Nvidia Corp. and its partners on Friday introduced a new graphics solution based on a two-year old graphics processing unit. The GeForce GT 740 graphics adapters are designed for multimedia applications and simple video games, but are not truly intended for demanding new-generation titles. The GeForce GT 740 graphics cards …
Read More »Asus unveils Strix R9 280 and Strix GTX 780 cards with 0dB fan tech
Asustek Computer is well-known for innovative cooling solutions for its graphics cards. Those coolers not only allow the company to offer factory-overclocked graphics adapters, but also to make its boards quieter compared to reference designs by AMD or Nvidia. This month the company made one step closer to perfection, it …
Read More »Nvidia and partners start sales of the GeForce GTX Titan Z
Nvidia Corp. and its partners on Wednesday officially announced the immediate availability of the GeForce GTX Titan Z. The new graphics card is based on two Nvidia GK110 graphics processing units and is expected to be the highest-performing graphics board in the world. The solution is also the globe’s most …
Read More »Nvidia holds discrete GPU market lead as shipments decline
Sales of discrete graphics processing units (GPUs) for both desktop and laptop computers were down in the first quarter because of seasonality, according to Jon Peddie Research, a leading market tracker. Nvidia Corp. managed to remain the king of discrete GPUs, whereas AMD remained the No. 2. As mainstream PCs …
Read More »AMD loses graphics adapters market share as shipments drop – JPR
Since shipments of personal computers in the first quarter of the year dropped again both sequentially and annually, it is not surprising that sales of graphics adapters (both discrete and integrated) also contracted in the Q1 2014. Advanced Micro Devices suffered most from the declines and its overall share of …
Read More »Microsoft unveils Surface 3 Pro, calls it a laptop replacement
Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday introduced its all-new Surface 3 Pro tablet aimed at business users and enterprises. The slate is extremely thin and light, yet, it has a high-definition retina-class 12” display, is based on a high-performance x86 microprocessor and sports Windows 8 Pro operating system. Microsoft claims that the …
Read More »First GeForce GTX Titan Z preview: fast, but not fast enough
A Hong Kong-based magazine has tested the highly-anticipated Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Z graphics card ahead of other media outlets. The review was done on currently available drivers, not the final drivers for the dual-chip graphics card. Even with pre-release software the new flagship solution from Nvidia Corp. delivers remarkable …
Read More »Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Z launch delayed by inefficient drivers
Nvidia Corp. has already begun to ship its GeForce GTX Titan Z graphics cards to various distributors and stores, but it does not let them start sales before the official launch. The latter is postponed by the lack of drivers which enable the graphics card to show its full performance …
Read More »VESA adds Adaptive Sync technology to DisplayPort standard
The Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) on Monday announced that the future implementations of the DisplayPort 1.2a standards will feature Adaptive Sync technology that is supposed to synchronize refresh rates of displays with actual frame-rate that is displayed. The feature will make games and video run much smoother than currently. …
Read More »Nvidia vows to make GeForce GTX Titan Z available in coming months
Nvidia Corp. late on Thursday made the first official comment regarding availability of its dual-GPU flagship graphics card, the GeForce GTX Titan Z. The company reassured its investors and financial analysts that the product would be available in the second quarter of its fiscal year, but did not provide any …
Read More »Nvidia’s GeForce GTX Titan Z makes no show, delayed indefinitely
A week ago it was reported that Nvidia Corp. and its partners would finally release its new dual-chip flagship graphics card – GeForce GTX Titan Z – on the 8th of May. As it appears, no store in the world started to sell the most expensive consumer graphics board ever …
Read More »Nvidia teams up with PC makers for GeForce GTX-branded SFF PCs
Nvidia Corp. on Wednesday said that it had teamed up with BitFenix, Overclockers.co.uk and PC Specialist for special edition small form-factor GeForce GTX-branded systems. The personal computers will come in BitFenix Phenom chassis with GeForce GTX “Claw” symbol and will mix high performance in games with small footprint. The GeForce …
Read More »Nvidia already testing GM204-based graphics cards internally
Although not a lot of people outside of Nvidia Corp. know exactly what the code-named GM204 graphics processor unit is and when it is supposed to hit the market, it looks like there is one thing that we can be sure about: internal testing of the new graphics solution has …
Read More »Smaller graphics cards makers may leave the market this year
The market of discrete graphics cards for desktop computers has been shrinking for some time now, pushing smaller vendors out of the market. It looks like this year some second-tier and third-tier manufacturers may decide to cease selling graphics boards as well due to lack of prospects. Traditionally, sales of …
Read More »GeForce GTX Titan Z to arrive next week, final specs and look unveiled
Although Nvidia Corp. and its partners did not release the GeForce GTX Titan Z dual-GPU graphics card this week, they plan to start selling the flagship graphics solution next week, according to media reports. As expected, the GTX Titan Z will not be as fast as two GTX Titan Black …
Read More »Sales of Microsoft Surface grow, but losses deepen too
Microsoft Corp. said last week that sales of its Surface media and business tablets grew significantly year-over-year in the third quarter of its fiscal 2014. While this is generally a good for the company, since the growing amount of consumers chose Surface over rivals, this also meant that the company …
Read More »Nvidia to bundle Watch_Dogs with GeForce GTX graphics cards
Nvidia Corp. said on Tuesday that it would bundle the highly-anticipated Watch_Dogs video game by Ubisoft with select graphics cards. The game will not only be free for those who purchase a qualifying Nvidia GeForce graphics cards this spring, but will also feature Nvidia-exclusive effects that will make it look …
Read More »Nvidia indefinitely postpones launch of GeForce GTX Titan Z – reports
Although Nvidia Corp. was expected to begin sales of the GeForce GTX Titan Z dual-chip graphics card on Tuesday, partners of the company did not start to sell the new flagship graphics solution. According to several media reports, Nvidia decided to postpone the release of the GeForce GTX Titan Z …
Read More »First photo of Microsoft Surface Mini published by case maker
A smaller version of Microsoft Corp.’s Surface media tablet has been discussed ever since the launch of the original Surface back in 2012, but the software giant has never confirmed plans to release such a product. Nonetheless, in many cases rumours do materialise and the so-called Surface Mini tablet is …
Read More »Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Z to hit the market next week
Just in case the AMD Radeon R9 295X2 is not enough for you, then wait till next week when Nvidia Corp. and its partners start to sell its dual-GPU graphics card with incredible performance and unbelievable price. Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Z graphics card featuring two GK110 graphics processing units …
Read More »Nvidia to tape-out mainstream, performance Maxwell GPUs this month – rumour
The less credible data about Nvidia Corp.’s next-generation graphics processing units is available, the more market rumours emerge. The recent set of unofficial pieces of information claims that Nvidia will tape-out its new-generation code-named GM204 (GM104) and GM206 (GM106) chips already this month, will manufacture them using 28nm process technology …
Read More »First rumoured specs of GeForce GTX 880/GM104 published
Many sources from the GPU industry indicated last month that neither Advanced Micro Devices, nor Nvidia Corp. plan to make major GPU introductions at least till late in 2014, or maybe even early 2015. However, a Czech web-site this week not only revealed what it claims to be the specs …
Read More »Nvidia launches new 337.50 Beta Driver and GeForce Experience 2.0
Today Nvidia has launched its new 337.50 beta driver along with the GeForce Experience 2.0. The driver will offer up to 71 per cent faster gaming performance in Direct X 11 titles with SLI enabled and up to 64 per cent faster single GPU performance. An updated version of the …
Read More »Nvidia updates GPU roadmap: reveals Pascal GPU architecture
Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday publicly updated its graphics processing units roadmap for the coming years. The company removed its code-named Volta architecture from the plan and introduced Pascal architecture instead. The latter is believed to feature similar innovations to Volta, but to be even more significantly tailored for low power …
Read More »Nvidia GeForce GTX Titan Z: the first $3000 consumer graphics card
Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday introduced its new GeForce GTX Titan Z graphics card at its annual GPU Technology Conference. The graphics board carries two fully-featured GK110 graphics processing units on board and provides ultimate performance for video games in ultra-high-definition resolutions as well as general-purpose compute apps. Its price is …
Read More »New hardware will be needed to take fully advantage of DirectX 12
Although Microsoft Corp.’s DirectX 12 application programming interface will significantly improve performance of currently available hardware and most likely will enable new level of graphics quality, to fully benefit from the potential of the new API, new hardware will be needed, according to an Nvidia Corp.’s representative. Tony Tamasi, senior …
Read More »Native DirectX 12 games to emerge in late 2015 – reports
While Microsoft Corp. revealed yesterday that it will release preview version of its DirectX 12 application programming interface this year, its press materials did not disclose when to expect the final version of the API and games that take complete advantage of it. According to various media reports, it looks …
Read More »Microsoft unwraps DirectX 12 for PCs, tablets, smartphones and Xbox
Microsoft Corp. on Thursday unveiled DirectX 12, the latest incarnation of one of the world’s most popular application programming interfaces. The new API can not only greatly improve rendering performance, but to also bring top-notch quality graphics to all Microsoft platforms, including personal computers, tablets/smartphones and even Xbox One. One …
Read More »Next-gen high-end GPUs: only in the second half of the year, if not later
Virtually all manufacturers of graphics cards these days are unveiling factory-overclocked graphics adapters based on existing AMD Radeon and Nvidia GeForce graphics cards at CeBIT trade-show. The reason why they are refreshing their lineups now is simple: they do not expect any new high-performance graphics chips to emerge in the …
Read More »Nvidia launches new game bundles
Nvidia has launched its new GeForce game bundles, starting from today anyone who purchases select Nvidia branded desktop GPU's or GeForce powered notebooks will be able to redeem one of the two new offers. If you're about to purchase a a GTX Titan, 780 Ti, 780, 770, 760, 690, 680, 670, …
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