The Real (and Virtual) Adventures of Nathan the IT Guy » Direct X 11

Nvidia Optimus

Nathan Simon — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 02:19:29 +0000

Hey everyone, I had reviewed the alienware laptop a few posts ago, here is the technology being utilized.

“With Nvidia’s Optimus technology, you get the best of both worlds, as general application and multimedia duties are handled by Intel’s HD graphics for improved battery life, and demanding applications like gaming and video transcoding can be handled by Nvidia’s GT2xxM and GT3xxM discrete graphics processors on the fly,” Asus spokesperson Gary Key told TechNewsWorld.

“This provides the user with a seamless experience that delivers the best graphics performance and energy conservation at the same time.”

So you get the best of both worlds, intense gaming graphics(for laptops) and a fluid 2-D experience with Intel HD graphics, capable of watching HD videos, without initializing Optimus. Check it out here at Nvidia.com

Nvidia’s New GPU

Nathan Simon — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:43:00 +0000

Its called “Fermi” Nvidia’s new super GPU. It has around 3 billion transistors, which is three times the amount of transistors in Nvidia’s most powerful GPU. Fermi will contain 512 processing cores, they say that this would enable scientific breakthroughs, and can only be possible with the new technology. Read the full story here and check out this story over at CNET for a gaming perspective. I included an insert for a quick preview of the full story.

“From a gaming perspective, the most significant features Nvidia mentioned are that Fermi will indeed support DirectX 11, and that it will use GDDR5 memory. Those features answer two of AMD’s most obvious advantages with its new Radeon HD 5800-series cards, but Nvidia hasn’t provided information on availability, which remains AMD’s most important edge.”