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HD 4870X2:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3372&p=1

Today is all about the Radeon HD 4870 X2, the same card we previewed last month but AMD is quietly announcing a few other products alongside it. The 4870 X2, internally referred to as R700, is a pair of RV770 GPUs on a single card - effectively a single-card, Radeon HD 4870 CrossFire (hence the X2 moniker). Like previous X2 cards, the 4870 X2 appears to ...

http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art ... VzaWFzdA==

AMD is taking on a new strategy with video cards. They want to give you the “perfect gaming solution for $200-$300.” That is certainly an admirable goal. We know that NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX 280 offers a great gameplay experience, but it also costs over $600. AMD’s strategy is a scalable one; think smaller GPUs in parallel. In fact, the new ATI Radeon HD 4800 series ...

http://www.pcper.com/article.php?type=e ... =577&pid=2

NVIDIA GT200 Architecture

Introduction

It’s been a long time coming – despite NVIDIA’s assurances that G92 was more than just a die shrink of the well accepted G80 architecture we knew better. G92 was, and continues to be, a great GPU for your dollar but we are hungry for something new, something that would really push gaming into the next generation. As it turns out both ...

General PhysX Overview:

What is NVIDIA PhysX Technology?

NVIDIA PhysX is a powerful physics engine enabling real-time physics in leading edge PC and console games. PhysX software is widely adopted by over 150 games, is used by more than 10,000 developers of all types and is supported on Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and PC. PhysX is optimized for hardware acceleration by massively parallel processors.

Today's AGEIA PhysX processor provides an exponential ...

Yup, they're back. Didn't know where to throw this so I picked the ATI Forum. :?:

url]http://en.expreview.com/2008/11/21/s3graphics-card-with-dx101opengl30-support-available-at-4495.html#more-1385

Lately, S3 Graphics issues Chrome 500 Series VGA Card supporting DirectX10.1 and OpenGL 3.0 applications. It claims to be the first graphics card to support OpenGL 3.0, but NVIDIA had already unveiled a driver supporting OpenGL 3.0 for GeForce 8000/9000 Series. There are no games supporting OpenGL 3.0 as yet. ...

Faster than the HD4870X2 as expected and it looks like Nvidia has gotten it's performance crown back again. MSRP - $499
However, the way things are changing every few months who know how long it will last.

PCPerspective:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=651&type=expert&pid=1

Final Thoughts

The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295 has definitely taken back the top performance spot from AMD and the HD 4870 X2 card - a new king has been crowned. We still have some questions to ...

Pretty serious boost for FarCry 2 so they say. Will try later. "Although it does say up to 38%"

Vista 32-bit:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/180.48/180.48_geforce_winvista_32bit_english_whql.exe

Vista 64-bit:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/180.48/180.48_geforce_winvista_64bit_english_whql.exe

XP 32-bit:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/180.48/180.48_geforce_winxp_32bit_english_whql.exe

XP 64-bit:
http://us.download.nvidia.com/Windows/180.48/180.48_geforce_winxp_64bit_english_whql.exe


Release Highlights

This is a WHQL-certified driver for GeForce 200-series, 9-series, and 8800-series desktop GPUs.

Exciting New Features:

Enables NVIDIA SLI technology on SLI-certified Intel X58-based motherboards with the following GPUs: GeForce GTX 280, GeForce GTX 260, GeForce 9800 GX2, GeForce 9800 GTX+, and ...