Report: NVIDIA Plans to Block Lucid’s Hydra Chip |
If you’re wondering why the highly-anticipated MSI Big Bang Trinergy motherboard turned out to be using NVIDIA’s nForce 200 SLI chip, with no sign of the Lucid Hydra 200 chip as it promised, the answer is simple – NVIDIA does not like it.
Intel Denies Promoting Larrabee to Graphics Card Makers |
Intel CEO Paul Otellini was rumored to negotiate with several China-based graphics card makers during a recent visit in order to promote its Larrabee GPU which is set to launch in 2010. The source indicated that Intel promised good price for the GPU, and have it bundled with other Intel products to attract partners.
PowerColor Readies Passive-cooled Radeon HD 5750 |
PowerColor has just unveiled the first passive-cooled DirectX 11 graphics card – SCS3 HD5750.
First DirectCompute Benchmark Released |
Just after the first DirectX 11 benchmark developed by Unigine Corporation made its debut, we’ve got the first DirectCompute benchmark now.
[Let's Play] Left 4 Dead 2 Demo |
Left 4 Dead 2, the sequel to Valve Corporation’s award-winning Left 4 Dead, is set to launch on November 17, 2009. Fortunately, almost two weeks before the final version is out, we’ve now got the demo to play.
Super Talent Shows off World’s First USB 3.0 Drive |
Super Talent has recently introduced the world’s first high-speed USB 3.0 USB drive which claims to support transfer speeds up to ten times faster than USB 2.0 drives. Read the rest of this entry »
Left 4 Dead 2 Goes up for Download |
If you’re the lover of Left 4 Dead, there is a good news for you – the Left 4 Dead 2 demo is now available to all PC gamers via Steam.
Microsoft’s Data Center Walkthrough |
Curious about what would it look like inside Microsoft’s data center? Thanks to the fellows at Cnet, we’re able to take a close look at the largest data center in the world.
VIA Nano 3000 Series Promise Better Performance and Less Power |
VIA has just announced the latest VIA Nano 3000 Series processors for a range of devices including thin and light notebooks.
Official: Futuremark Working Hard on DirectX 11 Benchmark |
As the leading PC benchmark provider, Futuremark’s offerings like 3DMark Vantage has been vastly used by PC enthusiasts all over the world. With the release of Windows 7 operating system and AMD DirectX 11-ready graphics cards, we’re curious that when the company is planning to debut their own DX11 benchmark. Thus, Expreview wrote an email to Oliver Baltuch, the president of Futuremark Inc. to ask about this, and was lucky enough to get a reply after several hours.
Gelid Presents Tranquillo CPU Cooler |
The cooling specialist Gelid Solutions has just announced Tranquillo, which is claimed to “cool any CPU while maintaining low noise levels and at a great price”.
Shattered Horizon Available for Pre-order with a 10% Discount |
Futuremark Game Studios has recently unveiled some juicy pictures of its first game – Shattered Horizon which is scheduled to launch pretty soon.
Elsa Readies GeForce 210 with PCIe x1 Interface |
Elsa has just released a GeForce 210 graphics card with a PCIe x1 interface, Gladiac 210 LP x1.
Noctua Reveals NH-D14 CPU Cooler |
First unveiled at ComputeX 2009 back in June, Noctua’s NH-D14 has finally made its official debut.
NVIDIA CEO: We Don’t Make Money Cannon Like Intel |
NVIDIA has recently held the “CUDA Center of Excellence Award Ceremony and CUDA Future Star Award Ceremony” in Beijing, China, and the company’s CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said at the event that they had a totally different marketing strategy from Intel when asked why NVIDIA doesn’t adopt the advertising method like Intel’s well-known “Intel Inside”.
