Category Archives: nVidia

In more Nvidia GeForce news today, the firm has announced it’s released new drivers which fix a few bugs and improve performance for Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Crysis 2, Heroes and Generals, Inversion, Modern Warfare 3, Skyrim, Stronghold 3, and Syndicate, specifically.

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Zotac’s announced the release of its special edition GPU, the NVIDIA GTX 560 Ti with 448 CUDA cores. It runs at 1.46GHz, contains 1.25GB of GDDR5 memory clocking at 3800MHz, with the engine clocking at 765MHz.

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Nvidia’s financial results for Q3 saw an increase in revenue of $1.1 billion compared to $843.9 million yoy and in profits with $178.3 million compared to $84.9 million yoy, thanks in part to increased interest in “highly anticipated blockbuster PC games.” The firm noted growth in desktop GPU sales, naming Battlefield 3 as a major factor, along with Modern Warfare 3 and Star Wars: The Old Republic.

“We believe this surge of PC gaming demand will drive increased demand for NVIDIA’s GeForce products despite the soft consumer PC market,” said Nvidia’s Rob Csongor. “We expect a multiyear PC gaming cycle, as the PC becomes increasingly more powerful than 5 to 6-year-old gaming consoles.” Thanks, Gamasutra.

Stace Harman takes a look at how PC gaming is inspiring developers to push boundaries, and speak to Nvidia’s Ben Berraondo about health of a much maligned and misunderstood market.

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Nvidia’s launched a new set of graphic card drivers for Battlefield 3, and PC gamers can expect a “major” performance boost when the game releases later this week.

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Bethesda has put up a list of things which could help those running into screen tearing and texture issues when playing RAGE on PC.

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AMD has released new drivers, available on its website, in response to complaints of screen tearing, texture and performance issues with the PC version of Rage.

According to the Bethesda Blog, Id is working with Nvidia to push out a similar fix. Users are advised to wait for the Rage-specific update rather than upgrading willy-nilly.

Of particular note are those using drivers updated for the Battlefield 3 beta, which will need to be rolled back.

Rage released yesterday in the US and arrives elsewhere by the end of the week, for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Reviews have been largely delighted.

Thanks, GiantBomb.

Nvidia’s released new drivers today which it claims improve the performance of the upcoming Battlefield 3 by 38 percent.

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The October issue of PC Gamer details the extra bells and whistles featured in Rocksteady’s already impressive looking sequel.

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AMD’s announced the Radeon HD 6990M, a chip it’s saying is the fastest laptop graphics processor in the world, up to 25 percent faster, in fact, than Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 580M unveiled only two weeks ago with the same claim. AMD reckons the new Radeon kicks the puny GeThing to the curb when benchmarked on Batman Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age 2, Shogun 2, BattleForge, Left 4 Dead, Metro2033, Wolfenstein MP, The Chronicles of Riddick, and E.T.: Quake Wars. If this sort of thing makes you do the sex-wee, hit Engadget for specs and a PR.

Holiday weekends just mean even more entertaining dribbles of almost-news than usual. Venture within and be fully informed.

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The snazziest special edition of Duke Nukem Forever doesn’t just contain a few bits and bobs – oh no. It’s got a graphics card.

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Nvidia is set to release its GeForce GTX 560 on May 17, and iGameRecord has a video peek at just how well this new bit of tech runs. Below the break, you will see how Duke Nukem Forever, Alice: Madeness Returns, and RIFT look in 1080p 3D. It even shows a side-by-side comparisson of Alice with and without PhysX turned on. The card will be “afordable” according to Nvidia, and it sits somewhere in between its GTX 460 and GTX 560 Ti offerings. Thanks, RipTen.

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Both firms may claim to produce the world’s fastest graphics card, but AMD has called out nVidia’s boast, asking the company to come out and prove it. If it thinks it’s hard enough.

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PC Gaming Alliance president Matt Ployhar has confirmed that two its founding members, Microsoft and Nvidia, have left the non-profit organization.

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Crytek super-shooter Crysis 2 will support DirectX 11 when it releases in March, according to a mention for NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 560 Ti.

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NVIDIA’s announced and shown off its new 3D PC monitor at CES.

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The Optimus 2X isn’t just a smartphone – the official description is superphone. LG and nVidia are pretty proud of their new Android handset, especially as it can run a multiplayer game against PC, PlayStation 3 and presumably Xbox 360 competitors. Whoa.

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Now keeping up with the Joneses won’t mean re-mortgaging the house.

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Mafia II has a video out showing how Nvidia’s PhysX provides extra particle support for your misbehavior in the PC version of the game.

The video is nothing but pure destruction. Explosions, thousands of bullets, glass shards flying around, casings going everywhere – all good stuff.

Pre-order incentives and a Collector’s Edition were announced yesterday, and the game’s due to hit shelves on August 24 in the US and Europe August 27.

Enjoy the video below, courtesy of BigDownload.

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