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Graphics Cards Coming On Strong

The release of Windows 7 in no small way has pushed the graphics board market ahead, when the the computer market is just now waking from the long sleep induced by the economy.
In an effort to supply a better Aero graphics experience, many users not otherwise upgrading hardware have purchased new add-in boards, and manufacturers [...]

Can We Believe Him? Jen-Hsun Huang Says No nVidia CPU Is Forthcoming

While we all know that many times the things said are not the same as what is getting done in the back rooms of the corporate world, the leader of nVidia has always appeared to be a straight shooter,  though somewhat colorful in his speaking.
A story this morning from Maximum PC tends to dash the [...]

Sapphire Joins the Graphics Memory Wars

Those not doing intense gaming can, these days, get by with onboard graphics solutions, eschewing the extra heat production, and power consumption, of the external graphics card.
These days, it is nothing to have 1 GB of video buffer memory on a PCIe card, though only the newest, most complex games will actually need the memory [...]

Video Drivers Are All that Is Holding Linux Back (Maybe Windows 7, Too)

The title statement is one that became immediately clear with the unsuccessful installation of Windows 7 Release Candidate on a machine of mine that has perfectly serviceable video with Windows XP, Windows Vista, and many versions of Linux, but no support from either ATi/AMD (onboard graphics) or nVidia (PCI Express card) for Windows 7.
These same [...]

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