll unlock additional perks. These class traits are one of the game's neatest tricks and, again, really helps to set COD 4 apart from the pack.
Perks in the Perk 1 group are more focused on explosives, letting you get more flashbangs if you like, or letting you lug around a rocket launcher, which is great for taking out enemy choppers. The other two perk groups have traits like juggernaut, which increases your health. There's also last stand, which activates when you are killed by dropping you to the ground and switching you to a pistol, giving you a moment to kill the guy who took you out before he realizes you're still squirming around and finishes the job. Our current favorite is martyrdom, which causes you to drop a live grenade when killed. It adds a healthy dose of mayhem to the proceedings. The perks and other unlockables feel nicely balanced, too, so you probably won't run into situations where one class is just better than the other. As it should be, your ability to point the red dot at the head of your enemy and squeeze the trigger before he does the same is still the deciding factor.

While there are a ton of compelling gameplay reasons to play Call of Duty 4, it also has top-notch presentation. The graphics are fantastic throughout, and they do a great job of rendering wide-open fields, tight buildings or houses, smoke-belching silos, and lots more. Some of the multiplayer maps look like they've already seen a lot of action, with blast craters, destroyed tanks, and other things that you can hide in or behind. It also has terrific lighting, so everything looks as it should. Everything sounds right, too. When you hear a battle raging in the distance, it sounds appropriately muffled, and up close, the crack of an M16 or the full-auto barrage from an AK-47 are appropriately loud and angry sounding. There is also quite a bit of voice work throughout the game, and it's all nicely done. The music, for the most part, is the typical sort of action-movie music you've come to expect from a first-person shooter, except for a rap over the end credits that seems to simultaneously detail the game's story while also acting as a subliminal diss record with some slick talk about how this is the third chapter by Infinity Ward, perhaps lightly inferring that you should ignore Treyarch's contribution to the series, Call of Duty 3. It's great.

It's a shame that the single-player is so brief, but you should only skip out on Call of Duty 4 if you're the sort of person who doesn't appreciate great first-person shooter multiplayer. The quality of the content in the campaign is totally top-shelf, and the multiplayer is some of the best around, making this a truly superb package.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/callofduty4modernwarfare/review.html?sid=6182426&page=2

Czyszczenie komputera

2008-03-21T02:53:00.000-07:00

W ostatnim czasie mój komputer zaległ cały kurzem więc postanowiłem nie co go oczyścić.
Na samym początku zdjąłem wiatraczek radiatora od procka. Naprawdę było na nim sporo kurzu. Po oczyszczeniu wiatraczka zabrałem się za sam radiator , który zdjąłem. Było na nim jeszcze sporo pasty termoprzewodzącej , którą musiałem rozprowadzić , ponieważ była to zbyt gruba warstwa , na dodatek nierozprowadzona równomiernie dlatego pewnie mój procek grzał się aż do 53 stopni mimo niewielkiego taktowania (1833 Mhz).
Na końcu postanowiłem wyczyścić zasilacz , który od kilkunastu miesięcy nie był ruszany.

Postanowiłem też zamontować do mojego blaszaka wentylator 120 mm. Dzięki niemu na procek płynie chłodniejsze powietrze , a także cyrkulacja powietrza w obudowie jest dużo lepsza.

W końcu działa bez problemów(

2008-03-08T13:06:00.000-08:00

Ściągnołem najnowsze Catalyst 8.3 mimo , że nie są pod AGP musiałem je zainstalować po przez menedżer urządzeń , a potem zainstalowałem
http://home.comcast.net/~exdeus/ati-hd2x00/ATI_HD2x00_Reg_Tweaks_0.12.vbs i restart komputera
U MNIE ŻĄDNYCH BŁĘDÓW NIE MA 0 WSZYSTKO OK CHODZI
HD 2600 Pro DDR2 512 Mb Sapphire wszystko ok , a już miałem sprzedać

Radeon HD 2600 PRO "Rozwiązanie" Fix problem RADEON HD 2600

2008-03-01T01:34:00.000-08:00

Wiele osób ma problem z kartami Radeon z serii HD 2X00 .
Wszystko wskazuje na to , że problem ten powodują niedopracowane sterowniki ATI.
Ja posiadam kartę Radeon HD 2600 PRO 512 MB DDR II Sapphire AGP. Od samego początku miałem z nią problemy, które objawiały się po przez błędy w grafice , zawieszanie się systemu aż po restarty. Mój problem rozwiązałem ale nie do końca bo nadal występują malutkie błędy w grafice mam nadzieję , że jak wyjdą nowsze sterowniki to moja udręka się skończy.
Więc tak..
Ściągamy najnowsze stery OMEGI z http://www.omegadrivers.net/ati.php . Wybieramy stery pod nasz system operacyjny. Ściągamy je. Nie zapomnijcie dokładnie odinstalować wcześniejszych. Pod czas instalacji nowych wybierzmy AGP lub PCIE. Po zainstalowaniu sterów robimy tradycyjny restart systemu.

Teraz ściagacie ten plik http://home.comcast.net/~exdeus/ati-hd2x00/ATI_HD2x00_Reg_Tweaks_0.12.vbs . Po jego pobraniu klikacie na niego prawym przyciskiem myszy i wybieracie opcje instaluj. Po tym robicie restart.
Oczywiście to nie musi akurat wam pomóc ale upewnijcie się , że macie zainstalowane najnowsze stery do waszej płyty głownej . Sprawdźcie ustawienia biosu czy jest tam włączona opcja FAST write próbujcie z nią jak jest włączona i wyłączona upewnijcie się czy wasz zasilacz daje rady należy mieć jakiś z 400 w minimum.
Nie zapomnijcie zainstalowac najnowszych bibliotek DirectX 9.

The Witcher

2008-02-20T09:09:00.000-08:00

(from Polish: Wiedźmin) is a computer role-playing game for the PC developed by CD Projekt RED STUDIO and published by CD Projekt in Poland and Atari for the rest of the world. Based on the book series of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski,[2] the game uses BioWare's proprietary Aurora Engine.[3] It was released in Europe on October 26, 2007 and in the US on October 30, 2007.[4]

The Witcher follows the story of Geralt, one of a few remaining "witchers" — travelling monster hunters for hire, gifted with unnatural powers. Taking place in a medieval fantasy world, the game implements detailed visuals. The natural light during various phases of the day is realistically altered, and the day and night transitions serve to enrich the game's ambience. The weather can dynamically change from a light drizzle to a dark, stormy downpour accompanied by thunder and lightning.

Story / Plot

The game tells the story of Geralt the Witcher, who at the beginning of the game suffers from amnesia. He gradually learns that he's a very renowned witcher, and that he has had friends and enemies almost everywhere who remember him but whom he does not remember. Through the player's actions he will redefine those relationships and choose his path in the political intrigue that surrounds him.

Many parts of the plot actually depends on the choices of the player since non-linearity is one of the game mechanics which the developers tried to emphasize in The Witcher.

Gameplay

There are three camera styles available when playing The Witcher. The game can be played from one of two top-down perspectives, in which case the mouse is used to control everything, or it can be played from an over-the-shoulder view, which brings the player closer to the ingame combat, but limits visibility. In all the views the keyboard and mouse controls can be changed to be primarily mouse focused or a combined keyboard and mouse approach.

The combat system in The Witcher represents a departure from most RPGs. Players choose one of three fighting styles. The quick style allows for faster, less-damaging attacks with a greater chance of hitting faster enemies; the heavy style deals more damage in exchange for a slow attack speed, and a lower chance to hit faster enemies; and the group style, which features sweeping attacks best used if the player is surrounded.[5] The player can switch between the styles at any point.

Each of these stances has its own unique combat style. Both of Geralt's main swords - the steel and silver ones - have distinctively different combat styles from the rest of weaponry, and serve very distinct purposes: where the steel blade is used to fight humans and other flesh-and-blood beings, the silver one is more effective against supernatural monsters and beasts (against some of which steel may have no effect whatsoever).

Alchemy is a major part of gameplay. The player can create potions that increase health or endurance regeneration, allow Geralt to see in the dark, or provide other beneficial effects. The recipes for these potions can be learned through scrolls, or by experimentation. Once the player creates an unknown potion he can choose to drink it, but if the potion is a failure it will poison the character. Each time Geralt drinks potions they increase the toxicity level of his body. This can be reduced by drinking a special potion or by meditating at an inn or fireplace.

In addition to potions, the player can also create oils and bombs, respectively used to augment the damage done by weapons, or as weapons in combat. Neither can be created until talent points have been allocated into the corresponding skills.

A time delayed decision-consequence system means that the repercussions of players decisions will make themselves apparent up to 10 -15 hours later in the game. This prompts the players to put more critical thinking into making each decision, and circumvents a save-reload approach to decision making. It also allows the game to have a unique approach to replay value, as the consequences resulting from the player's decisions can lead to great difference in the events that take place later, and ultimately a very different gameplay experience than in the prior play-throughs.

The nature of the options faced when playing the game rarely falls into the typical black-and-white morality present in most regular computer RPGs, and the players often find themselves choosing from the lesser of two evils rather than making a clear choice between good and evil, a situation more reflective of real life morality.[6]

Game engine

The Witcher is powered by a heavily improved version of the Aurora Engine by BioWare, modified for a single-player experience. A number of changes have been introduced to the original engine, some of them are described below.

[edit] World visualization

One of the most important features of the Aurora Engine is how the developers design the game world, and then implement that design into the final game. In BioWare's Aurora Engine the world is designed exactly as it was envisioned rather than using a tile-based system. All the environments are developed in 3ds Max and then exported into the game engine. As a result, developers can create unique game worlds, rather than recycling the same tiled objects over and over again.

* Light maps

CD Projekt's version of the engine supports lightmaps generated in 3ds Max. Shadows generated this way are reported to look more realistic, and provide better game performance.

* Texture paint

This is a special tool that allows the developer to paint the environment using custom textures. This enables the developer to make the game world truly unique.

* Skybox and water effects

New realistic skyboxes and water effects designed specifically for The Witcher were added to the engine.

Rendering

All the in game and tool set rendering is done using DirectX9, and the engine now supports many different shaders (water effect, bump mapping, environment mapping, etc). Additionally the whole rendering system has been unified and a new light manager was added.

Other changes

Other important changes include the following: motion-captured animation, physics effects, new mechanics and combat system. There are also many other modifications, like introduction of portals, additional graphical effects (glows, advanced dynamic shadows, blurs).

TAGES Issues

Źródło Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witcher_(computer_game)

5 Ways to Get a Flood of Targeted Visitors.

2008-02-20T09:08:00.002-08:00

Just a few months ago I received a mail from one of my subscribers describing launching of his new site. He was really very excited and thought that this site really bring him a handful of money. When I visited his site I was also surprised by the creative designing, easy and quick navigation, graphics, etc. but what I came to know by his second email after some time that he is not earning a single penny.

In fact he has not earned that much amount that he spend on developing the site. He was really very upset and sounds dull. What the reasons is that his mind blowing site not earn a single paper money? The answer is his site didn't get targeted visitors which really want to buy the products he is offering.

The back bone of internet based business is Traffic. Traffic is first need for success of any e-commerce business. If you don’t have traffic on your website, you can’t make even a single penny, no matter how beautiful and attractive your site is. Even if you have the best product in the world but don’t have traffic, you can’t make any sale.

Traffic is the most essential thing to a successful e-commerce business. Every book you will find about internet marketing would always include the importance of generating traffic.

If you are reading this article, I am sure you already have a site and you are not getting enough traffic that you're supposed to be getting.

To help you out in generating more traffic for your site, here are some ways to get a flood of targeted traffic.

1. Link exchange with similar sites

Link exchange with similar sites is a great way to increase traffic to your site because both sites get benefited. The more you exchange links with different sites, the more traffic you’ll get. One thing you should remember that always exchange links with compatible sites not competitor sites.

2. Write Articles and submit to article directories

This is a sure and proven method for targeted traffic. Writing articles and submitting to article directories can give massive exposure to your site. Not only your site’s page rank and search engine ranking will increase, you will also become as an expert in your field. You can write articles yourself or get it written by freelance writers for a small fee.

3. Start your own Newsletter

If you want life time traffic to you site, it’s time to start your own newsletter. It’s a proven fact that only 5% visitors buy from any site at first visit. If you get them in your opt in list, you can follow up with valuable content and they will come back again and again to your site.

4. Participate in Online Communities and Forums

Forums and online communities can became huge source of traffic to your site. It requires only your time and nothing else. All you have to do is sharing your knowledge and expertise. It’ll also build your reputation as an expert and people always want to work with experts.

5. Viral Marketing

Viral marketing is the fastest way of getting traffic. Do you know what the reason behind the grand success of Hotmail is? It’s viral marketing.

Viral marketing allows you to spread the word about your company and product without any costs or low costs only. You can create a short report or tiny software and allow others to pass it to their friends and relatives. You can also attach your link to a funny video or entertaining game.

Just follow these simple and easy to follow tips and get your site flooded with traffic. Not only traffic but better say targeted traffic which really want to buy your product as they need it.

halo2

2008-02-20T09:08:00.001-08:00

've decided share my best Halo 2 tips with you. These are the same tips that I use to great success on Xbox Live. I found most of these just by trying to survive. So add these moves to your arsenal, and you'll end up standing more often after battles.

The Jump Attack- Oh this is a good one. Ok, so imagine someone comes out of nowhere and is right behind you, shooting you. Instead of trying to turn around, back into them.

You've got to pay close attention to your motion sensor here. Continue backing up into the enemy until you are almost in bashing distance. Jump right then. You're momentum should carry you over the enemy, leaving you with an easy assassination. Pretty cool, huh?

Special Plasma Grenade Attack- This move doesn't work all the time, but it's worth trying since you have nothing to lose. O yea, only do this in a close-range battle.

Well the move is basically jumping up and throwing a plasma grenade straight down. Do this only when you are positive you are going to die. Most people move towards the body they just killed. Hopefully, your grenade will kill them if you have weakened them enough before you died.

The Spy Attack- The reaction you get from this one is great.

First, find a corner that a lot of people pass. Throw frag grenades in there to darken it. Even fire a rocket at it.

Once it is dark enough, get into the corner and crouch. Wait until someone passes by you, then run behind him and assassinate him. Feel free to give a him corpse hump or two afterwords to let him know that you just owned him.

Bait trick- This is probably the hardest of the advanced Halo 2 tips that I'm going to teach you.

Wait until you only have one shot left in a good gun, such as a sniper or brute shot. Drop the gun with the one shot in a high-traffic area, such as the top level of Ivory Tower.

Tell all of your teammates to not pick that weapon up. Get into a position where you can get a good shot at the high-traffic area.

Wait until someone picks up the gun and just unload on the unlucky idiot. He won't have enough time to switch weapons after firing the one shot before you've killed him.

These advanced Halo 2 tips take awhile to get down right so practice them with your friends first before using them in games. For more Halo 2 tips, go to Halo Insider

hd 3000 series

2008-02-19T09:20:00.000-08:00

The ATI Radeon HD 3800 graphics card series is the much anticipated new line of graphics cards by AMD. Many of our readers know that ATI’s line of desktop graphics cards has some price gaps that their key competitor offers cards at. ATI really doesn’t have a graphics card in the $150 to $250 price range nor the $399 and above category. This have given NVIDIA free reign at these price points, but that all changes today as the Radeon HD 3800 series fills the price gap between $150 and $250. Other than putting a product line at this key pricing segment, they have also introduced a new GPU core known as the RV670 that has several new features that make it stand out from the competition.

ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB Video Card Review

The ATI Radeon 3800 series will consist of the Radeon HD3870 and the Radeon HD 3850. Both cards have the same core and the only major difference is the clock speeds that the cards operate at. Today, we will be bringing you an in-depth review on a pair of Radeon HD 3850 graphics cards. In the future, we will be reviewing the Radeon HD 3870, so hang tight on that one. The Radeon HD 3850 that we will be covering today is pictured under the Radeon HD 2600 XT in the picture below.

The ATI Radeon HD 38XX series are the first graphics cards in the world to support DirectX 10.1 capabilities and plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU upgradeability. CrossFireX is similar to CrossFire, but up to four graphics cards are paired together this time around. If you would like to run eight displays or want the ultimate gaming performance from AMD – CrossFireX is the way to go, but you have to use an AMD 790FX motherboard with four x16 PCI Express lanes to make it possible. DirectX 10.1 brings awesome new lighting features like global illumination to reality, but in order to support Microsoft DirectX 10.1 these cards will need to be used on a system with Microsoft Vista SP1, which isn’t due out till sometime in 2008. Once the first service pack for Vista comes out, game developers will be able to individually light hundred if not thousands of moving objects individually, which is a step closer to realism in games. So, what changes has ATI made that we can enjoy today? How about the fact it’s built on the world’s first 55nm process for a GPU; PCI Express 2.0; Unified Video Decoder - or "UVD" for full decoding of H.264 and VC-1; and lastly, how about ATI Power Play?

The GeForce 8800 GT will be known as the first desktop card on the market to support PCI Express 2.0, but the Radeon HD 3800 series was just a couple weeks behind. Current games have pushed the PCI Express 1.1 to its limits with high frame buffer demands, so PCI Express 2.0 was developed and launched. PCI Express 2.0 increases the bus data rate from 8GB per second to 16GB per second, so it actually doubles the bandwidth on this critical PC graphics interconnect. The PCI Express 2.0 specification is key for moving data quickly as the system RAM needs to be accessed to get data for large textures or vertex caches and as a result gaming performance has increased on platforms that have a PCI Express 2.0 motherboard and graphics card by as much as 22% from the testing that we have seen. Many of our readers might remember a few years ago when the industry moved AGP 4X to AGP 8X and how it didn’t really do anything in terms of performance. Well, this time around it actually does! A number of PCI Express 2.0 supporting chipsets are available on the market today, so if you have an Intel P35 or X38 Express chipset on your motherboard it’s highly likely you have PCI Express 2.0 and didn’t even know it. AMD’s upcoming 7-Series consists of the 770, 790X and 790FX chipsets and all support at least one PCI Express 2.0 support slot.

ATI has managed to pack all of these new features on a single slot graphics card that only needs a single 6-pin PCI Express power header, which isn’t too shabby. The 55nm RV670 die has roughly 666 million transistors in it, which is 34 million less than the 700 million found on the die of the Radeon HD 2900 XT graphics card. The move to 55nm means a massive die shrink as the RV670 is just 192 sq. mm, which is small compared to the R600 that was 408 sq. mm in size. What is interesting though is the power consumption on the Radeon HD graphics cards and how they have become more efficient. For a single Radeon HD 3850 graphics card a 450 Watt or greater power supply with a single 75 Watt 6-pin PCI Express power connector is recommended by AMD. If you want to run a CrossFire the power supply should be at least 550 Watts and have two 6-pin connectors.

Peak Power Consumption

* Radeon HD 2900 XT – 200W
* Radeon HD 3870 – 106W
* Radeon HD 3850 – 98W

The ATI Radeon HD 3850 has half the power consumption of the Radeon HD 2900XT and performs just slightly slower as you will see in performance testing in the following pages. Thanks to the RV670 being made on the 55nm process, AMD has been able to double the performance per watt on the Radeon HD 38XX series. That is no small task for any company, but AMD seemed to nail it down this time around. One other thing that can’t be ignored is the fact that ATI moved from a 512-bit memory interface to a 256-bit memory interface on all GDDR3/GDDR4 Radeon HD 3800 series cards. The ring bus memory controller that handles the reads and writes remains 512-bit though. By changing over to a 256-bit memory bus the overall cost of the card can be lowered, while at the same time not hurting performance. Many enthusiasts thought the R600 had too much memory bandwidth and they might have been right. Lets take a look at the test system and then the benchmarks to see how it performs.

Sztuczki w Stalkerze

2008-02-17T01:51:00.000-08:00

1.
Zbrojownia Wolności
Jest sposób, aby się tam dostać. Nie musisz nikogo zabijać. Zostaw swój ekwipunek abyś mógł potem wrócic obładowany bronią :D Naprzeciwko handlarza Wolności- Kutwy znajduje się pomieszczenie z taboretem i krzesłem. Jedno z nich trzeba postawić przy strażniku.Trzeba uważać, aby nie przesunąć krzesła zbyt blisko, gdyż może się ono wtopić w "niewidzialną osłonę NPC" i już na nie wskoczymy, gdyż będzie nas blokować to "pole energii". W razie porażki możemy użyć pozostałego krzesła/taboretu. Wskakujemy na krzesełko, a potem na. strażnika. Po prostu wejdziemy na jego niewidzialną barierę i w kuckach pchamy się cały czas do przodu. W końcu powinno udać nam się prześlizgnąć. Rozwalamy nożykiem kłódkę (PPM, ponieważ LPM jest za słabe) i zaczyna się zbieractwo. Gdy już zapełnimy wskaźnik chciwości, idziemy do pokoiku naprzeciwko i powtarzamy sztuczkę z krzesełkiem. UWAGA! Teraz krzesełko jest tylko jedno, więc warto zrobić save w razie, gdyby nam się nie udało odpowiednio go ustawić.

Co teraz robię???

2008-02-16T07:49:00.000-08:00

Gram w Stalkera Cień Czarnobyla , ucze się z fizyki czasami, gram w unreala. :D:D:

1833 Mhz

2007-12-23T09:00:00.001-08:00

Problem wrócił jak przestawiłem na 1833 chyba zasiłka zasłaba

HD 2600 Problem rozwiazany(jak narazie)

2007-12-23T08:39:00.000-08:00

Mój komp
Amt Athlon 2500 Xp 1833 Mhz
768 Mb ram
płyta MSI KT4AV
karta radeon HD 2600 PRO 512 MB DDR II sapphire

Ja zrobiłem tak jeszcze do końca nie przetestowałem
Pisze teraz bardzo ogólnie nie dla laików

Wymieniłem bios w mojej płycie głównej na wersje 5.4
Zrobiłem domyślne ustawienia biosu mam teraz procek taktowany 1100 Mhz a nie 1833Mhz jeszcze nie testowałem na 1833(może i dlatego działa karta)
Wymieniłem bios w karcie na ten http://www.techpowerup.com/vgabios/1247/ATI.2600Pro.512.070705.html
Wgrałem stery OMEGA z tym że kombinowałem w tych sterach i zmieniłem tam ID mojej karty(o tym napisze potem nie mam czasu teraz)
Wszystko pięknie poszło restart kompa i pierwsza gra jaką przetestowałem to Test Drive Unlimited. Wcześniej gra się wyłączała nawet menu nie mogłem zobaczyć ,a teraz wszystko pięknie żadnych błędów. Potem przetestowałem San Andreasa w którym to wcześniej już w samym menu w prawym górnym rogu były paski. Przedostatnia gra którą testowałem było COD2 wcześniej w grze menu było czarne kursor miał dziwny kształt a gra się po 5 minutach zawieszała lub restartował się komp. Teraz był inny kursor ale gra idealnie chodziła. Na końcy S.T.A.L.K.E.R Cień Czarnobyla wcześniej menu było kompletnie nie czytelne same błędy a teraz elegancko wszystko pięknie grałem z 30 minut no problem

Nie wiem co pomogło może że procek ma 1100 Mhz i mniej prądu ciagnie teraz czy to może zasługa biosów albo steró. Przetestuje kartę jeszcze na 1833 Mhz gdy ma procek i na sterach które miałem wraz z kartą. Mi pomogło nie wiem czy komuś się to przyda ale może warto spróbować ale pamiętajcie robicie to na własną odpowiedzialność...
Dokładniejszy opis pojawi się w późniejszym terminie

ZIMA ........

2007-11-18T09:30:00.000-08:00

Jak widać na poniższym zdjęciu.

W końcu RADEON HD 2600 PRO i moje rozczarowanie.

2007-11-17T08:02:00.000-08:00

Dokładnie o godzinie 17 w Piątek poszedłem z kolegami pod sklep:D:D

Musiałem zrobić zakupy. Nagle do mojego kolegi zadzwonił kurier , ze zaraz będzie u niego z moją kartą. Dobra odebraliśmy kartę poszliśmy do mnie wywaliliśmy tego FX 5200 i włożyliśmy radka. Jeszcze męczyliśmy się z małą śrubką ,która przykręca kartę. Miała zły gwint chyba. Zajęło nam to tylko 30 minut. Podłączyliśmy wszystko zainstalowaliśmy stery . Włączyłem PES 08 no i jakie było moje zdziwienie. Menu wyglądało strasznie same znaki zapytania i chieroglify. Potem Fifa 08 jeszcze gorzej. Następnie GTA : SA i tu też było sporo błędów wyświetlanej grafice. W COD2 menu prawie było czarne i zdaliśmy się na intuicję.Na końcu poszedł Wiedźmin jako jedyna gra chodziła bez większych błędów. Nie wiedziałem czy moja karta jest uszkodzona , czy może to nie przeczyszczony slot AGP , mogła być to wina sterów albo zasilacza. Dużo kombinowałem ze sterami i nic to nie pomogło. Postanowiłem zanieść kartę do kolegi i tam ją sprawdzić . Okazało się , że była to wina zasilacza . Mój zasilacz mógł dostarczyć tylko 200 W , karta wymagała zasilacza 400 W. Teraz muszę nazbierać na zasilacz jakieś 180 zł.

Mała prezentacja:

UNBOXING

Wiedźmin na AMD Athlon 2500 Xp 1.83 Ghz 1 Gb RAM i Geforce FX 5200

2007-11-13T12:48:00.000-08:00

Ostatnio zainstalowałem sobie Wiedźmina :D: :D :D Na moim super kompie :D

Jednak po 30 sekundach odechciało mi się grać . Po obejrzeniu tego krótkiego filmiku zrozumiecie dlaczego. Nie wiem ile było FPS może 10. Ale nawet w sterownikach(169.04_forceware_winxp_32bit_international_beta) przestawiłem na wysoką wydajność i nawet dźwięk wyłączyłem i nic nie pomogło Geforce FX 5200 wymiata. Nie mogę już się doczekać Radeona HD 2600 PRO. Jest słaba karta ale na pewno dużo szybsza od tego demona prędkości( FX 5200). Dlatego zagram sobie w Wiedźmina dopiero na nowej karcie . Oczywiście napiszę ile miałem tych FPS :D :D :D :D

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Cień Czarnobyla . Vehicle mod

2007-11-04T06:30:00.000-08:00

Może tytuł mojego bloga sugeruje ,że treść dotyczyć będzie gier : HALO 3 i Wiedźmin , ale nie mogłem być tak szczegółowy więc postanowiłem napisać troszeczkę o grze S.T.A.L.K.E.R Cień Czarnobyla, a w zasadzie o modzie , który uaktywnia nam pojazdy:D
Jest to mod dodający auta, które były ukryte w kodzie źródłowym gry, a które usunęli informatycy niewiadomo czemu ? ;/.
Ale path dodaje z powrotem autka i inne pojazdy ;P

Path poprawiający błąd związany z eksplozjami z powodu uderzeń o inny pojazd:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2AONX4XI

1.Wypakowujesz folder gamedata do głownego katalogu z grą
2.Włączasz grę
3.Włączasz konsolę i wpisujesz bind turn_enige kb
4.Popierniczasz autem po Chernobylu xD

Pamiętaj robisz to wyłącznie na swoją odpowiedzialność.

A o to krótki filmik prezentujący ukrytą funkcję w grze S.T.A.L.K.E.R Shadow of Chernobyl
Gram w nią na moim sprzęcie :
AMD Athlon 2500xp 1.83Ghz
1Gb ram DDR
Geforce FX 5200(Już niedługo Radeon HD 2600 Pro)

Surviving Halo 3

2007-11-02T05:39:00.000-07:00

With the release of Halo 3, Bungie has now completed the Epic Halo Trilogy. Halo 3 concludes the tale for Master Chief and his alien sidekick Cortana. Bungie has certainly upped the ante when they made the final installment. A lot of the components of Halo 3 are familiar to old previous player, although some of the new weapons and terrains take some getting used to. In Halo 3, the Normal levels are easier than in Halo 2. This is because of Bungie's effort to reach an audience of casual players. So, we suggest that if you have played Halo in the past (even in a Normal Level) try to challenge yourself and play Legendary or Heroic.

New challenges abound in the world of Halo 3. If you are new to the game or just haven't played in a while, you are bound to start of your experience by dying frequently. To help you along, here are tips on surviving Halo 3:

Master your gadgets - With any game, you must know how to handle your weapons. Master it so that you can whip it out in a blink of an eye. It is also important to know which weapons you should use for a particular opponent. Halo 3 has a very useful feature - the dual wielding ability that allows you to handle two weapons at the same time. Master this feature and use it wisely.

Know your enemies - Like knowing your weapons you should also know your enemies. Some of them are easier to destroy than others. Some panic under pressure and others fall apart when you destroy the Brute leader. Another important tip when killing an opponent is to Aim for its Head. Hitting the head will require fewer shots from your part to take them down as compared with making body shots.

Get familiar with your surroundings - learn the ins and outs of your surroundings. Figure out where you can hide to shield yourself from enemy onslaught and try looking around to find bonus items you can use. Also, beware of the Skulls. The Skulls are important because they multiply your points, but they also have effects that range from helpful, or sometimes silly to downright frightening. Don't hesitate to pick up a skull, they multiply points, just beware of their effects.

Halo 3 Xbox 360 edition - Preview

2007-11-02T05:38:00.000-07:00

Halo 3 Xbox 360 edition - Preview

Halo 3 is a ego shooter game exclusively for the Xbox 360. The Game was wildly successful in the entertainment history. It is the Game of the Year and I think the best too. For this reason the Halo 3 Xbox 360 edition was designed. And that no only for fans. The design is a lot different if you see on the normal Xbox and it is a little bit cheaper than the elite edition but a bit more expensive than a small bundle. It has an exclusive Spartan green and gold finish design. It just looks like if it is not from this world.

It is a little bit hard to explain but it looks very good. Just have a look for yourself and you will see. The design is a sleek desktop style with horizontal or vertical placement. Just like you want it in your home.

You have some special gadgets too. Like a halo 3 head set, halo 3wireless controller which is in green. A 20 gb hard disk is in the bundle and a play and charge kit.

Like in other versions you have an ethernet cable and access to the Xbox 360 guide. There you can find friends, games and downloadable content and other stuff. You can get access with just click a button from your wireless halo 3 Xbox 360 edition. A customizable interface is integrated for your dashboard, guide and gamer profile and the Xbox 360 marketplace.

As a summary I can say that the halo 3 Xbox 360 edition is a good bundle with all you need to have a lot of fun with the game and exclisive design. The console is well designed and for fans a must have. The price is ok and you have everything you need. Keep playing.

The Truth about the Trading Forex

2007-11-02T03:57:00.001-07:00

The Truth about the Trading Forex

The Forex market is all about trading money or currencies worldwide. Almost all countries around the world are involved in the forex trading market, where money is bought and sold, based on the value of that currency at the time. As some currencies do not have a high value, it is not going to be traded heavily, as the currency's value increases, additional brokers and bankers will decide to invest in that market.

Forex trading takes place daily, where more than two trillion dollars are traded every day - that is an enormous amount of money. Have you ever thought about how many millions it takes to produce total of a trillion dollars and then consider that this is done on a daily basis.

The currencies that are traded on the forex markets from every country around the world. Every currency has it own symbol that will signify that country and the currency that is being traded. For example, the Japanese yen is the JPY and the United Stated dollar is USD. The British pound is the GBP and the Euro is the EUR. Most all trades are done through a broker. Most brokers require you to pay some type of fee or commision, so you want to be sure about the trade you are making before making too many trades which are going to involve many fees.

Trades between markets and countries happen every day. Most of the heavy trading occurs between the Euro and the US dollar, and then the US dollar and the Japanese yen, and then of the other most often seen trades is between the British pound and the US dollar. The trades happen all day and all night As one country opens trading for the day another is closing. The time zones across the world affect how the trading takes place and when the markets are open.

If you intend to get involved in the trading Forex, do your homework. While trading forex can be profitable it does require mental discipline and a solid plan.

Forex Brokers: What You Get For Your Money by Wade Robins

2007-11-02T03:54:00.000-07:00

The majority of the Forex brokers do not charge commissions. They are remunerated by revenues from their activities as currency dealers, including earnings from buying, selling, interest on deposited funds, converting and holding currencies, and rollover fees.

If you think that, because Forex brokers do not charge commissions, they are working for free, you need to go back to Forex school. Forex brokers make their money from you, by selling you currency at one price and buying it back from you at a lower one. The difference in the prices is known as the "spread" and it can mount in a hurry. How can you determine a "spread?"

Understanding The Spread

You may have thought a "pip" meant is a fruit seed, and you would have been right. But in the 21st century, the "pip" is far more widely known as the smallest monetary increment, usually one one-hundredth of a percent. On the Forex market, currencies are priced to the fourth decimal place, and that fourth decimal pace is the"pip." It's also known as a "basis point."

Forex brokers make their livings in pips. The number of pips they charge per trade is known as their spread. Some Forex brokers charge the same spread no matter what the trade, and other Forex brokers charge a variable spread. While a variable spread can look enticingly small in a slow market, it will not be available when the Forex trading begins to fluctuate, because the Forex broker will raise his spread.

You can hook up with Forex brokers through major banks or investment firms. They are regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and they are registered with the Futures Commission Merchant. But the Internet has caused a proliferation on online Forex brokers, who will provide traders the technology necessary to trade. They have opened the Forex market to million of small investors who may lack the capital and understanding to have any chance of succeeding.

What To Expect From Your Forex Brokers

If you're working with Forex brokers, and you should be, your have the right to expect their offices to be available around the clock. The Forex market never sleeps, and even if you are placing a trade in the middle of the day, it might be the middle of the in the hemisphere where your Forex broker's office is located.

If you need to get out of your trade in a hurry, you should be able to depend on someone being at the other end of the phone. And by the way, always make certain with your Forex brokers that you can close a position over the phone. If not, a power outage hitting your PC, or a failed Internet connection can spell disaster.

Before you sign on with any firm of Forex brokers, take the time to do some background checking. Not all Forex brokers have the financial underpinnings to hold money in reserve if their trades go wrong and their customers want to cleanout their trading accounts. Your Forex broker should be open about his company's financial condition and history, and be able to provide documentation of his claims. If he can't or won't, take your business elsewhere.

And before you commit any money to any Forex brokers, use their online sample trading features to decide which programs are best suited to your trading style. It costs nothing, and will give you confidence that in the fast moving world of Forex trading you'll be able to keep up.

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