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0.8% Rise ‘Encouraging’ for AIBs

by Tom Allen

PC graphics add-in board (graphics cards) shipments rose 0.8% YoY in Q2’16, and fell 20.8% QoQ, says Jon Peddie Research. Market shares also shifted, with AMD gaining share at the expense of Nvidia. AIBs …

MSI Produces Slew of VR-Ready Laptops

by Tom Allen

Nvidia’s new VR-ready GTX 10-series graphics cards, for notebooks, are already seeing use in products from several companies, with MSI announcing perhaps the most comprehensive release to-date. The company is using the GPUs in …

Nvidia Extends Full 10-Series to Notebooks

by Tom Allen

Nvidia has revealed at Gamescom that its new 10-series GPUs (GTX1080, 1070 and 1060) will be installed on gaming notebooks from major manufacturers. Normally, Nvidia produces less-powerful mobile versions of its cards (i.e. GTX …

AMD’s RX 460 Lowers Cost of UHD

by Tom Allen

AMD’s new Radeon RX 460 graphics card is its newest device based on the Polaris architecture. Designed for gamers, the RX 460 supports high resolution gaming and streaming, and can handle HDR content. Built …

Tags:AMD| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| Variable Frame Rate (VRR)| Vol 23 - Issue 31

AMD Builds 1TB Frame Buffer

by Tom Allen

We have already covered AMD’s new WX workstation graphics cards (AMD and Nvidia Compete in Video Stitching at Siggraph), revealed in late July, but one development that we missed was the announcement of the …

Tags:AMD| Graphics Cards| Large Display Monitor| storage| Vol 23 - Issue 31

AMD Launches the Radeon Rebellion with the Radeon™ RX 480 Graphics Card, Available Now

by Isaac Oburu

Today a revolution in PC gaming and VR began as AMD launched the Radeon™ RX 480 graphics card designed to deliver enthusiast-level gaming performance and features, the world’s most advanced graphics technology and an …

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MDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 26

by Tom Allen

AMD has launched its RX 480 graphics card, designed to make VR more affordable (AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost). Prices start at $250. Everdisplay’s 1.4″ AMOLED display at CES Asia. Photo: Chris ChinnockThe small …

LDM Product Roundup – Vol 23 No 26

by Tom Allen

AMD has launched its RX 480 graphics card, which is designed to make VR more affordable (AMD Dramatically Lowers VR Cost). Prices start at $250. NEC has launched four new OPS players with sixth-generation …

Lack of PC Replacements Drove AIB Market

by Tom Allen

Jon Peddie Research states that the add-in graphics board (AIB) market increased in Q1’16, despite the overall PC market falling. AIBs, more commonly called graphics cards, carry discrete GPUs, and are used in desktop …

Tags:Graphics Cards| Jon Peddie Research (JPR)| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 20

Zotac Has Mini-PC with 6 Outputs – and 12/24 on the Way

by Bob Raikes

Zotac is not a company that we have often spoken to. From a start making Nvidia-based graphics cards, which it was also showing at CeBIT (with all of the water cooling and other high …

Matrox Unveils World’s First Single-Slot Graphics Card to Drive Nine 1920×1080 Displays for 3×3 Video Walls

by Isaac Oburu

Matrox® Graphics Inc. today announced Matrox C900, the world’s first single-slot, nine-output graphics card that supports nine 1920×1080 displays at 60Hz. The latest card in the popular Matrox C-Series™ line of multi-monitor graphics cards, …

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AMD Plans HDR Gaming and FreeSync Expansion

by Tom Allen

At a Radeon Technology group summit in California this month, AMD revealed some of the plans it has for its GPU line – firmly focused around improving image quality. One of the most significant …