Apple and Faulty GeForce GPUs
Październik 12th, 2008Xbitlabs.com - Apple on Thursday admitted that its laptops featuring Nvidia graphics processing units (GPUs) may get out of order due to already known issues with GeForce chips for mobile computers. The company advices owners of affected MacBook systems to contact Apple to get free repairs or reimbursements for repairs. The firm stressed that Nvidia misinformed it regarding possibilities of problems. “In July 2008, Nvidia publicly acknowledged a higher than normal failure rate for some of their graphics processors due to ...>
Albatron presents GeForce 8600GT for PCI Express
Październik 1st, 2008The company Albratron Technology announced the release of papers on the market GeForce 8600GT, 8500GT and 8400GS version of the old, well-PCI interface. All cards will have a low profile. 8600GT and 8500GT contain 256MB 128-bit DDR3 memory, 800 MHz clock taktowanej (strong GPU, respectively 540 and 450 MHz). 8400GS model specifications have not yet been announced. Albatron suggests that the cards are intended not only for users of old computers, but also for those who wish to connect to your ...>
NVIDIA GeForce 8400 8600
Październik 1st, 2008More recently, NVIDIA has a lot of problems - first with an extraordinarily efficient Radeonami HD 4850/4870, after the second of problems with the transition to size 55 nm technology, and now there are about under-GPU niedopracowanych made even at 65 nm. Concerning the chips G84 and G86 (GeForce 8400 and 8600) - in the mobile versions, are installed in notebook PCs, they can przegrzewać on warm days, causing the failure. It is not excluded that the desktop versions of the ...>
From the NVIDIA comes GeForce 9500GT
Październik 1st, 2008NVIDIA introduces new graphics cards GeForce 9500GT. As you might guess, it will not speed demons, and at most will be able to powalczyć with Radeonami HD 3650, replacing the 8600GT. The new cards are to be offered with 256 or 512 MB of 128-bit GDDR3 or DDR2 memory. Both will have a strong-core clock 550 MHz and 1400 MHz 1400 MHz shader units. In the version of GDDR3 memory will have 800 MHz, while DDR2 - 500 MHz. GeForce 9500 ...>
Asus is known price XG Station
Październik 1st, 2008In recent weeks, quite a lot is happening in the topics of external graphics accelerators for laptops. After the information that ATI is about to present its own design, there are signs of an external "image" designed by Fujitsu-Siemens. Now it is time to return the player who runs the longest on the field. Speech by Asusie, who a few months ago, raised interest not only when the media has presented the first external graphics card for portable computers. It ...>
GeForce 8800GS will change its name to 9600GSO
Październik 1st, 2008GeForce 8800GS card had its premiere about two months ago. It was quickly apparent that offer good performance to price ratio - allowed to run virtually all the latest games (with the exception of Crysis), and cost roughly 500 gold. Sales of new cards do not zdążyła But rozkręcić good, because on the horizon appeared GeForce 9600GT, offered in a similar price, and have more memory (512MB vs. 384MB) and an average of about 5-10% faster. In this case, the ...>
Radeon X2 also on a laptop
Październik 1st, 2008ATI plans to introduce a dual graphics cards to notebook PCs. This will be the Mobility Radeon HD 3850 X2, consisting of two RV670 chips. Performance of this duo has to be so high that przegonią competitive NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX. What's more, the card will be sold in the MXM format, which means that it will be convertible (worse, that it will fit you to more expensive notebooks, but rather cards, no one will want to use in low-endowych ...>
GeForce 9200 degraded to 8300
Październik 1st, 2008Already on the market in March to receive the motherboard with the new NVIDIA chipsets, including MCP78U with integrated graphics card. Up until now, NVIDIA GeForce identifies it as 9200 But now things have changed and almost at the last minute the group decided to change the name on the chipset GeForce 8300. Changing the name does not involve in any way change the technical specifications. The new chipset will consist of one bone and capable AM2 and AM2 processors. Also ...>
Gigabyte graphics cards running Gamer HUD
Październik 1st, 2008Gigabyte presented the company on its graphics cards with the family GeForce 8800GT, the latest technology Gamer HUD. This technology, users pasjonującym dedicated to podkręcaniem hardware, is a combination of tools for software and hardware overclocking. The system Gigabyte Gamer HUD is composed as follows: eXtreme innovative technology and Ultra Durable 2 EXtreme technology is a special system that controls the voltage Voltage Gear Overdrive placed on the plate of PCBs, so that the user has the option to change the ...>
End production of chips for the GeForce 8800 Ultra
Październik 1st, 2008Nvidia announced that it will not accept further orders from its trading partners on the chip graphic card GeForce 8800 Ultra. This means that in the near future will disappear from store shelves most signed by Nvidia graphics. Recall that hosted one on the market only seven months. Of course, this does not mean that the manufacturer does not have anything on his jacket. Changing strategies for the GF8800 Ultra is only a matter of preparing the market for new, ...>