by Thomas on Sept. 4, 2002 @ 5:58 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, today announced the availability of the NVIDIA Detonator 40 unified drivers for the Company's award-winning suite of desktop, mobile and workstation Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). Detonator 40 delivers a robust suite of software applications designed to extend and enhance the visual computing experience and gives users more control over their environment then ever before.
by Thomas on Aug. 27, 2002 @ 5:54 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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NVIDIA Corporation the worldwide leader in visual processing solutions, announced today that its Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are powering the hottest games of the year at the Electronic and Computer Trade Show (ECTS), being held at Earls Court in London from August 29-31. NVIDIA's stand will serve as the only place to experience some of this year's most eagerly-awaited PC games in action, including: Unreal Tournament 2003, Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness, Delta Force: Blackhawk Down, Breed, Battlefield 1942 and Tron 2.0, all of which take advantage of the NVIDIA GeForce4 family of GPUs to deliver stunning 3D worlds and [BDR1]the most life-like images ever before seen in PC gaming.
by Rainier on July 19, 2002 @ 11:10 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Peace appears to have broken out between aggressive graphics chip company Nvidia and belligerent graphics chip company Microsoft, if reports in today's Economic News of Taiwan are to be credited.
by Thomas on July 3, 2002 @ 10:06 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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NVIDIA Corporation, the world leader in visual graphics solutions, today announced that it has formed a 'special ops' team to work closely with the development team behind the upcoming game "America's Army," and assist them in optimizing the game for NVIDIA Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). When powered by NVIDIA GPUs, "America's Army" achieves amazing levels of graphic quality -- from the barracks and bunkers rendered in rich 3D detail to the true-to-life character animations of real soldiers -- providing gamers a truly immersive gaming experience.
by Rainier on April 24, 2002 @ 2:08 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Nvidia has posted up some new drivers for their video cards today. Some of the features (thanks voodoo):
- WHQL Certified
- Full Acceleration and support for the GeForce4 and Quadro4 families
- nView™ Multi-Display Support (User's Guide available at left)
- NVIDIA’s patented Unified Driver Architecture (UDA) – supports all products in single a driver binary
- Highly optimized Microsoft® DirectX® 8.1 and OpenGL® 1.3 with NVIDIA extensions pipelines
by Rainier on April 23, 2002 @ 5:03 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Microsoft Corp. today announced that leading graphics chip developers ATI Technologies Inc. and NVIDIA Corp. will support new DirectX technologies that enables the highest-resolution video playback experience ever on the PC using the next version of Microsoft Windows Media Technologies, code-named "Corona." With this new technology, today’s PCs running the Windows XP operating system will be able to enjoy video playback quality far beyond what is possible on many high-end televisions today.
by Rainier on April 23, 2002 @ 4:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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In an ongoing effort to shape and define standards in the graphics industry, NVIDIA Corporation today announced that it is working with the Arapahoe Work Group to help develop the graphics bandwidth capabilities of PCI Express, the new Intel Corporation third-generation Input/Output (I/O) specification that connects computing subsystems and peripheral components at high-bandwidth speeds. A key contributor to the development of the PCI Express specification, NVIDIA has developed a high-speed graphics interconnect designed to evolve current PCI technology and address the increasing bandwidth demands of emerging graphic applications for multiple markets, including desktop PCs, mobile, workstations, servers and embedded communications systems.
by Rainier on March 21, 2002 @ 5:10 p.m. PST | Filed under
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NVIDIA's Drivers Page now offers new version 28.32 "Detonator XP" drivers for
Windows 95/98/Me,
Windows XP/2000, and
Windows NT (thanks Blues). As is always the case with these reference drivers, no technical support is offered, as they are to be used at your own risk.
by Thomas on March 21, 2002 @ 3:15 p.m. PST | Filed under
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NVIDIA Corporation today announced that it is working closely with Sony Online Entertainment, Inc. to optimize two upcoming online games developed by Sony Online Entertainment. Star Wars Galaxies, to be published by LucasArts, and PlanetSide will be among the first wave of games optimized for NVIDIA's GeForce4 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), resulting in a gaming experience rich in crisp 3D graphics, unique visual effects and some of the most realistic, life-like images ever seen in an online game.
by Thomas on Feb. 25, 2002 @ 2:10 p.m. PST | Filed under
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SCi Entertainment Group Plc (SEG), one of Europe’s leading publishers of computer and video games, is pleased to announce today that Nvidia, the world leader in 3D graphics technology, has chosen SCi’s eagerly anticipated new game Conflict: Desert Storm to showcase their new GeForce4 graphics card.
by Rainier on Feb. 7, 2002 @ 12:33 a.m. PST | Filed under
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NVIDIA® Corporation today unveiled the all new GeForce4 family of Graphics Processor Units (GPUs), the fastest, most innovative and powerful GPUs in the world. The GeForce4 GPU brings innovative and performance leading technology to multiple markets, including the desktop PC, the Mac and notebook computers.
by Rainier on Jan. 26, 2002 @ 5:45 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The RtCW
Battle on the Beachhead Tournament receives another sponsor! nVIDIA has decided to donate GeForce 3 video cards to the winning team! Most excellent, that l00t sure is getting interesting! Sign-ups are until January 28th, so if you've got a team of seven players then check
the BoB Site for more information!
by Rainier on Oct. 19, 2001 @ 1:42 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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NVIDIA® Corporation today announced the opening of the “NVIDIA Gear Store”, a secure and comprehensive online shopping site, selling a variety of exclusive gear and merchandise, all adorned with the distinctive NVIDIA logos and corporate colours.
by Rainier on Oct. 1, 2001 @ 6:08 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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NVIDIA® Corporation today announced its new GeForce Titanium series of Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). The GeForce3 Ti and GeForce2 Ti series of GPUs deliver breakthrough graphics technologies, each providing unprecedented levels of performance and visual quality. These new products also utilise NVIDIA’s high-performance Detonator XP driver, incorporating special software optimisations that immediately take full advantage of the newest features of the Microsoft® Windows® XP operating system.
by Rainier on Aug. 31, 2001 @ 5:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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NVIDIA Corporation® will be taking pole position as the leading semiconductor manufacturer at this year's ECTS at ExCeL, London, from September 2-4. The company will be showing its full range of products based on graphics processing units (GPUs) from GeForce3™, to the new Quadro2 Go™ graphics for mobile workstations, to nForce, the revolutionary new integrated architecture for PCs.