Accompanying the new computers, which are arriving like spring flowers, are new Nvidia drivers. The Nvidia Notebook Driver program has released version 442.92 of the Nvidia Studio Driver. Nvidia's Studio Drivers are designed with the understanding that creative users tend to use multiple apps as they're doing creating work. It's a very different workflow from the dedicated gamer who shuts … Read more
Nvidia offered a sneak peek at what is possible when the world’s most popular game employs ray tracing technology. The company is also offering some tutorials to help Minecrafters get started using ray tracing in their constructions. The company said they have been working with some of the world’s most talented creators in the Minecraft community in preparation for the … Read more
(Source: Asus) Nvidia, Intel, and over 100 notebook OEMs introduce new, powerful, and affordable devices just in time to support the work-at-home mandates of the COVID-19 crisis. Intel announced the long-anticipated 10th gen H Core i7 mobile CPU with improved power management and 5G capability. Nvidia introduced the GeForce RTX 2080 Super and 2070 Super GPUs for laptops. The … Read more
The PC GPU market is tremendously influential as the power of GPUs have helped create a vibrant gaming industry that has continued to expand since the arrival of GPUs in the 90s. Gaming gets the headlines, but 3D professional applications including CAD design rendering, analysis, VFX work, video rendering all benefit from the GPU’s ability to do massive parallel processing … Read more
The PC GPU market is multi-segmented over several platforms and multiple market categories. Therefore, it is not possible to make summary assumptions and predictions about GPUs because a GPU is not a single thing. This is an overview of the GPU market. It is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather one of our regular updates on the topic. … Read more
There are nine segments to the PC GPU market, served by three suppliers. One company, today, serves eight of the nine segments, AMD. Nvidia serves seven of the nine, and Intel currently serves two segments. GPU segments and suppliers Our outlook for GPU sales as we enter Q4 is bullish in spite of the topsy-turvy political football of … Read more
Unsplash Stem.T4L Nvidia just announced its RTX Broadcast Engine at the TwitchCon (a gathering of live streamers), which is a new set of RTX-accelerated software development kits that use the AI capabilities of GeForce RTX GPUs to transform live streams. Nvidia says its RTX GPU’s new SDKs enable virtual greenscreens, style filters and augmented reality effects techniques like those … Read more
We keep getting requests from Quora and occasional friends asking, what is the best AIB for____, or can AMD XXX do better than Nvidia YYY? Mostly there are lazy questions that could be asked by the questioner with a little effort and web searching. We never answer such questions, although there seem to be plenty of people within Quora … Read more
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Ray tracing has been used in games for some time, but as baked in images. Ray tracing, even at 30 fps, is a computational challenge that has befuddled and frustrated hardware and software engineers for decades. With clever algorithms, Moore’s Law, and dogged perseverance, computer graphics companies have pushed the envelope further every year, with 2018 marking the breakout year … Read more
Does your PC look like someone dumped a bowl of spaghetti in it and left? Does it remind you a teenager’s closet or the abandoned room your dear old Aunt Ethel used to live in? Well EVGA has a new broom and you can sweep away that clutter, at least a little of it. What if you could hide the … Read more
Nvidia reported revenue from all platforms up for the quarter. The company’s GPU business revenue was $2.1 billion, up 4% from last quarter, but down 21% from last year. “We achieved sequential growth across our platforms,” said Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of Nvidia. “Realtime ray tracing is the most important graphics innovation in a decade. Adoption has reached a … Read more
