Apple dropping NVIDIA in future iMacs and laptops

It has been speculated that Apple are planning to end their partnership with graphics company Nvidia in future versions of the iMac and laptop ranges in the next few years to come.

The news is according to MacRumors, who have obtained the info from SemiAccurate. They have said that the reason to continue the partnership is because of Nvidia manufacturing defects that were found in various MacBook Pro models.

It now looks likely that Apple will choose to return to Intel-based chipsets as they will want to avoid any further manufacturing defects in future models.

Theres more info over at MacRumors, let us know your thoughts on the news.

Ion from Nvidia and performance on Linux

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Geforce GTX 295: Nvidia dual GPU card review

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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT Specs

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XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+: Overclocked Graphics Card

Here we have the XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+ Graphics Card, for those of you who are in the know you will understand that the 9800 GTX+ is just an overclocked version of the 9800 GTX.

For those of you who would like to know a little more about this graphics card, then Tweaktown have done an extensive review on it. Here are some of their final thoughts on what they thought of the XFX GeForce 9800 GTX+. Read more

Will Intel Larrabee Details change gaming history?

Not sure if you have heard about Intel releasing details about a brand new chip which is going to be aimed at the gaming market, but we will let you know what we know already.

Apparently the new chip will be aimed at the gaming market which we all know is already dominated by giants NVIDIA Corp and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Santa Clara-based Intel has said that the technology is code-named Larrabee and should be available as soon as 2009 or possibly 2010.

At the moment Intel is now offering quad-core processors but plans on offering eight-core processors based on its Nehalem architecture, Larrabee is expected to have 12 to 48 such calculating engines.

Santa Clara-based NVIDIA are selling chips with 240 processors and Sunnyvale-based AMD has one with 800 processors.

Intel is revealing their information about its brand new chip just ahead of Siggraph 2008 show which will bring an around about 30,000 computer graphics and interactive technology professionals to Los Angeles from six continents.

Will Intel Larrabee Details change gaming history?

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Palit GeForce 9800 GT: Overclocked 512MB Sonic Version

This is an overclocked 512MB Sonic version of the Palit GeForce 9800 GT. The new 9800 GT from NVIDIA is basically the old 8800 GT. The names changed but the product is the same.

The Palit GeForce 9800 GT has aftermarket cooling, out of the box overclock, a full version game and an excellent price. There isn’t much that’s not to like about the card.

Tweak Town have given this graphics card a hands-on review over 18 pages and in their final thoughts they said “Palits decision to come straight out of the gate with an overclocked model is good news as it helps compete against the HD 4850 at stock clocks a bit better. It is very often we see it right on the tail of the HD 4850, or even passing it.

While the cooler Palit are using these days is probably becoming a bit dated, it still does an excellent job of keeping the card at a reasonable temperature, be it a bit louder than a lot of other aftermarket coolers.

It’s also nice to see that Palit have chosen to include a game in the package, which is good news for people who want to install the card and get into something that doesn’t look too bad straight off the bat.

Like we’ve already said, while the 9800 GT might be nothing more than an 8800 GT, the aggressive pricing of the card, the overclocking capability and the availability of the product make it a very strong competitor against the HD 4850. Then you add in the fact that out of the box the card is able to pass the performance of the HD 4850 in a lot of situations and it does become quite appealing.

Palit have done a good job with the 9800 GT and there’s no doubt it’s going to quickly become a popular card thanks to the aforementioned pros”.

Read the 18 page review or view other computer hardware news.

NVIDIA 9800 GT Gigabyte vs. HD 4850 graphics card

NVIDIA seem to be releasing new graphics cards at a fast rate, this time round they have released two new GPU’s. One such card is the 9800 GT, this has been pitted against the mid-range king, the HD 4850.

The guys over at Tweaktown have pitted the two of them together; here is what their thoughts were on the two graphics cards. “After testing the card I found myself feeling nothing over the 9800 GT. It wasn’t till I actually really sat down and looked at the results here and compared them to the HD 4850 that was I becoming more impressed with what the cheaper 9800 GT had to offer over the HD 4850. Read more

Dell laptops get BIOS updates, fixes NVIDIA GPUs

If you own a dell laptop then you may already know about the new BIOS updates available for Dell laptops. These updates are to help with the well-known NVIDIA GPU issues.

The issue is to do with “a weak die / packaging material set” that causes NVIDIA GPU problems when you get GPU temperature fluctuations. While the update will help, Dell says it’s not a fix for the problem.

Once your BIOS is flashed with the update you are less likely to get of GPU issues. Read more details about this new BIOS update from the source below.

Source: Direct2Dell | Read more news about dell.

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