According to Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, a leading supplier of 3-D workstations, prices have fallen by a third every 12 to 18 months.
Silicon Graphics Computer Systems ( SGIC - news - people ), a leading supplier of 3-D workstations, prices have fallen by a third every 12 to 18 months.
These systems powerful graphics-processing capabilities promise to make the next wave of videogames far more immersive (and addictive) than current titles.
Its capabilities are boosted by the exciting new features of Android 4.0, which include stunning graphics and upgraded menu systems for easier browsing and navigation.
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Virtual aerodynamics testing, systems integration, graphics.
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Select AMD Radeon HD 8000 Series graphics will be available in desktop systems from major OEMs, starting late January 2013.
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He later worked on 3-D graphics at gamemaker Atari, compact computing systems at Apple Computer and easy-to-use interfaces at Disney.
This will obviously affect ports if and or when the graphics become too disparate between the next generation systems, but for now the developers seem pretty psyched about Nintendo's main sell for the system: the controller.
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The models of the sensory systems will run on a cluster of powerful graphics cards that can carry out the calculations needed to simulate bee brains.
In our graphics tests we did see a few differences among the PIII-550 systems.
Under the hood, there's been spec bumps galore, including faster CPUs for both (up to 2.8GHz for the MacBook Pros, up to 2.4GHz for the MacBooks), DDR3 RAM is now in play with both systems, and on the Pro you'll get that pair of NVIDIA graphics chips, the GeForce 9400M and 9600M GT.
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Additional contributors and sponsors to the lab include Caldera Systems, Dell Computer, Linuxcare, LynuxWorks, Red Hat, SuSE, Silicon Graphics Inc.
The company predicts PC vendors will configure entire systems with the necessary boards, monitors, and Windows software, and individually sold graphics cards will come bundled with the software.
Designed for measuring the gaming performance of everything from tablets and notebooks to high-end desktop gaming systems, the next 3DMark for Windows will be the world's first unified graphics benchmark allowing testing of DirectX 9, DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 capable hardware through the DirectX 11 API.
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