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1. LucidLogix preps Hydra SoC for early 2010 launch

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Saturday, 14 November 2009

   Redefining multi-GPU gaming In September, TG Daily reported that LucidLogix had redefined multi-GPU gaming with the introduction of its Hydra 200 parallel processor. Indeed, the second generation SoC ...

2. The Big Peddie endorses Xeno Pro network gaming card

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 16 June 2009

   ... offers improved online performance by significantly reducing network latency. "Measuring latency (via in game ping times) while running several different applications during gameplay showed improvements ...

3. Nvidia plays Windows 7 tit for AMD's tat

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 07 May 2009

   Graphics company Nvidia replied to AMD's announcement yesterday that it was first with Windows 7 drivers for Radeons by saying it is first to release WHQL certified drivers for all of its products including ...

4. AMD releases graphics driver for Win 7

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 05 May 2009

   Chip firm AMD said its Windows 7 graphics driver has received certification from Microsoft. Chip firm AMD said its Windows 7 graphics driver has received certification from Microsoft. The WHQL (Windows ...

5. First PhysX-enabled games arrive on iPhone

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 20 March 2009

   ... designed for desktop GPUs, its proving itself to be far more versatile. Though still not officially licensed to Apple and their iPhone SDK, Apple's relationship with Nvidia may result in the inclusion ...

6. Nvidia is dead serious about low-cost PCs

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 11 February 2009

   Nvidia took another important step to play an important part in the sub-$400 and sub-$300 PC game: The company announced that it received Windows Vista certification for its ION platform and promises ...

7. Nvidia expands physics support with huge WHQL driver update

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Monday, 29 September 2008

   ... applications, but most notably adds PhysX acceleration for all 8-, 9- and 200-series of graphics cards with at least 256 MB of memory. Santa Clara (CA) – Nvidia recently released a massive new WHQL driver, ...

8. Nvidia touts physics, but financial trouble ahead

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 12 August 2008

     Owners of a GeForce 8-series or higher graphics card can squeeze more eye candy out of their hardware as Nvidia has released a demo pack consisting of a full game, acceleration demos and Stanford’s Folding@Home ...

9. Nvidia to bring WHQL-certified PhysX drivers on August 5th

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 23 July 2008

     After demonstrating beta drivers featuring GPU-accelerated physics on 3DMark Vantage and Unreal Tournament III (GeForce GTX and 9800 boards), Nvidia is getting ready to release the official Windows ...

10. Outrage over physics drivers: Is Nvidia guilty?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 25 June 2008

    Opinion - When we published an article detailing Nvidia's advantage in 3DMark Vantage, we had a good feeling that data might spark some controversy. Using GPU for physics calculation in a CPU benchmark highly ...

11. Nvidia to replace dated GeForce 6/7/8 WHQL drivers next week

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 01 May 2008

    ... consider that ATI releases new driver packages each month. However, Nvidia told us that new drivers are on the way: Nvidia’s Chris Daniel told us that “the drivers are going through WHQL as we speak. ...

12. The visual computing clash: Nvidia CEO opens a can of whoop-ass for Intel

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 10 April 2008

      Nvidia and Intel are on a crash course: With Nvidia moving its GPUs into potential CPU territory and Intel tuning CPUs to take over GPU territory, you have a classic scenario for a confrontation ...

13. Samsung readies flash memory for 32 GB solid state disk

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 02 January 2007

    ... in data transfer rates as well as power consumption. Samsung's hybrid hard drive and SSDs ... The new memory chips bump the density of the previous NAND flash generation from 8 Gb(it) to 16 Gb. In a 16 ...

14. Nvidia releases WHQL HD driver, ATI first to offer Vista RTM driver

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 03 November 2006

    Nvidia and ATI have updated their graphics drivers with two distinct features: Nvidia is now offering HD DVD and Blu-ray playback capability with Purevideo HD and ATI is first to get a certified driver ...

15. Gigabyte mobo receives Vista premium certification

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 27 October 2006

    With Windows Vista being finalized these days, it's time to have a closer look at operating system support when you buy a new computer or add-ons. With Windows Vista being finalized these days, it's ...

16. Nvidia releases Vista graphics drivers

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 19 October 2006

    ... since 2002 - ranging from the Geforce FX 5100 to the current Geforce 7950 GX2. Besides the WHQL certification, the new driver also includes a beta version of DPPE brightness control as well as persistence ...

17. Samsung's solid state flash disk gets Vista certification

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 16 October 2006

    Samsung today said that it has received a certification for its flash-based solid state disk drives (SSDs) from Microsoft's Windows Hardware Qualification Lab (WHQL). The company will offer the drives ...

18. ATI graphics driver gets Vista certification

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 26 September 2006

    ATI has won the race to get the graphics industry's first Windows Hardware Quality Lab (WHQL) certification for the upcoming Windows Vista operating system. ATI has won the race to get the graphics industry's ...

19. Nvidia releases WHQL certified series 80 driver

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 20 October 2005

    ... that was released on Oct. 5 and now comes Microsoft Windows Hardware Quality Labs (WHQL) certification. The new driver also supports 6600 VE-based cards and GeForce 6150 and 6100 integrated graphics processors ...

20. New drivers from ATI and Nvidia: Open GL 2.0 and 64-bit support

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 11 March 2005

      ATI's most recent catalyst driver update brings full OpenGL 2.0 support to the Radeon product family. ATI's most recent catalyst driver update brings full OpenGL 2.0 support to the Radeon product ...

21. CATALYST Hotfix for Call of Duty and other issues

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Thursday, 20 November 2003

      ATI has issued a hotfix for certain issues found in CATALYST 3.9. ATI has issued a hotfix for certain issues found in CATALYST 3.9. This hotfix is an early version of CATALYST 3.10 and is available ...

22. Futuremark Announces Results Using Non-WHQL Will Not Be Published

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 25 March 2003

      Futuremark has announced that at least for the time being they have disabled publication of results using questionable drivers. Futuremark has announced that at least for the time being they have ...

23. ATI Launches WHQL Certified CATALYST Drivers Version 3.2

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 14 March 2003

      ATI Launches new WHQL Certified CATALYST Drivers Version 3.2. ATI Launches new WHQL Certified CATALYST Drivers Version 3.2. Features and Enhancements Include: - Selecting D3D 8.1 renderer in NASCAR ...

24. Internet Rumors that 'ATI Drivers Are Spy Ware' Are False

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 21 January 2003

      During the past week, discussions have abounded on Internet sites that suggest ATI's Catalyst Driver package has a type of "spy ware" embedded into it. During the past week, discussions have abounded ...

25. P4 DDR Support March 2002

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Tuesday, 28 August 2001

      Sources at the Intel Developer Forum were indicating that Intel's support for DDR memory for its Pentium 4 product line might not be available until at least March 2002. Connoisseurs of digital ...

26. MS lab blesses DVD playback software for Riva TNT

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 30 April 1999

      InterVideo's WinDVD software DVD player for NVIDIA's Riva TNT 3D processor has received Windows Hardware Quality Labs certification for high quality, full-frame-rate, software-enabled DVD playback. ...