Computer Technology

First, I just wanna say that I’m really tired right now, but I’m alive :3
Let’s see, computer technology…
It’s really funny to see that yesterdays tech, (I really mean the tech developed a year or two ago) get’s outdated as fast as a car going 80km/h and hitting a moose..
It really get’s things flying..
Not so long ago we had Windows 3.0 with really crappy 2D gfx, and I still remember an old box I got from my parents when I was about 9 years old..

Though I can’t remember what the game is called, it was awesome..
A few years later, we got Windows 98, and then a whole new world came alive for me, 3D gaming.. 3D shooters, and the technology drastically improved, we now had to buy dedicated graphics card, and I remember that our win 98 machine had the top of the line graphic solution.

Some year went by, and Windows XP came by, and with this I bought my own computer.
It was an awesome computer! AMD Sempron 3000+ with two gigs ram, and 160 gig hard drive, with an integrated graphic solution! It really kicked ass!
Soldier of Fortune was the game everyone talked about, and my computer could handle it like a knife cuts through butter!
Then Technology moved forward, and so did everyone else…

Giving Dual-core processors, more RAM pr computer, and better, and better dedicated graphic solutions.
I was still living in the 2003, early 2004 with my integrated graphic solution, my 230W Power supply, and single-core CPU.
Time passed and I realised.. I need a dedicated Graphic card, as I couldn’t run games I wanted.. need for speed Underground and such..

So, early 2005 I decided that I was gonna jump the train, and get a nVidia GeForce 6600 GT.
It was totally Awesome.. Really kicking ass into the new year!
A whole new world opened up in terms of gaming.
I could play games! I could play really good games aswell!
But my happiness didn’t last long seeing as hardware still kept on going further into realism and soon physics..

Stuff began to evolve further and I couldn’t do anything else then to follow the hype, and in 2007 I bought the ATI Radeon X1950PRO..
Again stuff really kicked ass, and I was starting to get really impressed by the amount of quality I could pull out of it..
At this time, Dual-core processors was already a reality in many newer computers, and it really gave people advantage in terms of performance and in general ass-kicking.

So I bought AMD athlon 64 X2 6400+, and it really gave me more advantage in terms of everything..
Things ran faster, smoother, and better. I could suddenly start watching what they called.. HD.. Wow, this was a really scary word!
Nowadays HD is standard, If you don’t own a computer screen with 1920×1200 pixels, you’re a newb.. That’s what technology slaps in your face as time moves on.

Right now DirectX 11 kicked in, as games like Colin McRea DiRT2 is about to launch, eventually games, and technology will keep on moving forward, and most possibly stop at photorealism.
But then again, if they don’t stop, but just keeps on moving forward. What will the next step be?
What will happen to photorealism?
How will this affect us as human beings..

The worst case scenario that I can think of is not being able to define what’s real, and what’s simulated in computer technology..
I hope the world somehow explodes before that happens.

Oh, by the way, as I’m done with this post, I’m really awake
Danieru-kun Out :3