GPUs
Introspect this week introduced its M5512 GDDR7 memory test system, which is designed for testing GDDR7 memory controllers, physical interface, and GDDR7 SGRAM chips. The tool will enable memory and processor manufacturers to verify that their products perform as specified by the standard. One of the crucial phases of a processor design bring up is testing its standard interfaces, such as PCIe, DisplayPort, or GDDR is to ensure that they behave as specified both logically and electrically and achieve designated performance. Introspect's M5512 GDDR7 memory test system is designed to do just that: test new GDDR7 memory devices, troubleshoot protocol issues, assess signal integrity, and conduct comprehensive memory read/write stress tests. The product will be quite useful for designers of GPUs/SoCs, graphics cards, PCs, network equipment...
New Ultra High End Price Point With GeForce 8800 Ultra
With top to bottom G8x parts, NVIDIA comes back to top itself, launching the new fastest chip around. Is it worth the price?
68 by Derek Wilson on 5/2/2007NVIDIA GeForce 8600: Full H.264 Decode Acceleration
NVIDIA brings full H.264 decode acceleration to mainstream PCs anywhere, we find out exactly how good it is.
64 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/27/20078600 GT/GTS Follow-up Performance
We have more performance tests results for the new NVIDIA 8600 GT/GTS series, as well as further analysis of its price/performance.
41 by Derek Wilson on 4/24/2007DX10 for the Masses: NVIDIA 8600 and 8500 Series Launch
NVIDIA rounds out it's 8 Series lineup with top to bottom DX10 hardware now available. The first to hit the selves is the 8600 GTS.
60 by Derek Wilson on 4/17/2007ATI TV Wonder Digital Cable Tuner: AMD and Dell Bring CableCARD to PCs
We bring you a preview of the first CableCARD solution for Vista PCs. Has Vista Media Center finally caught up to set top boxes thanks to OCUR?
29 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/3/2007GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB Roundup
We are finishing out our retail roundups of GeForce 8800 hardware with a look at the 320MB GTS parts from different vendors.
24 by Derek Wilson on 3/27/2007The Future of Anti-Aliasing Settings in Question: NVIDIA Discussion
Times are changing and the fate of AA settings in NVIDIA's driver is at stake. Find out what the problem is, what's being considered and what you can...
50 by Derek Wilson on 3/15/2007Factory Overclocked 8800 Roundup
We pit multiple factory overclocked 8800 cards against each other to find out which offer the most value.
20 by Derek Wilson on 3/12/2007Performance Scaling with OCZ's 8800 GTX
OCZ has decided to augment its memory, cooling and power supply business with a high end graphics product. Today we test OCZ's graphics hardware and dive deeper into 8800...
12 by Derek Wilson on 2/16/2007Power Within Reach: NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
NVIDIA has launched a cheaper G80 based 8800 GTS with half the RAM of the original. We explore the performance and memory size impact.
55 by Derek Wilson on 2/12/2007Coming Soon to HD DVD: Silicon Optix HD HQV
Silicon Optix has provided us with an early version of their HD HQV test. We test AMD and NVIDIA hardware to get an idea of HD image quality on...
27 by Derek Wilson on 2/8/2007HD-DVD Playback - On the Xbox 360 & on NVIDIA GPUs
As a follow up to our recent articles on HD media playback, we will now take a look at a couple HD-DVD movies using the Xbox 360 player.
51 by Derek Wilson & Manveer Wasson on 12/15/2006HD Video Playback: H.264 Blu-ray on the PC
We now have Blu-ray titles that make use of H.264 encoding in order to put our hardware to the test.
86 by Derek Wilson on 12/11/2006Splinter Cell: Double Agent: A Performance Analysis
The newest addition to the Splinter Cell series has recently been released for the PC. We'll take a look at the game and see how it runs on several...
28 by Josh Venning on 12/8/2006NVIDIA and ATI HDCP Compatible Graphics Cards Roundup
Today we have a hefty roundup of NVIDIA and ATI cards which all have HDCP capability. We'll talk about HDCP and what it's going to mean for you, as...
48 by Josh Venning on 11/16/2006GeForce 8800 Roundup: The Best of the Best
You know you want G80, now it's time to find out which card is the best.
34 by Josh Venning on 11/13/2006NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 (G80): GPUs Re-architected for DirectX 10
The DirectX 10 wars have begun, and NVIDIA just fired the first shot.
111 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Derek Wilson on 11/8/2006Introducing the Radeon X1650 XT: A New Mainstream GPU from ATI
ATI has just launched their new Radeon X1650 XT. Looking to compete against NVIDIA's 7600 GT, will it fit the bill whenever it finally becomes available?
33 by Josh Venning on 10/30/2006ATI Radeon X1950 Pro: CrossFire Done Right
By integrating the compositing engine onto RV570, ATI has vastly improved the CrossFire user experience for it's X1900 GT replacement.
45 by Derek Wilson on 10/17/2006Fall '06 NVIDIA GPU Refresh - Part III: GeForce Go 7950 GTX
NVIDIA's fall refresh concludes with an updated mobile part, offering the expected CPU and memory speed upgrades.
11 by Ryan Smith on 10/16/2006