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- A common term for "display adapter," which is a printed circuit board that generates the images for the computer's screen. See display adapter.
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- NVIDIA offers Quadro FX 4800 graphics card to Mac Pro users
- NVIDIA offers Quadro FX 4800 graphics card to Mac Pro usersDid nVidia or Apple write the drivers?Did nVidia or Apple write the drivers? Apple has traditionally written its own drivers for the video cards because the manufacturers rarely offered Mac drivers.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- NVIDIA offers Quadro FX 4800 graphics card to Mac Pro users
- NVIDIA yesterday announced for Mac Pro users its Quadro FX 4800 graphics card, what the company calls "the market's most advanced professional graphics card." Why would it call it that? Well, the 192 processor cores and 1.5GB of memory, for starters. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- NVIDIA cancels plans for GeForce GTS 240 graphics card
- NVIDIA cancels plans for GeForce GTS 240 graphics cardWell I'm glad someone is giving nVidia competitionI like nVidia, I've had their graphics cards before, but it was hard to opt for an nVidia the last time in light of their power hungry offerings on the high end. I do miss...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-16
- NVIDIA cancels plans for GeForce GTS 240 graphics card
- NVIDIA will not be going ahead with its controversial GTS 240 rebranding of the GeForce 9800 GT graphics card, reports DailyTech. Instead, NVIDIA is telling customers to focus on the three cards using the 9800 GT name: the standard version, a reduced power version and the 9800...
- Blog posts 2009-03-13
- PowerStrip 3.85 (Windows)
- PowerStrip provides advanced, multi-monitor, programmable hardware support to a wide range of graphics cards - from the venerable ATI Mach 64 to the latest Matrox Parhelia-LX and Radeon 9800. It is in fact the only program of its type to support multiple graphics cards from multiple chipset vendors, simultaneously, under...
- Software downloads 2009-03-10
- AMD, Nvidia play dueling graphics chip launches
- AMD, Nvidia play dueling graphics chip launchesHigh Definition bad influenceThat's all we need more of the same only better HIGH DEF DEATH.This is a call from market demand and a welcome one.Cebits will be a fun place this year I wish I was there. These two companies have done...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-03
- Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON
- Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DONAnother reason to avoid SLI/CrossfireOne of the main reason's I haven't taken advantage of Dual GPU setups is the power required for these setups. Even with a high end GPU you can get away with a 450W or 500W PSU but if...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-19
- Planning on buying a high-end graphics card soon? DON'T!
- Are you planning on dropping $250 or more on a graphics card any time soon? DON'T! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- Monster PC upgrades - Without the monster price tag!
- Monster PC upgrades - Without the monster price tag!What about RAM?Did you forget about RAM? Most peoples RAM would be incompatible w/ these machines... not to mention that they might not have enough in their current machine to begin with, compatible or not. Theres another 50-100 on top of your...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-18
- Monster PC upgrades - Without the monster price tag!
- Upgrading your PC need not be a $1,000+ activity - with a few well-placed upgrades you can give your PC a new lease of life while not hammering your wallet! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- (How much power does your video card use?)
- (How much power does your video card use?)What is this blog about? I clicked over here to find information on how to tell just how much power my video card was robbing from my PSU and found nothing other than photos of a fancy video card.What is the actual...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-03
- How much power does your video card use?
- With everything going green it was only a matter of time before we implemented some sort of standard power consumption testing in the labs. With that being said, graphic cards just felt like a great candidate. With the available configurations, Crossfire and SLI companied by the myriad of cards...
- Image galleries 2009-01-30
- Asus EAHD4870X2 Top graphics card
- If you've read our review of Nividia's GeForce GTX 295 card, you might be able to guess our assessment of this overclocked, Asus-packaged version of AMD's ATI Radeon HD4870X2. Simply, for $550--$50 more than the Nvidia card--the amped up Radeon card gives you less performance and uses more power along...
- Product reviews 2009-01-21
- NVIDIA lifts lid on world's most powerful single and dual GPU graphics cards
- NVIDIA lifts lid on world's most powerful single and dual GPU graphics cardsThis GTX 285 is just...the 55nm version of the GTX 280, maybe the shrunk transistors will offer some better power efficiency and somewhat reduce the price but there is no performance improvement.You need more than cash...you need space,...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-08
- NVIDIA lifts lid on world's most powerful single and dual GPU graphics cards
- Still looking for a way to squeeze more frames per second out of Crysis Warhead, Call of Duty 5 or Far Cry 2? NVIDIA has the answer in the form of the world's fastest single and dual GPU graphics cards - all you need is the cash! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-01-08
- NVIDIA lifts lid on world's most powerful single and dual GPU graphics cards
- Still looking for a way to squeeze more frames per second out of Crysis Warhead, Call of Duty 5 or Far Cry 2? NVIDIA has the answer in the form of the world's fastest single and dual GPU graphics cards - all you need is the cash! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Image galleries 2009-01-08
- MiniFrame SoftXpand
- MiniFrame SoftXpandRe-read your EULAIt doesn't matter that you have software pretending to be a single user. If you have multiple people using it, then each person needs to be licensed.The precedent is in database servers and application servers connected to them. The application server appears to be a...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-16
- Clearing up the 32/64-bit memory limit confusion
- Today Dwight Silverman ran a great piece on TechBlog which examines whether folks buying a new PC are best sticking with 32-bit Vista or making the leap to 64-bit Vista. It's a good piece but there's one bit that I feel deserves some clarification. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- WARP speed for Windows 7
- The other day the eagle-eyed Long Zheng noticed a document on Microsoft's MSDN site outlining how Microsoft plans to allow DirectX 10 acceleration on the CPU. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Nvidia cutting prices to counter AMD gains?
- Has AMD's recent gains in GPU sales got Nvidia spooked? The latest rumors are that Nvidia has a GPU price cut planned. With AMD's recent gains in the discrete graphics card market, Nvidia is planning to cut its graphics card prices in an attempt to curb further loss of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
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