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NVIDIA says GTX 480 GPU designed to run at high temperatures

, Apr 2nd 2010 Discuss [1]

NVIDIA has recently unveiled its first Fermi video cards with the GTX 480 and GTX 470 getting official on March 26. As with any new and high-end video card, the things aren’t cheap or quiet. The beasts also eat lots of power. Read The Full Story

ASUS 2010 notebook lineup detailed: Core i7, NVIDIA Optimus & Fermi 400-series graphics?

, Mar 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you're in the mood for a new ASUS laptop, set aside half a day or so to go through the company's upcoming models.  Notebook Review forum member - and patient soul - David grabbed ASUS' latest brochure and went to work snipping out photos and spec sheets of what's just around the corner.  Many of the laptops have already been announced, or at least have some partial specifications attached, but there are some gems in there too. Read The Full Story

Maingear SHIFT gets Fermi video card option

, Mar 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Earlier this month Maingear announced that its suitably awesome SHIFT personal super computer was getting the new and wonderful Intel Core i7-980X CPU. The SHIFT computer is now getting another new and powerful option to choose from. Read The Full Story

ASUS ENGTX480 & ENGTX470 GeForce 480/470 video cards get official

, Mar 29th 2010 Discuss [0]

Since they'd already shown us the box-art for their new video cards based on NVIDIA's GTX 480/470 GPU, it perhaps comes as little surprise that ASUS have made their ENGTX480 and ENGTX470 cards official.  Using the GeForce Fermi chips, the ENGTX480 uses the GTX480 core with 1401 stream processors and a 384-bit memory interface, while the ENGTX470 has 1215 stream processors. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, 440 & 430 with Fermi GF104 tipped for June

, Mar 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

NVIDIA's Fermi GF100-based GeForce GTX 480/470 video cards are expected to arrive sometime today, but according to the latest rumors the company is already planning their mid-range and entry-level alternatives.  Believed to be on track for a June 2010 launch at the earliest, according to 3dceter.org three of the cards will use the 40nm GF104 core with up to 256 shader cores, 64 TMUs, 32 ROPs and a 256-bit memory bus.  Although naming isn't finalised, they're believed to be known as the NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450, 440 and 430. Read The Full Story

ASUS GeForce GTX 480/GTX 470 tipped ahead of NVIDIA launch

, Mar 23rd 2010 Discuss [0]

Can we really get excited about box-art?  When it's the box-art for NVIDIA's upcoming Fermi-based video cards - in this case the ASUS GeForce GTX 480 and ASUS GeForce GTX 470 - we can, yes. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480/470 to lose cores over poor GPU yield?

, Mar 22nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Early adopters beware: if you were planning on picking up one of NVIDIA's new Fermi-based GeForce GTX 480 or GTX 470 graphics cards when they go on sale later on this month, you could end up getting a less capable card than expected.  According to leaks out of graphics cards manufacturers, lower than expected 40nm yields at NVIDIA's suppliers have prompted the company to block those cores with problems; as a result, the GeForce GTX 480 will only have 480 cores and the GTX 470 just 448. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 to be $450 not $600?

, Mar 16th 2010 Discuss [3]

How much would you pay for NVIDIA's stonking Fermi-based GeForce GTX 480 video card?  Early estimates pegged the high-performing cards at around €600 or $600 for the single-GPU 480 model, but new figures leaked to Fudzilla suggest a somewhat more reasonable figure: they've heard €450 including tax when the cards come to Europe. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA GTX 480 Fermi-based video card leaks

, Mar 4th 2010 Discuss [1]

It's obviously a week for leaky video cards, as after the first sighting of Sapphire's stonking Radeon HD 5970 yesterday comes in-the-wild images of NVIDIA's rival card, the GTX 480.  Based on the company's Fermi architecture, the GTX 480 is tipped to begin arriving on cards from select manufacturers this month. Read The Full Story

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 8 2010

, Feb 28th 2010 Discuss [0]

Welcome to the latest edition of the SlashGear Week in Review! On Monday we learned that NVIDIA would be launching the GTX 480 and 470 video cards in late March. These are the first of the Fermi-based video cards. Lenovo unveiled new notebooks including the X201, X201s, and C201t along with the W701 and W701ds machines this week. The W701ds is the most interesting with an extra screen grafted on the side of the 17-inch main screen. Read The Full Story
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