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 Announces CUDA 6: Unified Memory for CUDA

Kicking off next week will be the annual International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, better known as SC. For NVIDIA, next to their annual GPU...

43 by Ryan Smith on 11/14/2013

PS4 Spec Update: Audio DSP Is Based On AMD’s TrueAudio

Continuing our coverage of AMD’s APU13 conference, one of this morning’s keynotes has been from Sony’s VP of Research & Development in North America, Dominic Mallinson. Most of Dominic’s...

43 by Ryan Smith on 11/13/2013

The AMD Radeon R9 270X & R9 270 Review: Feat. Asus & HIS

Launching today is the latest member of AMD's Radeon 200 series family, the R9 270. Today we'll be looking at it alongside AMD's first 270 series card, the R9 270X.

59 by Ryan Smith on 11/13/2013

AMD Kaveri APU Launch Details: Desktop, January 14th

Kicking off today is AMD’s annual developer conference, which now goes by the name APU13. There will be several APU/CPU related announcements coming out of the show this week...

97 by Ryan Smith on 11/11/2013

AMD Changes 290 Series Fan Algorithms & About That 290 Conclusion

In a busy week that’s going to end up being just a bit busier, AMD has pushed out another Catalyst driver update specifically targeted at the new Radeon R9...

141 by Ryan Smith on 11/9/2013

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Review

First announced last month at an NVIDIA event, launching today is NVIDIA's newest flagship video card and the capstone to the GK110 family, GeForce GTX 780 Ti. Taking everything...

302 by Ryan Smith on 11/7/2013

The AMD Radeon R9 290 Review

Launching today is AMD's Radeon R9 290, the obligatory lower-tier part for AMD’s new flagship video card lineup. Making the usual tradeoffs for a lower-tier part, AMD is cutting...

295 by Ryan Smith on 11/5/2013

NVIDIA 331.65 Game Ready WHQL Driver

Brian posted earlier today about the latest NVIDIA SHIELD update, and buried within that post is information that NVIDIA has released their latest 331.65 WHQL drivers along with GeForce...

7 by Jarred Walton on 10/28/2013

NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 780/770 Price Cuts; GTX 780 Ti Launch Date & Price

With the launch of AMD’s new flagship Radeon R9 290X only a couple of days behind us, NVIDIA has wasted surprisingly little time in responding the latest salvo in...

146 by Ryan Smith on 10/28/2013

The AMD Radeon R9 290X Review

Launching today is AMD's Radeon R9 290X. The 290X is not only the fastest card in AMD’s 200 series lineup, but the 290 series in particular also contains the...

396 by Ryan Smith on 10/24/2013

NVIDIA GeForce 331.58 WHQL Drivers Now Available

After last month’s release of their 331.40 beta drivers, NVIDIA’s R331 driver branch has finally reached WHQL certification with today's release of driver version 331.58. For those of you on...

5 by Ryan Smith on 10/21/2013

Tim Sweeney, Johan Andersson & John Carmack @ NV Montreal - Live Blog

NVIDIA managed to bring Tim Sweeney (Founder, Epic), Johan Andersson (Frostbite Technical Director, Dice) and John Carmack (Founder, id Software) all up to Montreal to share their thoughts on...

29 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/18/2013

NVIDIA's G-Sync: Attempting to Revolutionize Gaming via Smoothness

Earlier today NVIDIA announced G-Sync, its variable refresh rate technology for displays. The basic premise is simple. Displays refresh themselves at a fixed interval, but GPUs render frames at...

217 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/18/2013

NVIDIA Consolidates Game Streaming Tech Under GameStream Brand; Announces Shield Console Mode

As part of their Montreal game showcase announcements, NVIDIA has announced that come October 28th the company will be consolidating their various PC game streaming technologies under a single...

15 by Ryan Smith on 10/18/2013

GeForce ShadowPlay Gets a Beta Date & Twitch Support

As part of their Montreal game showcase announcements, NVIDIA has announced that their GeForce ShadowPlay feature will finally be getting a beta release date - October 28th - along...

13 by Ryan Smith on 10/18/2013

NVIDIA Announces GeForce GTX 780 Ti; Shipping In Mid-November

Although AMD’s forthcoming Radeon R9 290X has yet to launch, NVIDIA has seemingly decided to go ahead and announce their 290X counter product ahead of time. With that in...

45 by Ryan Smith on 10/18/2013

NVIDIA Montreal Event - Live Blog

NVIDIA invited us up to Montreal for a big, gaming-related announcement. We're here live blogging the event!

24 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/18/2013

AMD Posts "The four core principles of AMD’s Mantle"

Picking up from where we left off with AMD’s Mantle-related Tweet on Tuesday, the company has published a longer blog post that goes a bit deeper into what the...

13 by Ryan Smith on 10/18/2013

NVIDIA Announces Holiday GeForce Game Bundles

As part of NVIDIA’s Montreal game showcase festivities, NVIDIA has announced that they have once again updated their game bundles. This time it’s one of their biggest bundles yet. Replacing...

22 by Ryan Smith on 10/18/2013

AMD Radeon R9 290X Performance Preview: Bioshock Infinite

As something of a counter-event to NVIDIA’s gaming showcase taking place in Montreal, Canada this week, AMD has organized an early, brief reveal of their forthcoming Radeon R9 290X...

90 by Ryan Smith on 10/17/2013

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