In response to buzz about NVIDIA's Shield console, NVIDIA has moved up the preorder date a few days, May 20th to today, May 17th. Shield will be available for the previously stated $349 price for shoppers in the US. If you're not familiar with NVIDIA's Shield, it's a portable handheld gaming console including a 1.9 GHz Tegra 4 SoC and running Android 4.2.1. This is the first time NVIDIA has sold an Android device directly to consumers and will be supporting it directly with TegraZone marketplace alongside Google Play. NVIDIA SHIELD Shield SoC NVIDIA Tegra 4 - 1.9 GHz Display 5-inch 720p "Retinal" Display RAM 2 GB LPDDR3 Wireless Connectivity 2x2:2 802.11a/b/g/n WiFi + BT 3.0, GPS Storage 16 GB NAND, microSD Expansion I/O microUSB 2.0, mini-HDMI, 3.5mm headphone OS Android 4.2.1, Updates from NVIDIA Price $349.00, Preorders May 20...
Mobile Buyers' Guide: 14" and Larger Notebooks and DTRs
The back-to-school season is coming and refreshed product lines are already starting to appear on store shelves. Intel's dual-core Arrandale processors continue to dominate in terms of raw performance...
64 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/30/2010
NVIDIA Launches 3D Vision Surround
After a bit of ballyhoo and a bit more of a delay, NVIDIA is finally ready to launch their competitor to AMD’s triple-monitor Eyefinity technology: 3D Vision Surround. As a...
61 by Ryan Smith on 6/29/2010
Clevo W880CU with GTX 480M now Shipping from AVADirect
NVIDIA announced their foray into mobile DX11 parts last month with the GTX 480M. No longer content to use older desktop designs optimized for lower power draws, the 480M...
7 by Jarred Walton on 6/28/2010
New Driver Enables Smooth 1080p Flash Playback on NVIDIA NG-ION
When we reviewed Zotac's ZBOX HD-ID11 we noted that the upgrade to the Next-Generation ION didn't feel like much of an upgrade. Performance improved in some cases, but power...
29 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/10/2010
Apple's 13-inch MacBook Pro (Early 2010) Reviewed: Shaking the CPU/GPU Balance
Earlier this year Apple updated its entire MacBook Pro lineup. The update wasn't cosmetic, the 2nd generation unibody design carried over from 2009. Instead the 15-inch and 17-inch notebooks...
93 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/9/2010
AVADirect's Clevo W860CU: Mobility 5870 vs. GTX 285M
Who makes the fastest mobile GPUs right now? That question can be a bit tricky to answer, since getting identical laptops other than the GPU is difficult at best...
31 by Dustin Sklavos on 6/3/2010
NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 465: Cheaper Isn’t Always Better
Hot off the heels of launch of the GeForce GTX 480 and GTX 470, NVIDIA is launching the next card in the Fermi family. Based on the same GF100...
71 by Ryan Smith on 5/31/2010NVIDIA Forceware 257 & Heterogeneous GPU PhysX: It's a Bug, Not a Feature
Our inbox quickly lit up this morning when we received notice about this NGOHQ article, discussing how NVIDIA had removed the heterogeneous GPU restriction on PhysX in their latest...
54 by Ryan Smith on 5/28/2010
NVIDIA Beta 256 Drivers: Optimus Included
Last month we mentioned NVIDIA's plans for their upcoming drivers: the 256 series of drivers (don't ask us why they jumped from 197 to 256). Today, NVIDIA has released...
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Apple MacBook 2010 Update: 10 Hours Battery Life
Apple has updated their MacBook notebook to bring it into line with their recently refreshed MacBook Pro series. Starting at $999 the new machine features a faster processor, improved...
48 by Balraj Sandhu on 5/20/2010
ASUS U30Jc: Refining Thin and Light Performance
Over the past year or so, we've been watching the evolution of ASUS' U-series (and UL-series) of ultraportable laptops. The first generation ULxxVt models were highly promising, coupling switchable...
57 by Jarred Walton on 5/18/2010
Galaxy GTX 470 GC - The world's first non-reference Fermi
Galaxy have pleasantly surprised us, and the folks at vr-zone. To the table, they bring their GTX 470 GC, a 100% non-reference design graphics card utilising an NVIDIA...
22 by Ian Cutress on 5/7/2010
Zotac ZBOX HD-ID11 Review: Next Gen ION is Better & Worse than ION1
The nForce 2 was one of the best chipsets to come out of NVIDIA. It was NVIDIA’s second attempt at a desktop chipset yet it cemented NVIDIA’s position as...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 5/6/2010
This Just In: Zotac's ZBOX HD-ID11 Next Gen ION
Two months ago NVIDIA unveiled its next-generation ION GPU. Sporting either 8 or 16 SPs (or CUDA cores if you bleed green), the next-generation ION is strictly a GPU...
25 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/30/2010
NVIDIA's Updated Verde Driver Program
Last week, NVIDIA held a conference call and presentation to let us know about updates to their Verde driver program. Initially rolled out in 2008, the Verde program was...
9 by Jarred Walton on 4/28/2010
Update: NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 400 Series Shows Up Early
Now that the week of the 12th is upon us, let's see how a quick stock check at the usual suspects turns out. April 2010 Video Card Prices Video Card Original MSRP Available...
62 by Ryan Smith on 4/12/2010
Alienware M11x: World’s Smallest Gaming Laptop
When you think of a gaming notebook what usually comes to mind is a 17" behemoth with a ridiculous paint job and the weight of a small child. ...
47 by Jarred Walton on 3/30/2010
ASUS N61Jv-X2: Optimus GT325M Meets Arrandale
Mobile users that actually use their laptop unplugged for any extended amount of time should absolutely love NVIDIA's Optimus technology. The ASUS N61J pairs a higher spec GT325M GPU...
44 by Jarred Walton on 3/13/2010
Dell M6500: A Precision Strike on Bling
The Dell Precision M6500 is what we expect from a mobile workstation: high on quality and low on fluff. It’s also very expensive, but the cost of the hardware...
41 by Jarred Walton on 3/9/2010
NVIDIA's Next Generation ION Announced, Optimus + a 16-core Version
Next generation products are always better... just look at Star Trek! At least, that's the theory behind the new NVIDIA ION platform, and it looks like the best thing...
35 by Jarred Walton on 3/2/2010