| PowerColor Launches Radeon X1900 GT |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 11, 2006 - 4:07 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.powercolor.com/global/main_product_detail.asp?id=118 |
PowerColor has launched a video card based on the recently released Radeon X1900 GT. The CrossFire-compatible model runs at standard 575 MHz and packs 256 MB of GDDR3 memory at 1.2 GHz. It includes VIVO, dual DVI and HDTV connectors. The Radeon X1900 GT has 12 pixel pipelines, 36 pixel shaders engines and 256-bit interface.
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| BFG Ships Ageia PhysX Accelerator Card |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 9, 2006 - 7:14 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.bfgtech.com/physx/index.htm |
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BFG this week started to ship its Ageia physics accelerator cards. The PhysX promises to enable a ”new class of PC gaming with dynamic motion and extreme physical interaction“. The PCI card features 128 MB of GDDR3 on board memory, connected through a 128-bit interface, and is capable of approximately 533,000 max collisions and 22 billion instructions per second.
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| ATI Officially Releases Radeon X1900 GT |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 5, 2006 - 11:07 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.ati.com/products/RadeonX1900/index.html |
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ATI today added a GT model to its Radeon X1900 high-end graphics card series. The new CrossFire-compatible product is clocked at 575 MHz with 256 MB of GDDR3 at 1.2 GHz. It has 12 pixel pipelines and 36 pixel shaders engines instead of the 16 and 48 present in the XT and XTX versions. Suggested retail price is USD 300.
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| EVGA Launches Signature Series |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 5, 2006 - 4:26 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=256-P2-N569-SG |
EVGA has launched its Signature Series of graphics cards with a GeForce 7900 GT model. The product is overclocked to 600 MHz (core) and 1.6 GHz (memory). The special series, ”approved“ by company directors, offers priority phone and email support, eligibility for EVGA’s Step-Up upgrade program, a free game and lifetime warranty. The e-GeForce 7900 GT Signature packs 256 MB of GDDR3, copper fan and dual DVI-I and HDTV-7 connectors.
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| S3 Finally Releases MultiChrome Cards |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 4, 2006 - 7:42 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.s3graphics.com/en/technology/multichrome |
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S3 Graphics officially introduced this week its MultiChrome multi-GPU technology enabling two cards to work together through the PCI Express interface. The feature is currently supported only by the eight-pixel pipeline S27 GPU, which is compliant with DirectX 9.0, but lacks Shader Model 3.0. The cards are clocked at 700 MHz with 128 MB or 256 MB of GDDR3 memory also at 700 MHz.
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| VESA Approves DisplayPort Standard |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 3, 2006 - 3:06 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.vesa.org |
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Members of the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA) have approved the DisplayPort interface standard. It promises higher resolutions and refresh rates as well as interactive communications between computers and other devices. Like HDMI, another format competing to succeed DVI, DisplayPort allows high-definition digital audio to be available to the display device over the same cable as the digital video signal. Dell, HP and Lenovo are among the companies backing the VESA format.
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| Nvidia Releases Free Gelato Software |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 2, 2006 - 12:03 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.nvidia.com/page/gelato.html |
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Nvidia has released a free version of its Gelato 3D rendering software, currently in release 2.0, aimed at game development, CAD, industrial design and architecture. The solution can be downloaded from the company’s site. The USD 1,500 Pro version, however, adds a variety of exclusive features, such as 64-bit native support, Sorbetto interactive relighting, network parallel rendering, multithreading, DSO shadeops and dedicated support. Gelato 2.0 runs on Windows XP and Linux systems and GeForce 5200 or higher GPUs. The Pro edition requires Quadro FX cards.
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| ATI Adds Four FireGL Graphics Cards |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 26, 2006 - 4:23 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.ati.com/products/firegl.html |
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ATI has added four graphics cards aimed at DCC, CAD and visualization customers to its FireGL workstation lineup. All new products sport Avivo technology, High Dynamic Range (HDR) 16-bit and dual link output. The high-end FireGL V7200 packs 8 parallel geometry engines, 12 pixel shader processors, 256 MB of GDDR3 and 512-bit ring bus memory controller. The other models are the mid-range V5200 and the entry level V3300 and V3400.
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| Compro Ships Digital Satellite TV Tuner |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 25, 2006 - 12:47 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.comprousa.com/New/en/products.html |
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Taiwanese Compro Technology started shipping this week the VideoMate S350, a digital satellite TV tuner card with analog video/audio capture, based on a 9-bit analog-to-digital converter chip from Philips. The device can boot up Windows from stand-by, hibernation and soft-off modes to record programs and then automatically shutdown. Compliant with the DiSEqC 1.2 specification, which allows switching between up to 16 sources, the S350 supports S-Video and composite video signals. The card is packed with a 37-key remote as well as ComproDTV 2, ComproDVD 2 and PhotoExplorer 8.5 SE software.
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| Nvidia Intros 1 GB Quadro FX Card |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 21, 2006 - 7:49 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadrofx_family.html |
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Nvidia has announced six new products in its Quadro FX workstation series. The top of the line 5500 model sports 1 GB of GDDR2 buffer memory and 256-bit interface. Total bandwidth is 33.6 GB/s. Other novelties are the high-end FX 3500, the mid-range FX 1500 and the entry-level FX 560, 550 and 350. ATI introduced the industry’s first 1 GB graphics card, the FireGL V7350, in March.
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| ATI Releases Catalyst 6.4 Driver |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 12, 2006 - 11:42 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: https://support.ati.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=894&task=kn... |
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ATI today released a new Catalyst driver package (6.4) bringing Radeon X1300, X1600, X1800 and X1900 support for Linux and a series of video improvements for Windows. These include changes to Avivo video processing engine during standard definition video playback. The display-only download has 12 MB and the Control Center version has 34 MB.
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| GeCube Announces HDMI Video Cards |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 12, 2006 - 5:29 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.gecube.com/products-02.php?prod_cat_pid=8 |
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GeCube has announced new versions of its Radeon X1300 and X1600 graphics cards with an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) connector. The standard allows outputting high-def video and multi-channel audio simultaneously. HDMI can also use a cable to connect to traditional DVI ports. The company did not unveil detailed specifications of its news cards.
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| Nvidia Launches DualTV Analog Tuner |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 6, 2006 - 9:30 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.nvidia.com/page/dualtvmce.html |
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Nvidia has launched the DualTV tuner, which includes two independent tuners, allowing users to record different TV shows simultaneously or watch one channel while recording the other. Features include MediaSqueeze compression, PureVideo technology, 3D comb filter, 3D noise reduction hardware, in-line TV amplifier and multi-stream hardware encoder. The package contains S-Video cable, composite video adapter, composite video and stereo audio RCA cable, minijack to dual RCA cable, coaxial cable, coaxial cable splitter and FM antenna cable. Suggested retail prices are USD 169 and USD 219 (with remote control and receiver kit).
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| ATI Readies 80-nm Radeon X1700 GPUs |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 3, 2006 - 6:26 AM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30687 |
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The Inquirer reports that ATI will release later this year a new series of mainstream 80-nanometer GPUs called Radeon X1700. According to the site, the Pro model will be based on RV560, featuring eight pixel pipelines, 24 pixel shaders processors and four vertex shaders units. Both the XL and XT will derive from RV570, sporting 12 pixel pipelines, 36 pixel shaders and six vertex shaders, differing only in clock settings.
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| Nvidia buys handheld specialist Hybrid |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: March 22, 2006 - 2:39 PM PST |
| Category: Video |
| More Info: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_30518.html |
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Nvidia today announced the acquisition of Hybrid Graphics, a firm specialized in embedded 2D and 3D graphics software for handheld devices, with customers including Ericsson, Nokia, Philips and Samsung. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies said that Finland-based Hybrid will keep its brand and continue existing as an independent subsidiary.
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