NVIDIA’s initial Fermi chip launch, as seen in the GeForce GTX 480, had some “issues” when it came to heat output and power requirements but the company has had some great success when scaling down the massive chip to something more palatable for the mid-range and low-end gaming crowd. The NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450 promises […]
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LucidLogix’s Hydra graphics engine allows any motherboard infused with its awesome powers to accept graphics cards from the two major manufacturers and allows them to work in tandem as a Multi-GPU solution that doesn’t take into account CrossFireX or SLI capabilities. The technology does have its merits but it required motherboard manufacturers to add quite […]
Read more Lucid UNITY enables HYDRALOGIX Multi-GPU graphics processing possible for all
Most people don’t realize just how much processing power is contained in modern GPUs and the fact that they can be programmed to do things other than pump out vivid graphics. It’s a massively parrallelized processor which can speed up time consuming tasks like video conversion, image manipulation, and even some database tasks. A pair […]
Read more CUDA taken into book form, for your learning needs
With the amount of technology that goes into today’s modern components it’s difficult to keep track of what you need to license in order to make sure you won’t get sued into oblivion later on down the road. It would seem one company forgot to square certain things away. The International Trade Commission has found […]
The professional graphics card market is filled with all sorts of technological wizardry that makes creating 3D worlds a whole lot easier. These cards don’t come cheap of course but if you’re dealing with triangles day in and day out you’ll no doubt be glad you’re running a GPU that can handle complex scenes. Enter […]
The problem with purchasing top of the line cards, besides the price aspect, is the fact that they require a huge system overhaul in order to make them run optimally and you’ll need a new power supply to get them running. The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 sports a bit less bandwidth and isn’t as power […]
Read more NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 brings raw power to the mid-range gamer
Sometimes it doesn’t matter how much cooling you’ve got on your graphics card, you’re going to have to dig in there if you want to get the most out of it and without the proper tools you’ll be facing some difficult soldering ahead. The ASUS GeForce ENGTX480 is a fine card when run at its […]
Read more ASUS GeForce ENGTX480 comes prepped with voltage tweaking action
The biggest question you would face when looking for a gaming performance improvement was which graphics card was the one to buy, now you’re faced with which platform to choose for that extra special multi-GPU performance push as well as which graphics cards to buy. You just can’t win. NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 470 and 480 […]
Read more NVIDIA Fermi SLI scales quite nicely thank you very much
NVIDIA’s GF100 GPU had a rough first go of it but with its newer driver sets and improved coolers coming to the market it’s hard to pass up its performance and feature set. The new GeForce GTX 465 fights for some mid-range recognition by dropping a few computing elements and a bit of memory bandwidth […]
Read more NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 Graphics Cards enjoy the speed at a lower price
NVIDIA’s GPGPU initiative has been one of the more well-rounded approaches when it comes to exposing the raw processing power of graphics cards to the programming masses. Manju Hegde, NVIDIA’s former VP of Technical Marketing for all things CUDA, has decided to join up with AMD who’s Fusion program will get a dosage of marketing […]
Read more NVIDIA CUDA Executive leaves for AMD
There’s a serious give and take relationship between CPU and GPU performance which can lead to bottlenecks in many situations. It would seem that the CPU is currently at a disadvantage in the pairing. The Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 running in a 3-way SLI setup reaches impressive performance heights which may, or may not, be […]
Read more Nvidia GeForce GTX 480 3-way SLI scales performance mightily
