Graphics - Chips - THE INQUIRER

Intel increases its GPU lead over AMD and Nvidia

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:05:00 GMT

CHIPMAKER Intel has recorded 5.6 per cent growth in GPU market share thanks to its Sandy Bridge Core i5 processors.

Passwords can be cracked in 12 seconds with £30 GPUs

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:17:59 GMT

HACKERS CAN FIGURE OUT your password in less than 12 seconds thanks to high street graphics cards that cost as little as £30, business hosting firm UKFast revealed as part of Cyber Security Awareness Month.

Thunderbolt external GPU chassis for laptops in the works

Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:58:04 GMT

VILLAGE INSTRUMENTS has begun working on an external Thunderbolt graphics card enclosure for Apple's Mac computers, further expanding the limited range of Thunderbolt compatible devices.

Nvidia launches the Geforce GTX570M and GTX580M for laptops

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:00:00 GMT

CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia has taken the lid off its high-end Geforce GTX570M and GTX580M GPUs aimed at gaming laptops.

Asus GeForce Direct CU II, GTX580 and GTX570 review

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:55:18 GMT

THE INQUIRER

WITH THE MARGIN SQUEEZE in graphics cards, the vendors are hard pressed to churn out their own card designs with as many features as possible and add as much performance as they can within the limits of the GPU makers' specifications.

Asus Geforce Direct CU II, GTX580 and GTX570 review

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 15:55:00 GMT

AMD unveils a 9-series chipset video

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:28:00 GMT

Computex 2011

AMD unveils 9-series chipset video

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:28:00 GMT

THE INQUIRER

No new Geforce GTX 590 board designs says Nvidia

Tue, 17 May 2011 09:44:54 GMT

CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia is not working on a revised Geforce GTX 590 video card design, according to one of its top partners.

Nvidia is working on a Geforce GTX 590 cooling unit

Mon, 16 May 2011 11:42:46 GMT

CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia is readying a hardware fix to its top of the range Geforce GTX 590 graphics card amid widespread reports of the card 'burning' under high load.

Nvidia offers low-end laptops as replacements for Bumpgate victims

Tue, 03 May 2011 15:20:00 GMT

CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia has managed to get away with giving Compaq CQ-56 laptops as replacements to those bumpgate victims involved in the class action lawsuit against it.

AMD launches Radeon HD6450, HD6570 and HD6670 video cards

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 04:00:00 GMT

GRAPHICS CHIP DESIGNER AMD has launched a trio of Radeon cards aimed at bringing DirectX 11 support to entry level and mainstream markets.

2011 will be the year of the graphics enabled microprocessor

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:18:06 GMT

THIS WILL BE the biggest year yet for the graphics enabled microprocessor (GEM) chips that feature a CPU and graphics processing unit in a one-chip design.

Nvidia launches Quadro 2000D graphics card

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:03:32 GMT

CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia has announced the launch and immediate availability of its Quadro 2000D graphics system, designed for use in professional medical imaging environments.

MWC: Nvidia quad core Kal-el chip demo video

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 10:38:49 GMT

CHIP DESIGNER Nvidia is showing off its quad-core Kal-el chip, which the firm claims is the first quad core system-on-chip (SoC) in existance, at Mobile World Congress.

AMD promotes its APU chips as green

Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:10:00 GMT

CHIP DESIGNER AMD has announced that its E-350 Accelerated Processing Unit demonstrates a significant reduction in the overall product's "carbon footprint".

Nvidia fights back against AMD with fresh GPUs

Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:40:00 GMT

Analysis

AMD'S GPU DIVISION, that is, ATI, led the performance race against Nvidia for most of 2009 and at least the first half of 2010. If you count the dual GPU cards as one unit, it still leads now with the year-old HD5970 and is expected to continue to do so with the upcoming HD6990 next month.

Nvidia powers infotainment in cars few can afford

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:52:46 GMT

GRAPHICS PROCESSORS from Nvidia will drive BMW and Tesla cars' infotainment systems but we didn't bother asking about availability dates because we can't afford either.

AMD Radeon HD6970 and HD6950 review

Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:51:00 GMT

WITH ITS LATEST PARTS, the last major launch of the 40nm GPU generation, AMD has now presented its answer to the recently announced and seemingly quite well performing Nvidia chippery, the GTX580. The Radeon HD6970 and its lower-cost sibling, the HD6950, fare as well as expected in the benchmarks, and provide a nice feature boost too.

ARM announces its Mali-T604 GPU

Wed, 10 Nov 2010 17:07:00 GMT

CHIP DESIGN HOUSE ARM has announced its Mali-T604 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) at its Technology Conference 2010 in Santa Clara, California.

AMD demos Llano Fusion chip

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:08:00 GMT

CHIP DESIGNER AMD has demonstrated its Llano Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) at a technical forum in Taipei.

With AMD Radeon 6000 series GPUs coming, what happens with Nvidia?

Tue, 05 Oct 2010 07:39:00 GMT

Analysis

WITH LESS THAN three weeks to go before the expected launch of the - now not ATI but just AMD - Radeon HD6000 series, that is, Southern Islands GPUs, the question remains, what should Nvidia do?

Nvidia settles Bumpgate class action lawsuit

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 11:31:15 GMT

GPU DESIGNER Nvidia has reached a settlement in the class action lawsuit that was brought against it by owners of laptops affected by Bumpgate.

Gigabyte puts dual BIOS on a GTX480 card

Wed, 29 Sep 2010 15:29:02 GMT

GRAPHICS CARD MAKER Gigabyte has managed to put a dual BIOS on its Nvidia GTX480 board.

Gainward GeForce GTS450 GS GLH

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 12:17:00 GMT

Review

Product Gainward GeForce GTS450 GS GLH
Website www.gainward.com/main/vgapro.php?id=408
System Specifications Nvidia GeForce GTS450, 930MHz core, 2,000MHz memory, 1GB GDDR5, HDMI-out, dual VGA and DVI outputs
Price £197 including VAT