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NVIDIA nTeresting NewsIn this Issue:
Tegra On Board "The unlikely winner here could be NVIDIA. Its Tegra 2 processor not only powers Motorola's Xoom. It sits at the center of everyone else's plan to take on Apple's iPad." Tegra-powered tablets are plentiful, with models from Dell, Motorola, ASUS, Acer and others. Dig deeper into the Tegra 2 chip and future super chips in this interview with NVIDIA's Director of Technical Marketing Nick Stam.
NVIDIA, Strong Where It Counts To find out how the GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPU performs in games, you need to test some real games. Alienbabeltech threw 29 games at the GeForce GTX 550 Ti (and 3 synthetic benchmarks). "For this moment - and even considering near-future releases - the GTX 550 Ti has come in and done exactly what NVIDIA intended to do - replace the GTS 450 with a similarly inexpensive and nearly 30 percent higher-performing video card for the mainstream 1680×1050 gamer. They have brought it in at $150 at allowed market pricing to drop it to $129 even for the overclocked EVGA premium GTX 560 Ti. At that price point, it is unbeatable for this snapshot we have taken of this moment in time." Not resting on their laurels, AMD quickly responded with the Radeon HD 6790 at $149. Unfortunately, for them, The GeForce GTX products sandwich them. The GeForce GTX 550 Ti offers comparable performance, is less expensive, and is based on a more elegant architecture. "Looking across to NVIDIA, Radeon HD 6790 is competitive against the also-new GTX 550 Ti, and this may be AMD's express aim with this introduction. But basing a new card on what seem to be recycled cores means power-draw is high, more so than the faster HD 6850.. So while this is very much a release targeted for a particular price point, AMD's method of achieving this positioning leaves a lot to be desired." And the GeForce GTX 460 is the same price, but faster. "For now then NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 460 is still the king of the budget DX11 cards, you can pick up a full-fat 1GB version of NVIDIA's beauty for £120. Unfortunately then the AMD Radeon HD 6790 is just an also-ran." GeForce GTX 460 and 550 Ti are specifically designed for gamers and offer superior price / performance for this segment, leaving the Radeon HD 6790 in no-man's land. "The problem with the 6790, much like the 5830 before it, is pricing. When you can pick up a GeForce GTX 460 768MB for $150 or a Radeon HD 6850 for $10 more, what sense does a $150 6790 make? It doesn't make any sense, and there's the problem." Gamers keep choosing GeForce GTX GPUs due to the unmatched gameplay experiences with 3D Vision, SLI, Surround, PhysX, and DX11 Done Right.
FASTEST.NOTEBOOK.EVER "Using the same X7200 notebook and non-graphics hardware, AVADirect's GTX 485M SLI machine provides around 6% better average gaming performance at around 10% lower cost than its competitor's 6970M CrossFire solution. That sounds like improved value to us." GeForce GTX 485M is the world's fastest notebook GPU and the foundation for the world's fastest notebooks. Two GeForce GTX 485M GPUs in a SLI configuration is the fastest notebook graphics solution available today.
3D Vision: You Had to Be There "Imagine Telara as existing within an aquarium. You're looking in through the side and while you're playing the rest of the room goes dark. All the sudden, you can look up through the glass side and see that the top, where you should be seeing ceiling, actually extends miles into the air breaking into a beautiful sky. The horizon, which should end feet before your nose actually goes on. You can feel the distance. That mountain cat on the far rise really feels far. Not far as in "that cat is small" far, but far like "I'm walking to the corner store" far. The inside of every porticulum looks like liquid, swirling and bubbly. And just as you're leaning in, getting as close to that world as you can, something surprises you by reaching out and stopping just before your face. Sometimes it's a fluff of cotton or a falling leaf. Sometimes it's a spell effect. But every time, it feels like that glass wall has disappeared and part of you was actually there." But what about image quality? "So how is it? Hands down, when this thing is working right, it's the single best 3D experience I've ever had. 3D monitors tend to be 1080p and that high resolution makes IMAX look archaic. I'm not exaggerating when I say that some games, like Dragon Age: Origins, look more HD than HD." NVIDIA 3D Vision technology is a combination of Graphics Processor Units (GPU), specialized 3D glasses, software, and certified displays, and projectors that deliver an immersive 3D experience on your desktop or notebook PC. NVIDIA 3D Vision technology supports the richest array of 3D content available, including 500 3D games, Blu-ray 3D movies, 3D photos and streaming Web video. It also enables users to users to upload, share and view full-resolution 3D photos, as well as enjoy 3D movies at NVIDIA's 3DVisionLive.com, the world's first 3D Vision online community.
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