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Nvidia reclaims performance crown with GeForce GTX 680
- After months of rumors, Nvidia has finally unleashed its next-gen 28nm graphics tech, codenamed "Kepler." As usual, the series kicks off with a flagship single-GPU, the GeForce GTX 680, which is said to be the company's fastest and most power…
Nvidia releases GeForce 296.17 for Windows 8, others get 296.10
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Nvidia has baked a fresh batch of drivers, with two flavors covering Windows XP through Windows 8. Common folk running Windows XP, Vista or 7 should grab GeForce 296.10 as it boosts SLI performance in various titles, including Blacklight: Retribution, Dirt 3...
Price cuts to GTX 580 hint at impending GTX 680 release
- Nvidia’s next generation flagship GPU is drawing ever closer to release. Epic Games showed off a demo of their Unreal Engine 3 tech using the Kepler-based hardware during the Game Developers Conference last week, which suggested the new GPU would…
Epic demos Kepler GPU, could be faster than three GeForce GTX 580s
- A recent demo by Epic Games at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco suggests that Nvidia’s upcoming Kepler GPU could be faster than three GeForce GTX 580 graphics cards. An Nvidia blog post notes that the graphics in the…
Nvidia becomes Linux Foundation member, joins AMD and Intel
- In a press release published on Wednesday, the Linux Foundation announced another major industry player has joined their cause: Nvidia. This means the iconic graphics chipmaker has joined the likes of Intel and AMD as members of the organization.
Nvidia wants to see proof that A5X is four times faster than Tegra 3
- During Apple’s media event yesterday to unveil the new iPad, Cupertino claimed that the A5X chip inside their latest tablet was twice as fast as the Apple A5 and four times as powerful as Nvidia’s Tegra 3 processor in terms…
AMD releases Windows 8 driver, Consumer Preview hits 1m downloads
- Radeon owners running the Windows 8 Consumer Preview might want to take advantage of a timely update from AMD. Among other improvements, the release notes mention full support for Windows 8's WDDM 1.2 (Windows Display Driver Model), including native Stereo…
AMD approached Nvidia before ATI acquisition in 2006
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News has emerged that Advanced Micro Devices also held talks with graphics processor designer Nvidia about acquiring them before they went ahead and purchased ATI in 2006, according to former AMD employees...
JPR: Q4 2011 GPU shipments were up 9%, Intel still leading
- Jon Peddie Research has released its latest report on the graphics market, announcing that combined discrete and integrated GPU shipments in Q4 2011 dropped 10.4 percent sequentially but were up 9 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2010. This…
ZTE unveils first smartphone to use Tegra 2 SoC and Icera baseband chip
- ZTE has become the first smartphone manufacturer to utilize Nvidia’s Tegra 2 SoC and Icera baseband chip on the same handset. Nvidia acquired Icera in June 2011 for $367 million in an effort to strengthen their position in the mobile…
Nvidia beats revenue estimates in Q4, lowers outlook for Q1
- Nvidia on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter earnings of $116 million on revenue of $953 million, beating both analyst's and its own estimations but also warning of slightly lowered revenues in the current quarter ending April. The company says that the ongoing…
Nvidia and Rambus settle four-year memory patent dispute
- In 2008, Rambus accused Nvidia of infringing upon 17 patents across six of their product lines. After four years of legal sparring, the companies have finally decided to resolve the matter privately. The newly struck deal will be valid for…
GeForce 295.51 beta fixes GTX 590 fan bug, adds 3D Vision profiles
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Nvidia kicked off the R295 driver family with a new pre-release build this week, adding or improving support for tons of games along with introducing several bug fixes. Among the problems is one that caused the GTX 590's fan to operate improperly. Under certain circumstances...
U.S. PTO invalidates Rambus' third "Barth" patent
- The appeals board at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released a ruling on January 24 that invalidates the third Barth patent held by Rambus, pertaining to memory chips used in computers which the firm successfully used to intimidate…
Galaxy MDT GeForce GT 520: Quad-Display Budget Card
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Multi-monitor technology was originally designed for productivity and it's still the driving force behind such technology today. Graphic designers, video editors, stock traders and other professionals greatly benefit from several screens, but they don't necessarily demand the raw GPU power high-end gamers do.
Hoping to address those needs, Galaxy has begun offering Nvidia's cards with enhanced multi-display support. Today we are going to test an affordable MDT X4 card based on the low-end GeForce GT 520.
Graphics Card Overclocking: Is It Really Worth It?
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You go out to buy a new graphics card, set a budget, and it'd seem that for another $30-60 you can always go with the next step up that performs a little better. Or, you could save those extra dollars, go for the budget model and overclock it and basically match the next step up's performance.
With that in mind, we have hand-picked three graphics cards that represent select price ranges to see just how much extra value can be obtained through overclocking. For the $100+ range we have the Radeon HD 6750, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti has been used to represent the $200+ market. Then at the top of the food chain we have the Radeon HD 6970 going for $300 and up.
Rumor: Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 to arrive in February
- Nvidia was all about Tegra 3 and mobile computing at last week's Consumer Electronics Show, but the company hasn't forgotten about hardcore gamers awaiting their next-generation desktop products. In fact, according to recent rumors, their first 28nm "Kepler" cards may…
Nvidia at CES: New Tegra 3 tech, 7-inch tablet, ICS on Transformer Prime
- During its tablet-centric CES keynote on Monday, Nvidia brought an Asus Transformer Prime on stage to run some demos and chat about the market. According to Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, tablets are the fastest growing consumer device in history, outpacing…
Skyrim gets up to 25% performance boost via GeForce beta drivers
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Nvidia has unleashed its latest GeForce beta driver with a few updates, including -- and perhaps most significantly -- performance optimizations for Skyrim players. Version 290.53 should offer GeForce owners up to 25% more frames per second. Nvidia reports a 25% boost over last month's...
Nvidia intros limited edition GeForce GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA cores
- Nvidia has announced a special edition graphics card just in time for the holidays. The GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA cores is positioned squarely between the existing GTX 560 Ti with 384 cores and the GTX 570 that features 480 cores.
Nvidia releases GeForce 290.36 beta driver
- Nvidia has issued a new set of beta drivers designed to bring a slew of improvements for the latest PC games on the market. Among them, the GeForce 290.36 Beta adds more realistic shadowing in Skyrim and Modern Warfare 3…
Weekend tech reading: Nvidia's 28nm GPU roadmap revealed
- Report: Nvidia 28nm desktop GPU roadmap Japanese website 4Gamer has revealed a detailed roadmap for NVIDIA's upcoming 28nm Kepler GPU line-up for desktops. As previously rumoured, the Kepler roll out will indeed be bottom-to-top, starting with the mainstream GK107 chip in Q2 2012…
Nvidia Maximus hybridizes Quadro and Tesla products
- Nvidia has launched a new hybrid processing technology that should make it easier for professionals to use the company's graphics and compute products in the same machine. First unveiled during a press event at SIGGRAPH 2011 in August, the company's…
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