Items tagged with 'unified'

AMD Outs Unified, WHQL Catalyst v9.7 Drivers

AMD Outs Unified, WHQL Catalyst v9.7 Drivers

AMD will be posting a brand new set of ATI Catalyst drivers to their website shortly that will feature a number of changes and enhancements for Radeon users. The first tid-bit of news is that the ATI Catalyst v9.7 driver package will be AMD’s first official Windows 7 / Windows Vista Unified WHQL-certified driver for the... Read More
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and 8800 GTS: Unified Powerhouses

NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and 8800 GTS: Unified Powerhouses

A couple of weeks ago at an Editor's Day event at their headquarters in Santa Clara, California, NVIDIA proclaimed that they planned to "redefine reality" with their self-branded ultimate gaming platform. The products in the spotlight throughout the event were the new nForce 680i SLI chipset, the upcoming... Read More
Unified Shaders Not Required For DX10 Support

Unified Shaders Not Required For DX10 Support

Fudo over at The Inquirer reports that Microsoft will not be making Unified Shaders a strict requirement in order to have complete DirectX10 support. With NVIDIA's upcoming G80 GPU rumored to have its Vertex, Pixel, and Geometry Shaders still somewhat segmented into different parts this is certainly a sigh of relief... Read More
Nvidia G80 meets DX 10 spec with 'dis-unified' shader

Nvidia G80 meets DX 10 spec with 'dis-unified' shader

Fuad from The Inquirer is reporting that NVIDIA's upcoming G80 GPU will be DX10 compliant, but that it won't feature a unified shader architecture. Rumor has is ATI's R600 GPU will be a unified architecture, however, leveraging technology introduced from the chip used in the XBox360. Details about either GPU... Read More
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor Unified Brand Name For Upcoming PC, Laptop Processors

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo Processor Unified Brand Name For Upcoming PC, Laptop Processors

Intel(R) CoreTM2 Duo Processor Unified Brand Name For Upcoming PC, Laptop Processors New Brand, Common Microarchitecture Will Make it Easier for Computer Buyers to Choose a Great Computer; Developers to Design Software SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 8, 2006 - The Intel(R) CoreTM2 Duo processor is the new brand for Intel Corporation's... Read More