Every TV crime drama has a scene where the lab technician solves the case by cleaning up the poor quality video from the ever-present ATM security camera that is located across the street from the crime scene. Now similar technology is available to consumers. It is like a magic button that cleans up cruddy videos.

"This product is something I highly recommend for anyone that records a lot of videos using their mobile devices."

"A dramatic time savings is possible due to the GPU support made possible by NVIDIA CUDA, in our tests we saw the graphics processor version outperform the CPU version by a factor of 6.6."

"With CUDA-acceleration enabled, we saw about a 40 to 50-percent performance improvement over when the software was only using the CPU. We were also impressed with the software's ability to live up to its advertising--it did a rather good job enhancing the quality of some less-than-ideal-looking videos."

"Perhaps the biggest surprise for us was the extent to which an integrated graphics chipset like the GeForce 9400M can improve performance over a dual-core CPU alone. This reality could open the door to CUDA (and, in the future, OpenCL) applications on a variety of entry-level computers."

REAL-TIME 3D FLUID

Take a look at one of NVIDIA's demos from GDC. This application uses a GPU based 3D fluid solver with a moving domain to seamlessly advect hundreds of thousands of particles.

Awesome: Real Time 3D Fluid and Particle Simulation and Rendering

MACS WITH 9400M ARE OPTIMIZED

PC Magazine looked at the new GeForce-powered iMac. How does it compare to a quad core PC?

"The iMac got a 4,246 point score on PCMark Vantage, which measures the systems' ability to perform day-to-day tasks including multimedia, Web browsing, office tasks, and startup and shutdown. This score is notable because that is significantly higher than the score achieve by the quad-core powered Cybernet iOne-GX31 (3,919). The iMac was also faster on PhotoShop (1:57 for the Cybernet)."

"The new model centers on the NVIDIA 9400M chipset with built-in graphics (last year's model had an Intel based chipset). The 9400M is fully DX10-compatible, so it can run the latest 3D games and applications, and it supports DDR3 memory, which is faster than the DDR2 memory in the iMac's predecessor."

PHYSX ON THE IPHONE

Recently NVIDIA talked about PhysX on the Wii and Playstation3. It can also be found on the iPhone. It's worth repeating that anyone that says PhysX is proprietary is not correct. It works on CPUs and GPUs. Find PhysX in the PC, PlayStation 3, Wii, Xbox 360 and now the iPhone. Leading game companies like Electronic Arts, Take-Two and Ubisoft have adopted it as their primary physics solution.

GEFORCE 200 SERIES STILL KICKS ASS

The GeForce 295 is holding on the top spot on the GPU hill.

"Ever since late January, NVIDIA is dominating super high-end market. We’ve learned that GTX295 is selling much better than Radeon HD 4870 X2 and that consumers simply chose NVIDIA rather than ATI."

"That it's scorchingly fast at pushing polygons-with a record-breaking 3Dmark Vantage Score, just a hair shy of 60 frames per second at 1600x1200 at High in Crysis, and 58 frames per second in World in Conflict at 2560x1600 isn't surprising, given the GeForce GTX 295 at the heart of the rig,..."

PEOPLE STILL WANT ION

Legit Review is the latest to droll over ION.

"Without a doubt the NVIDIA Ion platform is going to turn heads when it comes to market as it is a mixture of a netbook, a laptop, and a desktop all in a miniature PC. Since the Ion has the ability to play HD content it would make a great platform to design an ultra sleek and lower power home theater PC (HTPC) or media PC. Could you imagine if a computer manufacturer picked up the Ion platform and put it in a slightly larger chassis that contained a slot load Blu-Ray player and a TV tuner? That would be the ultimate HTPC and I, for one, would purchase a pair to replace the two HTPC's that I own."

"Ultimately though, Ion does great things for Intel’s Atom processor and it expands the computing experience quite considerably. Tasks that were well outside of Atom’s remit when it was part of the Diamondville platform are now most definitely possible thanks to the GeForce 9400M. As long as NVIDIA’s partners hit the expected price points, which are forecast to be around $50 to $100 higher [closer to $50 than $100, we’re told] than current Atom-based products, we simply can’t wait to see products based on the Ion platform to arrive."

Dr. Dobbs has published the 11th column in its successful series of CUDA tutorials. This month the author Rob Farber revisits local and constant memory and introduce the concept of "texture memory."

NVIDIA was at South by SouthWest this week showing off its GeForce 3D Vision stereoscopic 3D solution in the Alienware and Girl Gamer booths. It was quite a crowd pleaser. Hardware Cunucks seems happy with it too.

"To sum this all up, there is one question I am sure you have been asking yourself from the getgo: is 3D Vision ready for prime time Yes, it is. It is remarkably stable and easy-to-use, has a huge (and expanding) list of supported games, gets regular driver updates and actually works very well."

CUDA IS BREAKING RECORDS

Manifold.net set a new world record for the number of processors used in a personal computer for Geographic Information Systems (GIS) processing. At the company's 2009 European User Meeting in London, Manifold demonstrated an upcoming new software product that simultaneously utilized over 1,440 processor cores to perform a remote sensing image computation at supercomputer speed with over 3.5 teraflops of performance.

"Manifold demonstrated the new software on a desktop 64-bit Windows PC equipped with three NVIDIA GTX 295 GPU cards costing less than $500 each. The demonstration showed how a desktop Windows PC using inexpensive consumer components and running a $245 Manifold GIS package can run over one hundred times faster than any other GIS or remote sensing software package, even those costing tens of thousands of dollars more than Manifold."

WHO THINKS PHYSX IS PROPRIETARY?

Anyone that says PhysX is proprietary is not correct. It works on CPUs and GPUs. This week, NVIDIA signed a license agreement with Sony to provide PhysX technology for the Playstation3. The agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment covers tools and middleware for the PlayStation 3.

"PlayStation 3 gamers will soon be able to slosh around in realistic water, crumble rocky terrain with explosives and cut through cloth like it’s… well, cloth."

9400M: GET ONE IN YOUR NEXT LAPTOP

Laptop Magazine has released its MegaGuide, with instructions to read it before you buy your next Laptop. If you follow instructions you will learn this about the Dell XPS 13:

"The follow-up to the XPS M1330 offers a stylish glossy black design with leather accents, along with serious graphics punch, courtesy of NVIDIA's GeForce 9400M graphics. Games will want to spring for the GeForce 9500M Hybrid SLI graphics card, which lets you switch between both GPUs on the fly, depending on whether you need a power boost or more battery life."

Question: Wonder which product received the highest praise in reviews from CNET in the last 3 months?

Answer: GeForce 295 GTX...and NVIDIA has the tape to prove it. Take note that the number 2 "best product" is a 3-way SLI system from Maingear, so even OEMs are reaping the rewards of GeForce.

TRY BEFORE YOU BUY

EVGA is one of NVIDIA's add in card partners and they recently launched a new program called their EVGA Loaner Program. This program gives users the opportunity to test out the latest and greatest technology offered for two weeks right in their home. Sign up is free and for members only.

If you are selected, EVGA will ship you a product to test and review for two weeks! Users will then send the product on to the next person selected by EVGA - the only cost is shipping via UPS to the next designated participant.

EVGA, once again, sets itself apart from the rest with the EVGA Exclusive Precision Overclocking Utility. This program allows you to fine tune your EVGA graphics card for the maximum performance possible, with Core/Shader/Memory clock tuning, real time monitoring support including in-game, Logitech Keyboard LCD Display support, and compatibility with almost all EVGA graphics cards.

• Independent or Synchronous control for fan and clock settings in a multi-GPU system

• Allows up to 10 profiles, and ability to assign hotkeys to these profiles to allow in-game

• Ability to view temperatures in the system tray

• Core/Shader Clock Link/Unlink capability

• Fan Speed manual or auto adjustment

• Real-Time on-screen display support for ingame temp, framerate, and clock monitoring

• Logitech Keyboard LCD Display support

• In-app temp/clockspeed monitoring of GPU's (up to 4 supported)

• Information button shows device, driver, memory size, BIOS Revision and SLI mode

• Ability to choose different skins, with more coming soon!

• BFG at Overclockers Club
• EVGA at Techgage
• Gainward at DriverHeaven
• Galaxy at Tweaktown
• Palit at Ninja Lane
• TWINTECH at t-break
• Palit (2GB) at techPowerUp

• NVIDIA today introduced the GeForce G102M notebook GPU featured in the new ASUS K40IN notebook at the CeBIT tradeshow in Germany.

• The GeForce G102M is designed to provide a superior graphics experience for thin, affordable notebooks. It uses 8 watts less power when running stressful applications than typical discrete notebook GPUs.

• The new GPU has 16 processor cores which provide up to 4 times faster graphics performance than Centrino 2 systems. The GeForce G102M includes up to 512MB of dedicated graphics memory to accelerate 1080p HD video playback, photo and video editing, and casual games.

• At CeBIT, ASUS will debut new K-Series notebooks starting with the 14-inch K40IN which features a GeForce G102M GPU.

• The K-Series family also includes K51 15-inch and K71 17-inch models featuring the GeForce GT 120M GPU. The GeForce GT 120M performance GPU boasts 32 processor cores to provide up to 15 times faster graphics performance than Centrino 2 systems and encode video up to 10 times faster than Core 2 Duo 2.0 GHz processors2.

• NVIDIA GPUs are essential to provide a superior visual experience on today’s notebooks for movies, games, photos, navigation, and more.

• EVGA GeForce GTX 285 SSC Edition at Techgage