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NVIDIA on Tuesday said that future monitor scalers from MediaTek will support its G-Sync technologies. NVIDIA is partnering with MediaTek to integrate its full range of G-Sync technologies into future monitors without requiring a standalone G-Sync module, which makes advanced gaming features more accessible across a broader range of displays. Traditionally, G-Sync technology relied on a dedicated G-sync module – based on an Altera FPGA – to handle syncing display refresh rates with the GPU in order to reduce screen tearing, stutter, and input lag. As a more basic solution, in 2019 NVIDIA introduced G-Sync Compatible certification and branding, which leveraged the industry-standard VESA AdaptiveSync technology to handle variable refresh rates. In lieu of using a dedicated module, leveraging AdaptiveSync allowed for cheaper monitors, with...
ASUS Introduces “AREZ” Brand for Radeon Cards as AMD Discusses New Consumer-Friendly AIB Branding
This week, ASUS introduced new “AREZ” branding for their AMD Radeon video cards. This announcement comes in conjunction with an AMD ‘freedom of choice’ initiative for consumers and gamers...
35 by Nate Oh on 4/19/2018
NVIDIA Moves Fermi GPUs to Legacy Status, Ends Mainstream Driver Support for 32-bit Operating Systems
This week, NVIDIA has announced that they are ending mainstream graphics driver support for Fermi-based GeForce GPUs. Effective as of this month (i.e. immediately), all Fermi products are being...
43 by Nate Oh on 4/7/2018
Samsung Odyssey Z Gaming Notebook: Going For Gamers with 8th Gen and Max-Q
Samsung this week introduced its latest laptop designed primarily for gamers. The new Samsung Notebook Odyssey Z will be based on Intel’s Core i7 processors with six cores as...
31 by Anton Shilov on 4/4/2018
Acer Nitro 5 Gaming Laptop: 15.6-inch, Up to Core i7, GTX 1050 Ti, From $749
Acer has announced a new version of its Nitro 5 laptop this week. The new variants will be powered by Intel’s latest Coffee Lake-H processors, and can use NVIDIA’s...
13 by Anton Shilov on 4/4/2018
NVIDIA Quietly Rolls out Slower, Lower TDP GeForce GT 1030 With DDR4 VRAM
For the lowest-end video cards, a common practice by manufacturers is to substitute in slower VRAM – recently, this meant swapping out GDDR5 for DDR3 – saving costs in...
44 by Nate Oh on 4/4/2018
ASUS Launches ROG Zephyrus M (GM501): A More Traditional Flagship Gaming Notebook
ASUS this week introduced its a second laptop under its flagship ROG Zephyrus gaming notebook brand. Dubbed the Zephyrus M (GM501) the new laptop is a slightly more straight-laced...
11 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2018
GIGABYTE Updates Aero 15: Six-Cores, GTX 1070, 1080p, 144 Hz, 5mm Bezel, $2300
Among the many laptops getting refreshed this morning, GIGABYTE has introduced upgraded versions of its Aero 15-series gaming laptops. The new notebooks retain a relatively compact form-factor, but feature...
8 by Anton Shilov on 4/3/2018
NVIDIA ARM SoC Roadmap Updated: After Xavier Comes Orin
As part of this week’s GTC 2018 keynote address, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang quickly touched upon the future of NVIDIA’s ARM SoC lineup. While the company no longer publicly...
43 by Ryan Smith on 3/29/2018
Xiaomi Announces 15.6-inch Mi Gaming Laptop: Mid-Specs with Aggressive Pricing
Chinese brand Xiaomi this week announced its new Mi Gaming Laptop, its first endeavor into the gaming side of laptops. The 15.6-inch Full-HD 1080p gaming laptop will offer up...
19 by Joe Shields on 3/29/2018
NVIDIA Pauses Self-Driving Vehicle Testing; Confirms DRIVE Wasn’t In Last Week’s Uber Collision
While not announced as part of this week’s GTC keynote, during the keynote itself word got out via Reuters that the company had suspended their active testing of their...
14 by Ryan Smith on 3/29/2018
Zotac ZBOX MAGNUS EK71080 Compact Gaming PC Review
Gaming systems and small form-factor (SFF) PCs have turned out to be growth segments in a desktop PC market that has been subject to severe challenges recently. Many vendors...
18 by Ganesh T S on 3/28/2018
NVIDIA’s DGX-2: Sixteen Tesla V100s, 30 TB of NVMe, only $400K
Ever wondered why the consumer GPU market is not getting much love from NVIDIA’s Volta architecture yet? This is a minefield of a question, nuanced by many different viewpoints...
28 by Ian Cutress on 3/27/2018
Big Volta Comes to Quadro: NVIDIA Announces Quadro GV100
Along with today’s memory capacity bump for the existing Tesla V100 cards, NVIDIA is also rolling out a new Volta-based card for the Quadro family. Aptly named the Quadro...
22 by Ryan Smith on 3/27/2018
NVIDIA Develops NVLink Switch: NVSwitch, 18 Ports For DGX-2 & More
Back in 2016 when NVIDIA launched the Pascal GP100 GPU and associated Tesla cards, one of the consequences of their increased server focus for Pascal was that interconnect bandwidth...
22 by Ryan Smith on 3/27/2018
NVIDIA Bumps All Tesla V100 Models to 32GB, Effective Immediately
Update 05/24: NVIDIA has since reached out to us, informing us that their previous statement about 32GB cards replacing 16GB cards was in error, and that the 16GB V100...
7 by Ryan Smith on 3/27/2018
GIGABYTE's G190-G30: a 1U Server with Four Volta and NVLink
GIGABYTE Server, the B2B arm of GIGABYTE's enterprise line, is adding the G190-G30 to its roster. This is a 1U server that uses four SXM2 GPUs and dual Xeon...
2 by Joe Shields on 3/27/2018
The NVIDIA GTC 2018 Keynote Live Blog
We're here at the San Jose Convention Center for NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference. Kicking off this first full day of events is of course NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang's keynote...
27 by Ryan Smith & Nate Oh on 3/27/2018
NVIDIA Silently Rolls Out Slower, Lower TDP GeForce MX150 for Ultrabooks
This week, Notebookcheck reported their findings of a second version of the GeForce MX150 – the newest version sporting lower base, boost, and memory clockspeeds versus the original SKU...
40 by Nate Oh on 3/23/2018
NVIDIA Expects 4K 144 Hz G-Sync HDR Displays to Launch in April
Acer and ASUS unveiled their prototype 27” 4K 144 Hz displays, featuring NVIDIA’s G-Sync HDR technology, at last year’s CES, with promises to release them sometime later in 2017...
61 by Anton Shilov on 3/21/2018
NVIDIA Releases 391.24 WHQL Game Ready Driver: Updates for NVIDIA Highlights
As GDC 2018 rolls on this week, NVIDIA has released driver version 391.24 WHQL, featuring Game Ready support for the recently released Sea of Thieves, as well as a...
7 by Nate Oh on 3/21/2018
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