8/30/08
| High-Def Camcorder - 8/30/08 @ 8:34 pm - By: MikeC - Source: N/A |
| As summer comes to a close, here's a nifty product that you may want to think about putting on the Christmas wish list - a high-definition camcorder...
Check the review out here, which was pretty much written by a newbie! |
| NVISION 08 Day 3 - 8/28/08 @ 7:16 am - By: MikeC - Source: NVISION 08 |
| We've posted pictures from the final day of NVISION 08, which includes a Guinness World Record for the longest continuous LAN party, the finals of the Electronic Sports World Cup, and Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman, from TV's MythBusters, who came on stage to give a demonstration of how a GPU differs from a CPU :) Based on thee feedback we have been getting, NVISION 08 was an awesome event and we can't wait for NVISION 09. Thanks for putting NVISION 08 together NVIDIA. You guys put together one heck of an event!
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| NVISION 08 Day 2 - 8/26/08 @ 6:28 pm - By: MikeC - Source: NVISION 08 |
| Our staff has been working hard at NVISION 08! Check out some of the photographs they've taken during day 2 of this awesome event. Here's a taste.
And another.
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| NVISION 08 Coverage - 8/25/08 @ 3:41 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email/Browsing |
A number of web sites are beginning to provide reports out of NVISION 08. We will keep this post updated with links to their articles:
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| Pegasus Uses GPU - 8/25/08 @ 2:43 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA has showcased technology to optimize video processing with the massively parallel architecture of the GPU at NVISION 08. Using CUDA technology, a C-language programming environment for the GPU, Pegasys is taking advantage of the parallel processing capabilities of the GeForce GPU to create a GPU-enabled beta version of TMPGEnc 4.0 XPress software.
nV News is pleased that Pegasys is embracing the capabilities of the GPU as we have used TMPGEnc in the past to encode uncompressed gameplay video clips generated via Fraps. This news is especially exciting as we recently invested in a Panasonic high-definition camcorder capable of recording video at the resolution of 1920x1080. Video processing at high-definition resolutions requires some hefty processing horesepower. A sample of 1CLEAN6. (~12.5MB MPEG1 - 352x240) |
| 3D Stereo Demos - 8/25/08 @ 2:13 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVISION 08 is underway as NVIDIA has announced a demonstration of their GeForce Stereoscopic 3D technology. Several different games will be shown in 3D including Spore, Call of Duty 5, Race Driver Grid, Devil May Cry 4 and Unreal Tournament 3. NVIDIA GeForce Stereoscopic 3D technology is compatible with more than 350 existing games with no need for special game patches. GeForce Stereoscopic 3D is part of the Force Within, along with NVIDIA SLI technology, PhysX, and CUDA. These key technologies are only available on NVIDIA GeForce GPUs. The games will be displayed on Mitsubishi's 73-inch 3D Ready 1080p DLP and never-before seen 3D Ready 120Hz LCD displays from Viewsonic.
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| Visual Computing - 8/24/08 @ 8:25 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
Mayor Chuck Reed and the San Jose City Council has proclaimed August 20-27 as "Visual Computing Week." The proclamation recognizes NVIDIA’s contributions to the global and local economy as well as NVISION 08, the first-ever visual computing conference hosted by NVIDIA being held in downtown San Jose on August 25-27.
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| NVISION Next Week - 8/20/08 @ 8:20 am - By: MikeC - Source: Browsing |
| NVISION is the first-ever visual computing mega-event. It is big and far-reaching enough to gather together top visual computing professionals, world-class gamers, innovative artists and designers, and cutting-edge researchers to share their ideas, experiences, and passions.
Happenings include:
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| Tuesday's News - 8/19/08 @ 6:55 am - By: MikeC - Source: |
| Deals |
| NVIDIA Financials - 8/12/08 @ 6:37 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| NVIDIA reported a 5% decrease in revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2009 to $892.7 million compared to $935.3 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2008. NVIDIA took a $196 million charge against the cost of revenue to cover anticipated customer warranty stemming from a weak die/packaging material set in certain versions of our previous generation MCP and GPU products used in notebook systems. Shares of NVIDIA stock only dropped 1.4% as investors were warned of lower than expected revenue by the company back in July and today's announcement of a $1 billion boost to its stock buyback program.
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| Badaboom Trial - 8/12/08 @ 2:04 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Email |
| Just received word that today only, you can grab a trial version of Elemental Technologies’ Badaboom video transcoder at no-cost at www.nvidia.com/theforcewithin and try it out. Badaboom is a video transcoding program that converts video files into other formats. For example, the program can convert an MPEG file to play on an iPod or other portable device. Video transcoding can be one of the most time-consuming tasks in home computing. Converting a two-hour movie, for instance, can take six or more hours when using the computer’s CPU. However, with Badaboom on the GPU, the conversion process can be up to 18 times faster than traditional methods, getting the job done in a few minutes and, in the meantime, also freeing the CPU to handle other tasks like email and Web browsing. Badaboom is part of part of a growing number of applications that use the power of NVIDIA GeForce graphics processing units (GPU) and NVIDIA CUDA C-programming technology to significantly improve the performance of non-graphics applications by transferring the workload from the CPU to the more efficient GPU. |
| Windows XP vs. Vista - 8/08/08 @ 7:51 pm - By: MikeC - Source: AWStats |
| Here is an update on the use of Windows XP vs. Windows Vista by the visitors who visit nV News.
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| NVISION 08 News - 8/07/08 @ 11:22 am - By: MikeC - Source: Yahoo Finance |
| NVIDIA has issued a couple of press releases this morning in regards to the upcoming NVISION 08 event. First is that the keynote speakers have been announced, which includes NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang to kick off NVISION on Monday, NBC11 technology and business TV personality, Scott Budman, to host the second day keynote with celebrity guests and special effects experts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage at the third day closing session. The second press release is an announcement that NASCAR driver Kyle Busch will speak at the three-day mega-event, which is geared towards professionals and enthusiasts who are passionate about visual computing. |
| PhysX Pack Previews - 8/06/08 @ 8:49 am - By: MikeC - Source: Email/Browsing |
| A number of web sites have posted reports of NVIDIA's first PhysX application pack, which will be publicly available on August 12. The package consists of a new graphics driver that will enable PhysX on graphics cards equipped with GeForce 8, GeForce 9, and GeForce GTX GPUs, a downloadable PhysX software pack containing free Unreal Tournament 3 maps, the full version of NetDevil's Warmonger, NVIDIA demos, and a first look at Object Software's Metal Knight Zero and Nurien Software's Nurien social-networking service. |
| NVIDIA GPU PhysX Pack Previews |
| Radeon vs. GeForce - 8/03/08 @ 7:44 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Forum |
| Although the review is in Polish, the web site egielda.com.pl pits the Radeon HD 4870 against the GeForce GTX 260 in a whopping 40+ games. Most of the benchmarks are limited to the resolutions of 1600x1200 and 1920x1440 and include results from a variety of popular graphics cards like the GeForce GTX 280 and graphics cards based on NVIDIA's GeForce 8 and GeForce 9 Series of GPUs. |
| NVIDIA Does Chipsets - 8/01/08 @ 1:18 pm - By: MikeC - Source: Browsing |
DigiTimes is reporting that NVIDIA is throwing in the towel on their chipset business. The Tech Report contacted Bryan Del Rizzo, Senior PR Manager of the MCP Business Group, who sent them the following reply.
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| Friday Roundup - 8/01/08 @ 8:21 am - By: SteveC - Source: Email |
| Deals |
