Neowin News Feed for: Nvidia

Some Xbox One demos at E3 2013 ran on Windows 7 NVIDIA PCs

John Callaham — Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:39:47 +0100

Microsoft apparently ran some of its Xbox One demos at its E3 2013 booth on PCs running on Windows 7 and with NVIDIA graphics cards, rather than on AMD hardware which is used in the actual console. Read more...

GeForce GTX 770 Review: Adding Value to High-End GFX?

Julio Franco — Thu, 30 May 2013 14:14:13 +0100

Nvidia is ready to release their next part in the GeForce 700 series. Giving us our first look at the GeForce GTX 770 is Gainward, with their special Phantom edition card. Read more...

Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 Review: The Titan Descendant

Julio Franco — Thu, 23 May 2013 17:43:59 +0100

The new GeForce GTX 780 is based on a similar, albeit slightly cut down version of the Titan GPU, managing to keep many of the features that make the $1,000 graphics card great, like the 384-bit bus. Read more...

NVIDIA SHIELD pre-orders open to the public three days early

John Callaham — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:09:57 +0100

NVIDIA has launched the public pre-orders for its Android portable game console SHIELD today, three days earlier than planned, with shipments expected to start by the end of June. Read more...

NVIDIA's Project SHIELD now just SHIELD; coming in June for $349

John Callaham — Tue, 14 May 2013 19:35:26 +0100

NVIDIA has renamed its Android game console Project SHIELD to just SHIELD. The console, which will also stream PC games on Steam, will go on sale this June for $349, with pre-orders starting May 20. Read more...

NVIDIA backs Windows RT, multiple tablets coming

Tim Schiesser — Fri, 10 May 2013 07:17:09 +0100

NVIDIA has backed Microsoft's ARM-based tablet platform, Windows RT, saying that it has a "bright future", while also mentioning that multiple Tegra 4-powered Windows RT machines are on their way Read more...

NVIDIA PhysX demo shows highly realistic water effects

John Callaham — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 00:27:44 +0100

A programmer that works at NVIDIA on the PhysX team has posted some videos that show off some impressive and highly realistic watch effect which use a technique called Position Based Fluids. Read more...

TechSpot: History of the GPU #4 - The Coming of General Purpose GPUs

Julio Franco — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 08:47:00 +0100

Until the advent of DirectX 10, there was no point in adding undue complexity by enlarging the die area, which increased vertex shader functionality in addition to boosting the floating point... Read more...

Nvidia Desktop Geforce 700 series might be unveiled as early as next month

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:07:12 +0100

Folks are expecting the new desktop Geforce 700 series to hit market early next year but a rumor says we might see the new graphics chips as early as next month before the Computex trade show. Read more...

NVIDIA's Kepler Mobile chip shows high end PC graphics in demo

John Callaham — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:30:10 +0100

NVIDIA showed off a demo of its upcoming Kepler Mobile processor during its Investors Day event this week, showing that the chip can run DirectX 11-based PC games such as Battlefield 3. Read more...

TechSpot: History of the GPU #3 - The Nvidia vs. ATI era begins

Julio Franco — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:27:07 +0100

Prior to the Voodoo 5's arrival, ATI had announced the Radeon DDR as “the most powerful graphics processor ever designed for desktop PCs.” Previews of the card had already gone public... Read more...

TechSpot: History of the GPU, 3Dfx Voodoo - the game-changer

Julio Franco — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:04:52 +0100

Launched on November 1996, 3Dfx's Voodoo graphics consisted of a 3D-only card that required a VGA cable pass-through from a separate 2D card to the Voodoo, which then connected to the display... Read more...

NVIDIA announces new GeForce 700M series cards

Anthony Tosie — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:51:46 +0100

NVIDIA has expanded its new mobile line of graphics cards, the first mobile cards to use the company's Kepler architecture. The cards also come with NVIDIA's new GPU Boost 2.0 technology. Read more...

New game engine demos offer glimpse of next gen graphics

John Callaham — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 22:08:52 +0000

This week's Game Developers Conference was the source for a number of new game engine demos that show the future of what PC and next generation console games might look and act like. Read more...

AMD shows a teaser of its answer to NVIDIA's Titan graphics card

John Callaham — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:08:43 +0000

AMD has released a teaser image for its upcoming Radeon HD 7990, a massive dual-GPU card that will compete with NVIDIA's already announced $999 GeForce GTX Titan PC graphics card. Read more...

TechSpot: The History of the Modern Graphics Processor

Julio Franco — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:03:56 +0000

The evolution of the modern graphics processor begins with the introduction of the first 3D add-in cards in 1995, followed by the widespread adoption of the 32-bit operating systems and the... Read more...

The "Outlook God" (Microsoft) won't speak of Windows RT port

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:00:10 +0000

Microsoft has told Neowin it has "nothing further to share or add" about any plans to bring a version of its Outlook email client to Windows RT, despite pleas by NVIDIA's CEO to the "Outlook God" Read more...

NVIDIA shows off new roadmaps for graphics and mobile chips

John Callaham — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:20:04 +0000

NVIDIA revealed new roadmaps for its graphics and mobile processors today as part of its annual GPU Technology Conference Tuesday, along with a new computer server, the Grid VCA. Read more...

NVIDIA CEO really wants Outlook on Windows RT; prays to "Outlook God"

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 22:42:03 +0000

NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang admitted today that sales of Microsoft's Windows RT were disappointing but feels Microsoft should support the ARM-based OS, while also praying for Outlook on Windows RT. Read more...

ARM CEO to depart company after nearly 12 years

John Callaham — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:44:06 +0000

Warren East, the CEO of processor chip design company ARM, has announced he will depart ARM after nearly 12 years on July 1st The company's current President Simon Segars will become its new CEO. Read more...