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RV740, The First 40nm GPU From AMD
As reported by NordicHardware, it seems that AMD has successfully manufactured its first chip on the 40nm node, the RV740. This is not an high end GPU, but it is the first successful port of AMD's GPU architecture to the new manufactoring node. It is a mainstream GPU on the $100 segment that AMD is using to gain some experience while working on the RV870 Lil' Dragon, the next generation high end GPU. More »
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295
The guys at vr-zone published the first photo of the upcoming GeForce GTX 295 card. Expected to be unveiled at CES, the GTX 295 will be featured with two GPUs placed on two separate printed circuit boards, each one has a GTX 200 GPU, 240 stream processors, 448-bit memory bus and 896MB DDR3 memory. The card displayed in the picture features 2 DVI ports and 1 Display Port. The card has been featured with a 8+6 pins power connector combo, which you an idea of how much power it needs. More »
Nvidia GT206, GT212, GT216 and GT300
GT2xx generation cards' life cycle is not over yet, the GT206 will be released in Q4 2008, presumably to cash in on the christmas shopping season. GT206, the last 55 nm cards, seems to be having problems with its shader domain, which has pushed its launch for that late. Following GT206, GT212 and GT216 would be Nvidia's entries to the 40nm silicon fabrication process, both will support GDDR5 memory on a broad memory bus. GT212 will be released in Q1 2009, GT216 in Q2 2009. More »
New Nvidia GPU nomenclature
Industry sources suggest Nvidia will be dropping the 8000 and 9000 series names in favour of a newer naming system. Since the company is rumored to announce additional graphics cards in the GT200 series on October 15, in this date probably Nvidia will break away from its current nomenclature and will adopt a naming system that is in line with the GT200 series. More »
Nvidia MCP7A chipset
By the end of September Nvidia is planning to launch a new chipset called MCP7A IGP. It seems that MCP7A will come in two variants, the MCP7A-U with a GeForce 9400 graphics core and the MCP7A-S with a GeForce 9300 graphics core. The difference between the two is that the 9300 will be clocked at 450MHz and 1200MHz (core, shader), the 9400 at 580MHz and 1500MHz (core, shader). More »
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Larrabee GPUs inside Xbox 720?
According to The Inquirer, Microsoft's nextgen Xbox (Xbox 720) gpu may be the upcoming Intel Larrabee. For publishers and developers, switching to a new hardware architecture is a risk in term of costs, so Intel is having trouble getting developers to program for Larrabee. Since most games these days are written for consoles before being ported More »
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SLI support on Intel X58
For a long time motherboard makers had to be using Nvidia nForce 200 chip for SLI to function. But, as reported by TechReport, now it seems that Nvidia is going to enable native SLI on certified X58 motherboards without the need of the nForce 200 SLI bridge chip. The motherboard has to be certified for manufacturer by Nvidia before More »
