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Incredible High-Resolution Die Imagery Of Nvidia GPUsFeb 27, 2010 - in Picture Story
Nvidia's "Fermi" GF100 GPU is just over the horizon. With it, comes new technology as well as a new host of cards all vying for your dollar. But before that happens, we take an amazing photographic look into Nvidia's GPUs, present, and past.
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Part 2: 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?Feb 15, 2010 - in Reviews
In Part 1, we introduced you to some of the issues today's high-end graphics cards have with 2D functionality and the benchmark we wrote to test our observations. Today, we have even more performance data and additional depth on how 2D works in Windows.
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: February '10Feb 9, 2010 - in Reviews
January gave us the Radeon HD 5670, and February has us looking to the horizon for the next-generation GeForce GTX 480/470 and new entry-level Radeon HD 5000-series cards. As a bonus, the Radeon HD 5850 becomes notably cheaper this month.
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Nvidia Primes Optimus Mobile Graphics TechFeb 9, 2010 - in News
An alternative to the switchable graphics technology found on some Intel-based notebooks, Nvidia's Optimus technology promises smoother switching for trouble-free operation.
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PCIe And CrossFire Scaling: Does Nvidia's NF200 Fix P55?Jan 31, 2010 - in Reviews
The P55 chipset proved woefully inadequate for adding a third graphics card to our most recent CrossFireX configuration. Does attaching Nvidia’s nForce 200 PCIe bridge to the processor’s on-die controller fix the problem? In short, yes. Yes it does.
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2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?Jan 25, 2010 - in Reviews
2D is something we take for granted when we're shopping for a new GPU. But if you do a lot of work on your desktop (and don't we all?), it bears a little more attention. We spent some time testing 2D performance and came up with some surprising results.
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Nvidia’s GF100: Graphics Architecture Previewed, Still No BenchmarksJan 17, 2010 - in Reviews
Late, but hotly anticipated, Nvidia's next-generation GF100 graphics processor is slowly coming into focus. The company is maintaining a Q1 2010 release date on upcoming cards based on the new chip. However, we have a look at its underlying architecture.
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: January 2010Jan 10, 2010 - in Reviews
The new year brings us improved Radeon HD 5850 and 5870 availability, as well as some price fluctuations. ATI's Radeon HD 4850 is also back, though its return is likely to be short-lived. We're also seeing more of Nvidia's previously-depleted lineup.
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Quanta Unveils Tegra 2 Tablet PrototypeJan 8, 2010 - in News
Quanta, the (supposed) company behind the Apple tablet, showed off a new Tegra 2-powered tablet in the Nvidia booth today.
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Nvidia 3D Vision Surround: 3 Monitors With 3DJan 7, 2010 - in News
If 3D gaming on one monitor isn't enough for you, maybe three will suffice.
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CES 2010: Nvidia and 3D Blu-rayJan 7, 2010 - in News
Nvidia is taking its 3D Vision technology to the next level. 3D Blu-ray and gaming never looked so sweet.
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CES 2010, Day 1: AMD CPUs, DX11 Goes Mobile, Fermi SpottedJan 7, 2010 - in Reviews
Loyd Case is back after a first day of running around Las Vegas pre-CES. His meetings with ATI, Zalman, Patriot, and Nvidia have yielded information on the first DirectX 11 mobile GPUs, AMD's CPU strategy for the year, and a sneak peek at Fermi in action.
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MSI Big Bang Fuzion: Pulling The Covers Off Of Lucid’s Hydra TechJan 7, 2010 - in Reviews
After more than a year of waiting, LucidLogix's Hydra engine is ready to ship on MSI's Big Bang Fuzion motherboard. We have the platform in our lab and have spent the past week throwing Radeon HD 5870s and GeForce GTX 285s at it. Read on for the results!
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DiRT 2: DirectX 11 Game Performance Compared And AnalyzedDec 27, 2009 - in Reviews
DiRT 2 promises to be one of the first compelling games to make use of DirectX 11 enhancements. We have a look at the title, its presentation, and its performance in this month's game analysis, comparing graphics cards from both ATI and Nvidia.
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Tom's Hardware's 2009 Gift Guide: Part 2, System Add-OnsDec 14, 2009 - in Reviews
Welcome to Part Two of Tom's Hardware's Holiday Gift Guide. This second edition is loaded with extras that complement the machine we built in Part One, from networking gear to I/O, and a beautiful display. We're even including an Ion-based netbook!
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Part 2: Building A Balanced Gaming PCNov 30, 2009 - in Reviews
What does it mean to build a truly-balanced PC? How great would it be to piece together a machine bottlenecked by neither CPU or GPU? We set forth to measure the perfect balance in seven different games and four resolutions in this second of many parts.
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CPU Charts, An ATI Update, And Zotac's Mini-ITX BoardNov 30, 2009 - in Reviews
Chris checks in with an update on our 2009 CPU Charts, pricing on ATI's Radeon HD 5800/5900s graphics cards, news of official bitstreaming support, an interesting tidbit on power consumption in Eyefinity mode, and Zotac's second-gen mini-ITX board.
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Radeon HD 5770, Radeon HD 4890, And GeForce GTX 275 OverclockedNov 23, 2009 - in Reviews
Can you hit the performance level of the next-fastest GPU by overclocking your graphics card? What is the impact on power consumption? Can your cooler take the extra heat? We overclock three modern graphics cards to their limits for some answers.
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Part 1: Building A Balanced Gaming PCNov 9, 2009 - in Reviews
What does it mean to build a truly-balanced PC? How great would it be to piece together a machine bottlenecked by neither CPU or GPU? We set forth to measure the perfect balance in seven different games and four resolutions in this first of several parts.
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Batman: Arkham Asylum: GPUs, CPUs, And PhysX PerformanceNov 8, 2009 - in Reviews
Batman: Arkham Asylum is purported to be the definitive Batman game. We're testing it on a range of mainstream graphics cards, a number of CPU settings, and with PhysX on and off. You'll walk away from this one knowing whether an upgrade is in order.
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Next-Gen 3D Rendering Technology: Voxel Ray CastingOct 21, 2009 - in Reviews
A little while back, we discussed some of the benefits and disadvantages of ray tracing. Today, we're going to be talking about another potential successor to triangle rasterization: voxel ray casting, the subject of much research by id's John Carmack.
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GeForce GT 220 And 210: DirectX 10.1 And 40nm Under $80Oct 12, 2009 - in Reviews
Nvidia is introducing its first 40nm GPUs with DirectX 10.1 support. But the GeForce 210 and GT 220 GPUs aren't the flagships you might expect the company to announce hot on the heels of Radeon HD 5870. Rather, these are entry-level offerings under $80.
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Blu-ray Done Right: How Does Your Integrated GPU Stack Up?Sep 21, 2009 - in Reviews
Today we're looking at Asus motherboards armed with integrated graphics processors from AMD, Intel, and Nvidia to see which core logic vendor can offer the best Blu-ray playback quality, features, and value for a high-definition HTPC.
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: September '09Sep 10, 2009 - in Reviews
Welcome to the September 2009 issue of Best Graphics Cards for the Money. This month we discuss the forthcoming Radeon HD 5000-series and consider its impact on our recommendations in the months to come. As always, prices are on the move!
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Core i5, Core i7, CrossFire, And SLI: Gaming Paradise, Redux?Sep 7, 2009 - in Reviews
With the launch of Core i7, we ran an insane load of gaming benchmarks to explore CrossFire and SLI performance on X58. Today's P55 launch sees another Intel platform with great graphics options, and we're back with new CPUs, GPUs, SSDs, and games.
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Exclusive Interview: Nvidia's Ian Buck Talks GPGPUSep 3, 2009 - in Reviews
With Snow Leopard and Windows 7 both offering GPGPU capabilities, we wanted to talk to Nvidia's Ian Buck. Not only is he one of the fathers of Brook, the programming language ultimately adopted by AMD/ATI, but the head of Nvidia's CUDA group as well.
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Best Graphics Cards For The Money: August '09Aug 24, 2009 - in Reviews
Welcome to the August 2009 issue of Best Graphics Cards for the Money. This month we have a look at the new integrated Radeon HD 4200, part of AMD's 785G chipset, and keep an eye on falling prices across the board. Read on for our latest recommendations!
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Southbridge Battle: 780a, ICH10 and SB750, ComparedAug 11, 2009 - in Reviews
Modern southbridges support multiple RAID levels via software, but do they deliver decent performance? We used six Intel SSDs and tortured the top three by AMD, Intel and Nvidia. As if that weren't cruel enough, we added LSI's 6 Gb/s SAS card to the mix.
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Graphics Overclocking: Getting The Most From Your GPUJul 27, 2009 - in Reviews
Overclocking your graphics card can help squeeze out precious performance in games that utilize maximum GPU horsepower. We test whether it's better to overclock with your board vendor's tools, the GPU-maker's software, or third-party utilities.