The result: Nvidia can address as market much bigger than just graphics chips.
Either way, the next generation of gaming consoles is obviously going to be about more than just the graphics, or even just the games.
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Both companies, however, are talking up technologies that will tap into graphics processors to speed up not just whizzy graphics but a bigger slice of everyday computing chores.
It wants its increasingly sophisticated chips to be used not just to generate the graphics in video games, for instance, but also for other demanding tasks, such as decoding video or manipulating photos.
Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia released fresh graphics processors Monday, renewing their battle for control of a technology both are arguing will play a role in computing that goes beyond just cranking out pretty graphics.
For a good time with games like Far Cry or Doom you're going to have to spend that much just on the recommended graphics card from Nvidia or ATI Technologies, which will boost rendering speeds from 50 frames per second to 200.
It can even render 3-D graphics and play video games, not just the dinky ones, either, but the really cool ones with lots of fancy graphics.
Many personal computers are powerful enough to run fast-moving, graphics-heavy games just as well as consoles.
He notes that the company remains one of just two remaining players in PC graphics, along with Nvidia.
These graphics are amazing -- just think how far we've come since Checkers!
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Heroes of Might and Magic III, RATING PROS: 4 - Truly remarkable music, good graphics, very replayable, just plain fun.
We're talking SSD storage, integrated graphics, HDMI video and just a smattering of ports -- more on that in a minute.
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Like Florence Nightingale before him, what gives his work its persuasive force is not just rock-solid data and beautiful graphics but his personal passion and enthusiasm.
But now, every one of the major tablet makers boasts high-definition screens that ratchet up not just the quality of video and snazzy graphics but the way text appears in reading apps.
Cut the Rope offers another simple idea (slicing a rope holding a cute frog-like creature so it can eat snacks), with lovely graphics and puzzles that are just hard enough to be gratifying when you solve them.
Graphics, however, are just a start.
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If it happens, it may just build upon the success of its newer graphics products and gain market share.
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It holds up surprisingly well, reminding us that for the most part, graphics and new gameplay mechanics are just code sitting on top of the same basic concept that has gone unchanged for, now, 20 years.
You can set up your home page, displaying just about whatever kinds of text and pictures and graphics you'd like, in Soho or Paris.
The company has just unveiled the 8900M series, an adaptation of its Graphics Core Next architecture for desktop replacement-class gaming laptops.
You'll also get a third-gen Core i5 processor with Intel HD Graphics 4000 (no more specifics on that just yet), 4GB of RAM, a Mini DisplayPort that can output a 2560 x 1440 resolution, a full-size USB 3.0 port and, of course, Windows 8 Pro with support for all your traditional desktop applications.
That would essentially be leapfrogging a whole level of graphics and hardware, but the Wii needs to do just that.
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In fact, the game sounds like it should be a very strong offering, with an overhaul to the server engine, the graphics engine, the UI, the gameplay, and just about everything else.
TeleCruz lets a television display crisper graphics than interactive set-tops because the signals are processed just before they hit the screen.
And not just any version, but the 20th Anniversary Edition, which adds updated graphics, a remastered soundtrack, and some gesture controls.
Battlefield 4 has some of the most impressive graphics in any game to date, even if it is just another first-person shooter.
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Between the endless lists of online merchants and the delays as each graphics-heavy shopfront downloads, you can spend an hour just finding a product.
All-in-all, if you don't mind the relatively pokey processor and integrated graphics, and are fairly adept at navigating a computer using just the pointing nub, then the nc2400 seems like a pretty good way to shave some pounds from your travel gear.
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Just hours after our review round-up of the new GeForce GTX 680 graphics card yesterday, a Dutch site has managed to test multiple cards in different (but invariably exorbitant) SLI modes.
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