More on PC Gaming Alliance

(This was originally attached to the previous post.)

No sign of Valve. WTF, you would think that Valve would be all up in that. Just thought I'd bring it up. However, is Microsoft really committed to 3 consoles? The PC, 360, and Xbox; probably not in that order. It's all speculation at the moment anyways. Do these giants have a plan to steer the PC away from the iceberg? Better Standardization? Optimization? Collusion? What if the graphics cards waited for major improvements to be released? Maybe developers could agree on a computer specification that they would use for the next 2-3 years. Some way to slow the growth and allow for a longer hardware life cycle. However, corporate greed in many organizations wouldn't allow this to happen. No one wants to change paradigms and lose money. My thoughs: Just make graphics cards huge, pack them with 2 gigs of ram, and call it good. We all know that has been the limiting factor for video cards. I think it will be tough for hardware manufacturers to embrace a change like this. However, a change in business models never hurt anyone.

Here is my Take on the standardization of the PC.

BRAND: GlinkmanPower 1300ex Motherboard
Power Requirement:2w + 10w(cpu)+ 30w(gpu) = 42w consumption max
FORM FACTOR: ATX-MDH-220v (Asus)
PCIE-16: 2
PCI:3
Onboard LAN Ethernet/WiFi (nVidia)
Onboard EAX 12 Sound (Creative)
Onboard FireWire 1394
Intel or AMD compatible (x86-64)^3 Architecture
Supports 32 GB RAM (MS releases XPSP3)
Supports Up to 12 SATA2 Devices

My Suggestions for the PC Platform

• Big on Memory
• Low on Power
• Quad core or More
• Allow GPU to have more GigaBytes than MegaHertz
• Extend the Life Cycle.
• Refocus on Optimization current generation to allow hardware manufacturers to innovate, not re-clock products.
• Integration of Wireless and bluetooth technologies into motherboards.