NVIDIA’s recently shrunken 55nm GT200 GPU has found its way into the GeForce GTX 285 and GTX 295 video cards, and those cards have ambled onto The Tech Report’s testing bench. Each card takes advantage of a different aspect of the new GT200 version: the single-chip GTX 285 benefits from the increased speed, while the dual-chip GTX 295 uses the smaller die to fit two GPUs onto one card.
If you’re looking to experience true 3D gaming, look no further than the NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision. You’ll feel like you’re really in the game, and the biggest plus – the glasses aren’t hideous. I’m willing to bet Kanye West would gladly sport those babies.
It turns out all the rumors stating Nvidia was moving into the netbook market in 2009 turned out to be true. Nvidia plans to replace the legacy 3 chip design with a two chip cross between the Geforce 9400M and Atom chipsets. Rene Haas, Nvidia’s VP of World Wide Sales, told the Inquirer in a recent interview: “It’s really about developing a platform which attaches to the Atom.”
NVIDIA have unveiled plans to add extra graphics capabilities to Intel Atom powered netbooks, using a new, full-HD capable chipset. The so-called Ion platform comprises the company’s new GeForce 9400M graphics chipset with Intel’s Atom processor, replacing the typical Intel GMA 945 chipset and improving graphics and video transcoding by a factor of ten.
3D has always been one of those things people are interested in. It just seems so future-y, doesn’t it? But now, NVIDIA has sent the manufacturing process of their GeForce 3D stereo glasses over to EMS provider Flextronics.
Apple have apparently begun shipping the latest version of the MacBook Air, which was announced at the company’s October 14th event. The ultraportable replaces the existing Air’s graphics hardware with the new NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, together with switching the mini DVI port for a new Mini Display Port in line with the latest MacBook and MacBook Pro.
Apple and Psystar may be talking in more reserved tones about their ongoing legal battle, but that doesn’t cut the smack-talk out of press releases. After Steve Jobs described Blu-ray as “a bag of hurt” for consumers at the recent MacBook and MacBook Pro launch, Psystar president Rudy Pedraza has criticized Apple for taking a back-seat on the next-gen optical technology. To hammer the point home, you can now specify one of Psystar’s OS X-running clone machines with a Blu-ray burner.
NVIDIA have officially announced the GeForce 9400M graphics chipset, the same found in the new MacBooks that Apple unveiled at yesterday’s event. The chipset differs from existing integrated graphics by virtue of incorporating both the full mainboard chipset, including memory and bus controllers, with the GPU; it promises 5x speed increases on both MacBook and Windows systems.
Latest rumor on the video card street is that NVIDIA is preparing to slash the price of its GeForce GTX 280 and 260 models. Tipped as the company’s retort to rival AMD’s Radeon HD 4800 range, the current figure being suggested is just $499 for the 280; that would be a $150 saving on the existing price.
Deep down, in my geeky heart of hearts, I know the one thing that can turn a good piece of tech into a kick-ass gadget is a big red button. Thankfully MSI know that too, which is obviously why they’ve added a bright red overclock button to their GeForce N9600GT Diamond graphics card that they demonstrated at its ECOlution press conference in Taipei. When pressed, the graphics core and memory clock speeds are overclocked, and the voltage increased.
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