Valve: majority of gamers are still on Windows XP
Microsoft might have practically discontinued their Windows XP operating system but it remains the preferred operating system for gamers.
Valve has released the latest Steam user metrics and majority of gamers on this platform are still using Windows XP operating system.
Looking at the stats, 68% of Steam users [...]
Nvidia announces job cuts to stay competitive
Video cards manufacturer Nvidia has announced that they are now cutting its workforce by over six percent.
The company said that this decision is to allow for continued investment in strategic growth areas.
Nvidia added: “As a result, Nvidia expects to eliminate approximately 360 positions worldwide, or about 6.5 percent of [...]
Intel Larrabee graphic chip announced
Intel has given out some details on their upcoming Larrabee graphics chip.
The company said that this would be a standalone product which puts the company in direct competition with graphics card maker Nvidia and AMD ATI.
Intel said that the chip would be based on the universal Intel x86 architecture.
First of the [...]
MSI N9800GX2 Series graphics card launched
MSI has launched their latest N9800GX2 Series graphics card. The company said that this card has been designed for extreme graphics performance.
The card is basically a dual GPU-based graphics card which comes loaded with 256 units stream processors and a combined 512-bit memory interface.
It features the nVidia HybridPower technology and [...]
Nvidia acquiring Ageia Technologies
Graphic Card maker Nvidia has said that they are now acquiring Ageia Technologies.
Ageia Technologies is most popularly known for their middleware product called PhysX. This technology is used to provide realistic physics effects in videogame titles.
Their technology is already widely used in more than 140 games available for the most popular [...]
EA Ultimate Crysis Pack launched
Electronic Arts has announced the launch of their Ultimate Crysis Pack in partnership with Nvidia and Microsoft.
This new package is aimed at the APAC region and it would run till 16th of this month.
The three companies are offering this pack to forty lucky winners from around APAC every week.
The package would [...]
Based on NVIDIA’s revolutionary new unified architecture, PNY’s new product range offers double the memory, increased performance and superb image quality
PNY Technologies, Inc. today announced the immediate availability of its brand new range of NVIDIA Quadro® FX by PNY professional graphics boards, based on NVIDIA’s innovative unified GPU architecture for advanced visual computing. This [...]
ATI Technologies launches All-In-Wonder X800 XL PCI Express
The war between Nvidia and ATI continues with the latest offering from the stables of ATI in the form of All-In-Wonder X800 XL PCI Express. The card comes integrated with a TV Tuner card though lacks as much graphical power as the previously launched All-In-Wonder X800 XT. However, [...]
