Category Archives: nVidia

Wed, Mar 06, 2013 | 19:14 GMT

Nvidia and Crystal Dynamics teaming up to fix Tomb Raider for GeForce owners

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Tomb Raider for PC is one of those games that features a splash screen of the AMD logo when you boot it up, which means it’s heavily optimized for Radeon-powered PCs. In this case, that means GeForce owners are having a rough go of it, but Nvidia are working on it.
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Sat, Mar 02, 2013 | 18:32 GMT

PS4, HTML5, Project SHIELD and Oculus Rift talks added to GDC 2013

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GDC 2013 organizers have added new vendor sessions for PS4, HTML5, Project SHIELD and Oculus Rift to the event schedule.

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Wed, Feb 20, 2013 | 02:14 GMT

Tegra 4i to bring Nvidia tech to LTE smartphones

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Nvidia has announced the Tegra 4i, a mobile processor with integrated LTE modem. “How is this games,” you snarl into your comments field. Well, it means Nvidia’s top-notch Tegra graphics capabilities can be slotted into upcoming smartphones compatible with the most modern networks, which in turn means mobile gaming could ramp up a notch. GamesIndustry has a full report, but more details are expected following the tech’s public debut at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month.

Tue, Feb 19, 2013 | 16:29 GMT

Nvidia announces its GeForce GTX Titan Kepler card

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Nvidia has revealed its GeForce GTX Titan graphics card featuring Kepler architecture. The firm claims the card features “advanced thermal and acoustic characteristics,” which will support the “new wave of small form-factor gaming PCs.” The reveal comes after AMD said its “Sea Islands” card was still not ready for prime time. However, don’t expect the new card to be cheap: Titan will run you $999/£827 with its 2,668 GPU cores, output of “4.5 Teraflops of single precision and 1.3 Teraflops of double precision processing power. Expect it on UK shelves starting February 25. Tom’s Hardware has a nice breakdown of the card through here. Thanks, GI International.

Thu, Feb 14, 2013 | 09:12 GMT

Nvidia posts record financials, $4.28 billion revenue in 2013

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Nvidia has won big in the current fiscal year, posting record revenue of $4.28 billion. The company’s Q4 revenue sits at $1.1 billion, and is indicative of an increase across almost entire the board.

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Tue, Feb 12, 2013 | 12:37 GMT

PlanetSide 2: PhysX support incoming, but you can use it now thanks to tweak

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PlanetSide 2 is getting the PhysX treatment, courtesy of Nvidia. The option to turn it on is there already, but it’s greyed out. However, determined gamers have found a sneaky little workaround to enable it ahead of it. As such, footage of the mode enabled has surfaced online.

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Mon, Feb 11, 2013 | 13:17 GMT

Buy a Nvidia GeForce card from today, get free Hawken, PlanetSide 2 & World of Tanks credit

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Nvidia has announced that it is embracing the shift in high-spec F2P titles, by offering free in-game credit for Hawken, PlanetSide 2 and World of Tanks when you buy any GeForce GTX card from today.

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Mon, Feb 11, 2013 | 13:03 GMT

Project Shield: Nivida seeking UK distributor, console will ‘raise bar’ for Android & PC gaming

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Project Shield creator Nvidia is looking for a UK distributor and has had many people ‘knocking on its door’ since the Tegra-4 powered console was first announced at CES last month. The company has waxed lyrical about the console’s potential to disrupt the console business in a new interview.

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Mon, Feb 11, 2013 | 12:19 GMT

Project Shield: Nvidia’s Real Boxing demo shows off physics tech

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Nvidia’s Project Shield console has received a new gameplay trailer focusing on Vivid Games’ Real Boxing, a new title coming to Tegra-4 enabled devices this year. The game features neat physics tech that works in tandem with the console’s dual-analogue sticks to create some pretty convincing punches.

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Thu, Feb 07, 2013 | 06:05 GMT

Video traces 13 years of real-time graphics improvements

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Some clever clog has edited together a whopping two hours of footage from tech demos and benchmarking videos to give an overview of PC graphics from 2000 to 2013.

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Thu, Feb 07, 2013 | 02:27 GMT

Project Shield demo shows Borderlands 2 going handheld

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A new video of Nvidia’s handheld console, Project Shield, shows a very impressive portable version of Borderlands 2.

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Wed, Jan 16, 2013 | 11:23 GMT

Former AMD employees accused of stealing vital documents for Nvidia

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A group of former AMD employees have been accused of stealing information and passing it onto rival company Nvidia.

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Fri, Jan 11, 2013 | 09:08 GMT

Nvidia Project Shield live hands-on footage: shows high-spec streaming

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Nvidia’s Project Shield has been the subject of immense scrutiny and speculation this week since it was revealed at CES – you can check out our full report on what the console involves here. Fresh video footage of the console in action has surfaced over at Mini PC Pro’s YouTube channel, showing the console running live.

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Thu, Jan 10, 2013 | 17:37 GMT

Harrison on Steambox, Shield – “entering the hardware business is a hard thing to do”

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Microsoft’s European VP Phil Harrison has offered his opinion on the Piston and Shield PC-consoles touted recently by Valve and Nvidia at CES 2013.

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Tue, Jan 08, 2013 | 10:00 GMT

Nvidia’s Project Shield won’t be sold at a loss, company assures

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Nvidia has stated that its Tegra-4 powered Project Shield console – which was revealed at CES yesterday – will not be sold at a loss. It makes a change from most consoles which are typically loss-leaders, in that their respective manufacturers hope to make back the loss on software or licensing deals.

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Tue, Jan 08, 2013 | 05:22 GMT

Project Shield attracts interest from Hawken dev, Epic and Ubisoft

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Project Shield, Nvidia’s Tegra 4-powered, Android-based portable console announced at CES 2013 yesterday, has already attracted interest and praise from some big names.

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Mon, Jan 07, 2013 | 16:19 GMT

Xbox 360 and PS3 losses total $8 billion, ex-Sony employee paints grim future

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Xbox 360 and PS3 have cost Microsoft and Sony a combined total of $8 billion, according to a new article penned by industry veteran Ben Cousins.

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Mon, Jan 07, 2013 | 14:36 GMT

Nvidia Project Shield: real-time demo footage surfaces

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Nvidia announced its Tegra-4 powered Project Shield console in the wee hours this morning – you can check out Brenna’s full coverage of the hardware here. Nvidia has released a trailer for the console following its CES reveal, rendered entirely in real-time. Check out the clip after the cut.

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Mon, Jan 07, 2013 | 10:01 GMT

Project Shield, Tegra 4 shown at Nvidia CES 2013 presser

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Nvidia’s pre-CES 2013 presser delivered the goods: the Tegra 4-powered Project Shield console, plus the GeForce Experience and Grid cloud gaming system.

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Fri, Nov 30, 2012 | 02:21 GMT

Assassin’s Creed 3 PC makes the most of TXAA technology, boasts nVidia

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Assassin’s Creed 3 looks pretty good on PC, and nVidia is particularly proud of how nice it appears backed up by GeForce GPUs. You get a free copy of Assassin’s Creed 3 if you pick up a GTX 600-series, so check out this video showing off the fanc-pants graphics tech which might convince you to do that.

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