graphics chip

by Rafael Hernandez on March 26, 2010 · 1 comment

Depending on who you ask Nvidia’s “Fermi” based lineup of GPUs was supposed to be released many months ago in order to go up against AMD’s Radeon HD 5000 series of graphics chips. Ah the best laid schemes of mice and men. Well the NDAs have been lifted and Nvidia’s GTX 480 and GTX 470 […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on December 4, 2009 · 0 comments

Intel’s stab at a consumer level graphics chip that makes use of many many X86 cores and SIMD instruction sets to make for a powerful GPU is, apparently, a thing of the past. VentureBeat writes that Larrabee’s development was behind where Intel had hoped so they’re cutting their plans to release it as a consumer […]

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by Rafael Hernandez on August 3, 2009 · 0 comments

techPowerUp GPU-Z Developer: techPowerUp Usage: System Information techPowerUp GPU-Z Website We’re fans of the single use utility. Something built around the premise of handling a simple task and presenting you with exactly what you need when you need it. Knowing…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 15, 2009 · 0 comments

Despite all of the recent issues Nvidia has gone through the company is forging ahead with their latest in mobile graphics chips by launching their new GeForce 200 GPU lineup.The new chips are all made with the 40nm manufacturing…

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by Rafael Hernandez on June 11, 2009 · 0 comments

The GPU is set to become one of the most utilized components in your computer, and not just for video games. Nvidia and ATI/AMD have been coming up with graphics chip designs that are extremely parallel in nature and…

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