Enter NVIDIA Developer Survey
The worlds biggest GPU developer nVidia has opened up it's arms to all the graphic developers throughout the world.The leader in GPU's is conducting an survey called "
nVidia Annual Developer Survey 2007" and it is open for all the developers around the world to participate in the survey and give their opinions.By participating you also qualify for getting 1 out of 3 GeForce 8 series graphic card or one out of ten copies of GPU Gems.Enter the survey page
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nVIDIA's Digital art competition!!
nVIDIA's NVArt and CgSociety together launched an digital art competition called the "Amazing Creations".This competition requires you to create digital art,that is excellent images of things that are impossible in the real world.The coolest thing about the contest is that it has no boundaries and the artist can create and define their own world of living things and call it earth.The contest starts from January 7th 2008.So get creative and get ready to shape your future.For more details click
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Build your own SLI PC
nVIDIA has provided an excellent tutorial for all the gaming freaks who wish to build their PC by themselves.The tutorial provides an full details from the selection of each of the right parts till building and setup of the entire machine.There are quite a lot of handy videos which helps you to see the assembling in action.So visit the tutorial now and build your own custom Power SLI enabled PC.
View the tutorial
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NVIDIA 8800 Ultra: the Disappointment Costs $829!!
Nvidia recently announced the debut of their most powerful graphic card, based on the 8800 Ultra GPU, but don’t hurry to grab one for the moment.
With the clear intention of countering ATI-AMD’s R600 threat, the Ultra 8800 is by far a disappointment when it comes to performance gain. For $829 you actually get between 10% and 15% more power compared to the previous generation of cards, the 8800 GTX.
The core architecture for the 8800 Ultra is exactly identical to the one inside 8800 GTX: 128 streaming processors and 768 MB of GDDR3 memory on a 384-bit bus. Even the GPU is built on the same 90nm technology. The only thing Nvidia can boast with at Ultra is the reduced power consumption (although a few watts less than an 8800 GTX is not enough to justify the skyrocketing price): the quoted power consumption for a GeForce 8800 GTX is 177 watts while for the new GeForce 8800 Ultra, running at higher clock speeds, the quoted power consumption is 175 Watts. Considering also that there aren’t yet games fully optimized for this DX 10 monster, and the fact that you also need at least the best dual-core available on the market (if not quad-core, which exceeds the $1000 level), I advise you not to spend your money on an Ultra just yet. Wait until Crysis comes out…
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NVIDIA Presents New Quadro Architecture!!
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4600, Quadro FX 5600, and NVIDIA Quadro Plex VCS Model IV. Armed with the largest increase in GPU power and functionality to date, these solutions are designed to help solve the world’s most complex professional graphics challenges.
Tackling the extreme visualization challenges of the automotive styling and design, oil and gas exploration, medical imaging, visual simulation and training, scientific research, and advanced visual effects industries, these new Quadro solutions offer:
- Next-Generation Vertex and Pixel Programmability—Shader Model 4.0 enables a higher level of performance and ultra-realistic effects for OpenGL and DirectX 10 professional applications
2. Largest Frame Buffers—Up to 1.5 GB frame buffers deliver throughput needed for interactive visualization and real-time processing of large textures and frames, enabling the superior quality and resolution for full-scene antialiasing (FSAA)
3.New Unified Architecture—Industry-first unified architecture capable of dynamically allocating compute, geometry, shading and pixel processing power for optimized GPU performance
4.GPU Computing for Visualization—Featuring NVIDIA CUDA technology, developers are, for the first time, able to tap into the high-performance computing power of Quadro to solve complex, visualization problems .
Additional features in the new Quadro solutions include faster 3D texturing and massive 8Kx8K texture processing for better performance when zooming and panning of high-resolution images; NVIDIA SLI technology for improved graphics performance; dual dual-link display connectivity; and NVIDIA PureVideo technology for outstanding picture clarity, smooth video playback, and accurate color and precise image scaling for SD and HD content. NVIDIA GSync and HD SDI options are also offered. NVIDIA Quadro solutions are widely available through leading OEMs such as HP, Dell, IBM, and Sun; leading workstation system integrators; and NVIDIA channel partners PNY Technologies (US and EMEA), Leadtek (APAC) and Elsa (Japan).The Quadro FX 4600 has a MSRP of $1995 and the Quadro FX 5600 has an MSRP of $2999 !!!Labels: NVIDIA, Quadro
