As AMD prepares to launch its new range of even faster/more capable graphic cards, nVidia – like rust – never sleeps. Specialists across the western bits of the globe got a ping into their in-boxes last night from the jolly green giant, but what was the offer exactly? Right now, …
Read More »nVidia looks to launch EyeFinity in 600 series
It's been a slow time for graphics recently. Both AMD and nVidia have good products in the market. And that market, overall, has not been strong. Against that backdrop, the pace of innovation has slowed right down. But the next 6 months looks like it will be busier. KitGuru loads …
Read More »nVidia flushes out the bummers
The whole world plus dog loves it when the brave boys of the graphics world launch a new top-end product for the price of a brand new motor scooter. That said, computer stores across the country still do good business in baseline graphic cards. KitGuru sticks a sieve under the …
Read More »Will Microsoft buy Nvidia?
There has been a lot of debate over the weekend which centers around Microsoft buying Nvidia. While neither firm has confirmed or denied the claims it is worth looking into the ramifications of such a takeover. Microsoft have apparently a deal in place with Nvidia which gives them the exclusive …
Read More »Google add Nvidia 3D Vision support to Youtube
Nvidia have entered into a partnership with Google which will allow users to get access to 3D YouTube clips – all you need are 3D Vision active shutter glasses and the right hardware. Youtube already offers a decent variety of 3D video files already, but this is sure to drive …
Read More »nVidia to spend $367m in Icera takeover
nVidia are keen to target the mobile market and have announced plans to take over Icera, a baseband processor developer based in Bristol in the UK. The deal will cost them $367 million. Nvidia CEO Jen Hsun Huang said “This is a key step in Nvidia's plans to be a …
Read More »Nvidia GPU market share declining
Jon Peddie Research have just issued their latest market share reports, and it highlights that Nvidia seem to be struggling, especially as competitors are able to combine both CPU and GPU technologies. Peddie Research are claiming that Nvidia's market share dropped 1.7 percent in Q1, which is continuing their slow …
Read More »Updated GTX590 BIOS rushed out to repair reputation
KitGuru spies have uncovered the reason behind all of the recent commotion at NV headquarters. It seems that the stories being reported by customers on sites like Overclockers.co.uk mean that the “It is an old driver issue” statement might be binned in favour of something more substantial. KitGuru applauds nVidia's …
Read More »nVidia GTX590 preview – is it the fastest card in the world?
Thursday 24th march 2011 is the day that nVidia well and truly put its hat back in the ring, as a contender for the ultimate accolade “World Heavyweight Champion of Graphics”. While Zardon prepares the full KitGuru Labs torture test, using all of the latest and greatest tweaks and drivers, …
Read More »nVidia lose David White: chief financial officer
nVidia have announced that they are losing their chief financial officer David White with corporate controller Karen Burns due to take over his position until a full time replacement can be made. White's departure from the company has been said to be for ‘personal reasons', and the companies high profile …
Read More »nVidia mid-range match-up, what should you buy?
Many nVidia fans will be wondering which card to be spending their hard-earned cash on. KitGuru lines up the competitors, points them toward the edge of the cliff, and drops the Labs' white handkerchief. Up until the GTX460 was launched, no one apart from hardcore NV-lovers were really interested in …
Read More »nVidia launches GTX550 (with 3 variants)
Anyone who looks at the existing nVidia line up for the GTX 400 and 500 series, will quickly come to the conclusion that they are almost out of numbers. Nevertheless, that has not stopped the Santa Clara team for pushing out yet another SKU. Is the market ready for the …
Read More »nVidia prepares to launch new card – but which one?
If only the software producers could release triple-A titles as fast as nVidia and AMD are releasing new graphics cards – the world would certainly be a more entertaining place. Something has just arrived in the KitGuru sandbox, but there is not much detail attached. Here's what we have. The …
Read More »nVidia say 8800GT is minimum required for Crysis 2
nVidia are as excited as the gaming public about the upcoming release of Crysis 2. While the game leaked online weeks ago in an unfinished beta state, the final version looks to be playable on a variety of hardware, without demanding a Bill Gates sized wallet. According to Nvidia the …
Read More »Even nVidia are excited about HD6990
The most heated online debates are generally based around the graphics sector, with Nvidia and AMD fanboys extolling the virtues of their favourite hardware. While often the focus will be on the ‘out of hand' discussions, sometimes they can be intelligent and interesting to read. Not every fan of a …
Read More »Nvidia Kal-El quad core Tegra: more processing power, less drain
Nvidia have announced their ‘Kal-El' quad core processor for tablets and smartphones. Nvidia's senior vice president of mobile business unit Phil Carmack said “Just as the world has rallied around the concept of dual core, the world is about to see that quad core raises the bar, delivers a lot …
Read More »Nvidia CEO says that future laptops will mimic Apple design
Nvidia's outspoken CEO has said that he feels that future laptops will borrow the design of the Macbook Air. Brooke Crothers at Cnet, spoke to Jen Hsun Huang in a phone interview and he said “You'll have trouble finding one that doesn't look like the MacBook Air, I think the …
Read More »Crysis 2 available as free download – EA begins investigation
There seems to be a crisis down at Crysis HQ. As with many modern triple-A titles, someone with insider access at the games giant seems to have lifted the code lock, stock and two smoking phased plasma rifle barrels. KitGuru scans police frequencies for chit chat. While the first game …
Read More »nVidia Tegra 3 – quad core ARM Cortex A9 for mobile world
Bright Side Of News have acquired a slide, showing Tegra 3 in two configurations, one for tablets and one for smartphones. The tablet version will have 4 ARM Cortex A9 processors that can be clocked as high as 1.5 GHZ, a graphics processor thats three times as fast as whats …
Read More »Hat trick complete: XFX sales guru moves to nVidia
Having found out that Miodrag Relic moved from EVGA to Asus and Iain Bristow from Asus to AMD, we had spent a while looking for a 3rd move to put this hat-trick of new year transfers together. We've found it, but it isn't the one we needed to complete the …
Read More »Intel declares DX11 not mainstream until 2013
While some chip manufacturers nail everything to the mast of DX11, it seems that industry daddy Intel has a completely different view on the graphics technology. Given Microsoft enabled the world with DX11 way back in October 2009, why does Intel have such a different view and are they right …
Read More »nVidia & TSMC ship 1 billionth Geforce GPU in 12 year span
The latest news to emerge from the green team shows that they have shipped 1 billion Geforce processors. With the help of TSMC this is certainly a stunning milestone. Jen Hsun Huang, the president and chief executive of nVidia said “Since inventing the GPU more than a decade ago, Nvidia …
Read More »Intel and nVidia shake hands with $1.5B deal
nVidia and Intel have announced a six year cross licensing deal worth $1.5BN which resolves a long term patent dispute between the two companies. This could mean a potential integration of Nvidia GPUs with Intel's processors. The agreement announced earlier this week means that Intel will pay Nvidia $1.5 billion …
Read More »Will AMD be RIVETed in 2011 ?
Following on from KitGuru's exclusive revelation that there will be a change in leadership at AMD for 2011, a whole heap of new questions now have to be asked. The most important one of which must be, “Who will captain the good ship AMD into the competitive waters of the …
Read More »GTX560 launch date set by nVidia
One of KitGuru's spies saw what she believed to be half a dozen nVidia folk, staggering around at midnight on New Year's Eve, kissing strangers and wishing them ‘a good un'. Followinng close in behind, as the peak of the schnapps-fuelled party wore off, conversation seemed to turn to work. …
Read More »MSI FX600 Laptop Review (with nVidia Optimus Technology)
This year has been very healthy for the mobile sector with sales of tablets and mobile phones continuing to grow. Laptop sales are also thriving and many people are now able to pick up a well built machine with killer performance without breaking the bank balance. With this in mind, …
Read More »nVidia’s Quadro and Tesla sales manager defects to AMD
Earlier this year, KitGuru broke the story that Manju Hegde, nVidia's VP for PhysX and Cuda moved across to AMD. We've just heard that the person managing nVidia's professional product sales across a massive region (including the UK) has also defected to Team AMD. Interesting development. KitGuru investigates. Originally with …
Read More »GTX570 prices set to rise as South London firm pushes for £335?
While the main players look to be settling at just under the £300 mark, it seems that some folks believe that demand for the GTX570 might push the price up. One store in South London seems to be optimistic. KitGuru investigates. Since 1999, CD-Writer have been supplying exactly what you …
Read More »ASRock Vision 3D System Review
KitGuru has reviewed many pre built systems in recent months and we have made sure to cover all market sectors from extreme high end gaming to more modest HTPC creations. What if you want a media and gaming system capable of handling everything you throw at it while still maintaining …
Read More »nVidia’s Nick Stam addresses HAWX ‘cheating’ allegations
A few days ago, a forum member posted information regarding image quality concerns with popular flight combat game Tom Clancy H.A.W.X. There has been much debate about this across the net over the weekend. KitGuru followed up on the forum post to clarify exactly what was being noticed. As we …
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