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  Nvidia has announced a new Kepler-based GPU that promises a good bang for the buck. Nvidia says the GeForce GTX 670 is “engineered from the same DNA” as Nvidia’s high-end GTX 680 but is priced at a modest $399, which compared to the competition gives a 45 percent improved graphics performance while consuming 18 [...]

  Nvidia has expanded its GeForce range in the Indian market with the GTX 560 GPU, which is based on Nvidia’s Fermi architecture. The graphics card supports number of technologies like Nvidia PhysX, 3D Vision, SLI and Surround and sits well along its GTX 560 Ti sibling. Priced from Rs.12,399, the GPU comes with a [...]

  LG had expressed its intention to develop processor for mobile devices in the past and they’ve taken the first step towards it by licensing processor technology from ARM. LG seems to have taken inspiration from its Korean counterpart, Samsung who also develops processors for their high-end devices. Anyways, under the agreement, LG Electronics will [...]

  Professionals looking for a proper graphics solution to deal with CAD/CAM applications can take a look at the new Nvidia Quadro 400 GPU. Priced at a modest Rs.10,140, the new professional GPU claims to be 5X faster than high-end gaming-centric graphic cards and has a 10X improvement while running CAD apps. Coming with 512MB [...]

  Nvidia has announced GeForce GTX 590 that is touted as the world’s fastest and quietest graphics card. The 11-inch GTX 590 is a dual slot card based on dual Fermi-class GPUs that packs in some serious power. The GPU is packed with 1024 Nvidia CUDA architecture cores and 3GB GDDR5 memory that helps to [...]

  Nvidia GeForce GTX 550 Ti is now available in India that sits nicely under sub-10k price tag. Going for an exact 9,490, the GTX 550 Ti is Nvidia’s latest in the Fermi line that is designed to perform while consuming minimal power. When it comes to DirectX11, the 1GB GTX 550 Ti boasts world’s [...]

  AMD has introduced its new Radeon HD GPU that is touted to be the world’s fastest graphics card. The Radeon HD 6990 scored an impressive P11865 in 3DMark11 that will undoubtedly please the hardcore gamer. The GPU is equipped with 4GB DDR5 memory and features like AMD’s second-gen DirectX11 architecture, Eyefinity multi-display technology to [...]

  Nvidia and TSMC have a reason to celebrate as the companies have managed to ship more than 1 billion GeForce graphics processors. Nvidia handles the design of GeForce chips whereas TSMC manufactures it. All it took for Nvidia is 12 years to achieve this milestone and according to Jen-Hsun, Nvidia CEO the complexity of [...]

  Nvidia has announced a new graphics card that claims to be the fastest DirectX 11 GPU. Based on Nvidia’s Fermi architecture, the GeForce GTX 580 has been “reengineered from the transistor-level up” that gives increased performance with minimal power consumption. The GeForce GTX 580 features 512-cores and 16 PolyMorph engines for excellent tessellation, has [...]

  Nvidia has added GeForce GT 430 to its Fermi line of GPUs. The GeForce GT 430 is based on Nvidia’s 40nm GPU and is touted to be designed for today’s media PCs, enabling exceptional HD video and audio playback. When it comes to gaming, GT 430 is 1.5 times better than previous generation products [...]

  Nvidia today announced GeForce 400M series of graphics cards for notebooks that feature Nvidia’s Optimus and 3D Vision technology. A total of 7 GPUs have been announced – GeForce GTX 470M and GTX 460M for enthusiasts and GeForce GT 445M, GT 435M, GT 425M, GT 420M and GT 415M for performance seeking users. The [...]

  AMD, owners of ATI have decided that they’ll drop the ATI brand name by end of this year. This decision is a result of an internal marketing research done by the company that claims that AMD is perceived as a superior brand than ATI. Moreover, AMD is said to be competitive than ATI when [...]

  India gamers if you’re in need of a powerful GPU with no restrictions on the budget, Asus has got the perfect card for you. It’s the ARES that goes for a hefty Rs. 1,00,000 but promises to give top gaming performance. The ARES comes laden with two Radeon HD 5870 cores that optimizes its [...]

  UPDATE: The Indian prices for the GTX 460 are: 768MB – Rs. 13,129; 1GB – Rs. 15,049. Nvidia has unveiled a new GeForce GPU aimed at gamers with a limited budget. The GTX460 promises to give outstanding DirectX11 performance at an affordable price of $199. Nvidia says the GPU has been built from scratch [...]

  Users looking for a decent performer in the graphics department but don’t want to shell out much can take a look at ATI’s newest offering. The Radeon HD 5450 lowers the price bar to around $60 from 5670’s $100 but gives at par performance with 512MB memory and support for DirectX 11, Eyefinity multi-display [...]