5/30/06
| Monday Round-up - 5/30/06 @ 10:16 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email | ||||||||
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| Havok Comments - 5/29/06 @ 5:32 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Havok |
We received an email from David O'Meara, CEO of Havok. Dave offers the following perspective in response to an E3 2006 interview with Epic's Tim Sweeney and the subject of physics.His response follows: Check out the interview here. |
| HDD Comparison - 5/27/06 @ 3:21 pm - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
| A few days ago I mentioned that Newegg was selling the 300GB Seagate Barracuda hard drive for only $99. Since then, the price has dropped to $94.99 and includes free shipping. I am procuring components for a new system and placed an order for one on Tuesday. The drive arrived yesterday.
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| FireGL vs. Quadro - 5/26/06 @ 4:19 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
X-bit labs takes a look at professional graphics solutions from ATI and NVIDIA. The FireGL (ATI) and Quadro (NVIDIA) brands are designed for optimal performance in 3D modeling and CAD applications.
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| NF4 SLI Intel M/B - 5/26/06 @ 8:36 am - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
| Tiger Direct is selling Abit's NI8 nForce4 SLI Intel Edition motherboard for only $69.99, which is a savings of $80. The NI8 supports socket 775 based Pentium 4 processors and the low price makes it an attractive choice to get involved with SLI on the Intel platform.
Here's an example of the performance that is achievable when two of the most powerful graphics card are combined to form an SLI configuration.
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| MSI NX7600GT Review - 5/25/06 @ 6:42 pm - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
Brian Cochran has completed a review of MSI's NX7600GT graphics card. Based on the NVIDIA's GeForce 7600 GT GPU, the NX7600GT offers mid-range performance and is the only 7600 GT on the market to feature Video In/Video Out (VIVO) support.
Check out the review here! |
| On Freezing Issues - 5/25/06 @ 1:04 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
NVIDIA wanted to pass along the following information in regards to "random freezing" issues on overclocked versions of the GeForce 7900 GTX:Also, in regards to 7900 GTX "Corruption upon exiting a 3D app (3DMark06)": --Brian Burke, NVIDIA Corporation |
| Vista-Ready Products - 5/24/06 @ 2:31 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA Demonstrates Microsoft Windows Vista-Ready Products at WinHEC 2006 NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced it is demonstrating a variety of technologies and products at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) for Microsoft Corp's next-generation operating system, Windows Vista, being held this week in Seattle, WA. NVIDIA, a WinHEC 2006 Bronze Sponsor, will feature the following demonstrations:
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| nForce 5 and AM2 - 5/23/06 @ 10:29 am - By: MUYA - Source: Various |
| We've posted a brief preview of NVIDIA's new nForce5 core-logic chipset. Check it out here. Previews have also been posted at the following web sites some of which include AMD's new Socket AM2 CPU:
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| Tuesday Roundup - 5/23/06 @ 10:25 am - By: MUYA - Source: Various | ||||||||
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| NVIDIA Beta Drivers - 5/23/06 @ 10:22 am - By: MikeC - Source: Forums |
| NVIDIA has released several sets of beta drivers today including ForceWare Release 90, (v91.28), nForce 500 Series (v9.34), and nTune (v5.00.04.06). Feedback here. |
| nForce 590 Preview - 5/22/06 @ 11:40 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
OC WB are the first to spill the beans on NVIDIA's new AMD AM2 chipset, the nForce 570 SLI in the form of Epox's MF570 SLI (NV 570 SLI) AM2 and also AMD's new Athlon AM2 X2 4000+. This board is compared to ASUS's motherboard which is powered by nForce 590 SLI chipset, and ULI's AM2 chipset all using the same AMD AM2 X2 4000+ CPU as well as 1 GB of Corsair TwinX CM2X512A-4300C3Pro at CAS 5-5-5-10, 2T memory. All in all, the 590 SLI motherboard just nudges the 570 SLI chipset but it is marginal victory. Click on the headline for a preview of the new AMD platform with nVidia chipsets.
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| Press Releases - 5/22/06 @ 8:57 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
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| 300GB For Only $99 - 5/20/06 @ 12:47 pm - By: MikeC - Source: PriceGrabber |
| Do you need more hard drive space? At an affordable price? If so, consider the Seagate 300GB Barracuda SATA HDD.
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| Release 90 GUI - 5/19/06 @ 9:07 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Driver Forum |
| VR-Zone has some pre-release shots of the all-new GUI that will be part of ForceWare Release 90, NVIDIA's next major graphics driver release.
NVIDIA's handy nTune utility will also be available as an option on supported motherboards (look for a "Y" in the column labeled NTUNE SUPPORT).
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| Friday Roundup - 5/19/06 @ 10:50 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
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| GeForce 7900 Review - 5/18/06 @ 10:45 pm - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
| I've completed a review of the EVGA and XFX GeForce 7900 GTX graphics cards. These are the standard, non-overclocked models, which I've been using since March. Benchmark results from two different systems are provided - one system uses the older, but hotter-than-magma running Pentium 4 Prescott, while our newest system (read upgrade review) is powered by an Athlon 64 X2 4800+. Motherboard clearance between the graphics cards and its affect on GPU temperatures is examined as well as room temperature in general. With the ForceWare drivers featuring mixed vendor support, both graphics cards were combined in an SLI configuration, which worked flawlessly. Quality vs. high quality, transparency antialiasing, and Oblivion image quality comparison applets are also provided (note the comparison links labeled underneath certain screenshots). And to top things off, I even became a member of the highly touted nV News Widescreen LCD Club...
Check it out here! |
| Press Release - 5/17/06 @ 9:44 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA Integrated Graphics Processors Enhance Highest Volume HP Notebook Lines Powerful, Energy-efficient NVIDIA IGP and GPU Solutions Power Slim, Stylish HP Notebooks SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the new NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) Go 6150 integrated graphics processor (IGP) and NVIDIA nForce(R) Go 430 media communications processor (MCP) are now available in the HP Pavilion dv2000 series and Compaq Presario V3000 series of notebook PCs. The HP Pavilion and Compaq Presario lines are the highest-volume of notebooks PCs from HP, the world's leading provider of consumer notebook PCs(i).
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| 7900 GT and SLI - 5/16/06 @ 9:26 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
X-bit labs reviews a EVGA e-GeForce 7900 GT CO SuperClocked review, EVGA's pre-factory overclocked GeForce 7900 GT card. This card is clocked at 550MHz core and 1.58 GHz memory quite a bit faster than 450 core and 1.32 GHz memory as reccomended by NVIDIA. GeForce 7900 GTs seem to be very overclockable and hence this pre-factory overclock but, be aware since this card is pre-factory overclocked, it doesn't have much headroom in terms of further overclocking. EVGA guarantees that this card will work as spec'ed with a warranty. EVGA is abit skimpy on the bundle but, the performance of this card probably makes up for it.
PC Stats on the other hand, reviews Gigabyte's GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal Motherboard. This Intel nForce4 motherboard is interesting that it offers four x16 PCI express ports through a combination of nVidia nForce4 SLI C19 Intel Edition chipset (as the northbridge chipset) and the nForce4 SLI CK804 chipset (as southbridge chipset). What this means is you have potential to run two cards in SLI at full x16 lanes and that's what PC Stats did, tests two GeForce 7800 GTX cards on this motherboard. Theoretically you can also run four cards in quad SLI on this system. Be aware though, this motherboard is also on the pricey side. LegitReviews have an article on the recently announced NVIDIA Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP) for DDR2 memory. This technology aims to help not only the casual user but also the enthusiatic overclocker. This is possible by using unused portions of the SPD EEPROM to house other information not defined by JEDEC SPD definition.
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| SLI Memory - 5/15/06 @ 7:14 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA Unveils a New Open Standard Memory Specification Designed to Provide Higher Levels of System Performance Launch Partner Corsair Will Be the First to Bring Products With New Enhanced Performance Profiles (EPP) to Market SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the results of a collaborative memory development effort called Enhanced Performance Profiles, or EPP, which allows consumers to easily expose new, advanced performance memory settings built into high performance memory DIMMs for even higher levels of overall PC system performance. In addition, NVIDIA also announced today that Corsair Memory, the worldwide leader in design and manufacture of high performance memory, is the first memory vendor to announce support for the new EPP specification, and is expected to have new EPP-based memory DIMMs available in the channel later this month. "Enhanced Performance Profiles are a significant change in the way overclocking and performance hardware compatibility is defined and sold. The industry now has a new standard on how a performance memory SPD should be written and communicated with the motherboard BIOS," said John Beekley, VP of Applications Engineering at Corsair Memory. "Our expectation is that EPP will be adopted by major motherboard companies, core-logic manufacturers, and other memory companies."
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| 512MB GF 7900GT's - 5/13/06 @ 5:30 am - By: MikeC - Source: gsanford |
| Received word in regards to the availability of the GeForce 7900 GT, in a 512MB configuration, in Australia and the UK (not sure about the US). There are currently three models on the market: - Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GT 512MB "Goes Like Hell"
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| Sweeney Interview - 5/12/06 @ 4:25 am - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
Jacob has posted his E3 2006 video interview with Epic's Tim Sweeney. Some of the topics that were covered include:
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| Record Earnings - 5/11/06 @ 3:16 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
NVIDIA reported record revenue for the first quarter of fiscal 2007. Revenue increased to $681.8 million, compared to $583.8 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2006, an increase of 17 percent.First Quarter Fiscal 2007 Highlights
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| SLI Notebook Debut - 5/11/06 @ 8:14 am - By: MUYA - Source: E-mail |
At E3, NVIDIA and Alienware has unveiled a dual GeForce Go 7900 GS powered laptop the 17" Alienware Aurora™ m9700. A must have for the traveling gamer with a big fat wallet. Not too sure about the battery life on a full charge but, if you are into expensive gadets, this should on the top of your list. Click on the headline to read the full press release.
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| Jacob's E3 Report - 5/11/06 @ 5:12 am - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
| Jacob's has put together a report about his first day at E3. Nrdstrm, who is accompanying Jacob, is doing the camera work. Unfortunately, their tripod broke, but they were able to purchase a new one and will be uploading their video clips soon.
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| Earnings Conference - 5/10/06 @ 2:03 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Yahoo Finance |
| NVIDIA will be holding their quarterly earnings conference call tomorrow. The event begins with opening statements from Michael Hara – Vice President, Investor Relations and Communications. Chief Financial Officer Marvin D. Burkett will follow with a report on NVIDIA's financial status and outlook. The second part of the conference call will feature a financial analyst Q&A session with Jen-Hsun Huang – Co-Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of NVIDIA. I normally listen in on this event and find the Q&A session interesting. You can pick up tidbits on future products and where the company is heading. In fact it can be quite entertaining since Jen-Hsun is technical by nature and won't hold back if he gets into a technical argument with a financial analyst Those of you who bought into NVIDIA a few years back and managed to sit on the investment must be feeling pretty good by now.
Look for more record-breaking numbers tomorrow. |
| E3 2006 Expo - 5/08/06 @ 9:15 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Forum |
| There are a couple of folks representing nV News at the E3 2006 Expo. Last year, Jacob Freeman scored an interview with Epic's Tim Sweeney who they hope to interview again this year.
Discussions are taking place in the E3 2006 Forum and includes a thread on Questions to ask Tim Sweeney. An E3 2006 Contest is going on too. |
| EVGA Signature Series - 5/04/06 @ 10:46 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Graphics Card Forum |
| EVGA is releasing a Signature Series edition of their e-GeForce 7900 GT, which approaches the clock speed of the more powerful GeForce 7900 GTX. The standard GeForce 7900 GT debuted two months ago with a core speed of 450MHz and memory speed of 1320MHz. Increasing economies of scale in the production process combined with a custom cooling solution has allowed the core clock of the e-GeForce 7900 GT to reach at a whopping 600MHz. The core clock of the GeForce 7900 GTX is 650MHz. The memory operates at 1600MHz, which matches the GeForce 7900 GTX.
The Signature Series edition of the e-GeForce 7900 GT is equipped with 256MB of graphics memory and is being introduced at a MSRP of $399.99. |
| Graphics News - 5/03/06 @ 7:26 am - By: MUYA - Source: Various |
| Tom's Hardware has their preview of GeForce 7900 GX2 Quad Sli up for mass consumption. Performance is examined at low and high resolutions and with the issues reported, they seemed to be very chuffed about it. They also report that Quad SLI will not be available to DIY'ers and you will have to order a Quad SLI from system integrators such as Falcon Northwest, iBuyPower, CyberPowerPC, Dell, Alienware, and Widow. Tech Report on the other hand has a review of a new player on the multi-GPU rendering block, mainly S3 and their Multichrome technology. They preview S3's Multichrome with a pair of S3 Chrome S27's. Each Chrome S27 GPU has 8 pixel pipelines and 4 Vertex shading units and is DX 9.0 compatible with SM 2.0 capabilities. Right now S3 and Chrome S27 Multichrome can implement AFR although SFR is in works apparently. Even multicore CPU optmization through a checkbox is supported. Compared to other dual GPU technologies, and S3's entry into this field, Tech Report didn't have too much of a problem getting S3's Multichrome to work on games and applications they were testing. What is more is S3's implementation will work in any chipset and it is not exclusive. S3 maybe an alternative and viable setup if your budget is limited and you want a multi GPU setup. |
| More Quad SLI - 5/01/06 @ 7:11 am - By: MUYA - Source: Browsing |
| Following X-bit Labs preview of NVIDIA's GeForce 7900 GX2 in quad SLI) mode. We have two other sites offering preview (for the ones who can afford them). They are (including X-bits); While Quad SLI offers increased performances especially at high resolutions, new SLI rendering mode..there still seems to be teething problems as mentioned in the articles linked above. It will be interesting to see if these problems will be ironed out in upcoming weeks by NVIDIA. |
