NVIDIA GoForce 5500 Brings the World of Digital Entertainment to Mobile Phones NVIDIA GoForce 5500 Delivers High-Quality TV, Video, Audio, and 3D Gaming to Mobile Phones 3GSM 2006—BARCELONA, SPAIN—FEBRUARY 13, 2006—NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today...Read more...
You've seen 512MB on the cream of the crop graphics cards, but how about on a GeForce 6600? Well Albatron has made one, but as we've seen in reviews such as the 128MB Radeon 9800 Pro vs the 256MB Radeon 9800 Pro, more ram doesn't always give a large boost in performance. Will the extra memory help Albatron's 6600 compete against the GeForce...Read more...
Maxtor has just posted some new firmware which apparently solves any issues experienced when using the company's SATA II hard drives with an nForce4-equipped motherboard. Specifically, this new firmware fixes issues with DiamondMax 10, DiamondMax 11, MaxLine III, and MaxLine Pro 500 hard drives. With this solution coming direct from the hard...Read more...
Adrian certainly makes a good point with the fact that the majority of people aren't gaming on the fastest hardware, as hardware surveys such as the one at Steampowered.com will show. Today they review the ASUS Extreme N7300GS, which is part of Nvidia's 7x00 family, but is it fast enough to run any of today's games?...Read more...
Hey All. I just wanted to let you know that NVIDIA has just released two new sets of drivers for the nForce 4 SLIX16 chipset. One set is for Windows 2000/XP and the other is for Windows XP Pro x64. They can be download from here: Platform/nForce Drivers > nForce4 AMD/Intel x16 > Windows XP Platform/nForce Drivers > nForce4 AMD/Intel...Read more...
AGP was supposed to fade away after the insurgence of PCI Express, wasn't it? Well yes, it was and it will in time, but as we're showing you today you can still breathe some new life into an aging AGP based system, thanks to NVIDIA. While PCI Express is the current interface of choice for new graphics products, the existing installed base...Read more...
AGP fans and users can now rejoice as NVIDIA has just launched the new GeForce 7800 GS as an AGP graphics card. Armed with 16 pipelines and all the bells and whistles of the G70 core, this new GPU will be a heatlhy upgrade from nearly any previous AGP-based graphics card. Of course, you can see how NVIDIA's latest and greatest AGP GPU performs...Read more...
We just got word from NVIDIA that some of their partners have begun shipping 512MB GeForce 7800 GTX cards to some popular on-line retailers again. Right after the launch, the initial batch of 512MB GTXs sold out incredibly quickly, and were nearly impossible to obtain for the last few weeks. It seems like that's about to change though....Read more...
Worthy of Hardware Zone's "Most Value For Money Award", the Palit 7800GT Blitz comes overclocked straight out of the box. Is higher clock speeds and faster memory enough to make it stand up to the 7800GTX though? "The GeForce 7800 GT is a rather mature graphics chipset that has...Read more...
HKEPC have posted the first public benchmarks we've seen for the new 90u GeForce 7300 GS entry-level GPU. Matched against a GeForce 6500 128MB and an ATI Radeon X1300LE 128MB, it was more than a bit surprising to see NVIDIA's latest GPU fail to dominate the previous generation cards. Although we're not sure which drivers were used or...Read more...
Good afternoon everyone. It looks like NVIDIA's recently announced entry-level GeForce 7300 GS is on sale in some Asian and Chinese markets already... - BlueIdea - MSI - Maxsun (China Local Brand Holder) - Jetway It hasn't hit store shelves in the United States just yet, but we've already got a card en route by way of XFX, so they should be...Read more...
NVIDIA has just announced a brand new mainstream GPU, the GeForce 7300 GS. The new GeForce 7300 GS is positioned somewhere in between the GeForce 6200 TC and GeForce 6600, but incorporated virtually all of the features of the GeForce 7 architecture. Here's a snip from NVIDIA's official press release: ...Read more...
Anandtech has posted a preview of NVIDIA's new entry-level DX9 part named the GeForce 7300. Armed with some healthy increases in frequency, higher memory capacities, and 64-bit memory bus should make the GeForce 7300 a very capable entry-level GPU. Granted, you won't be setting any benchmark records anytime soon. However, this is a very economical...Read more...
HKEPC Hardware has posted a review of NVIDIA's new Intel chipsets by testing an MSI and Gigabyte motherboard based on the new hardware. Unfortunately, the article is not in English though you can grab your favorite translator if you want to hear what the editor says. Thankfully, the pictures and graphs are universal and should provide you...Read more...
Both Anandtech and PC Perspective report that NVIDIA has just launched two new nForce4 chipsets for the Intel platform that will allow it to offer chipsets for the entire market segment. Here, the nForce4 SLI XE will address the performance mainstream segment with the nForce4 Ultra handling the mainstream segment. One of the most visible changes...Read more...
If you're able to shell out enough money to purchase an XBox 360, you probably have enough money for a decent Headset. Tweaknews.net takes a look at the sub $80 Turtle Beach Ear Force AXT Xbox/Xbox 360 Live Headset, which is certainly worth the price if you're looking for a great audio experience....Read more...
There is a current trend in PC hardware to have two of everything. Whether it's two (or more) drives in a RAID configuration, dual-core CPUs, dual-channel memory, or adding an additional video card to increase frame rates; it's apparent that doubling-up is here to stay. Up until recently, running two video cards simultaneously...Read more...
Browsing the web, it seems there are some interesting details regarding NVIDIA's next generation flagship GPU that popped up during CES. Tentatively dubbed the GeForce 7900, this GPU is rumored to be a 32-pipeline part that will run at an insane 700-750MHz core frequency! Most importantly, the "source" of the info also provided some...Read more...
As our good friend Scott over at Tech Report points out in his "TR Awards 2005", both ATi and NVIDIA have been more than capable of earning the infamous "meaty middle digit" award with product launches that equate to nothing more than science projects or noise-makers. Evidence of this you ask? Well the GeForce...Read more...
Graphics card owners everywhere can rejoice today, as Nvidia and ATI release a holiday treat with their latest driver releases. Catalyst 5.13 is the 13th driver release for ATI this year, as they didn't want to wait until next month's driver release to unlock their new AVIVO technology. Not one to stand back and watch, Nvidia has also released...Read more...
While any brand of Nvidia's 7800GTX 512MB can hardly be considered "affordable" by many, the Galaxy GeForce 7800GTX 512MB might come as close to the term as possible. Sporting all the goodness of a 7800GTX 512MB, TweakTown explains why Galaxy's card is a decent buy."The Galaxy graphics card is a fantastic buy for people who just...Read more...
5.1 Channel HDA audio, onboard video, Gigabit LAN, PCI Express, and ASUS Quality? You're looking at one decent motherboard, and one that won't break the bank. PCstats takes a look at Asus's A8N-VM CSM GeForce 6150, which is a quality board for the $106 price tag. "The Asus A8N-VM CSM motherboard...Read more...