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    News - Sapphire teams up with BumpTop

    BumpTop, a 3D desktop software package, is to be bundled with all new Sapphire graphics cards, and existing owners are invited too.
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    Re: News - Sapphire teams up with BumpTop

    looks like it has a few interesting features (I like the idea of "piling" desktop items), but frankly the 3D aspect doesn't really interest me - I can't see it adding much to the experience of using my PC. if I want to feel like I work in a box I could always get a job in a cube farm...

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    Re: News - Sapphire teams up with BumpTop

    how are they going to check whether you have a sapphire card or not?

    the only way i can think of that will stop people with other cards getting the full version, is to have a small program - like gpu-z - that gets the hardware codes and sends them to sapphire, then sapphire send you the link.


    and the only download link i could find was in relation to the press pack. its at the bottom of this page http://www.sapphiretech.com/presenta...articleID=2216

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    Re: News - Sapphire teams up with BumpTop

    It looks cool but seems to be a bit of a waste of resources. I use rocket dock which makes things a bit mac-like and keeps my desktop and start menu tidy.

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    Re: News - Sapphire teams up with BumpTop

    And the porting of compiz begins.
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    ...every time Creative bring out a new card range their advertising makes it sound like they have discovered a way to insert a thousand Chuck Norris super dwarfs in your ears...

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    Re: News - Sapphire teams up with BumpTop

    It is only the 'Free' demo version... You must pay for the full thing, so no different than you can download from the BumpTop website anyway. All Sapphire have done is 'decorated' the wall with Sapphire logos!

    @aidanjt: This looks a lot more intuitive and practical than Compiz!
    Last edited by tickleonthetum; 07-08-2009 at 02:28 PM.

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    Re: News - Sapphire teams up with BumpTop

    Quote Originally Posted by tickleonthetum View Post
    @aidanjt: This looks a lot more intuitive and practical than Compiz!
    Yet the premise is the same. Albeit, with more UI elements added on.
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    ...every time Creative bring out a new card range their advertising makes it sound like they have discovered a way to insert a thousand Chuck Norris super dwarfs in your ears...

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    Re: News - Sapphire teams up with BumpTop

    I downloaded it for the hell of it, and I have to say.... It's completely rubbish, it's slowwwwwww, unbelievably limited, and does nothing to save desktop space, not in any way practically useful, oh and it's slow, did I mention it's slow?
    Quote Originally Posted by Agent View Post
    ...every time Creative bring out a new card range their advertising makes it sound like they have discovered a way to insert a thousand Chuck Norris super dwarfs in your ears...

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