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Sometimes it looks as if the entire computer hardware manufacturing industry is floating on a huge sea of rumors and half formed opinions as there are so many hearsays about some many deployed or yet to be launched components that is practically impossible to keep track with all of them.For those die hard AMD and ATI... |
22 September 2007
06:53 GMT |
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There is a new computer display related standard floating around the graphics cards and monitors manufacturing industry and its name is Display Port, its mission, to replace the currently used HDMI standard while offering higher output quality and multiple connecting options as well as ease of installation and use. ... |
22 September 2007
06:19 GMT |
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As Advanced Micro Devices announced the limited availability of the ATI Radeon HD 2900 Pro graphics processing units that are offering comparable levels of gaming performance with the 2900 XT model while keeping the price tag more affordable, a number of manufacturing companies that are active in the graphics cards m... |
21 September 2007
03:13 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices plans to integrate at some point or another the central and the graphics processing units into a single package, a move that should allow the hardware manufacturing company to offer a much more performance centered integrated graphics platform, while at the same time, the ''Fusion... |
20 September 2007
10:03 GMT |
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HIS announced today the launch of another graphics card based on the AMD/ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro GPU which is aimed somewhere between the middle end and high level market segments because, while the graphics chip that powers it is better suited for middle level applications, its fast clock settings are approaching tho... |
20 September 2007
05:44 GMT |
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XFX announced the launch of a new graphics card that is aimed at hardcore gamers demanding the absolute graphics performance from their computer systems. The new XFX graphics card is based on the Nvidia 8800 GTS graphics processing units and while the card design is following closely the reference design lines, this ... |
20 September 2007
04:32 GMT |
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Advanced Micro Devices launched sometime ago, without much fanfare, the Radeon 2900 Pro graphics processing unit that is intended is an intermediate level offering for those users that are not willing to invest into the more costly Radeon 2900 XT based video cards.The 2900 Pro is mostly aimed at users that do not tak... |
20 September 2007
04:04 GMT |
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While the graphics cards manufacturers are always keen to highlight the latest innovations and advantages of their high end products aimed at gamers and computer users that can afford the latest and greatest hardware components, most of their revenues come from the entry and middle level family of products, so those ... |
18 September 2007
06:17 GMT |
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Dual-GPU graphics cards are the new trend these days as they allow users to build pretty powerful gaming machines even on mainboards that are not equipped with multi card capabilities like SLI or CrossFire. While Nvidia-based multi graphics processing unit cards are not common it looks like AMD just discovered a whol... |
18 September 2007
02:52 GMT |
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Apart from the general consumer market segment, there is the professional market which demands a lot more performance from its dedicated hardware components, but which - luckily for manufacturing companies - is also more inclined to spend a little extra for that computing power increase. When talking about profession... |
17 September 2007
03:00 GMT |
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The R600 graphics processing unit together with several of its variations is found on the latest AMD family of graphics cards which are available under the commercial name of Radeon HD 2xxx. This product line, ranging from the entry level Radeon HD 2000 to the extreme performance Radeon HD 2900XT, was created as a re... |
17 September 2007
02:21 GMT |
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Leadtek Research announced the launch of a new entry level graphics card based on the Nvidia 8400GS graphics processing units. The newly launched WinFast PX8400 GS TDH Extreme comes with a low profile form factor and thanks to its special designed cooling fan it operates at a very low noise level, while its innovativ... |
14 September 2007
05:05 GMT |
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The idea behind AMD's Fusion chip, a combination between a central processing unit and graphics processing chip, is certainly nothing new as Advanced Micro Devices touted this approach for sometime now but until this moment there is no palpable product and the first chips are expected only in the last part of 20... |
11 September 2007
11:16 GMT |
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Among the high end graphics cards manufacturers around the world, there's also a company named EVGA and even if it lay silent for a while, now it is back with a vengeance, I mean two brand new graphics cards based on the Nvidia 8600GTS chips. The EVGA 8600GTSes are now coming with a higher amount of video memory... |
11 September 2007
04:25 GMT |
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While the new Microsoft graphics API, DirectX 10.1, created a lot of unhappiness among gamers that recently purchased high level graphics cards, for computer hardware manufacturers like Nvidia and AMD's graphics division the new DirectX versions means an opportunity to tout their technologies and launch a new li... |
10 September 2007
09:00 GMT |
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Graphics cards arranged in multiple units setups are not something out of the ordinary but 'traditional' configurations like Nvidia's SLI or ATI's CrossFire technologies have a number of bad parts like the need to buy two or more graphics cards ( a very big money sucking trend), lots of power need... |
5 September 2007
10:18 GMT |
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Graphics cards can be easily split into two large categories: discrete and integrated into the chipset cards. While until very recently discrete graphics cards were the incontestable kings of performance and efficiency and they were having a field day, now as the mobile computing systems are starting to sell better t... |
5 September 2007
09:42 GMT |
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Diamond Multimedia is a well-known and liked hardware manufacturing company in the United States which focuses itself on high-end graphics cards targeted at gamers and related multimedia products. After years of developing both gaming and professional graphics cards, the company retired from the professional market a... |
3 September 2007
05:53 GMT |
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In a world dominated by PCI Express graphics cards and multi graphics setups like the Nvidia's SLI or AMD/ ATI's CrossFire it looks as if there is still a quite strong demand for AGP based video cards. Nvidia, the green goblin of the graphics market, announced a long time ago that it dropped the AGP standar... |
31 August 2007
11:15 GMT |
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S3 Graphics, a low-end graphics processing unit developing outfit and a subsidiary of Via Technologies talks about the release of a line of products compatible with the latest graphics API from Microsoft, the DirectX 10. The incoming chips are named Chrome 4 and they are expected to hit the market by the year's ... |
30 August 2007
06:51 GMT |
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Graphics card market is a very dynamic one as manufacturers of both graphics processing units and integrated boards fight to squeeze as much performance as possible for their designs. While graphics processing units, GPUs for short, get just about all the credit for the graphics performance, there is a component that... |
30 August 2007
05:39 GMT |
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SPARKLE Computer, a company specialized in graphics cards, announced today the release of an upgraded version of the Nvidia based GeForce 8600 GTS card that received an increased amount of video memory. The new version of the GeForce 8600 card now sports an impressive 512MB of VRAM, making it the perfect choice for g... |
28 August 2007
04:10 GMT |
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MSI announced today the release of a new Nvidia centered graphics card that comes with a few novelties on the market. The high marks of this new MSI card are some fine-tuned vBIOS settings, ingenious cooling solution, high clock frequencies for GPU and memories alike, as well as a high potential for overclocking.Desi... |
27 August 2007
04:04 GMT |
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The next generation of graphics API, the DirectX 10, comes to mainstream users in the form of the middle level graphics cards from the computer hardware manufacturer and vendor SPARKLE Computer. A brand new series of graphics cards based on the Nvidia GeForce 8 family of video processing units were announced by the S... |
24 August 2007
08:13 GMT |
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The graphics cards market is almost entirely dominated by Nvidia, the green goblin of the computer industry, at least on the high-end segment. While ATI cards were never far behind and on some occasions, they were taking the lead in the performance and image quality departments, overall, Nvidia is the most important ... |
24 August 2007
05:47 GMT |
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Leadtek Research is well known around the world as a top computer hardware manufacturer that is mainly specialized on building graphics cards centered around the Nvidia video processing units. Apart from the graphics cards market where Leadtek has a strong position and a good name, the company also offers multimedia ... |
22 August 2007
07:28 GMT |
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There is finally good news for those unlucky computer users that decided to save a few dollars and make do with the integrated graphics solution from Intel's chipsets. Low end graphics as the integrated solutions are, the latest Intel products from this category proved to be even slower and poorer performing tha... |
18 August 2007
05:54 GMT |
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While the accelerated graphics port, AGP for short, is no longer used on any wide scale by gamers and computer enthusiasts and the PCI Express 16X rules the performance graphics market, a Taiwanese computer hardware manufacturer and vendor that specializes in video cards decided to launch a series of products that co... |
17 August 2007
06:16 GMT |
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In a world centered on increased performance, at least in the computer hardware department, it looks as if old standards for hardware components die and are buried in a rather speedy manner. Or some stay around as a niche market long after the replacement standard which features massive improvements, has arrived. Thi... |
17 August 2007
05:41 GMT |
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Gainward announced the release of a new Nvidia based graphics card featuring the 8600GT graphics processing unit. Named the Bliss 8600 GT 1024MB TV DD, this card features an impressive one gigabyte of video memory and it is actually a premiere on the video cards market.Gainward's Bliss 8600 GT 1024MB TV DD is ta... |
16 August 2007
10:48 GMT |
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Nvidia is known for the fact that it seldom changes its roadmap and plans regarding the release of a graphics chip or an entire motherboard chipset. It looks as if right now this is one of those exceptions as the graphics manufacturing company launched a new entry level, or maybe middle level graphics card aimed at t... |
16 August 2007
10:04 GMT |
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BFG Technologies announced the launch of four new graphics cards, the BFG Nvidia based GeForce 8600 GT model OC and OC2, that come with a new cooling solution, the ThermoIntelligence. Both the OC and the OC2 models will feature 256MB and 512MB of video memory.According to the BFG Technologies press release concerning... |
15 August 2007
10:20 GMT |
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For some time now, there have been rumors all over the Web about the general technical specifications of the new generation of Nvidia graphics processing units. According to most hardware websites and related forums like Hyped Hardware, the next generation of Nvidia GPUs will hit the market during November which is n... |
15 August 2007
04:59 GMT |
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Generating complex and realistic looking images, rendering as it is called, currently involves a lot of memory space and processor time from both the central and the graphics processors. The situation is even more complex and more hardware intensive when we are talking about good looking images that involve one kind ... |
13 August 2007
10:54 GMT |
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When it comes to producing mobile computing systems for all testes and purposes, Dell does a good job and it shows in the success of one of its older mobile workstations: the Precision M90. Now M90 is getting a little bit old to successfully compete against similar products from Lenovo and Acer, so the bright boys fr... |
13 August 2007
06:26 GMT |
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After posting a record profit and a very high market share, it looks like Nvidia is now facing problems because of its suppliers that cannot meet the high demand. Shares of Nvidia fell almost 2 percent immediately after the company announced the need to find more suppliers because of a high demand of graphics chips a... |
11 August 2007
04:21 GMT |
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The graphics chips manufacturer and vendor Nvidia reported record financial achievements as its revenues increased during the second fiscal quarter of the year. According to the company, this is a new record as the revenue came in the sum of $935.3 million, a 36 percent increase from the last quarter's revenue t... |
10 August 2007
03:59 GMT |
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NVIDIA Corporation announced the release of a new graphics server that is intended to process remote graphics applications and offer extended support for complex rendering of 3D scenes. The NVIDIA Quadro Plex Visual Computing System ( VCS for short) Model S4 is a graphics server that will slowly but surely gain more ... |
9 August 2007
11:51 GMT |
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The entire computer manufacturing industry floats on an almost endless sea of acronyms that users learned to embrace and use when talking about various technologies and hardware parts. One of the latest acronyms to surface is the GPGPU and before too long users will meet it on an every day basis as it reflects the cu... |
7 August 2007
11:14 GMT |
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SPARKLE Computer announced today the launch of two new high end video cards based on the graphics chips 8500 and 8600 made by Nvidia. SPARKLE GeForce 8600 GT and GeForce 8500 GT are the latest video cards from the GeForce family built and launched by SPARKLE that are aimed to mainstream users and gamers.These two vid... |
6 August 2007
08:39 GMT |
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Sony announced a prototype computer board based on the Cell processor architecture, a processor that is very close to the chip found in the gaming console PlayStation 3, and that prototype computer board will be shown at a conference in the U.S. The Cell processors were developed during a joint research program by IB... |
1 August 2007
10:32 GMT |
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There are still many discrete graphics cards that use the older GDDR2 standard, even if high-end cards use GDDR3 or are in the process of adapting to the newer and faster GDDR4. This is the climate where Samsung decided to throw a new graphical memory standard in the mix: GDDR5. Because the widespread use of video ca... |
18 July 2007
06:08 GMT |
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Later last week, the Mesa developers team has proudly announced the release of the Mesa 7.0 version, which now is said to feature OpenGL 2.0 and 2.1 support. After almost three years of hard coding, the team says that this new release also comes with numerous bug-fixes and support for newer graphic technologies. Mes... |
27 June 2007
16:49 GMT |
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Maybe AMD didn't do the right thing with the ATI acquisition. The new Radeon HD X2000 family can hardly compete with the 6 months old NVIDIA 8800 cards, but now the Canadians are trying to come up with some ace up their sleeves. In a nutshell, ATI wants to give new meaning to the word 'multi'. And how ... |
29 May 2007
11:22 GMT |
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NVIDIA has recently unveiled some spicy info on their latest G92 developments. This is the successor of the current G80 GPU and according to Michael Hara, vice president of the "green" company, the chip will be ready by Christmas 2007. This means that NVIDIA will try to update their high-end graphics card sector eve... |
24 May 2007
09:57 GMT |
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As ATI's R650 launch gets closer and closer, more rumors and official information begin to surface. This also applies for the upcoming R700 GPU, which is supposed to revolutionize the graphics card sector. The latest developments point to the fact that the R700 multi-core chip will support the improved DirectX v... |
22 May 2007
09:40 GMT |
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Sparkle started making graphics cards several years ago and did not quite make an impression with their products. But with their latest Calibre P8xx series, Sparkle aims at offering gamers an array of cards that deliver outstanding features and performance.One of these cards is the Calibre P860, which is based on NVI... |
21 May 2007
10:20 GMT |
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A few days ago I mentioned that water cooled ATI HD 2900XT versions are expected to be available in two weeks time. However, Sapphire doesn't seem to like the waiting part and already announces its own water cooled solution: the HD 2900XT TOXIC edition.Known for its quality water cooling systems, Sapphire extend... |
15 May 2007
09:01 GMT |
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As far as benchmarks are concerned, it looks like the HD 2900 XT is a bit behind NVIDIA's 8800 GTS 640MB. However, the AMD/ATI newcomer shows abnormal behavior in a series of games. For instance, in "Company of Heroes" it even crushes the 8800 GTX in any resolution and quality setting. Moreover, at 8xAA/16xAF, 2... |
10 May 2007
09:45 GMT |
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If you thought the GF 8800 Ultra is just an overclocked GTX version, it's time you reconsidered this issue. In order to prove our initial 8800 Ultra verdict wrong, a hardcore overclocker known as k|ngp|n shows us how to unleash the beast within the Ultra model. k|ngp|n is a member of the Xtreme Systems Forum an... |
8 May 2007
10:27 GMT |
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