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Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 and G210 retail cards announced

Chris Davies, Oct 12th 2009 Discuss [0]

Been waiting for some of that sweet NVIDIA 40nm GPU action, but aren't keen on buying a new PC with an OEM card installed? You'll be pleased to hear that the first retail versions of NVIDIA's GeForce GT 220 and G210 video cards have emerged, initially courtesy of Gigabyte, and both carrying prices well under the $100 mark. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA Ion 2 confirmed for 2009 launch

Chris Davies, Oct 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

NVIDIA have confirmed that they plan to launch their second-generation Ion 2 chipset sometime in 2009, after rumors of such plans circulated in early July. According to Fudzilla the confirmation came from NVIDIA's head of chipsets, with the Ion 2 expected to deliver a smaller die, far faster graphics and many more shaders. Read The Full Story

Sony VAIO CW notebooks kick off from $799

Chris Davies, Oct 8th 2009 Discuss [0]

Sony's final new VAIO announcement this week is the VAIO CW Series, a range of 14-inch 16:9 aspect notebooks available in a series of moderately striking colors. Chubbier than the VAIO X, certainly, the CW Series uses that extra heft to slide in an optional Blu ray burner together with NVIDIA GeForce GT230M 512MB or GT210M 256MB graphics and both VGA and HDMI ports. Read The Full Story

ASUS G60 and G71X Republic of Gamers notebooks debut

Chris Davies, Sep 22nd 2009 Discuss [0]

ASUS have outed two new Republic of Gamers notebooks, the G60 and G71X, offering Intel Core 2 Duo and Core 2 Quad processors respectively. The two new laptops each have NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 260M with 1GB of dedicated memory, driving a 16-inch 1,366 x 768 display in the case of the G60, and a 1,920 x 1,200 in the G71X. Both machines have Blu-ray drives, dual HDDs set up in RAID arrays (640GB total in the G60; 1TB total in the G71X) and both HDMI and eSATA ports. Read The Full Story

BFG GeForce GTX 295 and 285 self-contained liquid-cooling video cards

Chris Davies, Aug 4th 2009 Discuss [0]

BFG Technologies have announced their latest liquid-cooling system, this time for the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 and GeForce GTX 295, promising maintenance-free performance cooling. The two cards come pre-fitted with BFG's ThermoIntelligence advanced cooling systems, with the company claiming running temperatures of up to 30-degrees centigrade cooler than standard air-cooled models. Read The Full Story

Acer Predator ASG7710-A41 gaming PC shows up in Japan

Chris Davies, Jul 31st 2009 Discuss [0]

Acer Japan have announced a new version of their Predator desktop gaming PCs, the ASG7710-A41. Fitted with Intel's 3.06GHz Core i7-950 processor, 6GB of DDR3 memory (with up to 12GB supported) and twin NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 1GB video cards, the Aspire G Predator comes bundled with Acer's G15 keyboard and G9 mouse. Read The Full Story

Rock Xtreme gaming laptops: Blu-ray, 1.5TB RAID and dual GPU

Chris Davies, Jul 14th 2009 Discuss [0]

Gaming notebook manufacturer Rock have announced two new models, the Xtreme 790 and Xtreme 840, each offering NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M 1GB graphics, Blu-ray and up to 6GB of DDR3 RAM. The Xtreme 790 has a 17-inch Full HD display, up to 1.5TB of storage via three 500GB 7,200rpm HDDs (with RAID support) and Intel Core i7 processors, via the Xtreme 840 steps up to an 18.4-inch Full HD display, Core 2 Duo or Core 2 Quad CPUs, and the potential for two GTX 280M GPUs. Read The Full Story

ASUS U50VG, K50AB, K50IJ and K70AB notebooks arrive

Chris Davies, Jul 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

ASUS have announced a number of new notebooks, including both Intel and AMD powered machines and with screen sizes ranging from 15.6- to 17.3-inches. Of the new models, perhaps the most interesting is this, the U50VG-XX060C, a 15-6-inch Intel Core 2 Duo T6500 2.1GHz machine with 4GB of RAM and NVIDIA GeForce G 105M 512MB graphics. Read The Full Story

NVIDIA GeForce G210 and GT 220 with 40nm GPUs official

Ewdison Then, Jul 9th 2009 Discuss [0]

Yesterday's rumored NVIDIA 40nm GPUs have been made official, in the shape of listings for two new OEM cards: the NVIDIA GeForce G210 and the GeForce GT 220. Both support DirectX 10.1, OpenGL 3.0 and CUDA, with the G210 having VGA, DisplayPort and DVI outputs while the GT 220 has VGA, HDMI and DVI. Full specifications for both cards after the cut Read The Full Story

Apple freeze out NVIDIA for 3-4yrs over GeForce failures

Chris Davies, Jul 2nd 2009 Discuss [0]

Fall-out from the NVIDIA overheating graphics debacle has reportedly reached a peak, with Apple telling the company that they will not be using their products "for three to four years". Discussions between the two companies were said to have become significantly heated, after NVIDIA executives were deemed arrogant in their negotiations for graphics chipsets in Apple's upcoming Nehalem notebooks and iMacs. Read The Full Story

Maingear Axess HD Gamer: Core i7, dual GeForce 9800 GT and Phantom Lapboard

Chris Davies, Jun 18th 2009 Discuss [0]

Maingear have announced a new PC that can't decide quite whether it's for gamers or HTPC enthusiasts. The Maingear Axess HD Gamer has its sights on your living room, and uses a low-profile aluminum case; however inside there's an Intel Core i7 processor, up to 12GB of DDR3 memory and dual NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT graphics cards in SLI configuration. The Axess HD Gamer is also the first system to come with the Phantom Lapboard. Read The Full Story

Apple extend GeForce 8600M GT warranty for overheating MacBook Pros

Chris Davies, Jun 1st 2009 Discuss [1]

Last year's NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT substrate problem is still causing headaches for Apple, who have announced they will be extending warranty support for those MacBook Pro owners affected. The issue, in which overheating of the GPU causes display distortion or failure, can only be addressed by replacing the notebook's logic board. Warranty details after the cut Read The Full Story