http://www.macnn.com/ MacNN is the leading source for news about Apple and the Mac industry. It offers news, reviews, discussion, tips, troubleshooting, links, and reviews every day. The best place for Mac News. Period. en-us http://images.macnn.com/images/macnn-logo-bw.gif http://www.macnn.com/ http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/28/radeon.hd.4770.gpu.w.ddr/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0904/27-ati-radeon-4770.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD on Tuesday launched its Radeon HD 4770 graphics processor as its latest performance product in the 4000 series for the desktop PC market. Featuring over 826 million transistors and the latest 40nm manufacturing process, the GPU offers performance starting at $99 (after mail-in rebate). The new card features third-generation hardware support for the latest DirectX 10.1 games (e.g., Battleforge,... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/28/radeon.hd.4770.gpu.w.ddr/ Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:05:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/12/ati.radeon.hd.4800.x2.gpus/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/macnn/news/0807/11-amd-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />AMD on Tuesday debuted its ATI Radeon HD 4800 X2 series of graphics chips, including its flagship ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 dual-CPU graphics cards; the combination, it claims, delivers 2.4 teraFLOPS of processing power and its value-oriented sibling ATI Radeon HD 4850 X2. The new cards combine two ATI Radeon HD 4800 series GPUs using a faster PCIe 2.0-based interconnect and 2GB of frame buffer memory... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/08/12/ati.radeon.hd.4800.x2.gpus/ Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/28/hp.laptops.with.nvidia/ <img align='left' src='http://electronista.macnn.com/content/0701/hpdv6200.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP on Monday addressed which of its laptops were impacted by the recent Nvidia defect, citing 24 different models that range as far back as November 2007, when HP began covering failed GPUs under warranty. The issue affects HP's Pavilion dv2000, dv6000, and dv9000 series laptops, and the Compaq Presario V3000 and V6000 series as well. HP is offering an updated BIOS for the affected machines, and i... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/28/hp.laptops.with.nvidia/ Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:55:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/22/xfx.evga.leave.nvidia/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0807/nvidiageforce8600mgt.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />After a recent bout of bad press ñ alleged mass product defects, competitive price cuts, and legal problems ñ two of Nvidia's largest partners have supposedly jumped ship to pursue alternate ventures with an unnamed company. The news follows the loss of Gainward, a company now fabricating ATI-based boards. While details of the supposed deal are scarce, it is known that the two companies, XFX and E... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/22/xfx.evga.leave.nvidia/ Tue, 22 Jul 2008 04:45:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/02/nvidia.cuts.q2.earnings/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0806/nvidiageforce9800gtx.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Nvidia says that a heat problem in with one of its mobile chips will hurt its earnings for the second quarter, sending its shares tumbling down almost 25 percent to below $14 in after-hours trading. According to the Wall Street Journal, Nvidia said that the overheating problem -- which appears to be focused on older chips for notebook computers -- caused higher-than-normal failure rates in certain... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/07/02/nvidia.cuts.q2.earnings/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/22/nvidia.geforce.gtx.coming/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0805/nvidiageforce9800gtx.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA plans on refreshing its GPU line-up next month with two new graphics card that will feature its next-generation CUDA-enabled graphics core, codenamed D10U. The company is expected to deliver both the GeForce GTX 260 (D10U-20) and GeForce GTX 280 (D10U-30) on June 18th as part of its summer refresh, according to DailyTech. The report claims that the GTX 260 will be a "significantly" scaled d... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/05/22/nvidia.geforce.gtx.coming/ Thu, 22 May 2008 05:10:00 GMT