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Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX

We've been waiting for the GeForce 8800 GTX since we first got wind that Nvidia's next-generation 3D card would be out before the end of this year. It's everything we'd hoped it would be. For a suggested street price of $599, the GeForce 8800 GTX brings tremendous processing power to...

Tags: Nvidia GeForce, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800, card, NVidia Corp.

Product reviews 2006-11-08

Polywell Poly i680SLI (quad-core)

Last week we got a crack at a few new PCs with Intel's new Core 2 Extreme QX6700 quad-core chips. This week, we have the quad-core Polywell Poly i680SLI, which has the new chip as well as Nvidia's latest, the next-gen GeForce 8800 GTX graphics card. This potent combination of...

Tags: Games, Network technology, quad-core, Polywell, GeForce 8800 GTX, GeForce 8800, Nvidia GeForce, Poly i680SLI

Product reviews 2006-11-08

Additional Resources

Adamo is a near no-show, but Dell ships Studio XPS laptops

The scraps of news Dell parceled out on its mysterious Adamo laptop at CES left reviewers disappointed, but the company did announce several new laptops and one desktop, the XPS 625, at the show. The new laptops meld together two Dell brands, the mid-range Studio and the...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Laptop Computer, Netbook, Adamo, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-01-09

New high-end MacBook Pro has 8 hour battery

Apple has announced an upgrade to its high-end MacBook Pro line of notebook computers. The unique thing about this model is that it uses a custom-made (read:expensive) non-removable 95WHr battery to achieve an estimated 8 hours between charges in a small package. Other...

Tags: built-In, Apple MacBook, Battery, Video, Apple MacBook Pro, Engineering, FireWire, Corporate Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2009-01-06

NVIDIA encourages OEMs to buy new chips to combat thermal issues

NVIDIA encourages OEMs to buy new chips to combat thermal issueswell . . .Well, this seems to actually be quite normal - both CPUs and GPUs create a lot of heat, especially the first generation of any cutting edge technology. Anybody who stays at the cutting edge knows that the...

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, NVidia Corp., thermal issue, OEM, chip, new chip

Discussion threads 2008-12-29

NVIDIA encourages OEMs to buy new chips to combat thermal issues

You will no doubt remember that NVIDIA had some thermal issues with its GeForce 8M series GPUs this year. Following a technical revision of GPUs NVIDIA is now encouraging OEMs to buy updated chips. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: NVidia Corp., Product Quality, Chip, GPU, VR-Zone, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-29

WinFonie Mobile 2.2.0.21 (Windows)

Winfonie Mobile can sync phone book, appointments and todos between Microsoft Outlook Express/Tobit David/Palm Desktop/Lotus Organizer/Access/WAB, and many Nokia mobile phones. Supports Nokia 6230, 6230i, 6610i, 6310i, 6810, 6822, 7210, 7250i, 6270, 6280, 8800, 5140, 5140i, 6020, and 6021. You can sync or copy contacts (multiple numbers, address, email), calendar...

Tags: Phone, Nokia Corp., Microsoft Windows, Synchronization, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2008-12-23

Tough Love with openSUSE 11.1

openSUSE 11.1 is packed full of features, but a lack of QA and user acceptance testing in this release may cause Linux newbies to seek out other distributions, such as Ubuntu Ibex. I wanted to love openSUSE 11.1. I really did. ...

Tags: Ubuntu, Release, QA, Server, openSUSE 11.1, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-12-18

NVIDIA Quadro CX - Accelerator for Adobe CS4

NVIDIA Quadro CX - Accelerator for Adobe CS4Sadly enough...An 8 core cpu would encode h264 in about the same time, and cost under half, as well as have much better memory bandwidth than the dual core if its a ci7.Whats interesting is: h264 encoding and other photoshop features are not...

Tags: Processors, CS4, motherboard, H264, NVIDIA Quadro CX, GPU, NVidia Corp., CPU, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-12-17

Netbooks vs. Laptops: Nvidia 9400M 'Ion' chipset stirs competition

Just because there isn't an Apple netbook doesn't mean there isn't a chance to crowd the market. Nvidia is launching its GeForce 9400M "Ion" graphics chipset for Netbooks and small desktops today, with the intention of replacing Intel as the go-to provider of the 945 chipset that...

Tags: NVidia Corp., Graphics, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-17

NVIDIA first to offer full OpenGL 3.0 support

Today NVIDIA becomes the first company to fully support OpenGL 3.0 on the Windows XP, Windows Vista and Linux platforms. OpenGL 3.0 is supported on NVIDIA's GeForce and Quadro GPUs. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: OpenGL, Nvidia GeForce, NVidia Corp., OpenGL 3.0, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-16

HP TouchSmart IQ816 - Core 2 Duo T8100 2.1 GHz - 25.5" TFT

Above all else, we have to credit HP for taking a risk with its N-trig-powered line of TouchSmart all-in-one PCs. No other Windows desktop vendor has ventured into the relatively uncharted touch-based waters, and any future developments in touch on the desktop will likely use the TouchSmart series as a...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Advertising & Promotion, Intel Core 2 Duo, TFT, menu screen, TouchSmart IQ816, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Product reviews 2008-12-12

Apple MacBook Air (80GB)

Apple MacBook Air (80GB)Apple MacBook Air MB543LL/A reviewApple takes the Sub Notebook category to a whole new level with the Apple MacBook Air MB543LL/A. Weighing only 3 pounds, the Air was built not for the mass public, but instead with certain people in mind. With a 1.6 GHz Intel Core...

Tags: Notebooks, Apple MacBook Air, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Air MB543LL/A

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701

Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701 reviewThe Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701 might be hard to pronounce, but it’s easy to say that this laptop definitely has some power under the hood. With an Intel Core 2 Duo processor (P7350 2.0 GHz), 4GB of RAM, and a 512mb NVIDIA GeForce 9700 GTS running...

Tags: Notebooks, X305-Q701, Toshiba Qosmio, Toshiba Qosmio X305-Q701, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

Move over, Psystar: EFi-X USA to sell Mac OS X-capable PCs

A company named EFi-X USA plans to offer a desktop PC that could allow customers to create their own Mac systems with the help of an internal adapter that allows many generic PCs to run Mac OS X. The EFi-X USA Millennium 4, as the machine is...

Tags: Apple Mac OS, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-12

News to know: RIM, YouTube, Net plan, iPhone

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: RIM announces all-cash acquisition, takeover bid Andrew Nusca: Need $100K? Make videos for YouTube Richard Koman: White House hates Martin's free Net...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Performance, YouTube Inc., Apple Inc., Performance Management, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, Investment, Finance, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-12

Monster NVIDIA GTX 295 caught on camera

Monster NVIDIA GTX 295 caught on cameraAMD/ATI already have-Don't you follow the hardware news?http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121294I would like to know...If this card has an effective 1792MB of memory(1792 for each GPU) or is it just cloned (892 for each GPU)? Also any other specs would be welcome.RE: Monster NVIDIA GTX 295 caught...

Tags: GPU, Monster NVIDIA GTX 295, cross-fire, Monster, camera

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

Monster NVIDIA GTX 295 caught on camera

Those sneaky folks over at VR-Zone have caught a snap of NVIDIA's upcoming monster graphics card, the GTX 295. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Card, Processor, Monster, NVidia Corp., Camera, GPU, GTX 295, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-12-11

Dell XPS One 24 (PRODUCT) RED desktop computer (Intel Core 2 Quad Q8200, 750GB HDD, 4GB)

We liked Sony's Vaio LV180J 24-inch all-in-one because it works as a relatively complete secondary home entertainment system. Despite Dell's ambitions in that direction with its own XPS One 24, we don't think it's as well suited to the purpose. Instead, Dell's new large screen all-in-one fares better if you...

Tags: Home entertainment, Desktops, Intel Core 2 Duo, desktop computer, computer, Intel Corp., hard drive, desktop, XPS, Dell Computer Corp., Sony Vaio LV180J

Product reviews 2008-12-09

Could Snow Leopard leave Windows 7 eating it's dust?

Could Snow Leopard leave Windows 7 eating it's dust?Cut down on the caffeine:)LOL...Is this that baby off the e-trade commercials? You must have stock in MSFT? Any good inside information?I'm not so sure ...Look at how Adobe has embraced the GPU, and Wolfram.Leveraging the GPU has a lot...

Tags: Operating systems, DirectX 11, GPGPU, OpenCL, GPU, dust, Microsoft Windows 7, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-12-09