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New Nvidia Drivers 295.73 Improve Performance in SkyrimFeb 24, 2012 - in News
Nvidia has released a new GeForce 295.73 WHQL-certified driver that offers up to 45 percent performance increase in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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Report: AMD Considered Buying Nvidia Before ATI PurchaseFeb 23, 2012 - in News
Former AMD employees claim the company had its eyes set on Nvidia first before purchasing ATI.
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AMD FX Vs. Intel Core i3: Exploring Game Performance With Cheap GPUsFeb 22, 2012 - in Reviews
Following our sub-$200 gaming CPU comparison, we put Intel's Core i3-2100 and AMD's FX-4100 under the microscope. This time, we test a number of different graphics cards from AMD to see how GPUs affect perceived processor bottlenecks.
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AMD Radeon HD 7800 Series Specs Revealed in LeakFeb 22, 2012 - in News
With the launch of both the HD 7900 and HD 7700 series, AMD is expected to release its HD 7800 series GPUs in March. Today, we get our first peek at the specifications of the HD 7850 and HD 7870.
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Origin Claims "World's First" with 3D Laptop Sporting SLIFeb 21, 2012 - in News
Origin PC claims its EON17-X3D is the world's first laptop to sport two graphics cards in SLI mode.
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Nvidia Reports 17 Percent in Profits in Latest Financial ReportFeb 16, 2012 - in News
Nvidia's stock had a rocky start on Thursday, as shares fell more than 5 percent following the company's announcement that fourth quarter profit had declined by 17 percent.
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AMD "Trinity" APU Models Release Schedule Details LeakedFeb 15, 2012 - in News
In a recently leaked roadmap on AMD's desktop product lineup in 2012, Trinity is set for the second quarter 2012.
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AMD Radeon HD 7770 And 7750 Review: Familiar Speed, Less PowerFeb 14, 2012 - in Reviews
These are the lowest-end cards built using AMD's new Graphics Core Next architecture. Is 28 nm manufacturing, a fresh design, and new functionality enough to warrant upgrading existing value-oriented champs like the Radeon HD 6850 and GeForce GTX 460?
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AMD Corporate VP and CTO of Graphics Departs CompanyFeb 14, 2012 - in News
Eric Demers waves goodbye to AMD.
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Intel Haswell iGPU to support DirectX 11.1, OpenGL 3.2Feb 14, 2012 - in News
Intel Haswell's iGPU set to support DirectX 11.1, OpenGL 3.2 and OpenCL 1.2
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Nvidia Kepler GK104: More Leaks, Rumors on SpecificationsFeb 14, 2012 - in News
Nvidia's Kepler goes big with its 1536 CUDA cores, a vast improvement over the Fermi's 512 CUDA cores.
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Epic's "Samaritan" UE3 Demo Required 2.5 terraFLOPSFeb 13, 2012 - in News
The "Samaritan" Unreal Engine 3 demo required 2.5 teraFLOPS to run, ten times that of the current Xbox 360's capabilities.
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Possible AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series Specs RevealedFeb 10, 2012 - in News
With AMD reportedly set to release its Radeon HD 7700 series next week, we get our first peek at the specifications of the HD 7770 and HD 7750.
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CPU Performance Boosted 20% When CPU, GPU CollaborateFeb 10, 2012 - in News
Researchers have managed to get CPUs and GPUs on a single chip to work together more efficiently and boost performance.
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AMD Launches FirePro V3900 Professional GPUFeb 9, 2012 - in News
AMD has announced the launch of its new FirePro V3900 professional graphics card.
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Rambus Convinces Nvidia to Sign License AgreementFeb 8, 2012 - in News
Rambus and Nvidia have settled their patent dispute.
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Complete Nvidia Kepler GPU Lineup LeakedFeb 7, 2012 - in News
Leaked information has appeared on the internet with first detailed information on the upcoming Nvidia Kepler (GeForce 600) series graphics cards, which are set to release in April/May time frame.
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Live From AMD's Financial Analyst DayFeb 2, 2012 - in Reviews
We've been waiting on AMD's Financial Analyst Day for more information on how the company plans to approach new and current businesses moving forward. Ahead of the big event, AMD pre-briefed us on the news.
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AMD Radeon HD 7000 Launch Schedule LeakedFeb 2, 2012 - in News
In a leaked slide, we may have a reasonable picture of the pending launch dates for the Radeon HD 7000 series GPUs.
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OpenCL In Action: Post-Processing Apps, AcceleratedFeb 1, 2012 - in Reviews
We've been bugging AMD for years now, literally: show us what GPU-accelerated software can do. Finally, the company is ready to put us in touch with ISVs in nine different segments to demonstrate how its hardware can benefit optimized applications.
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AMD Releases Catalyst 12.1; Previews Catalyst 12.2 DriversFeb 1, 2012 - in News
Shiny, new drivers for your Radeon HD GPU.
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AMD Radeon HD 7950 Review: Up Against GeForce GTX 580Jan 30, 2012 - in Reviews
Is the Radeon HD 7970's $550 asking price too high? AMD now has a less expensive derivative based on the same GCN architecture. At its default clock rates, it's fast enough to outrun Nvidia's GeForce GTX 580 in many benchmarks. And it overclocks like mad.
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You Can Edit 4K Video on a MacBook Air (With a Red Rocket)Jan 30, 2012 - in News
Since you can't even play 4K video on any PC, most of us would not automatically come up with an idea to edit 12-megapixel resolution video on a Macbook Air.
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Nvidia Announces CUDA 4.1 with LLVM CompilerJan 27, 2012 - in News
Nvidia just released CUDA 4.1 Toolkit, which integrates, for the first time, the company's LLVM (Low Level Virtual Machine) compiler.
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Raspberry Pi Should Achieve "2X The iPhone 4S Performance"Jan 25, 2012 - in News
The Raspberry PI will supposedly outperform the new iPhone 4S across a range of content.
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Nvidia & AMD Say HDD Shortage is Impacting GPU SalesJan 25, 2012 - in News
Hardware manufacturers continue to feel the effects of the 2011 Thai floods.
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Radeon HD 6990M And GeForce GTX 580M: A Beautiful LieJan 22, 2012 - in Reviews
We’ve been more than outspoken about the naming AMD and Nvidia use for their mobile GPUs. Are they really trying to mislead buyers, though? We briefly examine their methodology and frame that against the limitations of high-end mobile computing.
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687,000 U.S. High-Tech Jobs Lost in a DecadeJan 22, 2012 - in News
A new study released by the National Science Board (NSB) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) raises concerns about the global leadership of the U.S. in Science and Technology investments. The report also highlights massive job losses in high-tech.
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Five Overclocked GeForce GTX 560 Cards, Rounded-UpJan 18, 2012 - in Reviews
We were foiled in our quest to find the best vendor-provided GPU cooler for Nvidia's GeForce GTX 560. But out of the ashes sprung a round-up of cards armed with those very same solutions. Which of these five GF114-based boards is right for you?
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Rumor: Nvidia Prepping to Launch Kepler in FebruaryJan 18, 2012 - in News
In a move to address AMD's Radeon HD 7970's performance, Nvidia looks to have pushed its scheduled release of the GTX 680 to February over from the previously planned March/April to go along with Ivy Bridge's release.