Nvidia’s GTX 480 vs ATi Radeon HD5870

It’s now March which means Nvidia’s first, brand spanking new Fermi GPU will be launched later this month with the GTX470 and GTX480. Nvidia have revealed some benchmark tests on its new GPU’s against ATI’s great card the HD5870 and although you might be expecting a great increase in ability in Nvidia’s new graphics behemoth,…

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NVIDIA Optimus

Ever had that problem with your new laptop whereby you constantly have to switch between using your power draining GPU or not? If you have then you’ll know how frustrating it can be having to switch your GPU on or off depending on what you’re doing on your laptop to conserve on energy. You have…

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Alienware M11X

“The most powerful gaming laptop for its size” says Dell of the new Alienware M11X gaming laptop. At a mere 11.6 inches, this tiny baby packs some real power and some nifty specifications. Firstly its obviously packed with all the top end stuff you only get with Alienware, but if you’re just surfing or doing…

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Next gen NVIDIA Fermi GT300 GPU delayed until 2010

Taiwanese industry sources say the release of NVIDIA’s Fermi GT300 GPU has been delayed until Fiscal 2011 (January 26-April 26, 2010), which for the company means not until at least late January 2010. Nvidia will ramp Fermi for three different product lines: GeForce, Quadro and Tesla in the first quarter of fiscal 2011, said Jen-Hsun…

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Lucid Hydra Chip Onboard MSI P55 Big Bang Motherboard

The Lucid Hydra chip is not mentioned as frequently as many of the other latest technologies coming out but it could represent one of the most important changes for PCs in years. Basically the Hydra is a multi-GPU solution that balances all GPU workload before it’s sent to the GPU. This means that no CrossFire…

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