Jan 10

Nvidia GeForce 3DVision gets reviewed

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The short, happy history of 3D gaming has been unimpressive — dual-display glasses and high-priced 3D monitors have generally failed to bring source material originally built for two dimensions into the three dimensional world. Keeping this in mind, the kids at bit-tech seem to be as wary as we are, but when all is said and done they came away from the sordid affair rather impressed. “An excellent piece of tech,” they said — one that actually seems to work on existing games — although the fact that a new monitor is required to use it “knocks the legs out from underneath.” Sure, it worked well enough that the well-heeled, hardcore gamer might be interested in it, but for the time being this doesn’t seem to be an option for the casual consumer. But don’t take our word for it: hit the read link for the in-depth review.

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Nvidia GeForce 3DVision gets reviewed originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 06:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 09

NVIDIA makes GTX 295 official now that it’s on sale, 285 too for good measure

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NVIDIA makes GTX 295 official now that it's on sale, 285 too for good measure

We already knew more or less all we needed to know about NVIDIA’s GTX 295, however, despite being already on sale, the company has decided now is a good time to grace the model with a press release. The GTX 285 has been given the formal treatment too — despite not being available until next week. If you missed the earlier specs, the $499(ish) 295 includes dual 55-nm GT200 GPUs and supports nearly 2GB of memory, while the $399 285 makes do with but one processor and an undisclosed RAM ceiling (though the upcoming Winfast, pictured above, comes with 1GB and one yellow robot). Again the 295 is up for order now, while slightly more budget conscious gamers will have to wait until January 15 for the 285.

[Via bit-tech.net]

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NVIDIA makes GTX 295 official now that it’s on sale, 285 too for good measure originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 08

NVIDIA announces new GeForce chipsets for laptops, starts selling GTX 295s for desktops

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NVIDIA announces new GeForce chipsets for laptops, starts selling GTX 295s for desktops

Spare a thought for NVIDIA’s GeForce 9M series of laptop GPUs, just announced this past summer and already being put to pasture by the newly announced G100M series. The first trio of members for the club are the G105M, G110M, and GT 130M. The G105M is intended to replace the 9200M GE and scores a 2177 in 3DMark Vantage compared to 1391 for the old one — a tidy 56 percent boost. Meanwhile the G110M supersedes the 9300M GS, scoring 2481 and beating its predecessor by 35 percent, and the GT 130M beats the old 9600M GT’s score by 17 percent. The chips are in production now and will be featured in Lenovo’s upcoming Y-series laptops. Meanwhile, for those looking for a little boost at home, EVGA’s version of the GTX 295 is now available for purchase — if you have a spare $510 lying around.

Update: Sean just commented to let us know that there are other 295 flavors now available as well, some for a penny under $500.

[Thanks, Sean]

Read – 100M series announcement
Read – GTX 295 buy link

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NVIDIA announces new GeForce chipsets for laptops, starts selling GTX 295s for desktops originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:17:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jan 07

NVIDIA offers up GeForce 3D Vision, takes WoW players further down the rabbit hole

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Look for something to drive your new Samsung monitor or 120Hz 3D HDTV? Enter NVIDIA’s GeForce 3D Vision package, loaded up with powered 3D glasses (no red / blue silliness here, charged via USB) and an IR emitter to keep everything synced between the display and your glasses. Left 4 Dead, WoW: WotLK and several other games are already compatible with more expected to come soon. CES had a quick demo and didn’t notice any of the headaches sometimes associated with stereocopic 3D, but at $399 for the display and $199 for this set when it’s available in the next few days, we’re not sure how close we want to get to those zombies, but WoW fans may see things differently.

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NVIDIA offers up GeForce 3D Vision, takes WoW players further down the rabbit hole originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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