My colleague and I was just discussing about various computer hardware devices we would want placed in a computer I was hoping to build from the ground up. We came over the discussion on the power supply and both agreed to buy a 750 watt Corsair that would bring power stability to the entire system. A shaky power supply could damage various parts of the computer like the memory, video cards, cpu, etc. Also, a high powered NVidia graphics card would mean it eats up more power and even if Corsair power supply are in the $ 200 USD ballpark, …read more

NVidia has released their new GeForce Driver version 185.85 for their GeForce videocard and ION platform. This also supports the newly released videocard – GTX 275. The notable performance benefits include the following performance increases:

Upwards 14 percent in Far Cry 2
Upwards 25 percent in The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
Upwards 30 percent in Half-Life 2 engine games with 3-way and 4-way SLI
Upwards 45 percent in Mirror’s Edge with antialiasing enabled
Upwards 11 percent in Fallout 3 with antialiasing enabled
Upwards 22 percent in Crysis: Warhead with antialiasing enabled

The release notes of the latest …read more

NVidia posted $176.8 million dollars of profit last year, the same time this year, they have a net loss of $ 201.3 million dollars.

NVidia has posted revenues of $ 664.2 million dollars, below their previous $ 1.15 billion dollars. Nonetheless, they have earned more than Wall Street Analyst forecast of $ 534.4 million dollars.
NVidia understands the current economic situation and as such they are cutting their inventory back from 144 days to 64 days.
Companies losing money this year is a standard scenario and the important thing is how these companies adjust to the environment and survive the economic …read more

Whoever said MACs were cool? I know who, the uninformed ones. Introducing Hardcore Computer’s Reactor. A computer only seen in movies that puts the CPU, GPUs, SSDs, a proprietary motherboard, and a power supply in non-conductive oil.

The Reactor is made of fabricated heavy-duty aluminum that add to its nuclear looking 2030 movie atmosphere.
This state of the art case is the first box in the world that is EAX5-capable X-Fi chip and can also claim to be the first box to use three Samsung 256GB SSD drives for a solid 768GB of storage. The graphics is powered by three Nvidia’s GTX …read more

Why does PC gaming rock? Because you get your downloadable content for free. According to Infinity Ward community manager Robert Bowling at IAMfourzerotwo, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s Variety map pack is being sponsored by graphics card maker Nvidia. The free DLC will be available for keyboard/mouse jockeys on June 5th.

I consider myself decently educated in the ways of the PC, but what I learned today told me that my current knowledge is nothing compared to what’s out there. I’ve just read that you can now do three-way SLIs if you have the cash to burn.
SLI is an acronym for Scalable Link Interface, a technology by Nvidia which lets you link three video cards together to make your games even more purdy.
Nvidia’s new nForce 780i motherboard lets you do just that. You see, the 780i board is designed specifically for 1333FSB Intel QX9650 (Yorkfield) processors (Core 2 in English). The …read more

Nvidia’s GeForce 8800 GT video card is hitting store shelves today. If you’re desperate to run Crysis, all you have to do is shell out from $199 to $249. With all the upcoming games for the PC (i.e. Hellgate: London and Gears of War), you’ll likely need the upgrade.

What’s under the proverbial hood, you ask? According to the hype people, their new money trap product comes with 112 stream processors, a 256-bit memory interface, and HD technology. The 8800 GT was created using the 65nm process.