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Adobe Creative Suite becomes subscription-only, kills Fireworks

Adobe Creative Suite becomes subscription-only, kills Fireworks
  • Posted May 6, 2013, 7:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Software Breaking News
  • It was Adobe; in the billiard room, with the candlestick... In a single blow, the software-maker dispatched new sales of "perpetual" Creative Suite licenses and announced the languishing demise of Fireworks. The company today said it will no longer sell Creative Suite…

Nvidia reportedly planning to offer Metro: Last Light with GeForces

Nvidia reportedly planning to offer Metro: Last Light with GeForces
  • Posted April 15, 2013, 12:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • Nvidia may be preparing to mount a counterattack against AMD's "Never Settle" game bundle initiative, according to TechPowerUp. The site reports that it has learned Nvidia is "frantically" looking to address its rival's program, which has been largely popular among…

Nvidia demonstrates next generation Kepler Mobile graphics

Nvidia demonstrates next generation Kepler Mobile graphics
  • Posted April 12, 2013, 10:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Hardware With Video
  • Nvidia’s recent investor day was the perfect platform for CEO Jen-Hsun Huang to showcase the firm’s next generation mobile chip. Known as Kepler Mobile, the upcoming mobile hardware is derived from the high-end Kepler architecture that Nvidia uses for current-generation…

Nvidia announces five new Kepler-based GeForce 700M GPUs

Nvidia announces five new Kepler-based GeForce 700M GPUs
  • Posted April 1, 2013, 12:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing, Hardware
  • Nvidia has expanded its notebook graphics lineup with a handful of new models that should be rolling out in systems from major vendors over the coming weeks and months. All five new parts are members of the Kepler-based GeForce 700M…

The past and present of isometric graphics in games

The past and present of isometric graphics in games
  • Posted March 25, 2013, 8:00 AM by Gergo Vas | Filed in Gaming
  • Games with isometric graphics—a slightly rotated view with a top-down perspective—were a big deal several years ago. Static, isometric maps, mostly used in strategy and role-playing games, allowed the developers to create spectacular, detailed visuals, and most of them have…

Future Nvidia 'Volta' GPU has stacked DRAM, offers 1TB/s bandwidth

Future Nvidia
  • Posted March 20, 2013, 9:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware
  • Nvidia has updated its public GPU roadmap, revealing new details about upcoming products including a graphics solution that will purportedly offer about four times the memory bandwidth of the new $1,000 GeForce GTX Titan. Codenamed "Volta," the GPU family is…

GeForce 314.14 beta optimized for Tomb Raider, SimCity, more

GeForce 314.14 beta optimized for Tomb Raider, SimCity, more
  • Posted March 4, 2013, 4:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Gearing up for this month's hottest games, Nvidia has unleashed a new beta driver to help ensure that you have a smooth experience. The GeForce 314.14 beta brings better performance and compatibility across no less than four upcoming releases including…

AMD unveils TressFX hair rendering technology (pics)

AMD unveils TressFX hair rendering technology (pics)
  • Posted February 26, 2013, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Industry News
  • Earlier this week, some of you may have seen the teasers regarding AMD's TressFX physics and rendering technology. Today, the chip-maker unveiled details about TressFX -- its new toolset for creating life-like locks. The system promises a future where rendered…

Weekend tech reading: Deciphering AMD's new GPU roadmap

Weekend tech reading: Deciphering AMD
  • Posted February 17, 2013, 10:34 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in NATW
  • Reports surfaced last weekend that AMD's graphics roadmap for 2013 would keep the Radeon HD 7000 series "stable" throughout the year. The news came out in an unusual way, via an interview with a Japanese website and then several tweets from AMD employees and the...

Catalyst 13.2 beta brings 15% boost in Crysis 3, latency improvements

Catalyst 13.2 beta brings 15% boost in Crysis 3, latency improvements
  • Posted January 30, 2013, 4:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • On the heels of Nvidia's performance-oriented GeForce update, AMD has released its own beta driver bringing a handful of frame rate and latency enhancements. Among the speed improvements is a 15% gain when using high MSAA settings in Crysis 3,…

Nvidia's GeForce Experience PC game optimizer enters open beta

Nvidia
  • Posted January 24, 2013, 7:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Nvidia has opened the doors on its GeForce Experience after letting thousands of users hammer on it over the last month. Announced last April and introduced as a closed beta in December, the PC game optimizer aims to help players get the most out of their machines by automatically...

Nvidia said to be readying $899 GK110-based GeForce Titan card

Nvidia said to be readying $899 GK110-based GeForce Titan card
  • Posted January 22, 2013, 6:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Gaming
  • Preparing for the upcoming launch of AMD's Radeon HD 8000 series, which will presumably kick off with a single-GPU flagship leading the charge, Nvidia is reportedly hoping to steal some of its rival's thunder by releasing a new card that will exist between today's GeForce...

Intel Haswell integrated graphics are on par with GeForce GT 650M

Intel Haswell integrated graphics are on par with GeForce GT 650M
  • Posted January 11, 2013, 7:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Gaming, Hardware With Video
  • Intel’s Haswell chip made an appearance at this year’s CES although it wasn’t the star of the show. The chip maker wasn’t keen on playing show and tell with the CPU itself but we did get a pretty solid look…

Mobile Radeon HD 8000M GPUs announced, shipping now

Mobile Radeon HD 8000M GPUs announced, shipping now
  • Posted December 18, 2012, 12:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Gaming, Mobile Computing Breaking News
  • AMD has extended its line-up of mobile GPUs with a few brand-new models filed under its latest class of Radeon: the HD 8000M-series. The new chips deliver better performance, but are expected to do so with reduced power consumption, lower…

Nvidia's "GeForce Experience" automated PC game optimizer hits beta

Nvidia
  • Posted December 6, 2012, 4:30 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software With Video
  • Announced earlier this year, Nvidia's "GeForce Experience" has finally hit beta -- albeit in limited scope. The service is open to the first 10,000 users who register, after which signups will be closed until Nvidia has a chance to analyze user feedback and squash major bugs...

AMD Radeon HD 8000 series could be delayed until Q2 2013

AMD Radeon HD 8000 series could be delayed until Q2 2013
  • Posted December 3, 2012, 1:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Gaming
  • AMD’s “Sea Islands” graphics card lineup is set to arrive as the Radeon HD 8000 series in the second quarter of 2013, according to supply chain sources talking to DigiTimes. The Taiwanese website says Southern Islands’s successor was originally scheduled…

JPR: Nvidia weathers turbulent PC market with 20% quarterly growth

JPR: Nvidia weathers turbulent PC market with 20% quarterly growth
  • Posted November 26, 2012, 6:51 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Hardware, Industry News
  • Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has published its third quarter statistics for the graphics processor market showing weak seasonal performance with shipments down 1.45% quarter-over-quarter and 10.8% year-over-year. The underwhelming results were largely blamed rocky PC shipments...

Nvidia releases beta GeForce drivers for holiday PC games

Nvidia releases beta GeForce drivers for holiday PC games
  • Posted November 20, 2012, 6:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • GeForce owners hoping to get the most out of new PC games may want to grab the latest drivers from Nvidia. Posted today, the 310.61 beta is deemed a minor update over last week's 310.54 beta release, but it improves…

GeForce 310.33 beta boosts speed by up to 15%, adds profiles

GeForce 310.33 beta boosts speed by up to 15%, adds profiles
  • Posted October 23, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Not to be outdone by AMD, Nvidia has published a fresh beta driver of its own, offering up to 15% more performance on certain hardware and software setups as well as new and updated profiles. Compared to the GeForce 306.89 WHQL released earlier this month, the new 310.33 beta...

Nvidia releases 306.97 WHQL with support for GTX 650 Ti

Nvidia releases 306.97 WHQL with support for GTX 650 Ti
  • Posted October 10, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software, Gaming
  • Nvidia has released new WHQL-certified drivers backing the arrival of this week's budget-oriented GTX 650 Ti. The company notes that 306.97 is fully compatible with Windows 8, which launches on October 26, and it adds a handful of enhancements over…

AMD offers Catalyst 12.9 beta with mobile graphics switching support

AMD offers Catalyst 12.9 beta with mobile graphics switching support
  • Posted September 27, 2012, 5:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Software, Gaming
  • As anticipated, AMD has released a new beta driver for Radeon owners this week, bringing a handful of new features and enhancements. Improved support for Enduro, a technology that's akin to Nvidia's Optimus graphics switching solution, is perhaps the most notable addition...

Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti detailed, could land next month

Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti detailed, could land next month
  • Posted September 21, 2012, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Gaming
  • Nvidia is getting ready to introduce a new member to its Kepler-based 600 series lineup next month, according to leaked specs detailing an unannounced GeForce GTX 650 Ti graphics card. The new model should fit somewhere in between the $110…

Borderlands 2 GPU & CPU Performance Test

Borderlands 2 GPU & CPU Performance Test
  • Posted September 20, 2012, 9:41 PM by Steven Walton | Filed in TechSpot, Gaming
  • Borderlands 2 succeeds at building on the foundation laid three years ago, delivering an improved menu system, revamped skill trees, new characters, more weapons, smarter foes, and the same addictive loot-driven co-op first-person shooter action. As exciting as all of that may be, we're more interested in seeing how the game runs on the finest PC hardware from Intel, AMD and Nvidia.

    Built on a highly modified version of Unreal Engine 3, the game only uses DirectX 9, opting to exclude the engine's DirectX 11 support. It's worth mentioning that Borderlands 2 is a "The Way It's Meant to be Played" title, supporting many Nvidia features such as PhysX and 3D Vision Surround. Let's get down to business...

Catalyst 12.8 CAP 3 improves support for Guild Wars 2, Borderlands 2

Catalyst 12.8 CAP 3 improves support for Guild Wars 2, Borderlands 2
  • Posted September 18, 2012, 4:00 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Gaming, Software
  • Ahead of next week's expected release of the Catalyst 12.9 beta, AMD has updated its existing WHQL driver with a fresh set of Catalyst Application Profiles. Although it's not a major overhaul, Catalyst 12.8 CAP 3 offers a few improvements that are worthwhile if you're playing...

Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 also launched today for $109

Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 also launched today for $109
  • Posted September 13, 2012, 12:00 PM by Jose Vilches | Filed in Hardware, Gaming
  • Alongside today's launch of the $230 GeForce GTX 660, Nvidia introduced yet another variant intended for gamers on a tighter budget. Priced at just $109, the GTX 650 makes some sacrifices in the hardware front as it continues the process…

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