I still remember my first 3D card – the ATI Rage Pro – so it’s with great sadness that I’m writing this: AMD has officially killed the ATI brand. OK, I lied. I really don’t give a damn.
ATI has finally overtaken NVIDIA in the quest for dominant discrete GPU (graphics cards) marketshare. ATI: 51 per cent. NVIDIA: 49 per cent. Apparently the flames, dragons and race cars that have been printed on ATI-related packaging are superior to the flames, cyborgs and race cars printed on NVIDIA’s. [CNET via Fudzilla via Engadget]
Gaming with goggles? Haven’t tried it just yet, though I hear it’s coming in our uncomfortable, slightly expensive futures. 3D PC gaming? Even more obscure to me, although Sapphire’s single card setup sounds all sorts of multi-monitor cool.
Choosing a graphics cards is a confusing endeavour. So Tom’s Hardware shared their buying results after testing pretty much every card on the planet. Whether you’ve got $US50 to spend or $US250 to spend, this list will come in handy:
Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 480M is the steroidal notebook graphics card you’ve been waiting for (if you’re a huge nerd): The world’s fastest notebook GPU according to Nvidia, it’s the first mobile chip using Nvidia’s ridiculous Fermi architecture.
The crazy power requirements demanded by the Nvidia GTX 480 would seem to imply it’s relegated to desktop land and yet, this rumour exists: A version of this beastly minotaur graphics card could be headed to notebooks in June.
