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Nvidia presenta nVidia Grid: il cloud Gaming di nuova generazione anche per Android!
Se OnLive ha aperto di fatto le porta al cloud gaming multipiattaforma, Nvidia al CEs 2013 ha presentato la propria soluzione in grado di offrire prestazioni eccezionali e grande flessibilità. Si chiama nVidia Grid ed è composto da un server che può essere sfruttato da aziende e produttori che potranno offrire una serie di servizi e giochi attraverso questa piattaforma.
Nvidia annuncia Project Shield: un sistema di gioco mobile con schermo da 5 pollici e Android!
Partenza col botto per questo CES 2013 che grazie ad Nvidia non solo ci fa immergere nelle novità, ma ci permette anche di vedere qualcosa di inaspettato e di veramente molto interessante. Dopo aver presentato il Tegra 4, Nvidia annuncia Project Shield, una piattaforma di gioco mobile che sembra nascere con l’intenzione di sbaragliare la concorrenza che sta nascendo con OuYa e Gamestick proponendo una vera e propria console portatile con schermo da 5 pollici e prestazioni decisamente molto superiori rispetto alle proposte attualmente viste e in sviluppo.
Nvidia Launches Enhanced Linux R310 Gaming Drivers
In a press release issued this week Nvidia has announced they have created new Linux drivers which have been designed to provide gamers with double the performance and dramatically reduce game loading times for those gaming on the Linux operating system.
Nvidia explains that their new GeForce R310 drivers have been built to enable GeForce customers to receive the best possible Linux-based PC gaming experience.
The new R310 Nvidia drivers support the newest GeForce GTX 600 series graphics processors, and offer excellent power efficiency, and Nvidia suggests owners of the previous generation of GeForce graphics cards, including the 8800 GT should now download and install the new drivers as well.
“With this release, NVIDIA has managed to increase the overall gaming performance under Linux,” said Doug Lombardi, vice president of marketing at Valve. “NVIDIA took an unquestioned leadership position developing R310 drivers with us and other studios to provide an absolutely unequalled solution for Linux gamers.”
For more information jump over to the Nvidia press release.
Source: Toms Hardware : Nvidia
GeForce GTX 680MX debutta sull’Apple iMac 27 più costoso
Nvidia ha silenziosamente introdotto sul mercato la GeForce GTX 680MX. Disponibile come opzione per il nuovo iMac 27 da 2100 euro, ha 1536 core come la GTX 680 desktop
GeForce GTX 680MX è la nuova GPU mobile di Nvidia per portatili e soluzioni all-in-one. Si tratta infatti di una delle GPU a disposizione per il nuovo iMac da 27 pollici, il top di gamma da 2079 euro. Il computer fisso, di base, integra una GeForce GTX 675MX con 1GB di memoria GDDR5, ma chi vuole può configurare il prodotto optando per la GeForce GTX 680MX con 2GB di memoria GDDR5.
GeForce GTX 680MX e GTX 675MX hanno più core delle rispettive soluzioni “M”. La GTX 680MX ha 1536 core, come la GeForce GTX 680 con GK104 dedicata ai PC desktop. La GTX 675MX è decisamente più potente della GTX 675M, in quanto ha 960 core contro 384.
Per entrambe le soluzioni il bus di memoria è a 256 bit e l’unica differenza tecnica è rappresentata dal PCI Express, supportato in versione 3.0 dai modelli GTX 680M e GTX 680MX mentre tutte le altre GPU di fascia inferiore sono limitate al PCI Express 2.0.
Digital Storm Bolt stuffs full-power graphics into a mini gaming desktop, stretches laws of physics
Attempts to create truly small gaming desktops usually involve at least some kind of performance hit. Even HP’s category-bending Firebird, one of the few stand-out examples, had to use toned-down graphics to succeed in a tiny enclosure. Digital Storm might have broken the trend towards sacrifice with its new Bolt desktop: although it’s just 3.6 inches wide and 14 inches tall, the Bolt can cram in as much as a GeForce GTX 680 and will even let gamers upgrade the graphics like they would in a full-size PC. The seemingly logic-defying (if also finger-defying) case still allows room for as much as an overclocked 4.6GHz Core i7, 16GB of RAM and storage options that meld a spinning hard drive with up to two SSDs and a DVD burner. Digital Storm isn’t even setting an absurd base price, but it’s in the cost that we finally see the catch to the miniaturization tricks. The $999 entry-level Bolt carries a modest 3.1GHz Core i3, 8GB of RAM, a 1TB hard drive and GeForce GTX 650 Ti, while it takes a staggering $1,949 to get a fully decked-out Core i7 system with a GTX 680. Those prices might be worthwhile for anyone who has ever strained while lugging a traditional tower to a game tourney.
Apple unveils next-generation iMac with slimmer design and Ivy Bridge, starting at $1,299
Who said Apple’s event was all about the little things? Apple just unveiled its first redesign to its iMac desktop in three years. The new all-in-one makes the widely expected leap to Intel’s Ivy Bridge Core i5 and Core i7 processors, but also represents a much leaner and meaner replacement for the 2009-era template — its edges are just 5mm thick, and it’s constructed with “friction stir welding” as well as a gapless, less reflective display that’s laminated together with the glass. Screen sizes remain the same and include both a 21.5-inch, 1080p model and a 27-inch, 2,560 x 1,400 model — sorry, no Retina displays this year. They share 720p-capable front cameras with dual mics as well as NVIDIA’s GeForce 600-era graphics, up to 32GB of RAM and a panoply of storage options that peak at 3TB of spinning storage, a 768GB SSD or what Apple calls a Fusion Drive that mixes both 128GB of flash with 1TB or 3TB of conventional storage (a hybrid drive, for those of us who’ve seen it before). There’s no optical drive unless you plug in a USB option.
The 21.5-inch model ships in November, and will set you back $1,299 for a 2.7GHz Core i5, 8GB of RAM and a 1TB hard drive; pony up for the 27-inch model at $1,799 and you’ll get a 2.9GHz Core i5 as well as the same memory and storage. Apple’s larger iMac doesn’t ship until December, however, which will give some impulse buyers at least a brief respite.
NEC LaVie Y brings Lenovo’s 360-degree IdeaPad Yoga hybrid tablet to Japan
Don’t think that Lenovo is keeping the IdeaPad Yoga’s bendy secrets all to itself: its Japanese partner NEC is bringing a variant of the ARM-based Yoga 11 to the land of the rising sun as the LaVie Y. The 11.6-inch blend of laptop and tablet keeps the signature 360-degree display, 2GB of RAM and 64GB of storage as its more internationally-minded counterpart, and confirms that there’s a quad-core Tegra 3 powering either of the Windows RT systems. What differences exist will stem from the software: there’s hints of a custom NEC app on an otherwise vanilla interpretation of Microsoft’s platform. The LaVie Y should precede its IdeaPad sibling by days, arriving in stores around November 22nd, although any local buyers will pay dearly for the privilege with an estimated $1,136 price. We’d suggest that patience ought to be a virtue for everyone else.
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Acer Iconia Tab A110 reaches North America on October 30th for $230, faces a tough fight
Acer hasn’t had an easy mid-year: it trotted out the Iconia Tab A110 at Computex as a budget Android tablet that could still claim Tegra 3 speeds, only to watch the Nexus 7 arrive and leave virtually every other comparable tablet in a tight spot. It’s North America’s turn at the A110 this month, and the side-by-side looks aren’t getting much easier. When the 7-inch Jelly Bean slate ships to the continent on October 30th, it will cost $230 in both the US and Canada for the lone 8GB version — a better value than we see in Europe, but still a slightly awkward middle ground between an 8GB Nexus 7 at $199 and its $249, 16GB edition. We’re guessing that Acer is counting on the microSD and micro-HDMI expansion to tempt would-be North American buyers away from a less flexible (if Google-blessed) rival.
Nvidia rilascia i Driver GeForce 306.97 WHQL per Windows 8
Nvidia annuncia un nuovo aggiornamento driver per le schede video della linea GeForce, un update che arriva sia per migliorare le performance di titoli come Borderlands 2 e World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, che per l’imminente lancio di Windows 8. Ecco alcune delle novità introdotte in questa versione:
Novità dei driver GeForce 306.97:
- Driver raccomandato per il lancio di Windows 8.
- Aggiorna i profili di SLI e 3D Vision per i nuovi giochi per PC quali Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier.
Novità dei driver GeForce R304 (versioni da 304.xx a 306.xx):
- Aggiunto il supporto di NVIDIA TXAA
- NVIDIA TXAA è la nuova tecnica di anti-alias cinematografica progettata specificamente per ridurre l’aliasing temporale (crawling e sfarfallamento in movimento) tramite una combinazione di AA hardware, risoluzione AA cinematografica in CG personalizzata e filtro temporale.
- The Secret World è il primo gioco a supportare TXAA. Leggi tutto sul gioco nel sito GeForce.com.
- La modalità TXAA è supportata dalle GPU GeForce GTX serie 600 basate su Kepler
- Aumento delle prestazioni – incrementa le prestazioni delle GPU GeForce serie 400M/500M/600M con diversi giochi per PC rispetto ai driver GeForce 301.42 con certificazione WHQL. I risultati effettivi possono variare in base alla GPU e alla configurazione del sistema:
Nvidia GeForce GTX 650 Ti anche con 2GB di Memoria Video?
Club3D svela una GeForce GT640 con 4GB di Memoria
Club3D aggiunge al proprio catalogo di schede video un nuovo prodotto destinato alla fascia media del mercato; parliamo di una GeForce GT640 Low-Profile con ben 4 GB di Memoria GDDR3. La nuova proposta dell’azienda è equipaggiata con una GPU Kepler GK 107 e un dissipatore attivo dotato di una piccola fan che ha il compito di raffreddarla. La Club3D GeForce GT 640 4GB CGNX-G648L è caratterizzata inoltre da un design a singolo slot con bracket intercambiabili per l’installazione in sistemi HTPC.
Nvidia Launches Two New Kepler Based GPUs, GeForce GTX 660 and GTX 650
Nvidia has today announced the launch of two new GPU cards to its range of products with the arrival of the GeForce 660 and 650 Kepler architecture based cards.
The latest Geforce GTX 650 offers gamers with a 8 x performance increase over the 9500 GT GPU says Nvidia, and is available to purchase $109 or £79 offering great value for money, when upgrading to Direct X 11 supported games.
The GeForce GTX 660 is available for $229 or £179 and is equipped with 2GB of RAM, 960 CUDA Cores, together with GPU Boost which has been created by Nvidia to automatically overclock your GPU when extra performance is required. Nvidia explains
“Packed with cutting-edge technologies integrated into the NVIDIA Kepler™ architecture-including DirectX 11 tessellation, NVIDIA PhysX®, NVIDIA Adaptive Vsync, and temporal anti-aliasing (TXAA)-only GeForce GTX GPUs, such as the new GTX 660 and GTX 650, will ensure gamers have the most immersive gaming experience possible.”
Games that currently support Direct 11 include Call of Duty: Black Ops, Assassin’s Creed III, and World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, so if your haven’t already upgrade to a card that supports Direct X 11 now might be a good time.
Source: Venture Beat
NVIDIA Quadro K5000 4GB GPU With 4K Support Arrives For Mac Systems
NVIDIA has today announced the launch of a new Quadro K5000 for Mac systems, which includes a number of great creatures and enhancements for designers and digital content creators.
The NVIDIA Quadro K5000 is the most powerful professional GPU ever created for Mac systems and will dramatically accelerate the power of Apple’s Mac Pro machines.
With features such as support for 4K display 4096 x 2160 resolution, a new display engine that can drive up to four displays simultaneously, with 2 x DVI-DL and 2 x DisplayPort 1.2 connectors, and 4GB graphics memory.
As the new card is based on the NVIDIA Kepler architecture, the Quadro K5000 GPU is able to run key applications up to twice as fast, at a lower power consumption than the Fermi-based Quadro 4000. Greg Estes, media & entertainment industry executive at NVIDIA explained:
“Quadro K5000 for Mac will have a transformational impact on the digital content creation workflow,”-”We’re giving Mac Pro users the most powerful professional GPU ever for the Mac, with features and performance that will make a substantial difference in their workflows and allow them to create digital content at speeds never before possible.”
Source: Market Watch
Google Nexus 7 overclocked to 2GHz, punches well above its weight
The stock Nexus 7 peaks at a 1.3GHz clock speed when it’s at full burn. That’s certainly good enough for the $199 price tag, but eager adopters have just hit a new record in trying to wring out even more of a bang for the buck. Courtesy of a custom Elite kernel from XDA-Developers‘ Clemsyn, the Tegra 3 in the mini tablet will scale all the way to a heady 2GHz. You’d be right in suspecting that it leads to some dramatic speed boosts: the Nexus 7 at this pace can put a Transformer Prime to shame in common benchmarks, let alone most smartphones. Reaching the loftier heights of performance does require nerves of steel, however. The Elite kernel is very much a rough build that the creator doesn’t yet trust with the public, and NVIDIA’s processor is already known to get toasty under significantly added stress. There’s hope a refined kernel will make for a safer venture into unknown territory. If you can’t wait to throw at least some caution (and the warranty) to the wind, though, hit the second source link for code that will reach a slightly less melt-prone 1.8GHz.
NVIDIA announces $299 GeForce GTX 660 Ti, lets Kepler walk among the people
It’s taken NVIDIA a mighty long time to squeeze its Kepler GPU into something more affordable than the GTX 670, but it’s finally happened — the mid-range GTX 660 Ti is out and available to purchase for $299 on boards from EVGA, Gigabyte, ASUS and the usual suspects. Some buyers may complain that’s $50 more than the 560 Ti, while others will no doubt be reeling off their CVV codes already. For its part, NVIDIA claims the 660 Ti is the “best card per watt ever made” and that it beats even AMD’s higher-priced Radeon HD 7950 at 1920 x 1080. Check out the slide deck below for official stats, as well as for examples of what the card can do with its support for DirectX 11 tessellation, PhysX (particularly on Borderlands 2, which you may well find bundled free) and NVIDIA’s TXAA anti-aliasing.
We’ll wait for independent benchmarks in our review round-up before making any judgment, but in the meantime it’s fair to say that this 150-watt card comes fully featured. For a start, it has just as many 28nm CUDA cores as the GTX 670, the same base and GPU Boost clock speeds, the same 2GB of GDDR5 and indeed the same connectivity. The only sacrifice is memory bandwidth: all that computational performance is limited by a 192-bit memory bus, compared to the 256-bit width of the 670. Judging from those specs, we’d expect it to be almost 670-like in performance, and that’s going to be pretty impressive.
GeForce GTX 660 Ti: il debutto fissato il 16 Agosto?
Secondo quanto riporta il sito sweclockers.com, Nvidia presenterà la GeForce GTX 660 Ti il 16 Agosto. Questa scheda, che sarà il nuovo riferimento per la fascia media, è basata su GPU Kepler GK104 e sarà equipaggiata con 1344 CUDA Core e 2GB di Memoria GDDR5. Le frequenze operative sono di 915 MHz per il Core (980 MHz in Boost mode) e ben 6 GHz per la memoria con bus a 192 bit; in questo caso quindi è stato “tagliato” il bus per non dare troppo fastidio alla GTX 670.
MSI GT60 and GT70 gaming laptops get NVIDIA GTX 680M graphics, available now from $1,899
MSI introduced the GT60 and GT70 notebooks in March, and the latter has already received an upgrade to NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 675M GPU. Now both laptops are taking another step up, this time to the GeForce GTX 680M, NVIDIA’s latest GPU, with 4GB of dedicated memory. The refreshed 16-inch GT60 and 17-inch GT70 are available in the US today for $1,899 and $2,599, respectively. Specs remain the same aside from the revved-up GPU; both models come standard with an Intel Core i7-3610QM CPU, a 1,920 x 1,080 display, HDMI output, a Killer E2200 LAN card and three USB 3.0 ports. For more info, head to the press release below the break.
LG’s 27-inch V720 all-in-one PCs pop up on Flickr, IPS and optional Ivy Bridge in tow
LG has unveiled the V720, a new series of all-in-one PCs, featuring 27-inch IPS HD panels and an Intel Ivy Bridge processor option. The line consists of a high-end model with Intel’s 3rd generation Core i5 and an IPS 1,920 x 1,080 3D panel, and a lesser model with a 2nd generation Core i3 and the same display sans 3D. Other specs include 750GB SATA3 hybrid or standard drives, up to 8GB DDR3 RAM, USB 3.0 and NVIDA’s GT640M 1GB graphics. Photos show a white and silver looker with well concealed computer guts, but don’t count on being able to pick up one of the minimalist units in the US — LG normally keeps its PC offerings exclusively in Asia.
Point Of View GTX 680 Beast/BackPlate in vendita a 560 Euro
Dopo la notizia trapelata nei giorni scorsi, Point of View rilascia informazioni più dettagliate sulla nuova scheda video High-End GTX 680 Beast/BackPlate. Il produttore conferma che la scheda è equipaggiata con un cooler a Tripla Ventola per garantire un’ottmale dissipazione di GPU, Memoria e Componentistica; a questo poi si aggiunge un ulteriore backplate posteriore che dovrebbe ottimizzarne ulteriormente le performance. La VGA occupa almeno 3 slot PCI e sul retro prevede 2 connettori DVI, una Display Port e HDMi 1.4.
Colorful GeForce GTX 670 con dissipatore Shark Bionic
Colorful ha reso note alcune foto del nuovo Shark Bionic, un dissipatore ad altissime prestazioni che dovrebbe trovare impiego sulle schede video di nuova generazione. I designer hanno optato per un dissipatore dual-slot con base nichelata in rame e ben nove heatpipes da 8 mm di diametro; queste ultime estraggono il calore e lo “trasmettono” a tre pile di alluminio: una posta direttamente sopra la base della GPU, una sopra l’area VRM ed una (più piccola) nella parte superiore della scheda.
