12/31/06
| Happy New Year! - 12/31/06 @ 8:19 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Console Forum |
| Happy New Year! We are off to an awesome start thanks to forum member LurkerLito, who informed us that Best Buy would have Playstation 3 units in stock today. DaveC visited our local Best Buy this morning and managed to pick one up.
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| OCZ GeForce 8800GTX - 12/29/06 @ 10:57 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| OCZ Technology Launches the Highly Anticipated OCZ GeForce 8800 GTX GPU, Hand-Selected for the Extreme Enthusiast and Gamer! Sunnyvale, CA—December 28, 2006—OCZ Technology Group, a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high performance and high reliability memory, today announced their exciting return to the world of graphics cards. Leveraging a strong expertise in high performance overclocking memory and the unique needs of PC enthusiasts, OCZ is prepared to deliver a differentiated GPU solution to gamers and enthusiasts with the launch of the OCZ NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB PCI Express. Separating OCZ’s GPU from the rest is the stringent requirement for the highest level of performance and stability. Each and every 8800 GXT card offers more overclocking headroom by means of premium GDDR3 memory and an advanced screening process in which only the best complete cards make it into the systems of worldwide gamers. "The graphics sector is currently the technology sector with the most direct impact on the gaming experience," commented Dr. Michael Schuette, VP of Technology Development at OCZ Technology. "It has become a logical step for OCZ Technology to get back in the game, and naturally, we are doing it with the highest end solution currently available. The OCZ 8800GTX is a limited edition of hand-selected GeForce 8800 GTX, featuring a 1350 MHz 128bit stream processor and a core clocked at 575 MHz, interfaced with the frame buffer consisting of 1800 MHz GDDR3 through a 384 bit wide data path. What sets the OCZ 8800GTX apart from the competition is the uncompromised commitment to delivering the highest possible headroom for overclocking that all OCZ products are known for." With the addition of OCZ Geforce 8800 GXT GPUs to an industry leading line-up of OCZ SLI-Ready power supplies and memory, OCZ provides the total solution for the hardcore gamer. As a premium OCZ product, the OCZ 8800 GXT is backed by a Lifetime Warranty for unparalleled piece of mind. |
| Friday's News - 12/29/06 @ 10:54 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
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| Thursday's News - 12/28/06 @ 9:59 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
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| Merry Christmas! - 12/24/06 @ 8:36 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Quake 3 Arena |
| Have a merry Christmas and a gaming-filled new year!
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| Friday News Bits - 12/22/06 @ 7:35 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
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| Wednesday's News - 12/20/06 @ 10:56 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
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| Tuesday's News - 12/19/06 @ 1:03 pm - By: MikeC - Source: |
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| NVIDIA Contest - 12/18/06 @ 2:49 pm - By: MikeC - Source: |
| Today NVIDIA launched a year long contest on SLIZONE called the SLI Component a Day Giveaway. They are giving away $100,000 worth of prizes from their partners. Every day for a year, they're drawing a name out of the hat and giving away an SLI-Ready component to each day's winner. Those components range from GeForce SLI-Ready graphics cards, to SLI-Ready nForce motherboards, to SLI-Ready power supplies, and SLI-Ready DDR2 memory! How do you qualify? If you have an SLI-Ready or SLI-enabled PC, you're in! Just visit the SLIZONE dedicated web page and enter. SLI Component a day giveaway $100,000 in prizes. Prizes include products from these NVIDIA partners: |
| Monday's news - 12/18/06 @ 7:42 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
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| nHancer Updated - 12/17/06 @ 4:25 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Forum |
| nHancer version 2.1.0 was released today in 32-bit and 64-bit flavors. nHancer is an advanced control panel and profile editor that enhances and simplifies the use of many 3D features found in the NVIDIA driver control panel. Updates include:
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| Weekend Roundup - 12/16/06 @ 11:20 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
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| NVHardPage - 12/15/06 @ 8:42 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
| NVHardPage SE 3.5 at Guru3D The NVIDIA tweaking tool nVHardpage underwent quite some changes. nVHardPage nVidia videocard tweaker is tweaking utility for nVidia display adapters running under Windows 98 (SE) / Windows ME / Windows 2000 and Windows XP. With this tweak utility you can enable/disable hidden features in nVidia control panel, tweak nVidia Direct3D and OpenGL settings and overclock your nVidia display adapter. What's new in v3.5 - added support for Windows Vista x86 (must be run as administrator) |
| GeForce 8800 GTX - 12/14/06 @ 8:11 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
X-bit labs examines the performance of the GeForce 8800 GTX in their latest article entitled "25 Signs of Perfection: Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX in 25 Benchmarks." In addition to testing performance on new titles such as Neverwinter Nights 2 and Gothic 3, they also report on a few glitches they encountered along the way. Overall, an extremely favorable conclusion.
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| NVIDIA Awarded - 12/12/06 @ 8:48 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA Named Most Respected Public Fabless Semiconductor Company by FSA SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 11 NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced that the Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA) presented the Company with the "Most Respected Public Fabless Company" award during the annual FSA Awards Dinner on Thursday, December 7, 2006 in Santa Clara, Calif. The industry's "Most Respected Public Fabless Company" award is designed to identify the company garnering the most respect in the industry in terms of its products, vision, and future opportunities. On-line voting took place to allow members of the semiconductor industry, including semiconductor companies and partners, to cast a ballot for the public fabless companies they most respect. |
| ForceWare 97.44 - 12/08/06 @ 12:40 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Forums |
| NVIDIA has released Forceware 97.44 Drivers today. Release Highlights: Adds support for GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS GPUs. |
| NVIDIA Events - 12/07/06 @ 10:54 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
| Podtech has podcasts of the following NVIDIA related events: Many for you to enjoy here. |
| EVGA Warranty - 12/07/06 @ 7:57 am - By: MikeC - Source: Forums |
| Did you know to qualify for EVGA's lifetime waranty it needs to be registered within 30 days of purchase? Get registering them today! "All EVGA Products purchased ON or AFTER November 1, 2006 MUST be registered within 30 days from ORIGINAL DATE OF PURCHASE to receive full lifetime warranty. (All products not registered within 30 days will ONLY receive a 1 year limited warranty." |
| 680a SLI Motherboards - 12/06/06 @ 9:26 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA Introduces the Heart of the Definitive 'Megatasking' Computing Platform New NVIDIA nForce 680a SLI MCP-Based Motherboards With New AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 Series Processors Redefines the Ultimate PC Category NVIDIA Corporation the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today introduced the immediate availability of the new NVIDIA nForce 680a SLI media and communications processor (MCP), designed specifically for the new AMD Quad FX Platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect Architecture. The exclusive core-logic launch partner for AMD Quad FX processors, the NVIDIA nForce 680a SLI MCP provides processing capabilities on a massive scale, by allowing multimedia and megatasking users to harness the power of up to 4 GPUs, 8 displays, 12 SATA hard drives, and 4 gigabit Ethernet connections, all from a single consumer desktop PC. |
| NVIDIA Regains Compliance - 12/04/06 @ 10:57 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA Regains Compliance With NASDAQ Listing Requirements
As previously announced, NVIDIA was not in compliance with NASDAQ listing requirements because of its failure to timely file its Form 10-Q for the second quarter of fiscal 2007 ended July 30, 2006. The delay in such filing was related to the review of the Company's historical option grant practices by the Audit Committee of the NVIDIA Board of Directors. On November 29, 2006, NVIDIA announced the completion of the review and the filing of the delayed Form 10-Q, as well as the filing of a Form 10-K/A for fiscal 2006 and a Form 10-Q/A for the first quarter of fiscal 2007 ended April 30, 2006. |
| NWN2 Tweak Guide - 12/02/06 @ 7:21 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| Those of you enjoying Neverwinter Nights 2 may want to head over to Tweakguides.com and check out their latest tweak guide.
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| NVIDIA Subpoenaed - 12/01/06 @ 5:59 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Browsing |
| NVIDIA and AMD have been issued subpoenas by the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in connection with "the possibility of anticompetitive practices involving the graphics processing units and cards industry." Both companies said that no specific allegations have been made against them and that they plan to cooperate in the probe.
Some industry analysts have mentioned that they are not overly concerned with the news as Nick Aberle of Caris & Company analyst argues "that consumers aren’t being taken advantage of and smaller players aren’t being pushed out." Research Analyst David Wu of Global Crown Capital Equity agrees and commented that the "DOJ is about five years late to the party.” |
