Stock Price, iTunes, AIM USB Display for Gamers

March 18th, 2005

LCD screens for displaying your computer's stats are nothing new, but being able to use one without taking the printer port or a valuable drive bay is. Connected via USB, the GameOptics X1620 was designed by gamers for gamers in order to deliver real-time stats on your CPU, Disk, and Memory usage, uptime, and bandwidth.

While this is enough to justify the $45 pricetag, GameOptics also threw in the ability to check your stocks and local five day weather forecast, as well as support for the Winamp, WMP, and iTunes MP3 jukeboxes that can skip through to the middle of songs with UltraSeek so you don't have to wait through the slow intro to hear what song is playing.

Finally, you can send and receive instant messages through AIM, ICQ, and Yahoo, all without minimizing your game. And GameOptics has just released open-source C++ plugin for those who want to experimenting with codes.

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