Gpgpu

Nvidia GeForce GTX 480: The “Fastest GPU In The World” Is $US500 Of Eyeball Toastiness

10:01AM March 27, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

Some of the hard specs on Nvidia’s completely next-gen Fermi graphics cards have been out there, but this is what you can actually buy around April 12: The $US500 GeForce GTX 480 and $US350 GeForce GTX 470. More »

ATI And Nvidia DirectX 11 Graphics Cards Coming Soon?

3:40AM September 2, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The first graphics cards that support DirectX 11—the next version of Microsoft’s gaming APIs with more fiyapowah—from both ATI and Nvidia will apparently arrive in the next couple of months. More »

ATI Stream Vs. Nvidia CUDA Graphics Accelerated Deathmatch

9:20AM August 11, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

The eternal graphics war: ATI vs. Nvidia. With the rise of GPGPU computing, if you’re deciding who to fall in line with based on their graphics-accelerated platforms—Stream or CUDA, respectively—PC Perspective’s done the dirty benchmarking work for you. More »

Software

Snow Leopard On Older Hardware: A Mixed Bag

10:14PM June 10, 2009 | John Herrman

The conversation about Snow Leopard’s compatibility with older hardware has been dominated by complaints that it won’t support PowerPC—something we’ve all known for months. But Snow Leopard will have some curious implications for more recent hardware, too. More »

Giz Explains: GPGPU Computing, and Why It’ll Melt Your Face Off

5:00AM May 14, 2009 | Matt Buchanan

No, I didn’t stutter: GPGPU—general-purpose computing on graphics processor units—is what’s going to bring hot screaming gaming GPUs to the mainstream, with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Finally, everbody’s face melts! Here’s how.

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