Kepler
I've noticed of late that certain companies are 'relaunching' older parts in new designs. We've seen it recently with some of the older AMD APUs finding their way into new motherboard designs, but here it's a case of a base GPU returning to the market. ASUS has listed on its website a 'new' GT 710: this is a super low end graphics chip with 192 CUDA cores on the 87 mm2 GK208 Kepler die that originally launched in late 2015 / early 2016. The goal of this sort of graphics card us to supply basic video outputs to machines that do not come with any integrated graphics on the processor. What's different about this card, which comes with 2 GB of GDDR5 memory, is that...
NVIDIA To Move Mobile Kepler GPUs to Legacy Status in April 2019 (& 3D Vision Too)
In a note on their support website published earlier this afternoon, NVIDIA has announced that they are preparing to move their mobile (laptop) Kepler GPUs to legacy status, ending...
18 by Ryan Smith on 3/8/2019NVIDIA’s Partners Roll-Out GeForce GT 710 to Fight Integrated Graphics
Advancements made by iGPUs by AMD and Intel in the recent years essentially destroyed the market of inexpensive discrete video cards. High-performance iGPUs can outperform low-end standalone graphics adapters...
60 by Anton Shilov on 1/27/2016NVIDIA Launches Tesla K80, GK210 GPU
Kicking off today is the annual International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, better known as SC. For NVIDIA, next to their annual GPU Technology Conference...
29 by Ryan Smith on 11/17/2014NVIDIA Kepler Cards Get HDMI 4K@60Hz Support (Kind Of)
An interesting feature has turned up in NVIDIA’s latest drivers: the ability to drive certain displays over HDMI at 4K@60Hz. This is a feat that would typically require HDMI...
54 by Ryan Smith on 6/20/2014NVIDIA GRID Update: NVIDIA Launches GRID Test Drive for VDI Desktops
For the last several years now NVIDIA has been heavily pursuing the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) market. In NVIDIA’s continuing efforts to maintain and expand their presence in the...
16 by Ryan Smith on 5/22/2014Xiaomi Announces the MiPad: The First Tegra K1 Device
Today Xiaomi introduced its first tablet: the MiPad. The tablet bears similarity to both Apple’s iPad Mini and iPhone 5c. On the front of the tablet we have a...
82 by Brandon Chester on 5/15/2014MSI GT70 Review: GTX 880M Edition
MSI has had the same core designs for several of their high-end laptops for at least a couple years now; specifically we’re talking about the GT60 and GT70 series...
61 by Jarred Walton on 4/16/2014NVIDIA’s GeForce 800M Lineup for Laptops and Battery Boost
Last month NVIDIA launched the first of many Maxwell parts to come with the desktop GTX 750 and GTX 750 Ti, which brought a new architecture to NVIDIA’s parts...
91 by Jarred Walton on 3/12/2014Dell XPS 15 Haswell Edition: QHD+ with a Refined Design
It's late, but our review of Dell's updated XPS 15 (9530, late 2013 edition) is finally ready. There were reasons for the delays, which we'll get into in the...
152 by Jarred Walton on 3/6/2014NVIDIA Launches Tesla K40
Kicking off today is the annual International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis, better known as SC. For NVIDIA, next to their annual GPU Technology Conference...
9 by Ryan Smith on 11/18/2013The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti Review
First announced last month at an NVIDIA event, launching today is NVIDIA's newest flagship video card and the capstone to the GK110 family, GeForce GTX 780 Ti. Taking everything...
302 by Ryan Smith on 11/7/2013Valve Releases Specs for Prototype Steam Machine
Last week we analyzed Valve’s announcement of their forthcoming SteamOS, Steam Machines, and Steam Controller. There are still a lot of unknowns, but today Valve released the details for...
99 by Jarred Walton on 10/4/2013Gigabyte P34G First Impressions: A Thin and Light Gaming Notebook
Over the course of a year, we look at a lot of devices and hardware; while it may require a lot of effort to publish a full review on...
64 by Jarred Walton on 10/1/2013MSI Unveils GP Series Notebooks: GP60 and GP70
Today MSI unveiled their latest notebook line of notebooks, the GP series designed for mobile productivity, entertainment, and gaming. For those not keeping track, that means MSI now has...
4 by Jarred Walton on 9/30/2013Alienware 18 Gaming Notebook Review
Alienware's deluxe model benefits the most from the refresh.
61 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/16/2013Alienware 17 Gaming Notebook Review
Prior to the Haswell generation, the Alienware M17x was the gaming notebook to get. The new Alienware 17 has a fresh coat of paint and a new moniker, but...
46 by Dustin Sklavos on 9/6/2013Eurocom X5 (Clevo P177SM)
Over the last decade or so, Clevo has been one of the more enduring notebook original design manufacturers, particularly when it comes to gaming and workstation-centric desktop replacements. I’m...
39 by Vivek Gowri on 9/2/2013Mythlogic Pollux 1613 / Clevo P157SM Review
Two months after the Haswell and GTX 780M launch and there’s still some question as to what sort of performance you can expect. With the Mythlogic Pollux 1613 (aka...
47 by Jarred Walton on 8/30/2013NVIDIA Demonstrates Logan SoC: < 1W Kepler, Shipping in 1H 2014, More Energy Efficient than A6X?
Ever since its arrival in the ultra mobile space, NVIDIA hasn't really flexed its GPU muscle. The Tegra GPUs we've seen thus far have been ok at best, and...
141 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/24/2013