Seen that? - ATI's R580+ Answer to Nvidia 7900's

Filed in archive Best of on December 21, 2009

ATI's R580+ Answer to Nvidia 7900's at PCGamers Blog

Not to be outdone by the lower price point and comparable and often better performance of the new 7900 series graphics cards by Nvidia, ATI is readying their new GPU called the R580+. The new core technology will be based on a smaller 80nm die that will allow the processor to be smaller, require less power and run at higher clock speeds. Reportedly this is the same core ATI was [...] Read More


nVidia aquire AGEIA at PCGamers Blog

nVidia, hardware giant, and producers of what is currently the world's most powerful graphics card have announced that they are set to aquire the smaller software and hardware company AGEIA. AGEIA produce PPUs, which are, in laymans terms, cards which aid with physics processing, however, they have not been massively popular and do not have a wide range of game support, and as such, are often ignored by even hardcore competitive [...] Read More


Halo 2 - Vista vs Xbox Graphics Comparison at PCGamers Blog

Gamespot has an article comparing how halo 2 looks on the original xbox compared to how it looks like under Windows Vista. I am not surprised at all at the difference since we all know that the PC can handle higher resolutions than its console counterparts. But is this enough to draw all those Halo 2 players from Xbox Live to play what is essentially the same game on the [...] Read More


Nvidia updates Linux drivers to v.1.0-9755 at HackITLinux

Nvidia just updated its graphic card drivers for Linux. Linux IA32, IA64, AMD64/EMT64T drivers are now at version 1.0-9755 as well as drivers for FreeBSD x86 and Solaris x86/x64. Release highlights: Added support for Quadro FX 4600 and Quadro FX 5600 Added initial support for NVIDIA SLI with GeForce 8800, Quadro FX 4600, and Quadro FX 5600 All the new drivers are available for download now. [...] Read More


Nvidia vs ATI at HackITLinux

Nvidia Just like in any other platforms, the choice of graphics cards is often dictated by the drivers, its availability and its feature set, and Linux is no exception. Whilst users are starting to avoid ATI video cards, Nvidia, on the other hand, keeps on churning up updates to its linux drivers with the beta release of 100.14.06. Phoronix test drives the new driver that is seemed to have better support [...] Read More