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  • Nvidia warns of overheating graphics drivers

    Nvidia asked customers to remove drivers that caused its GeForce graphics cards to overheat, which ultimately crashed some PCs. Nvidia asked customers to remove drivers that caused its GeForce graphics cards to overheat, which ultimately crashed…
  • Apple iPad to see competition from ARM

    The device carried a 7-inch screen and used Nvidia Tegra 2 chips inside, which include Arm cores. The launch of Apple's iPad will pave the way for a slew of rival products this year, an Arm executive said, predicting over 50 tablet PC devices will…
  • Taiwan earthquake may send LCD prices soaring

    TSMC and rival United Microelectronics make a wide range of chips, including mobile phone chips for Qualcomm and graphics chips for Nvidia and ATI. A 6.4-magnitude earthquake that struck southern Taiwan may affect the global technology industry by…
  • Nvidia pushes 3D at CeBIT

    CeBIT seems to have turned into 3DBIT, with companies falling over each other to push the 3D concept, and an entire area of the show's floor devoted to 3D in all its forms.nVidia was getting the most attention for its 3D Vision Surround dedicated…
  • Gigabyte tries to fight off Apple iPad threat

    There is fingerprint- and facial-recognition security, HDMI, DVI and D-Sub connectivity, and sharp, highend styling.In this case the docking station includes a discrete graphics setup: an Nvidia GeForce GT220 chip.
  • Nvidia launches Ion 2 graphics for netbooks

    Nvidia is launching the Ion 2 graphics platform, which could potentially turn netbooks into full fledged multimedia boxes that can play back high-definition video. Nvidia is launching the Ion 2 graphics platform, which could potentially turn…

Latest Features

  • 3D video streaming limited by PC hardware

    Many laptops are capable of playing high-definition movies, but Nvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have shown desktop graphics cards capable of handling Blu-ray 3D movies, and that technology may ultimately reach laptops.Another hardware issue…
  • How to buy a new PC: The specs

    Both ATI and nVidia offer plenty of options to choose from. Intel's integrated graphics chips are widely used, but some PCs include an nVidia Ion graphics chip, which offers superior integrated video performance.If you plan to render your own…
  • A look at Windows Phone 7

    NVIDIA, which provided the Tegra chip in the Zune HD hardware, is noticeably absent. Slated to launch on handsets by holiday season 2010, Windows 7 is a complete overhaul from previous versions of the OS.
  • Processor forecast 2010

    Cortex chips can currently be found in Freescale's i.MX515, Nvidia's Tegra series, Qualcomm's Snapdragon series and Texas Instruments' OMAP 3 series.Designing a smartbook based on an ARM processor will entail tradeoffs, according to some industry…
  • Intel Larrabee was a casualty of Intel's legal battles

    It seems likely that the Larrabee Project is impacted by Intel's ongoing disputes, particularly the falling out with Nvidia.Intel under legal siegeIf there is one area of the technology sector where there is job security these days, its working…
  • Microsoft shows off Windows 7 on portables

    The 14-inch widescreens on Sony's Vaio CW series are impressive enough by themselves, especially if you try gaming with the built-in Nvidia GeForce graphics subsystem. Even the considerable hoopla surrounding the introduction of Windows XP was…
 

How-Tos

  • How to buy a new PC: Choosing the right one

    A machine toting nVidia's Ion platform, like the Acer Aspire Revo R3610, usually fares much better. We sort through the types of desktop PC available, to help you choose one that suits your needs. Today's modern desktop PCs offer a wealth of…
  • How to buy a netbook

    Keep in mind, though, that the nVidia Ion platform (which marries an Atom CPU with the nVidia GeForce 9400M GPU) will be available as of mid-August in the Lenovo IdeaPad S12; it promises HD video and 3D gaming for under £400.

Reviews

  • Asus Eee PC 1201n review

    It's certainly priced in that ballpark, at £399 to £409 - and it has both a crisp 12in, 1366-by-768-resolution display and one of the more usable keyboards we've seen on a netbook, but it also has a 1.6GHz Intel Atom 330 processor, albeit one…
  • Toshiba Qosmio X305 review

    A flaming red beast of a machine, the X350-Q708 packs a lot of cutting edge hardware, but some of the design decisions it incorporates are dubious.This $4200 laptop packs a 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Extreme processor with four CPU cores, 4GB of RAM…
  • Sony VAIO AW230JH review

    Powered by an nVidia GeForce 9600M GT with 512MB of video RAM, the VAIO topped out at 27.63 frames per second in Enemy Territory: Quake Wars at a resolution of 1680 by 1050. A home theater AV powerhouse that unfortunately cuts a couple of…
  • Acer Aspire 8940G-6865 review

    Blu-ray plus 18.4" 1080p display, Good price for quad core plus Nvidia GTS 250M GPU Off-axis image quality mediocre, Weighs more than ten pounds Most PC games really don't take advantage of more than two cores, so the overall CPU performance…
  • Corel VideoStudio Pro X3 review

    It can also use your PC's graphics processor (GPU) to speed up a number of transition and special effects.This GPU support will work with most recent graphics processors, but the program has also been specifically optimised to work with nVidia
  • HP EliteBook 8440W review

    The HP EliteBook 8440w won't win awards for ultrathin design elements or elegant looks, but underneath the almost military-style exterior is a quad-core Intel CPU coupled with an nVidia Quadro FX 380M professional-grade graphics processor.When you…

White Papers

  • Windows Vista Overview

    Windows Vista Overview NVIDIA The first PC operating system that requires a GPU to get the best experience whitepaper Windows Vista, Microsofts new operating system (OS), is the biggest change in PC computing in over a decade and a half.
 
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