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Although the buzz in various forums and social networks about memory allocation issues of Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce GTX 970 is fairly loud, the amount of customers wishing to return their graphics cards to stores or manufacturers is fairly low. According to various sources polled by KitGuru, the actual return rate …

Although Nvidia Corp. still have not made any decisions about how to handle the situation with GeForce GTX 970 graphics cards and their incorrect specifications, a number of graphics cards suppliers now accept returns of such adapters, at least, in the U.K. and Germany. In the recent weeks it was …

EVGA on Monday introduced what could be the world’s most powerful graphics card based on Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce GTX 980 graphics processing unit. The new graphics board is designed to deliver extraordinary overclockability. It is expected that the new graphics adapter will set multiple performance records. The product is currently …

Nvidia Corp. on Thursday retracted its promise to improve performance of the GeForce GTX 970 using new drivers. According to the company, one of its representatives made an incorrect statement and there is no new driver with a fix for the graphics card incoming. As discovered by numerous enthusiasts and confirmed …

FOLLOW UP: Nvidia: We will not boost GeForce GTX 970 performance with drivers. Nvidia Corp. admitted early this week that it initially published wrong specifications of the GeForce GTX 970 and did not correct its mistake until recently after numerous people reported issues regarding usage of onboard memory. The company promised …

After numerous reports claiming that Nvidia GeForce GTX 970 graphics card cannot use more than 3.5GB of onboard memory, Nvidia Corp. updated the official specs of the graphics solution. Apparently, the difference between the GeForce GTX 970 and 980 is more significant than Nvidia originally said. According to a report …

Nvidia Corp. plans to reconsider the price of its single-chip flagship graphics card when it launches its new GeForce GTX Titan later this quarter. According to a media report, the new ultra-high-end graphics adapter will cost whopping $1349, which is considerably higher than the price of its predecessors. The GeForce …

Traditionally Nvidia Corp. releases its top-of-the-range single-chip GeForce GTX Titan graphics cards in February. However, last year the company used its own GPU Technology Conference (GTC) to introduce its dual-chip GeForce GTX Titan Z graphics card, the company’s highest-performing graphics solution to date. Apparently, the company plans to do something …

A Chinese blogger has published images of Nvidia Corp.’s forthcoming code-named GM200 graphics processing unit as well as a graphics card powered by the GPU. The new chip will be, as expected, not only the most powerful graphics processor ever designed by the company, but has all chances to become …

Asustek Computer on Thursday said that its Asus GTX 970 Dragon Knight graphics cards will not be available outside China. Although the graphics adapter is a potential bestseller thanks to its great design and overclocking capabilities, the company will keep it exclusive for the Chinese market. “The Dragon Knight GTX …

After Nvidia let all of its partners to develop their own designs for graphics cards based on its GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 graphics processing units, the majority of manufacturers designed advanced printed-circuit boards for the latter and low-cost PCBs for the former. Asustek Computer decided to reverse …

The first rumours about 8GB versions of GeForce GTX 970 and GTX 980 graphics cards emerged sometime in October, 2014. However, none of such graphics adapters showed up last year. Apparently, add-in-boards with 8GB of GDDR5 memory are still in plans, however, their availability will depend on supply of high-performance …

Vince “K|NGP|N” Lucido, a top professional overclocker that works with EVGA, has announced on his Facebook page that EVGA is working on a new GeForce GTX 980 for extreme overclockers. The novelty is expected to beat the current flagship product from the company, the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Classified ACX …

Gigabyte Technology has started to sell what could be the highest-performing retail graphics processing solution ever developed. The Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 WaterForce 3-way SLI includes three massively factory-overclocked graphics cards that are designed to work in multi-GPU mode as well as a special liquid cooling solution. But extreme performance …

The world’s record GPU frequency of 2.20GHz was set on Nvidia GeForce GTX graphics cards made by Asustek and EVGA. While it is hard to believe that the GM204 GPU can be pushed further towards 2.30GHz – 2.40GHz, the new Asus ROG Matrix Platinum GeForce GTX 980 graphics card is …

Asustek Computer has unveiled its new small form-factor graphics card that fits into mini-ITX computer cases. The new Asus GeForce GTX 970 DC Mini sports advanced DirectCU cooling solution and is factory-overclocked. It is probable that the new graphics adapter is the world’s most powerful SFF graphics card. The Asus GeForce …

Vince “K|NGP|N” Lucido, a legendary overclocker who works with EVGA, has managed to overclock a GeForce GTX 980-based graphics card to record-high 2.20GHz/9GHz (GPU/memory) clock-rates and break a couple of world’s records in 3DMark FireStrike benchmark once again. In a bid to prove his world-class skills in overclocking, K|NGP|N pushed …

Vince “K|NGP|N” Lucido, one of the world’s most renowned overclockers who collaborates with EVGA these days, has set a number of world’s records when it comes to GPU frequency. He was the first to overclock a graphics processor to 2GHz and was among the first to hit 2.20GHz with Nvidia's …

Asustek Computer is working on what could eventually become one of the highest-performing GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards on the planet. The forthcoming Asus Poseidon GTX 980 will feature a hybrid cooling system and proprietary design of printed-circuit board to enable unprecedented overclocking potential. The Asus ROG Poseidon GTX 980 …

Nvidia Corp.’s forthcoming performance-mainstream graphics card – GeForce GTX 960 – will not only utilise rather high-performance GM204 graphics processor, but will also retain 256-bit memory bus and 4GB of GDDR5 memory, which will likely result in high performance in high resolutions. According to Zauba.com database, which monitors imports and …

An unknown person has benchmarked an unknown graphics card using SiSoftware’s Sandra benchmark, according to online database of the program. Based on the specification of the hardware, the person benchmarked a graphics card powered by Nvidia Corp.’s code-named GM200 graphics processing unit. If the specs are correct, then expect graphics …

Overclockers UK on Thursday slashed prices on various GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards by Inno3D. Thanks to price-cuts, OcUK now offers the cheapest GeForce GTX 970 boards in the United Kingdom. The company is also the first to offer a GeForce GTX 980 for £399.95. “Inno3D …

Nvidia Corp. and its partners plan to release graphics cards based on the company’s latest GM204 graphics processing unit with 8GB of onboard memory either in November or December. The new solutions are expected to boost demand for GeForce GTX 900-series graphics adapters. Hermitage Akihabara reports that Nvidia and and …

Nvidia Corp.’s recently unveiled GM204 graphics processing unit and GeForce GTX 980 graphics card have proven to be excellent performers and also great overclockers. This week an enthusiast from Sweden managed to boost clock-rate of the GeForce GTX 980 graphics processing unit to whopping 2.20GHz, a new world’s record. Elmor, …

EVGA this week quietly introduced what could be the world’s highest-performing graphics card based on Nvidia Corp.’s GeForce GTX 980 graphics processing unit. The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 Classified ACX 2.0 graphics board utilizes custom printed-circuit board (PCB) that is designed with overclocking in mind. The EVGA GeForce GTX 980 …

A media report has revealed recommended prices of Nvidia Corp’s forthcoming GeForce GTX 970 and GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards. As expected, the large size of the code-named GM204 graphics processing unit that powers both products does not allow to make them affordable. The GeForce GTX 980 graphics board with …

Nvidia Corp.’s new high-end graphics cards – GeForce GTX 980 – are expected to be introduced in several days from now, but a media report has already revealed what is claimed to be the final specifications of the new graphics boards. The specifications of the new Maxwell architecture-based flagship graphics …

Two web-sites have published images of graphics cards they claim to be based on Nvidia Corp’s upcoming GeForce GTX 970 graphics processor. The graphics boards feature custom designs and cooling systems. The Galaxy GeForce GTX 970 4GB graphics adapter, which photo was published by VideoCardz on Thursday, is clearly designed …

Nvidia Corp. is set to unveil its new-generation high-performance graphics solutions based on the code-named GM204 graphics processing units in about two weeks from now, but so far there have been no leaks indicating performance of the GeForce GTX 970 and the GeForce GTX 980 graphics cards. Luckily, a staff …

Although it was expected that Nvidia Corp. would release its new GeForce GTX 800-series graphics cards for desktops this September and October, the company has decided to skip the GeForce 800 family for desktop PCs and jump straight to the GeForce 900 line of products. Model numbers of modern central processing units …