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NVIDIA’s Quadro NVS 420 is quite the unique offering — on one hand, it’s rather intriguing that a workstation card has been whittled down to fit within a small form factor PC, but then again, who else outside of advertisers (and their digital signage applications) will even need it? Nevertheless, said card is the industry’s only low-profile professional GPU that can sneak within SFF PCs and still power four 30-inch displays at 2,560 x 1,600 resolution via DisplayPort / dual-link DVI. As for specs, it’s boasting 512MB of memory, 11.2GB/sec (per GPU) of memory bandwidth and a CUDA Parallel Computing Processor. It’ll be available next month for the niche that needs it at $499.

[Via HotHardware]

Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals

NVIDIA Quadro NVS 420 GPU brings powerhouse graphics to SFF rigs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Jan 2009 06:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve been waiting patiently since Tegra’s announcement half a year ago for some seriously awesome Tegra-powered hardware (well, any hardware) to get unveiled, but so far, you could hear a pin drop — we’ve gotten nothing. That should hopefully change in a big way in 2009, and at least one analyst is predicting that HTC will play a role in getting that mobile NVIDIA silicon into pockets around the world. There’s no question that HTC’s supposed leaked lineup contains devices that would fit well into Tegra’s high-function, multimedia-heavy aspirations, but on the flipside, we’ve also got rumors that the company moving toward Ericsson chipsets. Tegra’s definitely flashier than anything in Ericsson’s stable, and HTC’s big enough to pursue multiple chipset strategies at the same time — they have with software platforms, after all — so let’s hope this high drama all resolves itself by MWC next month, eh?

[Via wmpoweruser.com]

Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds

HTC looking to NVIDIA’s Tegra platform for high-performance phones? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve been hearing an awful lot about NVIDIA’s Ion platform, but up until now, we haven’t seen an awful lot. HotHardware and PC Perspective were both able to swing by NVIDIA’s booth at CES and get an up close look at the diminutive system. On hand was a half-liter PC that utilized a 1.6GHz Atom 330 CPU and NVIDIA’s GeForce 9400M GPU, and it was reportedly being used to push some pretty stellar video on the monitors behind it. Have a look past the break for a couple demonstration vids — if this is the kind of graphical prowess we can expect from nettops of tomorrow, you can color us interested.

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NVIDIA Ion platform gets demonstrated at CES originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not content with perusing the online reviews, we stopped by Nvidia to get some first-hand (or first-eye, rather) experience with GeForce 3D Vision eye wear. The glasses are lightweight and could still be worn comfortably over our thick-rimmed specs. We first tried Tomb Raider: Underworld to largely mediocre results, but Mirror’s Edge and Left 4 Dead really shined. When we took a step back to watch two screens, however, they couldn’t decide which display to sync up with and the flickering lenses managed to numb our brain. A surprisingly good experience, sure, but we can’t imagine paying upwards of four benjamins for these and a compatible monitor. If you’re wondering what the screen looks like without the eye wear, check out the video after the break.

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Filed under: Displays, Peripherals, Wearables

Video: Nvidia GeForce 3D Vision eyes-on originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 10 Jan 2009 19:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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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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