GPUs
VESA this morning is taking the wraps off of the next iteration of its DisplayHDR monitor certification standard, DisplayHDR 1.2. Designed to raise the bar on display quality, the updated DisplayHDR conformance test suite imposes new luminance, color gamut, and color accuracy requirements that extend across the entire spectrum of DisplayHDR tiers – including the entry-level DisplayHDR 400 tier. With vendors able to begin certifying displays for the new standard immediately, the display technology group is aiming to address the advancements in the display technology market over the last several years, while enticing display manufacturers to make use of them to deliver better desktop and laptop displays than before. Altogether, the DisplayHDR 1.2 is easily the biggest update to the standard since it launched in...
NVIDIA GameWorks: More Effects with Less Effort
While NVIDIA's hardware is the big start of the day, the software that we run on the hardware is becoming increasingly important. It's one thing to create the world's...
22 by Jarred Walton on 9/18/2014The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Review: Maxwell Mark 2
At the start of this year we saw the first half of the Maxwell architecture in the form of the GeForce GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti. Based on...
274 by Ryan Smith on 9/18/2014AMD Radeon R9 285 Review: Feat. Sapphire R9 285 Dual-X OC
Last month AMD held their 30 years of graphics celebration, during which they announced their next Radeon video card, the Radeon R9 285. Designed to be AMD’s new $249...
86 by Ryan Smith on 9/10/2014Analyzing Apple’s A8 SoC: PowerVR GX6450 & More
With their iPhone keynote behind them, Apple has begun updating some of their developer documentation for iOS to account for the new phone. This of course is always a...
136 by Ryan Smith on 9/10/2014IDF 2014: Intel Demonstrates Skylake, Due H2’2015
Taking place this week alongside the consumer electronics clamor is the annual Intel Developer Forum (IDF) at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Though it has and continues to...
33 by Ryan Smith on 9/9/2014Apple Announces A8 SoC
As expected from this year’s iPhone keynote, Apple has announced a new member of their internally developed family of ARM SoCs. The latest SoC, dubbed A8, is Apple’s first SoC...
66 by Ryan Smith on 9/9/2014NVIDIA Files Patent Infringement Complaints Against Qualcomm & Samsung
In a surprising move this afternoon, NVIDIA has announced that they will be filing patent infringement complaints against both Qualcomm and Samsung. This complaint is centered around the alleged...
77 by Ryan Smith & Jarred Walton on 9/4/2014Matrox to Use AMD GPUs in Their Next Generation Multi-Display Graphics Cards
If you go back far enough in the computer industry, there have been many successful video card companies. Back before the whole 3D craze kicked off, some of the...
36 by Jarred Walton on 9/3/2014NVIDIA Announces GAME24 - 24 Hour Live Gaming Celebration
It seems company sponsored live events are becoming more popular. Not long after AMD hosted their own gaming celebration, NVIDIA is upping the ante with a 24 hour live...
2 by Stephen Barrett on 9/3/2014The State Of PC Graphics Sales Q2 2014
Every quarter, Jon Peddie Research analyzes the market for graphics and gives us a chance to see where the industry is at. The market for discrete graphics is seasonal...
32 by Brett Howse on 8/29/2014NVIDIA & VMware Preview GRID vGPU & Tegra K1 Chromebook Support
NVIDIA has been anything but shy about their GPU virtualization aspirations, making it a focal point for the company’s development since the launch of their first GRID cards back...
11 by Ryan Smith on 8/27/2014AMD Announces Radeon R9 285, Shipping September 2nd
During their 30 years of graphics celebration, today AMD announced a forthcoming addition to the Radeon R9 200 graphics card lineup. Launching on September 2nd will be the company’s...
84 by Ryan Smith on 8/23/2014AMD Celebrates 30 Years of Gaming and Graphics Innovation
AMD sent us word that tomorrow they will be hosting a Livecast celebrating 30 years of graphics and gaming innovation. Thirty years is a long time, and certainly we...
32 by Jarred Walton on 8/22/2014Intel Demonstrates Direct3D 12 Performance and Power Improvements
Since the introduction of Direct3D 12 and other low-level graphics APIs, the bulk of our focus has been on the high end. One of the most immediate benefits to...
42 by Stephen Barrett & Ryan Smith on 8/15/2014NVIDIA Launches Next GeForce Game Bundle - Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
After letting their previous Watch Dogs bundle run its course over the past couple of months, NVIDIA sends word this afternoon that they will be launching a new game...
8 by Ryan Smith on 8/12/2014NVIDIA Refreshes Quadro Lineup, Launches 5 New Quadro Cards
Continuing today’s spate of professional graphics announcements, along with AMD’s refresh of their FirePro lineup NVIDIA is announcing that they are undertaking their own refresh of their Quadro lineup...
24 by Ryan Smith on 8/12/2014AMD Completes FirePro Refresh, Adds 4 New FirePro Cards
Kicking off a busy day for professional graphics, AMD is first up to announce that they will be launching a quartet of new FirePro cards. As part of the...
28 by Ryan Smith on 8/12/2014Intel Broadwell Architecture Preview: A Glimpse into Core M
Typically we would see Intel unveil the bulk of the technical details of their forthcoming products at their annual Intel Developer Forum, and with the next IDF scheduled for...
158 by Ryan Smith on 8/11/2014Khronos Announces Next Generation OpenGL Initiative
As our regular readers have already seen, 2013 and 2014 has been one of the most significant periods for graphics APIs in years. While OpenGL and Direct3D have not...
22 by Ryan Smith on 8/11/2014OpenGL SIGGRAPH 2014 Update: OpenGL 4.5, OpenGL ES 3.1, & More
Taking place this week is SIGGRAPH 2014, the graphics industry’s yearly professional event. As the biggest graphics event of the year this show has become the Khronos Group’s favorite...
4 by Ryan Smith on 8/11/2014