NVIDIA Kepler Cards Get HDMI 4K@60Hz Support (Kind Of)
An interesting feature has turned up in NVIDIA’s latest drivers: the ability to drive certain displays over HDMI at 4K@60Hz. This is a feat that would typically require HDMI...
54 by on 6/20/2014NVIDIA GeForce 340.43 Beta Drivers Now Available
Arriving just a few weeks after the release of their 337.88 GeForce WHQL driver, NVIDIA’s driver team is back again with a new beta driver. Now at version 340.43...
6 by on 6/17/2014AMD Reorganizes Business Units; Names Dr. Lisa Su as COO
In a move that will mark a mild shake up in how AMD operates, AMD has announced that they will be undergoing a company reorganization next month. Come July...
51 by on 6/13/2014Computex 2014: AMD Demonstrates First FreeSync Monitor Prototype
Our very own Anand Shimpi just got off of the Computex showfloor for a bit after paying a visit to AMD’s booth. Among the items AMD is showing at...
44 by on 6/5/2014Some Thoughts on Apple’s Metal API
Though it seems like Apple’s hardware divisions can hardly keep a secret these days due to the realities of mass production, the same is fortunately not true for their...
57 by on 6/3/2014GeForce Experience 2.1 Released
It has been a bit over 2 years since NVIDIA first announced GeForce Experience, and while it took them a bit longer to get off the ground than they...
7 by on 6/2/2014VESA Releases DockPort Specification
With Computex now in full swing this week has and will continue to be a flurry of product and standard announcements. To that end and kicking off their Tuesday...
7 by on 6/2/2014Best Video Cards: May 2014
We’re back once again with our monthly guide to video cards and video card industry recap, this time for May of 2014. All things considered, the month of May has...
44 by on 5/29/2014AMD Posts Mantle Whitepaper
As part of a larger Mantle promotion, AMD has posted a number of blogs on their site detailing their low level API. The blog posts themselves are unabashedly closer...
25 by on 5/29/2014NVIDIA Releases GeForce GTX Titan Z
Back in March at GTC 2014, NVIDIA announced their forthcoming flagship dual-GPU video card, the GeForce GTX Titan Z. Based on a pair of fully enabled GK110 GPUs, NVIDIA...
58 by on 5/28/2014AMD Catalyst 14.6 Beta Drivers Released, Adds New Eyefinity Functionality & More
For our second video card driver update of the week we have AMD, who is releasing their Catalyst 14.6 beta drivers today. Like NVIDIA’s driver release, this is first and...
49 by on 5/27/2014NVIDIA GeForce 337.88 WHQL Driver Now Available
Scheduled for release this week is Watch Dogs, Ubisoft’s heavily promoted open world techno thriller. As is often the case with these high profile AAA games, NVIDIA and AMD's...
17 by on 5/26/2014AMD Publishes Mobile Kaveri Specifications
In an unexpected (and likely erroneous) move, AMD has published the specifications for their forthcoming mobile Kaveri APUs on their website this morning (scroll down and click on Model...
36 by on 5/26/2014NVIDIA GRID Update: NVIDIA Launches GRID Test Drive for VDI Desktops
For the last several years now NVIDIA has been heavily pursuing the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) market. In NVIDIA’s continuing efforts to maintain and expand their presence in the...
16 by on 5/22/2014AMD Cuts Radeon R9 280 to $249
AMD sends word this afternoon that they’re instituting an official price cut for one of their more recently launched video cards, the Radeon R9 280. The 280, AMD’s lower...
43 by on 5/13/2014VESA Adds Adaptive-Sync to DisplayPort 1.2a Standard; Variable Refresh Monitors Move Forward
The last half-year or so has seen the concept of variable refresh desktop monitors advance rather quickly. After sitting on the technology backburner for a number of years, the...
38 by on 5/12/2014AMD Mantle Developer Private Beta Begins
Word comes from AMD this morning that the private beta for the Mantle developer program has begun. Up until now the Mantle SDK (not to be confused with the...
51 by on 5/1/2014Best Video Cards: April 2014
As April comes to a close we’re back once again with our monthly guide to video cards. Compared to the February/March time period and the flurry of activity coinciding with...
65 by on 4/30/2014NVIDIA Adds Watch Dogs to GeForce Game Bundles
In a surprise move today, NVIDIA has announced that they are updating their spring GeForce game bundle mid-cycle with a new game. Effective immediately, Ubisoft’s upcoming open world techno thriller...
3 by on 4/29/2014VESA and MIPI Announce Display Stream Compression Standard
For some time now the consumer electronics industry has been grappling with how to improve the performance and efficiency of display interfaces, especially in light of more recent increases...
85 by on 4/22/2014