Category Archives: nVidia

Wed, May 15, 2013 | 06:28 BST

Nvidia Shield video shows off final hardware and features

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Android-based portable gaming device Nvidia Shield is due in June, with pre-orders opening next week. To entice you to try out the slick-looking device, which can even stream games from your PC so you can relax on the couch, Nvidia has released a video showing off its final design and feature set.

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Tue, May 14, 2013 | 14:19 BST

Nvidia Shield to release in June, pre-orders go live next week

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Nvidia has announced its Shield portable gaming system will be released in June and will run you $349. Pre-orders will go live on May 20via Nvidia’s website.

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Mon, May 13, 2013 | 01:51 BST

Nvidia Faceworks demo now available for download

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If you were skeptical of Nvidia’s claim to real-time rendering with its FaceWorks demo back in March, you can try it out for yourself.

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Tue, May 07, 2013 | 15:32 BST

Nvidia GeForce 700 series release imminent

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MCV reports (via Fudzilla) that the first of a new series of Nvidia graphics cards series could be released as early as next week.

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Wed, May 01, 2013 | 10:23 BST

Nvidia appoints new Tegra boss Deepu Talla

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Nvidia has appointed Deepu Talla as head of the company’s Tegra division, following the departure of Phil Carmack, who has now taken up position as CEO at an unnamed partner company.

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Fri, Apr 26, 2013 | 09:48 BST

Nvidia posts two more PhysX water tech demos, watch them here

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Nvidia has posted a pair of new PhysX water tech demos, following the first entry yesterday. They’re even more mind-blowing than the first.

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Thu, Apr 25, 2013 | 12:56 BST

Nvidia PhysX trailer shows off real-time water physics

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Nvidia has released a new PhysX trailer, this time showing off convincing water effects that react to objects in real-time, all running on a single GTX 580. First AMD’s TressFx tackled hair, now Nvidia is working on water. What’s next?

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Sat, Apr 20, 2013 | 14:06 BST

Metro: Last Light packaged with Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 and above

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Those planning on picking up Metro: Last Light who are also looking to purchase a new video card may want to consider killing two birds with one stone: Nvidia has announced the game will come bundled with its GeForce GTX cards – 660 or above.

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Fri, Apr 19, 2013 | 15:14 BST

Tomb Raider PC patch live on Steam

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Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider has been patched via Steam. Patch 1.01.743.0 is primarily intended to fix a problem that a previous patch inadvertently added. Additional details down below.

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Thu, Apr 18, 2013 | 09:57 BST

Hawken: Nvidia PhysX trailer shows off mass destruction

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Hawken developer Adhesive Games and Nvidia have released a trailer showing the game’s PhysX functionality at work, by basically exploding everything in sight.

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Mon, Apr 15, 2013 | 13:02 BST

ARMA Tactics shown running on Tegra-4 Project Shield, watch it here

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ARMA Tactics has been included as part of Nvidia’s ‘Android Thursdays’ series of video – although I’m sure its currently Monday – and the game has been shown running in real-time. The clip shows off Bohemia’s neat visual trickery, strategic combat and more.

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Wed, Apr 03, 2013 | 18:47 BST

Project Shield: hands-on with Tegra-4 powered goodness

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During GDC 2013, VG247′s Sam Clay was given hands-on time with Nvidia’s Project Shield, the Tegra-4 powered mobile console announced at CES earlier this year. Even better? The demo featured Skyrim streaming from PC, and looking rather lovely.

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Mon, Apr 01, 2013 | 23:51 BST

New mobile devices will out-perform current-gen consoles, says Nvidia boss

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Nvidia’s senior vice president of content and technology Tony Tamasi believes the next wave of mobile devices will be more powerful than current-generation consoles.

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Wed, Mar 27, 2013 | 14:24 GMT

Nvidia destruction tech demo hits GDC, shows a whole city exploding

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Nvidia has posted its destruction tech demo footage from GDC. It shows an ancient city exploding, sending hundreds of dynamic shards spewing everywhere.

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Tue, Mar 26, 2013 | 01:43 GMT

BioShock: Infinite, Tomb Raider Geforce drivers released

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Nvidia has released a new set of drivers for its GeForce range of GPUs in celebration of the release of BioShock: Infinite today – along with the recent Tomb Raider. The manufacturer reckons it’s empowered some tasty framerate boosts with the new software; full details and downloads are available on Nvidia’s website.

Thanks, PCGamer.

Mon, May 13, 2013 | 01:47 BST

Nvidia tech demo shows off new FaceWorks tech

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New facial rendering tech FaceWorks was shown off at the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference this week; see the impressive real-time demo in action through the break.

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Tue, Mar 19, 2013 | 22:39 GMT

Warframe PhysX trailer shows off some very pretty effects

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Most developers use PhysX to ensure that when their incredibly boring assets are destroyed, at least the animations are interesting to look at. Not Digital Extremes; the developer has taken Nvidia’s middleware and done some absolutely dreamy things with it, adding gorgeous colourful particle effects to the spectacular special skills in Warframe. Take a peek through the break.

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Mon, Mar 18, 2013 | 02:21 GMT

Tomb Raider: Nvidia beta drivers may assist with performance issues

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If you’re still experiencing issues with your Nvidia GPU and Tomb Raider despite the recent patch, try out the latest beta drivers. The latest versions are gathered and explained in this forum thread, which promises “many bug fixes and performance improvements for Tomb Raider”.

Thanks, games.on.net.

Thu, Mar 14, 2013 | 23:29 GMT

Nvidia: PS4 snub “clearly not a technology thing”, consoles an “opportunity cost”

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The PlayStation 4 uses AMD tech, and Microsoft’s upcoming console is heavily rumoured to do the same, but rival Nvidia doesn’t care, saying next-gen consoles aren’t worth the company’s time.

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Fri, Mar 08, 2013 | 00:00 GMT

PS4: Nvidia pledges PhysX support

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PlayStation 4 will be fully supported by Nvidia’s PhysX middleware.

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