AMD has recently notified its partners it is developing a processor to enter the low-cost PC market alongside Intel’s Atom and Via Technologies’ Nano CPUs. The new CPUs will be officially launched by the end Continue reading “AMD to launch low-cost PC processor by year-end”.
NVIDIA announced the GeForce 9800 GTX+ this morning when ATI announced the Radeon HD 4850. We covered the Radeon HD 4850 here and have since worked out our drivers issue and the card is being Continue reading “NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GTX+ Is 55nm – NVIDIA Pulls A Fast One”.
The battle between ATI and NVIDIA reached a tense moment today when ATI removed the gag order on the ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics card by more than a week. NVIDIA was trying to spoil the launch of the ATI Radeon HD 4850 by launching an ultra secret graphics card called the GeForce 9800 GTX+! Read on as we benchmark the Radeon HD 4850 versus the GeForce 9800 GTX+!
The scheduled release for ATI’s upcoming RV770 parts, the Radeon HD 4850 and Radeon HD 4870, was scheduled for next week, but it seems that it got bumped up to today. Some European e-tailer has started to sell cards and AMD/ATI had no choice other than to remove our gag order on the video cards we already have. Read on to check out our preview and see what NVIDIA did to spoil it – GeForce 9800 GTX+!!!
If you run F@H you’ll be happy to know that the NVIDIA beta client has been released, which means you can fold on your GPU. The initial release works on Windows only, but this is Continue reading “NVIDIA Users Can Run Folding @ Home – Windows GPU2 6.12 beta 6 Released”.
At the International Supercomputing Conference, AMD today announced that its AMD Opteron processors have helped deliver many of the top performing supercomputers in the world. For the first time ever, AMD technology plays a role Continue reading “Worlds Fastest Supercomputers Employ AMD Opteron CPUs”.
Today, NVIDIA announced that the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information Supercomputing Center has selected NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 graphics cards to power the visual computing performance in its 146-computing node, high-definition visualization system. Continue reading “KISTI Supercomputing Center Uses NVIDIA Quadro FX 5600 Graphics”.
CoolIT Systems just announced the availability of the NV200 VGA Coldplate that is compatible with the new GeForce GTX280 and GTX260 cards recently announced by NVIDIA. The solution features a single slot, high performance liquid Continue reading “CoolIT Systems Announces VGA Cooler for the NVIDIA GTX280 Video Card”.
A commercial network launched in Amsterdam on Tuesday is the first in Europe to use a mobile version of the Wimax standard to allow users to surf the Web at high speeds while on the Continue reading “Amsterdam gets Europe’s first mobile Wimax network”.
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. today responded to Electronic Arts Inc.’s announcement that it is extending for a fourth time its unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of Take-Two’s outstanding shares. The Board of Directors Continue reading “Take-Two Responds to Electronic Arts’ Tender Offer – No Way”.
Toshiba’s Digital Products Division today announced the addition of a 128GB solid state drive (SSD) into the innovative Portege laptop series. Toshiba’s 2.4 pound Portege R500-S5007V is the world’s lightest laptop with a 128GB SSD Continue reading “Toshiba Launches Laptop with 128GB Solid State Drive”.
AMD is planning to launch several low-power triple-core and quad-core CPUs during the second half of 2008 all featuring a TDP of 65W, according to sources at motherboard makers. Meanwhile the company will launch the Continue reading “AMD to update its low-power CPU lineup”.
For the consumer who needs to watch one thing while recording another, ASUS, has introduced a new PCI-express TV tuner, the ASUS My Cinema – PE9400 Combo. This versatile add-in card supports both digital (ATSC/QAM) Continue reading “ASUS My Cinema – PE9400 Combo TV Card Announced”.
At the International Supercomputing Conference, AMD today introduced its next-generation stream processor, the AMD FireStream 9250, specifically designed to accelerate critical algorithms in high-performance computing (HPC), mainstream and consumer applications. Leveraging the GPU design expertise Continue reading “AMD Stream Processor First to Break 1 Teraflop Barrier”.
PNY Technologies just announced the XLR8 GeForce GTX 280 PCI-e 2.0 and GTX 260 PCI-e 2.0 graphics cards. Based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 200 Series of GPUs second generation unified architecture and NVIDIAs new Continue reading “PNY Unveils XLR8 GTX 280 and GTX 260 Graphics Cards”.
