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NVIDIA Tegra 2 doubles power, expected 2010

By Chris Davies on Friday, Nov 6th 2009 1 Comment

nvidia tegra logoNVIDIA’s Tegra may not have grabbed as much attention as its Ion sibling – the latter’s ability to grant the humble netbook with 1080p capabilities is certainly an eye-catcher – but the compact chipset is certainly doing impressive things inside the Zune HD and is poised to capitalize on Smartbooks too, so it comes as little surprise to hear that the company is readying its successor.  The NVIDIA Tegra 2 – not yet officially named – is expected to drop in 2010, claim Fudzilla’s “high ranking industry sources”, with twice the computational and graphics power of the first-gen chipset.

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Gigabyte Booktop M1305 ultraportable gets GPU-toting desktop dock [Video]

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Nov 4th 2009 No Comments

Gigabyte have always thought a little different with their ultraportables, and their latest model is no different.  The Gigabyte Booktop M1305, like the Booktop M1022 we reviewed back in June, comes with a desktop docking station; however, the M1305 is a 13.3-inch 1,366 x 768 machine and uses Intel’s CULV processors, rather than the paltry Atom N270, and squeezes an NVIDIA GeForce GT220 GPU with 1GB of DDR3 memory into the dock for improved graphics performance.

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NVIDIA Ion LE DirectX 10 hack suggests purposefully crippled features

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 29th 2009 1 Comment

NVIDIA’s Ion LE promises to deliver the same 1080p HD playback as its regular Ion sibling, but at a cheaper price; to do that, it drops DirectX 10 support in favor of solely accommodating DX9.  It turns out that the limitation is, in fact, an arbitrary one and that the Ion LE seems to have been artificially crippled by NVIDIA themselves; MyHPMini forum member runawayprisoner found that by slightly modifying HP’s own Ion drivers he could get them to install for the Ion LE.

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GPU shipment numbers for Q3 2009 show robust growth

By Shane McGlaun on Tuesday, Oct 27th 2009 No Comments

The poor global economy resulted in some of the worst quarters in the history of many electronics and notebook makers thanks to consumers not buying in droves. It looks like the market is starting to turn around for many computer makers and the latest figures for GPU shipments from Jon Peddie Research are in for Q3 2009, and they look good.

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ASUS ECS 1000 desktop supercomputer debuts

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 27th 2009 No Comments

asus esc 1000 supercomputerASUS have outed their first supercomputer, and while you might associate the term with rooms packed full of ominous black totems, the ASUS ECS 1000 is actually a simple desktop.  Despite the compact size, the ECS 1000 manages to hit speeds of up to 1.1 terraflops courtesy of NVIDIA graphics cards; the 3.33GHz Intel LGA1366 Xeon W3580 is paired with three NVIDIA Tesla C1060 computing processors and a single Quadro FX5800.

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Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce GT 220 and G210 retail cards announced

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 12th 2009 No Comments

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.

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NVIDIA Ion 2 confirmed for 2009 launch

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 9th 2009 No Comments

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.

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ATI Radeon 5700 desktop & 5000 notebook GPUs tipped for Q4

By Chris Davies on Monday, Sep 14th 2009 No Comments

ati radeon logoNews of several graphics cards and notebook GPUs from AMD have leaked, courtesy of the usual shadowy DigiTimes sources.  According to the insiders, AMD plan to launch their ATI Radeon HD 5700 series desktop GPUs in October, in the shape of the Radeon HD 5770 and 5750, followed by the Radeon 5870 X2 (R800) in November.

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AMD next-gen GPUs help OTOY put Crysis on iPhone

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 11th 2009 No Comments

crysis on iphoneTemped by Crysis on the iPhone?  Even with its most recent processor and graphics boost, Apple’s 3GS smartphone isn’t quite up to that level, but OTOY have been showing off how, thanks to AMD’s next-gen GPUs, they can squirt Crysis-level HD gaming across a network to your mobile.  AMD demonstrated their next-gen platform’s 2.5 teraFLOPS of floating-point power and DirectX 11 abilities this week, and OTOY were on hand to show Ars Technica just how they’re using all that power.

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AMD debut Tigris 2009 Notebook Platform & 2nd-Gen Ultrathin Platform

By Ewdison Then on Thursday, Sep 10th 2009 No Comments

AMD have revealed their latest attempt to corner the market in notebook hardware, with the launch of the 2009 AMD Mainstream Notebook Platform “Tigris” and the Second-Generation AMD Ultrathin Platform.  Both combine AMD’s latest CPUs and ATI-range GPUs, and promise up to 42-percent improved performance in the mainstream range and ultraportables that “visibly outperform” rival systems (such as Intel’s CULV, we presume) when it comes to 3D gaming, media processing and more.

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