The Asus UL30Vt: 12 Hour Battery+GeForce G 210M

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Asustek added a new CULV, the UL30Vt, to its line-up (via Electronista). This new notebook sports a sweet brushed aluminium look and brags 12 hours of in-use battery life.

With that kind of longevity, you'd expect this CULV to pack some bare-bones hardware. And you'd be wrong. Instead, it features either a healthy Core 2 Duo 1.4 GHz processor or a Celeron 1.2 GHz processor, from 2-4 GB of RAM, and up to 500 GB of storage space. What really makes this CULV special though, is the graphics card.

Posted on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:06:25 CST | by Robert Evans

NVIDIA GeForce GT220OC and GT210OC Review

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Motherboards published a review of the NVIDIA GeForce GT220OC and GT210OC cards.
Quote from the review: "These are not gaming cards that is the first thing to get out of the way. If you are looking for a fast video card I would suggest looking elsewhere as these cards do not have the performance to run the latest and greatest games without some sacrifice in playability resolution or setting. Read more

Posted on Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX Unveils GeForce GT 220 and 210 Video Cards

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XFX has launched a couple new low-end NVIDIA video cards called the GeForce 210 and GT 220. The lower-end GeForce 210 is a budget offering that is clocked at 589 MHz on the core and has a 64-bit memory bus. The card has 512MB of DDR2 RAM that runs at 800 Mhz. Outputs include VGA, DVI-D, and HDMI.

The GT 220 is available in two versions. The GT-220X-ZNFC has a GPU clock of 625MHz and a memory bus that is 128-bit. The 1GB of RAM is clocked at 800MHz and the card has VGA, HDMI, and DVI-D outputs. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Oct 2009 05:33:40 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260 Super Overclock Review

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Techgage tested the Gigabyte GeForce GTX 260 Super Overclock card.
Quote from the review: "NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 260 is not a new card. In fact, it's been available for over a year in its 216 Core form. So is it even worth a look at today? Read more

Posted on Tue, 6 Oct 2009 17:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

GeForce GTS 250 Review Roundup

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Hardware Canucks published a GeForce GTS 250 review roundup featuring graphics cards from ASUS, Gigabyte, Sparkle and EVGA.
Quote from the review: "Believe it or not, this is our first review of the GTS 250 since we decided to sit back and wait for the initial fury of yet another rebadged card release to die down. Now that the GTS 250 has settled into the market (and quite well at that), we felt it was time to take a look at what a few different manufacturers had to offer. We have also recently seen a number of sales which have really piqued people’s interest in this card. Read more

Posted on Sat, 9 May 2009 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Overclocking NVIDIA GeForce GTX 275

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NVIDIA announced the GeForce GTX 275 early April.
Tweaktown takes a look at overclocking the GeForce GTX 275.
Quote: "While overclocking on NVIDIA cards is slightly more involved due to the fact that the drivers don’t have any embedded overclocking software (unlike ATI with its Overdrive functionality), NVIDIA’s cards do only require the installation of a small program called RivaTuner to get around this. Read more

Posted on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 04:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Galaxy GeForce GTX 285 Overclocked Graphics Card Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the Galaxy GeForce GTX 285 Overclocked Graphics Card.
Quote from the review: "Just the other day we looked at the GTS 250 from Galaxy. But today we're looking at something a bit more higher up in the market, NVIDIA’s number two card and the fastest single GPU graphics card on the market; the GTX 285. Read more

Posted on Sat, 7 Mar 2009 00:05:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M unveiled at CeBIT 2009

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NVIDIA today introduced GPUs in four separate categories that push performance to the highest levels ever achieved in enthusiast and high-performance notebooks.
Included in the group is the fastest notebook GPU in the market, the GeForce GTX 280M, with up to 50% more performance than previous generation enthusiast notebook GPUs.
The new line-up of notebook GPUs from NVIDIA include: GeForce GTX 280M and 260M GPUs for enthusiast notebooks and the GeForce GTS 160M and 150M GPUs for high-performance, sleek notebooks. Read more

Posted on Tue, 3 Mar 2009 04:05:52 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ASUS N81Vg Notebook first to have NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M

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Today ASUS announced the ASUS N81Vg, the world’s first notebook to feature the new NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M graphics processing unit (GPU).
The NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M GPU features NVIDIA CUDA technology with 32 processor cores, DirectX 10 support, and 1080p High Definition video playback through NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology.

"The ASUS N81Vg uses the GeForce GT 120M GPU to deliver a visual computing experience far superior to other notebooks in its category today," said Rene Haas, General Manager, Notebook Products, NVIDIA. "With 32 powerful processing cores, the GeForce 120M GPU makes photo editing, video editing, movie ripping, high-definition Blu-ray playback and gaming a reality on 14-inch notebooks."
The ASUS N81Vg has a 14-inch LED backlit display and offers Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T9400, P8600, P8400, P7350, T6600, T6400, T5900, and T5800 CPU options. Read more

Posted on Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:50:27 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

ASUS GeForce ENGTX285 TOP Graphics Card Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the ASUS GeForce ENGTX285 TOP Graphics Card.
Quote from the review: "One thing I really can't stress enough about the TOP line-up of graphics cards from ASUS is that they are more than just a few extra MHz on the core and memory. Past experience has always shown that the clocks offered by a card carrying this marking are clearly above the norm. Read more

Posted on Fri, 6 Feb 2009 00:55:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 Reviews

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The new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285 got revealed and the first batch of reviews of the new high-end 3D card are available.
NVIDIA says that the GeForce GTX 285 is the world’s most powerful single GPU, delivering 30% faster performance than competing single GPU solutions, and tearing through complex DirectX 10 environments at blazing frame rates in extreme HD resolutions.
You can find out if that is true in the GeForce GTX 285 reviews below.
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Posted on Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:34:15 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI Geforce 9600 GT 1Gb Hybrid Freezer VGA Review

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Madshrimps published a review of the MSI Geforce 9600 GT 1Gb Hybrid Freezer video card.
Quote from the review: "The MSI N9600GT Hybrid Freezer is equipped with 1Gb DDR3 memory and features an unique cooling solution which works passively when in 2D mode, and only makes noise when running 3D applications or games. Read more

Posted on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Foxconn NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT G96 Video Card Review

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Benchmark Reviews published a review of the Foxconn GeForce 9500 GT G96 Video Card.
Quote from the review: "Not everyone can afford the bleeding edge of graphics hardware, and not everyone needs it. NVIDIA has already made headlines with their high-end GeForce GTX 280 video card, which offers high performance at a premium price. Most enthusiasts have seen so much coverage for the high-level graphic products that it might feel like nothing exists for the lower consumer segment. Read more

Posted on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

MSI N280GTX-T2D1GOC GeForce GTX 280 Review

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Hothardware reviews the MSI N280GTX-T2D1GOC GeForce GTX 280 video card.
Quote from the review: "NVIDIA's GeForce GTX 200 series of graphics cards have undergone a significant price reduction since they first debuted. At the time, NVIDIA flexed its GPU muscle with a high-end, single GPU graphics design that their primary competition (AMD) could only compete with by throwing two GPUs at the problem. Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA GeForce 8200 powers Acer Aspire SFF PCs

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NVIDIA announces that PC makers like Acer are using NVIDIA motherboard GPUs to deliver new lines of consumer-oriented, small-form-factor PCs that have the performance, functionality, price, and visual performance of full-sized desktop machines.
The Acer Aspire x1200 and x3200 line of PCs use the NVIDIA GeForce 8200 GPU to deliver visual performance while solving many of the thermal, noise, and cost issues traditionally associated with designing smaller machines. Read more

Posted on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:53:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

NVIDIA GeForce Power Pack includes Folding@home and Badaboom

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NVIDIA announced new software that uses the processing power of GeForce video cards for other applications than graphics and games. The new GeForce Power Pack includes the Stanford University’s Folding@home distributed-computing, protein-folding client and a trial version of Elemental Technologies' Badaboom video transcoder.
Folding@home is already a huge success on the PS3, now also PCs can leverage their graphics prowness for the good. Read more

Posted on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:29:02 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

ASUS EN9500GT Top is world's first overclocked GeForce 9500 GT Card

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ASUS announces the world’s first overclocking version of the latest NVIDIA GeForce 9500GT GPU, NVIDIA announced yesterday. The ASUS EN9500GT TOP/DI/512M graphics card gives you a 103% performance boost for gaming.

In addition, almost all of the EN9500GT Series models will come with the exclusive Glaciator Fansink to keep GPU temperatures up to 13ºC cooler than reference designed boards. Read more

Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:55:08 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Leadtek WinFast GeForce PX9500 GT Review

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Tweaktown published a review of the new Leadtek WinFast GeForce PX9500 GT video card.

Quote from the review: "If you find yourself getting sick to the stomach when you see how much cards like the GTX 280 and GTX 260 are and just can’t understand why people would spend so much money on a graphics card, the 9500 GT could be in your league. The 9500 GT, as you might have guessed comes in below the 9600 series and well below the 9800s. It’s designed for people who are looking at getting away from onboard graphics but don’t want to blow too much money. Read more

Posted on Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Palit GeForce GTX 280 Review

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Motherboards published a review of the Palit GeForce GTX 280 video card.

Quote from the review: "Underneath almost every GTX 280 cards sticker is the same card in the GTX280 family of cards, with differences being cosmetic in nature in almost every case. There are a few bold partners who make spec changes and such, but that is a limited number of cards being brought to market at best. My point is this; almost every GTX280 you see on the shelf was made with the same spec and same manufacturing procedures so who you buy from becomes a very valid concern in a sea of manufactures. Palit is the biggest NVIDIA and ATI partner with the positions and distribution levels to bring solid business to the game. Read more

Posted on Mon, 28 Jul 2008 22:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

XFX GeForce GTX260 XXX Edition Video Card Review

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Motherboards published a review of the XFX GeForce GTX260 XXX Edition Video Card.

Quote from the review: "The GTX260 from XFX is an interesting beast in that it is highly overclocked from the standard reference GTX260 that many companies are selling. In some cases the card comes close in performance to the GTX280 in CPU limited situations like COD4 but offering high performance in every other situation. Read more

Posted on Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Foxconn GeForce 9800 GTX / GX2 2x512MB Review

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Digit-Life published a Foxconn GeForce 9800 GTX / GX2 2x512MB review.

Quote from the review: "Our today's article may seem boring to some of you, because we are going to examine another reincarnation of reference cards, packed into Foxconn's boxes. Read more

Posted on Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr