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/09/09/30/nvidia.fermi/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/nvidiafermi.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA this evening provided an early look at the next generation of its graphics processors. Nicknamed Fermi, the architecture for future GeForce, Quadro and Tesla chipsets will jump from 240 cores to a much larger 512 and should be much faster in each core courtesy of some industry-first techniques. Fermi chips will be the first GPUs to have a real cache hierarchy, with Level 1 caches to keep ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/30/nvidia.fermi/ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/18/quad.core.i7.much.faster.in.benchmarks/ <img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/0909/dellprecisionm6400covet.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Intel's upcoming Core i7 four-core parts for notebooks, nicknamed Clarksfield, should be much faster per clock cycle compared to their existing Core 2 Quad counterparts based on tests published today. Although normally clocked at just 1.73GHz, the mid-range Core i7-820QM is seen in PCPro benchmarks often coming close to, matching or outperforming the 2.53GHz Core 2 Extreme that costs significantl... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/09/18/quad.core.i7.much.faster.in.benchmarks/ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:15:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/08/nvidia.22.released/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0905/nvidiageforcegtx280.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA has released version 2.2 of the CUDA toolkit and SDK. The new version of CUDA profiles C coded applications to use the computers GPU in addition to the CPU. This can enhance the computer's overall processing speed. The update also includes the ability to zero-copy, or to read and write directly from pinned system memory rather than send it through the graphics memory system. Using the tech... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/05/08/nvidia.22.released/ Fri, 08 May 2009 23:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/nvidia.quadro.fx.4800.mac/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/nvidiaquadrofx4800mac.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA this morning remedied the absence of a pro video card for the new Mac Pro by launching the Quadro FX 4800 for Mac. Very similar to the Windows version, the Apple-friendly model has 192 graphics cores and a large 1.5GB of onboard memory that helps it antialias 3D visuals even with high detail or at high resolution. Unique to the Mac version is native support both for the expected Mac side ... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/20/nvidia.quadro.fx.4800.mac/ Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:10:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/15/cyberpower.graphics.pc/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0904/cyberpowerpowermega1000.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />CyberPower on Wednesday released its high-spec graphics processing workstation, the Power Mega 1000. The headline specs of the PC include Intel's new 2.66GHz Core i7 processor set on an X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX-capable mainboard and NVIDIA's Quadro NVS 420 x16 PCIe graphics card, which is capable of driving up to four 30-inch displays. This can be achieved by connections on the card that are com... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/04/15/cyberpower.graphics.pc/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:30:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/30/hp.intros.z.workstations/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/hpz400.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />HP on Monday announced the upcoming release of three new Z-series workstation PCs. The flagship Z800, mid-range Z600 and entry-level Z400 are powered by Intel's Nehalem-era Xeon processors and require no tools to access and service all of their components, including their power supplies and motherboards. The modular interior design is cable-less, while the exteriors are designed by BMW Group Desig... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/30/hp.intros.z.workstations/ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:50:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/dell.latitude.e6400.xfr/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0903/delllatitudee6400xfr.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Dell this morning put the finishing touch on its newer-wave pro notebooks by launching the Latitude E6400 XFR. The significant overhaul improves on the already rugged design of the earlier XFR system by switching to a newer material known as PR-481. By giving the notebook the material as its main shell, the company says the E6400 can take drops from up to four feet while turned off (three feet w... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/03/10/dell.latitude.e6400.xfr/ Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:20:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/29/maingear.remix/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/maingearremix.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Maingear is following a different tack on high-end PCs Thursday by releasing the Remix, a mid-tower PC built specifically as a creative workstation. The system is tailored most towards visual editors and can come with a Quadro CX video card to accelerate filters, H.264 video encoding, and other features in Adobe's CS4 suite as well as other apps that recognize NVIDIA's CUDA acceleration language.... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/29/maingear.remix/ Thu, 29 Jan 2009 20:40:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/21/nvidia.low.profile.gpu/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0901/nvidia420.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />NVIDIA on Tuesday announced the upcoming release of the Quadro NVS 420 graphics card, the first low-profile professional graphics card that fits into small form-factor desktops. Meant for use in business applications, the card can support up to four 30-inch external displays with resolutions as high as 2560x1600 but has a maximum 40W power consumption friendly to compact systems, while a variable-... http://www.macnn.com/articles/09/01/21/nvidia.low.profile.gpu/ Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:35:00 GMT http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/18/pny.nvidia.graphics.cards/ <img align='left' src='http://images.macnn.com/esta/content/0812/QuadroFX5800intro.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' />Flash and memory card maker PNY on Thursday announced the release of two new ultra high-performance graphics cards with the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800 and Quadro FX 4800, which offer 4GB and 1.5GB of DDR3 RAM, respectively. The FX 5800 is the first GPU in the industry with 4GB of memory, and both are based on the second-generation NVIDIA architecture, improving performance and capacity by roughly two a... http://www.macnn.com/articles/08/12/18/pny.nvidia.graphics.cards/ Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:20:00 GMT